SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
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PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 30, 1994
FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-5438 11-1798614
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(Commission file Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
150 EAST 58TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10155
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 421-7850
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N/A
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
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On September 30, 1994, the Board of Directors of Forest
Laboratories, Inc. (the "Company") declared a dividend of one
preferred share purchase right (a "Right") for each outstanding
share of common stock, par value $.10 per share (the "Common
Shares") of the Company. The dividend is payable on October 20,
1994 (the "Record Date") to the stockholders of record on that date.
Each Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the
Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the
"Preferred Shares"), of the Company at a price of $250 per one one-
hundredth of a Preferred share (the "Purchase Price"), subject to
adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth
in a Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company
and Chemical Bank, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent").
Until the earlier to occur of (i) 10 days following a
public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or
associated persons (an "Acquiring Person") have acquired beneficial
ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares or (ii) 10
business days (or such later date as may be determined by action of
the Board of Directors prior to such time as any person or group of
affiliated persons becomes an Acquiring Person) following the
commencement of, or announcement of an intention to make, a tender
offer or exchange offer the consummation of which would result in
the beneficial ownership by a person or group of 20% or more of the
outstanding Common Shares (the earlier of such dates being called
the "Distribution Date"), the Rights will be evidenced, with respect
to any of the Common Share certificates outstanding as of the Record
Date, by such Common Share certificate with a copy of this Summary
of Rights attached thereto.
The Rights Agreement provides that, until the Distribution
Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), the Rights
will be transferred with and only with the Common Shares. Until the
Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the
Rights), new Common Share certificates issued after the Record Date
upon transfer or new issuance of Common Shares will contain a
notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference. Until the
Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the
Rights), the surrender for transfer of any certificates for Common
Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, even without such notation
or a copy of this Summary of Rights being attached thereto, will
also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the
Common Shares represented by such certificate. As soon as
practicable following the Distribution Date, separate certificates
evidencing the Rights ("Right Certificates") will be
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mailed to holders of record of the Common Shares as of the close of
business on the Distribution Date and such separate Right
Certificates alone will evidence the Rights.
The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution
Date. The Rights will expire on September 30, 2004 (the "Final
Expiration Date"), unless the Final Expiration Date is extended or
unless the Rights are earlier redeemed or exchanged by the Company,
in each case, as described below.
The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Preferred
Shares or other securities or property issuable, upon exercise of
the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent
dilution (i) in the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision,
combination or reclassification of, the Preferred Shares, (ii) upon
the grant to holders of the Preferred Shares of certain rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares at a price,
or securities convertible into Preferred Shares with a conversion
price, less than the then-current market price of the Preferred
Shares or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the Preferred
Shares of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular
periodic cash dividends paid out of earnings or retained earnings or
dividends payable in Preferred Shares) or of subscription rights or
warrants (other than those referred to above).
The number of outstanding Rights and the number of one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share issuable upon exercise of each
Right are also subject to adjustment in the event of a stock split
of the Common Shares or a stock dividend on the Common Shares
payable in Common Shares or subdivisions, consolidations or
combinations of the Common Shares occurring, in any such case, prior
to the Distribution Date.
Preferred Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights
will not be redeemable. Each Preferred Share will be entitled to a
minimum preferential quarterly dividend payment of $1 per share but
will be entitled to an aggregate dividend of 100 times the dividend
declared per Common Share. In the event of liquidation, the holders
of the Preferred Shares will be entitled to a minimum preferential
liquidation payment of $100 per share but will be entitled to an
aggregate payment of 100 times the payment made per Common Share.
Each Preferred Share will have 100 votes, voting together with the
Common Shares. Finally, in the event of any merger, consolidation
or other transaction in which Common Shares are exchanged, each
Preferred Share will be entitled to receive 100 times the amount
received per Common Share. These rights are protected by customary
antidilution provisions.
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Because of the nature of the Preferred Shares' dividend,
liquidation and voting rights, the value of the one one-hundredth
interest in a Preferred Share purchasable upon exercise of each
Right should approximate the value of one Common Share.
In the event that the Company is acquired in a merger or
other business combination transaction or 50% or more of its
consolidated assets or earning power are sold after a person or
group has become an Acquiring Person, proper provision will be made
so that each holder of a Right will thereafter have the right to
receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current exercise
price of the Right, that number of shares of common stock of the
acquiring company which at the time of such transaction will have a
market value of two times the exercise price of the Right. In the
event that any person or group of affiliated or associated persons
becomes an Acquiring Person, proper provision shall be made so that
each holder of a Right, other than Rights beneficially owned by the
Acquiring Person (which will thereafter be void), will thereafter
have the right to receive upon exercise that number of Common Shares
having a market value of two times the exercise price of the Right.
At any time after any person or group becomes an Acquiring
Person and prior to the acquisition by such person or group of 50%
or more of the outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of
the Company may exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by such
person or group which will have become void), in whole or in part,
at an exchange ratio of one Common Share, or one one-hundredth of a
Preferred Share (or of a share of a class or series of the Company's
preferred stock,having equivalent rights, preferences and
privileges), per Right (subject to adjustment).
With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase
Price will be required until cumulative adjustments require an
adjustment of at least 1% in such Purchase Price.
No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued (other than
fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a
Preferred Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be
evidenced by depositary receipts) and in lieu thereof, an adjustment
in cash will be made based on the market price of the Preferred
Shares on the last trading day prior to the date of exercise.
At any time prior to the acquisition by a person or group
of affiliated or associated persons of beneficial ownership of 20%
or more of the outstanding Common Shares, the Board of Directors of
the Company may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a
price of $.001 per Right (the "Redemption Price"). The redemption
of the Rights may be made effective at such time on such basis with
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such conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion
establish. Immediately upon any redemption of the Rights, the right
to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of the
holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price.
The terms of the Rights may be amended by the Board of
Directors of the Company without the consent of the holders of the
Rights, including an amendment to lower certain thresholds described
above to not less than the greater of (i) the sum of .001% and the
largest percentage of the outstanding Common Shares then known to
the Company to be beneficially owned by any person or group of
affiliated or Associated persons and (ii) 10%, except that from and
after such time as any person or group of affiliated or associated
persons becomes an Acquiring Person no such amendment may adversely
affect the interests of the holders of the Rights.
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such,
will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company including,
without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.
This description of the Rights does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Rights
Agreement, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
In addition, on September 30, 1994 the Board of Directors
of the Company adopted new By-Laws for the Company. The new By-Laws
provide that a quorum of shareholders for the transaction of
business at a meeting of shareholders shall consist of the presence,
in person or by proxy, of a majority of the outstanding stock
entitled to vote generally. In addition, the new By-Laws generally
require advance notice to the Corporation (no later than 60 days
prior to the date of a shareholders meeting or earlier than 90 days
prior to the date of such meeting) of nominations to the Board of
Directors or other business to be brought before a meeting of
shareholders by a shareholder of the Company.
This description of the By-Laws does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
By-Laws which are set forth as an exhibit hereto and are
incorporated by reference herein.
EXHIBITS
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1. Rights Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1994, between
Forest Laboratories, Inc. and Chemical Bank as Rights Agent.
2. By-Laws of the Company, as of September 30, 1994.
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: October 11, 1994
FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
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By:/s/Kenneth E. Goodman
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Kenneth E. Goodman,
Vice President-Finance
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EXHIBIT I
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FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
and
CHEMICAL BANK
Rights Agent
Rights Agreement
Dated as of September 30, 1994
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. Certain Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. . . . . . . 7
Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates. . . . . . . 7
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates . . . . . . . 10
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration. . . . 11
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and
Exchange of Right Certificates;
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Right Certificates. . . . . . . 12
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price;
Expiration Date of Rights. . . . . . . 14
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of
Right Certificates . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 9. Availability of Common Shares. . . . . . 17
Section 10. Preferred Shares Record Date . . . . . . 18
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of
Shares or Number of Rights . . . . . . 19
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price
or Number of Shares. . . . . . . . . . 34
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer
of Assets or Earning Power . . . . . . 34
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares. 37
Section 15. Rights of Action . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders . . . . . . . 40
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a
Stockholder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent. . . . . . . 42
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Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of
Name of Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . 45
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent . . . . . . . . . 48
Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates . . . 50
Section 23. Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 24. Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Section 25. Notice of Certain Events . . . . . . . . 55
Section 26. Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Section 27. Supplements and Amendments . . . . . . . 58
Section 28. Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Section 29. Benefits of this Agreement . . . . . . . 59
Section 30. Severability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Section 31. Governing Law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Section 32. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 33. Descriptive Headings . . . . . . . . . . 60
Signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exhibit A - Form of Certificate of Designations
Exhibit B - Form of Right Certificate
Exhibit C - Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred
Shares
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Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1994, between
Forest Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Com-
pany"), and Chemical Bank (the "Rights Agent").
The Board of Directors of the Company has autho-
rized and declared a dividend of one preferred share
purchase right (a "Right") for each Common Share (as
hereinafter defined) of the Company outstanding on October
20, 1994 (the "Record Date"), each Right representing the
right to purchase one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (as
hereinafter defined), upon the terms and subject to the
conditions herein set forth, and has further authorized and
directed the issuance of one Right with respect to each Com-
mon Share that shall become outstanding between the Record
Date and the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemp-
tion Date and the Final Expiration Date (as such terms are
hereinafter defined).
Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and
the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of
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this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indi-
cated:
(a) "Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person (as
such term is hereinafter defined) who or which, together
with all Affiliates and Associates (as such terms are
hereinafter defined) of such Person, shall be the Beneficial
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Owner (as such term is hereinafter defined) of 20% or more
of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding, but
shall not include the Company, any Subsidiary (as such term
is hereinafter defined) of the Company, any employee benefit
plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any
entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of
any such plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person
shall become an "Acquiring Person" as the result of an
acquisition of Common Shares by the Company which, by reduc-
ing the number of shares outstanding, increases the
proportionate number of shares beneficially owned by such
Person to 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Company
then outstanding; provided, however, that if a Person shall
become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Common
Shares of the Company then outstanding by reason of share
purchases by the Company and shall, after such share
purchases by the Company, become the Beneficial Owner of any
additional Common Shares of the Company, then such Person
shall be deemed to be an "Acquiring Person".
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Board of Directors of
the Company determines in good faith that a Person who would
otherwise be an "Acquiring Person", as defined pursuant to
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (a), has become
such inadvertently, and such Person divests as promptly as
practicable a sufficient number of Common Shares so that
such Person would no longer be an "Acquiring Person," as
defined pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this para-
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graph (a), then such Person shall not be deemed to be an
"Acquiring Person" for any purposes of this Agreement.
(b) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of
the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as in
effect on the date of this Agreement.
(c) A Person shall be deemed the "Beneficial
Owner" of and shall be deemed to "beneficially own" any
securities:
(i) which such Person or any of such Person's Af-
filiates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or
indirectly;
(ii) which such Person or any of such Person's Af-
filiates or Associates has (A) the right to acquire
(whether such right is exercisable immediately or only
after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (other than customary
agreements with and between underwriters and selling
group members with respect to a bona fide public offer-
ing of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion
rights, exchange rights, rights (other than these
Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise; provided,
however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Benefi-
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cial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities ten-
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dered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or
on behalf of such Person or any of such Person's Af-
filiates or Associates until such tendered securities
are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right
to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall
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not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to
beneficially own, any security if the agreement, ar-
rangement or understanding to vote such security (1)
arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given
to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent
solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with,
the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under
the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on
Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable
or successor report); or
(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or in-
directly, by any other Person with which such Person or
any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates has any
agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than
customary agreements with and between underwriters and
selling group members with respect to a bona fide
public offering of securities) for the purpose of
acquiring, holding, voting (except to the extent
contemplated by the proviso to Section 1(c)(ii)(B)) or
disposing of any securities of the Company.
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Notwithstanding anything in this definition of
Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase "then
outstanding," when used with reference to a Person's
Beneficial Ownership of securities of the Company, shall
mean the number of such securities then issued and
outstanding together with the number of such securities not
then actually issued and outstanding which such Person would
be deemed to own beneficially hereunder.
(d) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than
a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions
in the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
(e) "Close of business" on any given date shall
mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date; provided,
however, that if such date is not a Business Day it shall
mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.
(f) "Common Shares" when used with reference to
the Company shall mean the shares of common stock, par value
$.10 per share, of the Company. "Common Shares" when used
with reference to any Person other than the Company shall
mean the capital stock (or equity interest) with the
greatest voting power of such other Person or, if such other
Person is a Subsidiary of another Person, the Person or
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Persons which ultimately control such first-mentioned
Person.
(g) "Distribution Date" shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 3 hereof.
(h) "Final Expiration Date" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.
(i) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm,
corporation or other entity, and shall include any successor
(by merger or otherwise) of such entity.
(j) "Preferred Shares" shall mean shares of
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value
$1.00 per share, of the Company having the rights and
preferences set forth in the Form of Certificate of
Designations attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A.
(k) "Redemption Date" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7 hereof.
(l) "Shares Acquisition Date" shall mean the
first date of public announcement by the Company or an
Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such.
(m) "Subsidiary" of any Person shall mean any
corporation or other entity of which a majority of the
voting power of the voting equity securities or equity
interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
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Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Com-
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pany hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for
the Company and the holders of the Rights (who, in
accordance with Section 3 hereof, shall prior to the
Distribution Date also be the holders of the Common Shares)
in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the
Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company
may from time to time appoint such co-Rights Agents as it
may deem necessary or desirable.
Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates. (a) Un-
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til the earlier of (i) the tenth day after the Shares Acqui-
sition Date or (ii) the tenth business day (or such later
date as may be determined by action of the Board of
Directors prior to such time as any Person becomes an
Acquiring Person) after the date of the commencement by any
Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any
Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common
Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) of, or
of the first public announcement of the intention of any
Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any
Subsidiary of the Company or any entity holding Common
Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) to
commence, a tender or exchange offer the consummation of
which would result in any Person becoming the Beneficial
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Owner of Common Shares aggregating 20% or more of the then
outstanding Common Shares (including any such date which is
after the date of this Agreement and prior to the issuance
of the Rights; the earlier of such dates being herein
referred to as the "Distribution Date"), (x) the Rights will
be evidenced (subject to the provisions of Section 3(b)
hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares registered in
the names of the holders thereof (which certificates shall
also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate
Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right
Certificates will be transferable only in connection with
the transfer of Common Shares. As soon as practicable after
the Distribution Date, the Company will prepare and execute,
the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send
or cause to be sent (and the Rights Agent will, if
requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid
mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the close
of business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such
holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certifi-
cate, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a
"Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common
Share so held. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will
be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.
(b) On the Record Date, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of
Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares, in substantially the
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form of Exhibit C hereto (the "Summary of Rights"), by
first-class, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of
Common Shares as of the close of business on the Record
Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of
the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares
outstanding as of the Record Date, until the Distribution
Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates
registered in the names of the holders thereof together with
a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the
Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or
the Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of
any certificate for Common Shares outstanding on the Record
Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights
attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the
Rights associated with the Common Shares represented
thereby.
(c) Certificates for Common Shares which become
outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired
Common Shares referred to in the last sentence of this
paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the
earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date or
the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed
on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following
legend:
This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder
hereof to certain rights as set forth in a Rights
Agreement between Forest Laboratories, Inc. and
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Chemical Bank, dated as of September 30, 1994 (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 Forest
Laboratories, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set
forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be
evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer
be evidenced by this certificate. Forest Laboratories,
Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy
of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of
a written request therefor. Under certain
circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement,
Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring
Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) may become
null and void.
With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing
legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated
with the Common Shares represented by such certificates
shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the
surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also
constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with the
Common Shares represented thereby. In the event that the
Company purchases or acquires any Common Shares after the
Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights
associated with such Common Shares shall be deemed cancelled
and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to
exercise any Rights associated with the Common Shares which
are no longer outstanding.
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates. The Right
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Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase
Preferred Shares and of assignment to be printed on the
reverse thereof) shall be substantially the same as Exhibit
B hereto and may have such marks of identification or
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designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements
printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement,
or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or
with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with
any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the
Rights may from time to time be listed, or to conform to
usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 22 hereof, the
Right Certificates shall entitle the holders thereof to
purchase such number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred
Share as shall be set forth therein at the price per one
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share set forth therein (the
"Purchase Price"), but the number of such one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share and the Purchase Price shall be subject
to adjustment as provided herein.
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration.
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The Right Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive
Officer, its President, any of its Vice Presidents, or its
Treasurer, either manually or by facsimile signature, shall
have affixed thereto the Company's seal or a facsimile
thereof, and 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 countersigned. In case any
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officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the
Right Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the
Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and
issuance and delivery by the Company, such Right
Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the
Rights Agent and issued and delivered by the Company with
the same force and effect as though the person who signed
such Right Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of
the Company; and any Right Certificate may be signed on
behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date
of the execution of such Right Certificate, shall be a
proper officer of the Company to sign such Right
Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this
Rights Agreement any such person was not such an officer.
Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent
will keep or cause to be kept, at its principal office,
books for registration and transfer of the Right
Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the
names and addresses of the respective holders of the Right
Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by
each of the Right Certificates and the date of each of the
Right Certificates.
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and
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Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
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or Stolen Right Certificates. Subject to the provisions of
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Section 14 hereof, at any time after the close of business
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on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the close of
business on the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final
Expiration Date, any Right Certificate or Right Certificates
(other than Right Certificates representing Rights that have
become void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof or that
have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24 hereof) may be
transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another
Right Certificate or Right Certificates, entitling the
registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-
hundredths of a Preferred Share as the Right Certificate or
Right Certificates surrendered then entitled such holder to
purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer, split
up, combine or exchange any Right Certificate or Right
Certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to
the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Right Certificate
or Right Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined
or exchanged at the principal office of the Rights Agent.
Thereupon the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver to
the person entitled thereto a Right Certificate or Right
Certificates, as the case may be, as so requested. The
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any
tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any transfer, split up, combination or exchange of
Right Certificates.
Upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent
of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss,
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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 make
and deliver a new Right Certificate of like tenor to the
Rights Agent for delivery to the registered holder in lieu
of the Right Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated.
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price;
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Expiration Date of Rights. (a) The registered holder of
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any Right Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced
thereby (except as otherwise provided herein) in whole or in
part at any time after the Distribution Date upon surrender
of the Right Certificate, with the form of election to
purchase on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to the
Rights Agent at the principal office of the Rights Agent,
together with payment of the Purchase Price for each one
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share as to which the Rights
are exercised, at or prior to the earliest of (i) the close
of business on September 30, 2004 (the "Final Expiration
Date"), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as
provided in Section 23 hereof (the "Redemption Date"), or
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(iii) the time at which such Rights are exchanged as
provided in Section 24 hereof.
(b) The Purchase Price for each one one-hundredth
of a Preferred Share purchasable pursuant to the exercise of
a Right shall initially be $250, and shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11 or 13
hereof and shall be payable in lawful money of the United
States of America in accordance with paragraph (c) below.
(c) Upon receipt of a Right Certificate
representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election
to purchase duly executed, accompanied by payment of the
Purchase Price for the shares to be purchased and an amount
equal to any applicable transfer tax required to be paid by
the holder of such Right Certificate in accordance with
Section 9 hereof by certified check, cashier's check or
money order payable to the order of the Company, the Rights
Agent shall thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from any
transfer agent of the Preferred Shares certificates for the
number of Preferred Shares to be purchased and the Company
hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply
with all such requests, or (B) requisition from the
depositary agent depositary receipts representing such
number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as are to
be purchased (in which case certificates for the Preferred
Shares represented by such receipts shall be deposited by
the transfer agent with the depositary agent) and the
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Company hereby directs the depositary agent to comply with
such request, (ii) when appropriate, requisition from the
Company the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance of
fractional shares in accordance with Section 14 hereof,
(iii) after receipt of such certificates or depositary
receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the
order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate,
registered in such name or names as may be designated by
such holder and (iv) when appropriate, after receipt,
deliver such cash to or upon the order of the registered
holder of such Right Certificate.
(d) In case the registered holder of any Right
Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights
evidenced thereby, a new Right Certificate evidencing Rights
equivalent to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be
issued by the Rights Agent to the registered holder of such
Right Certificate or to his duly authorized assigns, subject
to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right
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Certificates. All Right Certificates surrendered for the
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purpose of exercise, transfer, split up, combination or ex-
change 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 any
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of the provisions of this Rights Agreement. The Company
shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation and re-
tirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire,
any other Right Certificate purchased or acquired by the
Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. The
Rights Agent shall deliver all 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. Availability of Preferred Shares. The
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Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be re-
served and kept available out of its authorized and unissued
Preferred Shares or any Preferred Shares held in its trea-
sury, the number of Preferred Shares that will be sufficient
to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights in
accordance with Section 7. The Company covenants and agrees
that it will take all such action as may be necessary to en-
sure that all Preferred Shares delivered upon exercise of
Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates
for such Preferred Shares (subject to payment of the
Purchase Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued
and fully paid and nonassessable shares.
The Company further covenants and agrees that it
will pay when due and payable any and all federal and state
transfer taxes and charges which may be payable in respect
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of the issuance or delivery of the Right Certificates or of
any Preferred Shares upon the exercise of Rights. The
Company shall not, however, be required to pay any transfer
tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer or
delivery of Right Certificates to a person other than, or
the issuance or delivery of certificates or depositary
receipts for the Preferred Shares in a name other than that
of, the registered holder of the Right Certificate
evidencing Rights surrendered for exercise or to issue or to
deliver any certificates or depositary receipts for
Preferred Shares upon the exercise of any Rights until any
such tax shall have been paid (any such tax being payable by
the holder of such Right Certificate at the time of
surrender) or until it has been established to the Company's
reasonable satisfaction that no such tax is due.
Section 10. Preferred Shares Record Date. Each
person in whose name any certificate for Preferred Shares is
issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be
deemed to have become the holder of record of the Preferred
Shares represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be
dated, the date upon which the Right Certificate evidencing
such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the Purchase
Price (and any applicable transfer taxes) was made;
provided, however, that if the date of such surrender and
payment is a date upon which the Preferred Shares transfer
books of the Company are closed, such person shall be deemed
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to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such
certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day
on which the Preferred Shares 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 holder of Preferred Shares for
which the Rights shall be exercisable, including, without
limitation, the right to vote, to receive dividends or other
distributions or to exercise any preemptive rights, and
shall not be entitled to receive any notice of any
proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein.
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number
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of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, the num-
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ber of Preferred Shares covered by each Right and the number
of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to
time as provided in this Section 11.
(a) (i) In the event the Company shall at any
time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend
on the Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares, (B)
subdivide the outstanding Preferred Shares, (C) combine the
outstanding Preferred Shares into a smaller number of
Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital
stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Shares
(including any such reclassification in connection with a
consolidation or merger in which the Company is the
continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise
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provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect
at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the
effective date of such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of
capital stock issuable on such date, shall be
proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right
exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive the
aggregate number and kind of shares of capital stock which,
if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such
date and at a time when the Preferred Shares transfer books
of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such
exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such
dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification;
provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration
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to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the
aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the
Company issuable upon exercise of one Right.
(ii) Subject to Section 24 of this Agreement, in
the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, each
holder of a Right shall thereafter have a right to receive,
upon exercise thereof at a price equal to the then current
Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-
hundredths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then
exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and in lieu of Preferred Shares, such number of Common
Shares of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by
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(x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the
number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for which
a Right is then exercisable and dividing that product by (y)
50% of the then current per share market price of the
Company's Common Shares (determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) on the date of the occurrence of such event.
In the event that any Person shall become an Acquiring
Person and the Rights shall then be outstanding, the Company
shall not take any action which would eliminate or diminish
the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.
From and after the occurrence of such event, any
Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by
any Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate of such
Acquiring Person) shall be void and any holder of such
Rights shall thereafter have no right to exercise such
Rights under any provision of this Agreement. No Right
Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 that
represents Rights beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person
whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding
sentence or any Associate or Affiliate thereof; no Right
Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of
any Rights to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void
pursuant to the preceding sentence or any Associate or
Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring
Person, Associate or Affiliate; and any Right Certificate
delivered to the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring
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Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be cancelled.
(iii) In the event that there shall not be suf-
ficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding or autho-
rized but unissued to permit the exercise in full of the
Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii),
the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary
to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon
exercise of the Rights. In the event the Company shall,
after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action
as may be necessary to authorize such additional Common
Shares, the Company shall substitute, for each Common Share
that would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of a Right, a
number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the
current per share market price of one Preferred Share
multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the
current per share market price of one Common Share as of the
date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction
thereof.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date
for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all hold-
ers of Preferred Shares entitling them (for a period
expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to
subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares (or shares having
the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred
Shares ("equivalent preferred shares")) or securities
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convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred
shares at a price per Preferred Share or equivalent
preferred share (or having a conversion price per share, if
a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent
preferred shares) less than the then current per share
market price of the Preferred Shares (as defined in Section
11(d)) on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in
effect after such record date shall be determined by
multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior
to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such
record date plus the number of Preferred Shares which the
aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred
Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares so to be offered
(and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the
convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at
such current market price and the denominator of which shall
be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record
date plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or
equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription
or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to
be offered are initially convertible); provided, however,
that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the
exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value
of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon
exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may
be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in
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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.
Preferred Shares 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 suc-
cessively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the
event that such rights, options or warrants are not so is-
sued, 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 the Pre-
ferred Shares (including any such distribution made in con-
nection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company
is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of
indebtedness or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash
dividend or a dividend payable in Preferred Shares) or sub-
scription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in
Section 11(b) hereof), 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 then current per share market price of the Preferred
Shares on such record date, less the fair market value (as
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determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose determination shall be described in a state-
ment filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the as-
sets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of
such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one
Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be such
current per share market price of the Preferred Shares;
provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration
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to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the
aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the
Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. Such
adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a
record date is fixed; and in the event that such
distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall again
be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in
effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d) (i) For the purpose of any computation here-
under, the "current per share market price" of any security
(a "Security" for the purpose of this Section 11(d)(i)) on
any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily
closing prices per share of such Security for the 30
consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter
defined) immediately prior to such date; provided, however,
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that in the event that the current per share market price of
the Security is determined during a period following the an-
nouncement by the issuer of such Security of (A) a dividend
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or distribution on such Security payable in shares of such
Security or securities convertible into such shares, or (B)
any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such
Security and prior to the expiration of 30 Trading Days
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 per share market price shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect the current market price
per share equivalent of such Security. The closing price
for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or,
in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of
the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either
case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction
reporting system with respect to securities listed or
admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if
the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on the New
York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to
securities listed on the principal national securities
exchange on which the Security is listed or admitted to
trading or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted
price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and
low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
Automated Quotations System ("NASDAQ") or such other system
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then in use, or, if on any such date the Security is 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 Security selected by the Board
of Directors of the Company. The term "Trading Day" shall
mean a day on which the principal national securities
exchange on which the Security is listed or admitted to
trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the
Security is not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange, a Business Day.
(ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder,
the "current per share market price" of the Preferred Shares
shall be determined in accordance with the method set forth
in Section 11(d)(i). If the Preferred Shares are not pub-
licly traded, the "current per share market price" of the
Preferred Shares shall be conclusively deemed to be the cur-
rent per share market price of the Common Shares as deter-
mined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) (appropriately adjusted
to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction occurring after the date hereof), multiplied by
one hundred. If neither the Common Shares nor the Preferred
Shares are publicly held or so listed or traded, "current
per share market price" shall mean the fair value per share
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose determination shall be described in a
statement filed with the Rights Agent.
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(e) 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,
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however, that any adjustments which by reason of this
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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 one one-millionth of a
Preferred Share or one ten-thousandth of any other share or
security as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first
sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by
this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of
(i) three years from the date of the transaction which
requires such adjustment or (ii) the date of the expiration
of the right to exercise any Rights.
(f) If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant
to Section 11(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter
exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of
capital stock of the Company other than Preferred Shares,
thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable
upon exercise of any Right shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to
the Preferred Shares contained in Section 11(a) through (c),
inclusive, and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10 and 13
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with respect to the Preferred Shares shall apply on like
terms to any such other shares.
(g) All Rights originally issued by the Company
subsequent to any adjustment made to the Purchase Price
hereunder shall evidence the right to purchase, at the
adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-hundredths of
a Preferred Share purchasable from time to time hereunder
upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjust-
ment 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 Sections 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
Preferred Share (calculated to the nearest one one-millionth
of a Preferred Share) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the
number of one one-hundredths of a share covered by a Right
immediately prior to this adjustment by (y) the Purchase
Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the
Purchase Price and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by
the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such
adjustment of the Purchase Price.
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(i) The Company may elect on or after the date of
any adjustment of the Purchase Price to adjust the number of
Rights, in substitution for any adjustment in the number of
one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share purchasable upon the
exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after
such adjustment of the number of Rights shall be exercisable
for the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share
for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such
adjustment. Each Right held of record prior to such adjust-
ment of the number of Rights shall become that number of
Rights (calculated to the nearest one 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
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hereof, 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 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
Preferred Share issuable upon the exercise of the Rights,
the Right Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may
continue to express the Purchase Price and the number of one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share 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 one one-
hundredth of the then par value, if any, of the Preferred
Shares 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 val-
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idly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable
Preferred Shares 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 ef-
fective as of a record date for a specified event, the Com-
pany may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event
the issuing to the holder of any Right exercised after such
record date of the Preferred Shares and other capital stock
or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such ex-
ercise over and above the Preferred Shares and other capital
stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon
such exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect
prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the
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Company shall deliver to such holder a due bill or other ap-
propriate 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 ad-
justments 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 Shares, issuance wholly for cash of any
Preferred Shares at less than the current market price,
issuance wholly for cash of Preferred Shares or securities
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which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable
for Preferred Shares, dividends on Preferred Shares payable
in Preferred Shares or issuance of rights, options or
warrants referred to hereinabove in Section 11(b), hereafter
made by the Company to holders of its Preferred Shares shall
not be taxable to such stockholders.
(n) In the event that at any time after the date
of this Agreement and prior to the Distribution Date, the
Company shall (i) declare or pay any dividend on the Common
Shares payable in Common Shares or (ii) effect a
subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Common
Shares (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of
dividends in Common Shares) into a greater or lesser number
of Common Shares, then in any such case (A) the number of
one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share purchasable after
such event upon proper exercise of each Right shall be
determined by multiplying the number of one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share so purchasable immediately prior to
such event by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of Common Shares outstanding immediately before such
event and the denominator of which is the number of Common
Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and (B)
each Common Share outstanding immediately after such event
shall have issued with respect to it that number of Rights
which each Common Share outstanding immediately prior to
such event had issued with respect to it. The adjustments
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provided for in this Section 11(n) shall be made
successively whenever such a dividend is declared or paid or
such a subdivision, combination or consolidation is
effected.
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase
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Price or Number of Shares. Whenever an adjustment is made
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as provided in Section 11 or 13 hereof, the Company shall
promptly (a) prepare a certificate setting forth such
adjustment, and a brief statement of the facts accounting
for such adjustment, (b) file with the Rights Agent and with
each transfer agent for the Common Shares or the Preferred
Shares a copy of such certificate and (c) mail a brief
summary thereof to each holder of a Right Certificate in
accordance with Section 25 hereof.
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or
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Transfer of Assets or Earning Power. In the event, directly
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or indirectly, at any time after a Person has become an Ac-
quiring Person, (a) the Company shall consolidate with, or
merge with and into, any other Person, (b) any Person shall
consolidate with the Company, or merge with and into the
Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation of such merger and, in connection with such
merger, all or part of the Common Shares shall be changed
into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other
Person (or the Company) or cash or any other property, or
(c) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or
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more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer),
in one or more transactions, assets or earning power
aggregating 50% or more of the assets or earning power of
the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any
other Person other than the Company or one or more of its
wholly-owned Subsidiaries, then, and in each such case,
proper provision shall be made so that (i) each holder of a
Right (except as otherwise provided herein) shall thereafter
have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at a
price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by
the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for
which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and in lieu of Preferred Shares,
such number of Common Shares of such other Person (including
the Company as successor thereto or as the surviving
corporation) as shall equal the result obtained by (A)
multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of
one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is
then exercisable and dividing that product by (B) 50% of the
then current per share market price of the Common Shares of
such other Person (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)
hereof) on the date of consummation of such consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer; (ii) the issuer of such Common
Shares shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by
virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all
the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this
Agreement; (iii) the term "Company" shall thereafter be
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deemed to refer to such issuer; and (iv) such issuer shall
take such steps (including, but not limited to, the
reservation of a sufficient number of its Common Shares in
accordance with Section 9 hereof) in connection with such
consummation as may be necessary to assure that the provi-
sions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as
reasonably may be, in relation to the Common Shares thereaf-
ter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights. The
Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer unless prior thereto the Company and such
issuer shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent
a supplemental agreement so providing. The Company shall
not enter into any transaction of the kind referred to in
this Section 13 if at the time of such transaction there are
any rights, warrants, instruments or securities outstanding
or any agreements or arrangements which, as a result of the
consummation of such transaction, would eliminate or
substantially diminish the benefits intended to be afforded
by the Rights. The provisions of this Section 13 shall
similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations or
sales or other transfers.
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional
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Shares. (a) The Company shall not be required to issue
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fractions of Rights or to distribute Right Certificates
which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of such
fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the registered
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holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such
fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in
cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value
of a whole Right. For the purposes of this Section 14(a),
the current market value of a whole Right shall be the
closing price of the Rights for the Trading Day immediately
prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would have
been otherwise issuable. The closing price for any day
shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no
such sale takes place on such day, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as
reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting
system with respect to securities listed or admitted to
trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Rights are
not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock
Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities
listed on the principal national securities exchange on
which the Rights are listed or admitted to trading or, if
the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on any
national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if
not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked
prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by NASDAQ
or such other system then in use or, if on any such date the
Rights are not quoted by any such organization, the average
of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a
professional market maker making a market in the Rights se-
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lected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any
such date no such market maker is making a market in the
Rights, the fair value of the Rights on such date as deter-
mined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company
shall be used.
(b) The Company shall not be required to issue
fractions of Preferred Shares (other than fractions which
are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred
Share) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute
certificates which evidence fractional Preferred Shares
(other than fractions which are integral multiples of one
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share). Fractions of Preferred
Shares in integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a
Preferred Share may, at the election of the Company, be
evidenced by depositary receipts, pursuant to an appropriate
agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by
it; provided, that such agreement shall provide that the
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holders of such depositary receipts shall have all the
rights, privileges and preferences to which they are
entitled as beneficial owners of the Preferred Shares
represented by such depositary receipts. In lieu of
fractional Preferred Shares that are not integral multiples
of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, 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
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value of one Preferred Share. For the purposes of this
Section 14(b), the current market value of a Preferred Share
shall be the closing price of a Preferred Share (as
determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section
11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to
the date of such exercise.
(c) 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 provided above).
Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of ac-
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tion in respect of this Agreement, excepting the rights of
action given to the Rights Agent under Section 18 hereof,
are vested in the respective registered holders of the Right
Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the
registered holders of the Common Shares); and any registered
holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribu-
tion Date, of the Common Shares), without the consent of the
Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Right Certificate
(or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares),
may, in his own behalf and for his own benefit, enforce, and
may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding
against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect
of, his right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Right
Certificate in the manner provided in such Right Certificate
and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or
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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
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holder of a Right, by accepting the same, consents and
agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and with every
other holder of a Right that:
(a) prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights
will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of
the Common Shares;
(b) after the Distribution Date, the Right Cer-
tificates are transferable only on the registry books of the
Rights Agent if surrendered at the principal office of the
Rights Agent, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper in-
strument of transfer; and
(c) the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and
treat the person in whose name the Right Certificate (or,
prior to the Distribution Date, the associated Common Shares
certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and
of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any nota-
tions of ownership or writing on the Right Certificates or
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the associated Common Shares certificate made by anyone
other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes
whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent
shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a
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Stockholder. No holder, as such, of any Right Certificate
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shall be entitled to vote, receive dividends or be deemed
for any purpose the holder of the Preferred Shares or any
other securities of the Company which may at any time be
issuable on the exercise of the Rights represented thereby,
nor shall anything contained herein or in any Right
Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any
Right Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the
election of directors or upon any matter submitted to
stockholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold
consent to any corporate action, or to receive notice of
meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as
provided in Section 25 hereof), or to receive dividends or
subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights
evidenced by such Right Certificate shall have been
exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent. The
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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
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reasonable expenses and counsel fees and other disbursements
incurred in the administration and execution of this Agree-
ment 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, li-
ability, 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 acceptance and administration of this Agreement,
including the costs and expenses of defending against any
claim of liability in the premises.
The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall
incur no liability for, or in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it in connection with, its
administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any Right
Certificate or certificate for the Preferred Shares or
Common Shares or for other securities of the Company,
instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney,
endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent,
certificate, statement, or other paper or document believed
by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where
necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper person or
persons, or otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set
forth in Section 20 hereof.
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of
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Name of Rights Agent. Any corporation into which the Rights
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Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or with
which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent
or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to the stock transfer or corporate
trust powers 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 hereof. In case at the time such successor
Rights Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this
Agreement, any of the Right Certificates shall have been
countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights
Agent may adopt the countersignature of the predecessor
Rights Agent and deliver such Right Certificates so
countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any
successor Rights Agent may countersign such Right
Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights
Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in
all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full
force provided in the Right Certificates and in this
Agreement.
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In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent
shall be changed and at such time any of the Right Certifi-
cates 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
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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 coun-
sel (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 un-
der this Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary
or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or
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established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any
action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other evidence
in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be
deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a
certificate signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice
President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be
full authorization to the Rights Agent for any action taken
or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this
Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.
(c) The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder to
the Company and any other Person 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 re-
sponsibility 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 countersigna-
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ture 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 re-
sponsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights
(including the Rights becoming void pursuant to Section
11(a)(ii) hereof) or any adjustment in the terms of the
Rights (including the manner, method or amount thereof) pro-
vided for in Section 3, 11, 13, 23 or 24, or the
ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require
any such change or adjustment (except with respect to the
exercise of Rights evidenced by Right Certificates after
actual notice that such change or adjustment is required);
nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any
representation or warranty as to the authorization or
reservation of any Preferred Shares to be issued pursuant to
this Agreement or any Right Certificate or as to whether any
Preferred Shares will, when issued, be validly authorized
and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
(f) The Company agrees that it will perform, ex-
ecute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, ex-
ecuted, 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.
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(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and di-
rected to accept instructions with respect to the
performance of its duties hereunder from any one of the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Vice President, the Secretary or the
Treasurer 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 or suffered by it
in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such
officer or for any delay in acting while waiting for those
instructions.
(h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, direc-
tor, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell
or deal in any of the Rights or other securities of the
Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction
in which the Company may be interested, or contract with or
lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and
freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this
Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent
from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any
other legal entity.
(i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any
of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any
duty hereunder either itself or by or through its attorneys
or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or
accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of
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any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company
resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct,
provided reasonable care was exercised in the selection and
continued employment thereof.
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights
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Agent or any successor Rights Agent may resign and be dis-
charged from its duties under this Agreement upon 30 days'
notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each transfer
agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares by registered
or certified mail, and to the holders of the Right Certifi-
cates by first-class mail. The Company may remove the
Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent upon 30 days'
notice in writing, mailed to the Rights Agent or successor
Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent
of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares by registered or
certified mail, and to the holders of the Right Certificates
by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be
removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the
Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If
the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a pe-
riod of 30 days after giving notice of such removal or after
it has been notified in writing of such resignation or inca-
pacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by
the holder of a Right Certificate (who shall, with such no-
tice, submit his Right Certificate for inspection by the
Company), then the registered holder of any Right
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Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a new Rights Agent. Any successor
Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a
court, shall be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States or of the State of New
York (or of any other state of the United States so long as
such corporation is authorized to do business as a banking
institution in the State of New York), in good standing,
having an office in the State of New York, which is
authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust or
stock transfer 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 million. After
appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with
the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if
it had been originally named as Rights Agent without further
act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver
and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at
the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any
further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for the
purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such ap-
pointment the Company shall file notice thereof in writing
with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of
the Common Shares or Preferred Shares, and mail a notice
thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Right
Certificates. Failure to give any notice provided for in
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this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not
affect the legality or validity of the resignation or
removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the
successor Rights Agent, as the case may be.
Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or
of the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its
option, issue new Right Certificates evidencing Rights in
such form as may be approved by its Board of Directors to
reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price and
the number or kind or class of shares or other securities or
property purchasable under the Right Certificates made in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 23. Redemption. (a) The Board of Direc-
tors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to
such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, redeem
all but not less than all the then outstanding Rights at a
redemption price of $.001 per Right, appropriately adjusted
to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction occurring after the date hereof (such redemption
price being hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption
Price"). The redemption of the Rights by the Board of
Directors may be made effective at such time, on such basis
and with such conditions as the Board of Directors in its
sole discretion may establish.
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(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of
Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the
Rights pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 23, and
without any further action and without any notice, the right
to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right
thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the
Redemption Price. The Company shall promptly give public
notice of any such redemption; provided, however, that the
failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not
affect the validity of such redemption. Within 10 days
after such action of the Board of Directors ordering the
redemption of the Rights, the Company shall mail a notice of
redemption to all the holders of the then outstanding Rights
at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry
books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution
Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent for the
Common Shares. Any notice which is mailed in the manner
herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the
holder receives the notice. Each such notice of redemption
will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption
Price will be made. Neither the Company nor any of its
Affiliates or Associates may redeem, acquire or purchase for
value any Rights at any time in any manner other than that
specifically set forth in this Section 23 or in Section 24
hereof, and other than in connection with the purchase of
Common Shares prior to the Distribution Date.
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Section 24. Exchange. (a) The Board of
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Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time
after any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all
or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights
(which shall not include Rights that have become void
pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for
Common Shares at an exchange ratio of one Common Share 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 at any time after any Person (other than the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit
plan of the Company or any such Subsidiary, or any entity
holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any
such plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates of
such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of
the Common Shares then outstanding.
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of
Directors of the Company ordering the exchange of any Rights
pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 24 and without any
further action and without any notice, the right to exercise
such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter of
a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of
Common Shares equal to the number of such Rights held by
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such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Company
shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange;
provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect
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in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such
exchange. The Company promptly shall mail a notice of any
such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their
last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the
Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner
herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the
holder receives the notice. Each such notice of exchange
will state the method by which the exchange of the Common
Shares 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 the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii)
hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(c) In the event that there shall not be suf-
ficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding or autho-
rized but unissued to permit any exchange of Rights as con-
templated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company
shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize
additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the
Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith
effort, be unable to take all such action as may be
necessary to authorize such additional Common Shares, the
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Company shall substitute, for each Common Share that would
otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of
Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the current
per share market price of one Preferred Share multiplied by
such number or fraction is equal to the current per share
market price of one Common Share as of the date of issuance
of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof.
(d) The Company shall not be required to issue
fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates
which evidence fractional Common Shares. In lieu of such
fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the
registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to
which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be
issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the
current market value of a whole Common Share. For the
purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of
a whole Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common
Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Sec-
tion 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior
to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.
Section 25. Notice of Certain Events. (a) In
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case the Company shall propose (i) to pay any dividend
payable in stock of any class to the holders of its
Preferred Shares or to make any other distribution to the
holders of its Preferred Shares (other than a regular
quarterly cash dividend), (ii) to offer to the holders of
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its Preferred Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or
to purchase any additional Preferred Shares or shares of
stock of any class or any other securities, rights or
options, (iii) to effect any reclassification of its
Preferred Shares (other than a reclassification involving
only the subdivision of outstanding Preferred Shares), (iv)
to effect any consolidation or merger into or with, or to
effect any sale or other transfer (or to permit one or more
of its Subsidiaries to effect any sale or other transfer),
in one or more transactions, of 50% or more of the assets or
earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as
a whole) to, any other Person, (v) to effect the
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or
(vi) to declare or pay any dividend on the Common Shares
payable in Common Shares or to effect a subdivision,
combination or consolidation of the Common Shares (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividends
in Common Shares), then, in each such case, the Company
shall give to each holder of a Right Certificate, in
accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of such proposed
action, which shall specify the record date for the purposes
of such stock dividend, or distribution of rights or
warrants, or the date on which such reclassification,
consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date of
participation therein by the holders of the Common Shares
and/or Preferred Shares, if any such date is to be fixed,
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and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action
covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least 10 days prior
to the record date for determining holders of the Preferred
Shares for purposes of such action, and in the case of any
such other action, at least 10 days prior to the date of the
taking of such proposed action or the date of participation
therein by the holders of the Common Shares and/or Preferred
Shares, whichever shall be the earlier.
(b) In case the event set forth in Section
11(a)(ii) hereof shall occur, then the Company shall as soon
as practicable thereafter give to each holder of a Right
Certificate, in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice
of the occurrence of such event, which notice shall describe
such event and the consequences of such event to holders of
Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
Section 26. Notices. Notices or demands autho-
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rized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights
Agent or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or on the
Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another
address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) as fol-
lows:
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
150 East 58th Street
New York, New York 10155
Attention: Secretary
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Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice
or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made
by the Company or by the holder of any Right Certificate to
or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made
if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed
(until another address is filed in writing with the Company)
as follows:
Chemical Bank
450 West 33rd Street - 8th Floor
New York, New York 10001
Attention: Vice President
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 shall be sufficiently given or made if
sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to such
holder at the address of such holder as shown on the
registry books of the Company.
Section 27. Supplements and Amendments. The Com-
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pany may from time to time supplement or amend this Agree-
ment without the approval of any holders of Right
Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or
supplement any provision contained herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein,
or to make any other provisions with respect to the Rights
which the Company may deem necessary or desirable, any such
supplement or amendment to be evidenced by a writing signed
by the Company and the Rights Agent; provided, however, that
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from and after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring
Person, this Agreement shall not be amended in any manner
which would adversely affect the interests of the holders of
Rights. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company may at
any time prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquir-
ing Person amend this Agreement to lower the thresholds set
forth in Sections 1(a) and 3(a) to not less than the greater
of (i) the sum of .001% and the largest percentage of the
outstanding Common Shares then known by the Company to be
beneficially owned by any Person (other than the Company,
any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of
the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity
holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any
such plan) and (ii) 10%.
Section 28. Successors. All the covenants and
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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. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing
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in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any person
or corporation other than the Company, the Rights Agent and
the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior
to the Distribution Date, the Common Shares) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but
this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit
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of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders
of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution
Date, the Common Shares).
Section 30. Severability. If any term,
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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.
Section 31. Governing Law. This Agreement and
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each Right Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to
be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York
and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of such State applicable to
contracts to be made and performed entirely within such
State.
Section 32. Counterparts. This Agreement may be
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executed in any number of counterparts and each of such
counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an
original, and all such counterparts shall together
constitute but one and the same instrument.
Section 33. Descriptive Headings. Descriptive
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headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are in-
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serted for convenience only and shall not control or affect
the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed and attested, all as of
the day and year first above written.
FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
Attest:
By -------------------- By --------------------
Title: Title:
Attest: CHEMICAL BANK
By -------------------- By --------------------
Title: Title:
PSHR
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Exhibit A
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FORM
of
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS
of
SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
of
FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
(Pursuant to Section 151 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law)
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Forest Laboratories, Inc., a corporation organized
and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware (hereinafter called the "Corporation"), hereby
certifies that the following resolution was adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Corporation as required by
Section 151 of the General Corporation Law at a meeting duly
called and held on September 30, 1994:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to
and vested in the Board of Directors of this Corporation
(hereinafter called the "Board of Directors" or the "Board")
in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation, the Board of Directors hereby creates a series
of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Preferred
Stock"), of the Corporation and hereby states the designation
and number of shares, and fixes the relative rights,
preferences, and limitations thereof as follows:
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock:
Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of
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such series shall be designated as "Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock" (the "Series A Preferred Stock") and the number
of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be
500,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by
resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that no
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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 reserved for
issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or
warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding
securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series
A Preferred Stock.
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Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.
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(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any
shares of any series of Preferred Stock (or any similar
stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A
Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the
holders of Common Stock, par value $.10 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of the Corporation, and of any other
junior 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 in cash on the first day of March, June, September
and December in 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 a 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 or (b) subject to the provision for
adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the ag-
gregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and
100 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in
kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions,
other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock
or 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. In the
event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay
any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination
or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
(by reclassification or otherwise than by payment
of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) 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 outstandingimmediately
after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
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(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or
distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided
in paragraph (A) of this Section immediately after it
declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock
(other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock);
provided that, in the event 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,
a dividend of $1 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, unless the date of
issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case
dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the
date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of
issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or 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 before such
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which
events such 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 the shares of Series A
Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total
amount of such dividends at the time accrued
and payable on such shares shall be allocated
pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such
shares at the time outstanding. 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 be not
more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the
payment thereof.
Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares
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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 the stockholders of the
Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at
any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common
Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a
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subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of
Common Stock) 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, in any
other Certificate of Designations creating a series of
Preferred Stock or any similar stock, or by law, the
holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the
holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital
stock of the Corporation having general voting rights
shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted
to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.
(C) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise
provided by law, holders of Series A Preferred Stock
shall have no special voting rights and their consent
shall not be required (except to the extent they are
entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set
forth herein) for taking any corporate action.
Section 4. Certain Restrictions.
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(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other divi-
dends or distributions payable on the Series A
Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in
arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid
dividends and distributions, whether or not declared,
on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding
shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:
(i) declare or pay dividends, 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, or make any
other distributions, on any shares of stock
ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with
the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends
paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and
all such parity stock on which dividends are
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payable or in arrears in proportion to the total
amounts to which the holders of all such shares
are then entitled;
(iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire
for consideration shares of any stock ranking
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 any stock of the
Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends
or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to
the Series A Preferred Stock; or
(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire
for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred
Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity
with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in ac-
cordance with a purchase offer made in writing or
by publication (as determined by the Board of Di-
rectors) to all holders of such shares upon such
terms as the Board of Directors, after consider-
ation of the respective annual dividend rates and
other relative rights and preferences of the re-
spective 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 subsid-
iary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise
acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the
Corporation unless the Corporation could, under
paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise
acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.
Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Se-
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ries A Preferred Stock 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 and may be reissued
as part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the
conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in
the Certificate of Incorporation, or in any other
Certificate of Designations creating a series of Preferred
Stock or any similar stock or as otherwise required by law.
Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding
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Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
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Corporation, no distribution shall be made (1) to the
holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to
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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 $100 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 shares of Common Stock, or (2) to the
holders of 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 distributions made
ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity
stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the
holders of all such shares are entitled upon such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the
Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on
the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or
effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common
Stock) 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. In case
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the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger,
combination or other transaction in which the shares of Com-
mon Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or
securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such
case each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the
same time be similarly exchanged 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 and/or any other property
(payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for
which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged.
In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or
pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or
consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend
in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number
of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount
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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 shares of Series
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A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.
Section 9. Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock
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shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the
distribution of assets, junior to all series of any other
class of the Corporation's Preferred Stock.
Section 10. Amendment. The Certificate of Incor-
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poration of the Corporation shall not be amended in any man-
ner which would materially alter or change the powers, pref-
erences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock so
as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares
of Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single
class.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate of Designa-
tions is executed on behalf of the Corporation by its Presi-
dent and attested by its Secretary this________ day of October
1994.
_____________________________
President
Attest:
____________________________
Secretary
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Exhibit B
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Form of Right Certificate
Certificate No. R-
Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 OR
EARLIER IF REDEMPTION OR EXCHANGE OCCURS. THE
RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT $.001 PER
RIGHT AND TO EXCHANGE ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN
THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT.
Right Certificate
FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
This certifies that ______________________, or
registered assigns, is the registered owner of the number of
Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the owner
thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of
the Rights Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1994 (the
"Rights Agreement"), between Forest Laboratories, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Chemical Bank (the
"Rights Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any time
after the Distribution Date (as such term is defined in the
Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City
time, on September 30, 2004 at the principal office of the
Rights Agent, or at the office of its successor as Rights
Agent, one one-hundredth of a fully paid non-assessable
share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par
value $1.00 per share (the "Preferred Shares"), of the
Company, at a purchase price of $250 per one one-hundredth
of a Preferred Share (the "Purchase Price"), upon
presentation and surrender of this Right Certificate with
the Form of Election to Purchase duly executed. The number
of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and the
number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which may
be purchased upon exercise hereof) set forth above, and the
Purchase Price set forth above, are the number and Purchase
Price as of October 20, 1994, based on the Preferred Shares
as constituted at such date. As provided in the Rights
Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of one one-
hundredths of a Preferred Share which may be purchased upon
the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Right
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Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon
the happening of certain events.
This Right Certificate is subject to all of the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement,
which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorpo-
rated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to
which Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full
description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights
Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right
Certificates. Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at
the principal executive offices of the Company and the
above-mentioned offices of the Rights Agent.
This Right Certificate, with or without other
Right Certificates, upon surrender at the principal office
of the Rights Agent, may be exchanged for another Right
Certificate or Right Certificates of like tenor and date
evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like
aggregate number of Preferred Shares as the Rights evidenced
by the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered
shall have entitled such holder to purchase. If this Right
Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be
entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Right
Certificate or Right Certificates for the number of whole
Rights not exercised.
Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement,
the Rights evidenced by this Certificate (i) may be redeemed
by the Company at a redemption price of $.001 per Right or
(ii) may be exchanged in whole or in part for Preferred
Shares or shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value
$.10 per share.
No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued upon
the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other
than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-
hundredth of a Preferred Share, 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.
No holder of this Right Certificate shall be en-
titled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any
purpose the holder of the Preferred Shares or of any other
securities of the Company which may at any time be issuable
on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the
Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the
holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a 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
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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.
WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper
officers of the Company and its corporate seal. Dated as of
____________, 19___.
ATTEST: FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
________________________ By ______________________
Countersigned:
CHEMICAL BANK
By __________________________
Authorized Signature
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
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(To be executed by the registered holder if such
holder desires to transfer the Right 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: ________________________, 19____
___________________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Signatures must be guaranteed by a member firm of
a registered national securities exchange, a member of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or a com-
mercial bank or trust company having an office or correspon-
dent in the United States.
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The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights
evidenced by this Right Certificate are not beneficially
owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate
thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement).
_______________________________
Signature
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate -- continued
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed if holder desires to exercise
Rights represented by the Right Certificate.)
To: FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exer-
cise ______________________________ Rights represented by this
Right Certificate to purchase the Preferred Shares issuable
upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that certif-
icates for such Preferred Shares be issued in the name of:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
_________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
__________________________________________________________________
If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evi-
denced by this Right Certificate, a new Right Certificate
for the balance remaining of such Rights shall be registered
in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number
___________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
___________________________________________________________________
Dated:________________, 19_____
_______________________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Signatures must be guaranteed by a member firm of
a registered national securities exchange, a member of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or a com-
mercial bank or trust company having an office or correspon-
dent in the United States.
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Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate -- continued
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The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights
evidenced by this Right Certificate are not beneficially
owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate
thereof (as defined in the Rights Agreement).
_________________________________
Signature
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NOTICE
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The signature in the Form of Assignment or Form of
Election to Purchase, as the case may be, must conform to
the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate
in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
any change whatsoever.
In the event the certification set forth above in
the Form of Assignment or the Form of Election to Purchase,
as the case may be, is not completed, the Company and the
Rights Agent will deem the beneficial owner of the Rights
evidenced by this Right Certificate to be an Acquiring
Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined in
the Rights Agreement) and such Assignment or Election to
Purchase will not be honored.
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Exhibit C
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SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE
PREFERRED SHARES
On September 30, 1994, the Board of Directors of
Forest Laboratories, Inc. (the "Company") declared a
dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a "Right")
for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $.10
per share (the "Common Shares"), of the Company. The
dividend is payable on October 20, 1994 (the "Record Date")
to the stockholders of record on that date. Each Right
entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company
one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share
(the "Preferred Shares"), of the Company at a price of $250
per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (the "Purchase
Price"), subject to adjustment. The description and terms
of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement (the
"Rights Agreement") between the Company and Chemical Bank,
as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent").
Until the earlier to occur of (i) 10 days
following a public announcement that a person or group of
affiliated or associated persons (an "Acquiring Person")
have acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the
outstanding Common Shares or (ii) 10 business days (or such
later date as may be determined by action of the Board of
Directors prior to such time as any person or group of
affiliated persons becomes an Acquiring Person) following
the commencement of, or announcement of an intention to
make, a tender offer or exchange offer the consummation of
which would result in the beneficial ownership by a person
or group of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares
(the earlier of such dates being called the "Distribution
Date"), the Rights will be evidenced, with respect to any of
the Common Share certificates outstanding as of the Record
Date, by such Common Share certificate with a copy of this
Summary of Rights attached thereto.
The Rights Agreement provides that, until the Dis-
tribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the
Rights), the Rights will be transferred with and only with
the Common Shares. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier
redemption or expiration of the Rights), new Common Share
certificates issued after the Record Date upon transfer or
new issuance of Common Shares will contain a notation incor-
porating the Rights Agreement by reference. Until the Dis-
tribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the
Rights), the surrender for transfer of any certificates for
Common Shares outstanding as of the Record Date, even
without such notation or a copy of this Summary of Rights
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being attached thereto, will also constitute the transfer of
the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by
such certificate. As soon as practicable following the
Distribution Date, separate certificates evidencing the
Rights ("Right Certificates") will be mailed to holders of
record of the Common Shares as of the close of business on
the Distribution Date and such separate Right Certificates
alone will evidence the Rights.
The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribu-
tion Date. The Rights will expire on September 30, 2004
(the "Final Expiration Date"), unless the Final Expiration
Date is extended or unless the Rights are earlier redeemed
or exchanged by the Company, in each case, as described
below.
The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Pre-
ferred Shares or other securities or property issuable, upon
exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time
to time to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a stock
dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or
reclassification of, the Preferred Shares, (ii) upon the
grant to holders of the Preferred Shares of certain rights
or warrants to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares at
a price, or securities convertible into Preferred Shares
with a conversion price, less than the then-current market
price of the Preferred Shares or (iii) upon the distribution
to holders of the Preferred Shares of evidences of
indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic cash
dividends paid out of earnings or retained earnings or
dividends payable in Preferred Shares) or of subscription
rights or warrants (other than those referred to above).
The number of outstanding Rights and the number of
one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share issuable upon exer-
cise of each Right are also subject to adjustment in the
event of a stock split of the Common Shares or a stock divi-
dend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares or subdi-
visions, consolidations or combinations of the Common Shares
occurring, in any such case, prior to the Distribution Date.
Preferred Shares purchasable upon exercise of the
Rights will not be redeemable. Each Preferred Share will be
entitled to a minimum preferential quarterly dividend
payment of $1 per share but will be entitled to an aggregate
dividend of 100 times the dividend declared per Common
Share. In the event of liquidation, the holders of the
Preferred Shares will be entitled to a minimum preferential
liquidation payment of $100 per share but will be entitled
to an aggregate payment of 100 times the payment made per
Common Share. Each Preferred Share will have 100 votes,
voting together with the Common Shares. Finally, in the
event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction in
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which Common Shares are exchanged, each Preferred Share will
be entitled to receive 100 times the amount received per
Common Share. These rights are protected by customary
antidilution provisions.
Because of the nature of the Preferred Shares'
dividend, liquidation and voting rights, the value of the
one one-hundredth interest in a Preferred Share purchasable
upon exercise of each Right should approximate the value of
one Common Share.
In the event that the Company is acquired in a
merger or other business combination transaction or 50% or
more of its consolidated assets or earning power are sold
after a person or group has become an Acquiring Person,
proper provision will be made so that each holder of a Right
will thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise
thereof at the then current exercise price of the Right,
that number of shares of common stock of the acquiring
company which at the time of such transaction will have a
market value of two times the exercise price of the Right.
In the event that any person or group of affiliated or
associated persons becomes an Acquiring Person, proper
provision shall be made so that each holder of a Right,
other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person
(which will thereafter be void), will thereafter have the
right to receive upon exercise that number of Common Shares
having a market value of two times the exercise price of the
Right.
At any time after any person or group becomes an
Acquiring Person and prior to the acquisition by such person
or group of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Shares,
the Board of Directors of the Company may exchange the
Rights (other than Rights owned by such person or group
which will have become void), in whole or in part, at an
exchange ratio of one Common Share, or one one-hundredth of
a Preferred Share (or of a share of a class or series of the
Company's preferred stock having equivalent rights,
preferences and privileges), per Right (subject to
adjustment).
With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Pur-
chase Price will be required until cumulative adjustments
require an adjustment of at least 1% in such Purchase Price.
No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued (other than
fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth
of a Preferred Share, which may, at the election of the Com-
pany, be evidenced by depositary receipts) and in lieu
thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the
market price of the Preferred Shares on the last trading day
prior to the date of exercise.
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At any time prior to the acquisition by a person
or group of affiliated or associated persons of beneficial
ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding Common Shares,
the Board of Directors of the Company may redeem the Rights
in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.001 per Right
(the "Redemption Price"). The redemption of the Rights may
be made effective at such time on such basis with such
conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion
may establish. Immediately upon any redemption of the
Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and
the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive
the Redemption Price.
The terms of the Rights may be amended by the
Board of Directors of the Company without the consent of the
holders of the Rights, including an amendment to lower
certain thresholds described above to not less than the
greater of (i) the sum of .001% and the largest percentage
of the outstanding Common Shares then known to the Company
to be beneficially owned by any person or group of
affiliated or associated persons and (ii) 10%, except that
from and after such time as any person or group of
affiliated or associated persons becomes an Acquiring Person
no such amendment may adversely affect the interests of the
holders of the Rights.
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as
such, will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company,
including, without limitation, the right to vote or to re-
ceive dividends.
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 dated October , 1994.
A copy of the Rights Agreement is available free of charge
from the Company. This summary description of the Rights
does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement, which is
hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
OF FOREST LABORATORIES, INC.
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(As amended to September 30, 1994)
ARTICLE I
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
Sec. 1. ANNUAL MEETING. The Annual Meeting of
Stockholders shall be held at the principal office of the
Corporation or such other place as the Board of Directors
may select on such date and at such time as may be fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall
serve personally, or by mail, a written notice thereof,
addressed to each stockholder at his address as it appears
on the stock book; but at any meeting at which all
stockholders shall be present, or of which all stockholders
not present have waived notice in writing, the giving of
notice as above required may be dispensed with. Any annual
meeting of stockholders may be postponed by resolution of
the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the
date previously scheduled for such annual meeting of
stockholders.
Sec. 2. QUORUM. The presence, in person or by proxy,
of the holders of a majority of the outstanding stock
entitled to vote generally shall be necessary to constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business, except that when
specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of
stock voting as a class, the holders of a majority of the
shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of
such class or series for the transaction of such businesses.
Whether or not a quorum is present, the Chairman of the
meeting or a majority of the stockholders present in person
or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time. No
notice of the time and place of adjourned meetings need be
given except as required by law. The stockholders present
in person or by proxy at a duly organized meeting may
continue to transact business until adjournment,
notwithstanding the withdrawal of sufficient stockholders to
constitute the remaining stockholders less than a quorum.
Sec. 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Subject to the rights of the
holders of any series of stock having a preference over the
Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation ("Preferred
Stock"), special meetings of stockholders, other than those
regulated by statute, may only be called by a majority of
the Directors. Notice of such meeting stating the purpose
for which it is called shall be served personally or by
mail, not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days before the
date set for such meeting. If mailed, it shall be directed
to a stockholder at his address as it appears on the stock
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present, or of which stockholders not present have waived
notice in writing, the giving of notice as above described
may be dispensed with. No business other than that
specified in the call for the meeting shall be transacted at
any meeting of the stockholders. Any special meeting of
stockholders may be postponed by resolution of the Board of
Directors upon public notice given prior to the date
previously scheduled for such special meeting of
stockholders.
Sec. 4. VOTING. At all meetings of the stockholders,
all questions, the manner of deciding which is not
specifically regulated by statute, shall be determined by a
majority vote of the shares entitled to vote on such matters
present in person or by proxy, other than the election of
directors, which shall be determined by a plurality of votes
of the shares entitled to vote on the election of directors
present in person or by proxy.
Sec. S. CONDUCT OF MEETING. Unless otherwise
determined by resolution of the Board of Directors, the
Chairman of the Board (or, in the absence of the Chairman,
the President) shall, or shall designate an appropriate
officer of the Corporation to, call any annual or special
meeting of stockholders to order, act as Chairman of any
such meeting of the stockholders, determine the order of
business of any such meeting, and determine the rules of
order and procedure to be followed in the conduct of any
such meeting.
Sec. 6. NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER BUSINESS AND NOMINATIONS.
(A) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. (1) Nominations
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of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the
Corporation and the proposal of business to be considered by
the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of
stockholders (a) pursuant to the Corporation's notice of
meeting, (b) by or at the direction of the Board of
Directors or (c) by any stockholder of the Corporation who
was a stockholder of record at the time of giving of notice
provided for in this ByLaw, who is entitled to vote at the
meeting and who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in this By-Law.
(2) For nominations or other business to be properly
brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant
to clause (c) of paragraph (A)(1) of this By-Law, the
stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing
to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business
must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action.
To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered to
the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not later than the close of business on the 60th
day nor earlier than the close of business on the 90th day
prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's
annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that
the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days before
or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by
the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not
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earlier than the close of business on the 90th day prior to
such annual meeting and not later than the close of business
on the later of the 60th day prior to such annual meeting or
the 10th day following the day on which public announcement
of the date of such meeting is first made by the
Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of
an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time
period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described
above. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) as to
each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for
election or reelection as a director all information
relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in
solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an
election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case
pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 14a-11
thereunder (including such person's written consent to being
named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as
a director if elected); (b) as to any other business that
the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a
brief description of the business desired to be brought
before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such business
at the meeting and any material interest in such business of
such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the proposal is made; and (c) as to the stockholder
giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose
behalf the nomination or proposal is made (i) the name and
address of such stockholder, as they appear on the
Corporation's books, and of such beneficial owner and (ii)
the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are
owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and
such beneficial owner.
(3) Notwithstanding anything in the second sentence of
paragraph (A)(2) of this By-Law to the contrary, in the
event that the number of directors to be elected to the
Board of Directors of the Corporation is increased and there
is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of
the nominees for director or specifying the size of the
increased Board of Directors at least 70 days prior to the
first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a
stockholder's notice required by this By-Law shall also be
considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any
new positions created by such increase, if it shall be
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive
offices of the Corporation not later than the close of
business on the 10th day following the day on which such
public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(B) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such
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business shall be conducted at a special meeting of
stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting
pursuant to the Corporation's notice of meeting.
Nominations of persons for election to the Board of
Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders
at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the
Corporation's notice of meeting (a) by or at the direction
of the Board of Directors or (b) provided that the Board of Directors
has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any
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stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record at
the time of giving of notice provided for in this By-Law, who
shall be entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with
the notice procedures set forth in this By-Law. In the event the
Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose
of electing one or more directors to the Board of Directors,
any such stockholder may nominate a person or persons (as
the case may be), for election to such positions) as
specified in the Corporation's notice of meeting, if the
stockholder's notice required by paragraph (A)(2) of this
By-Law shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal
executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the
close of business on the 90th day prior to such special
meeting and not later than the close of business on the
later of the 60th day prior to such special meeting or the
loth day following the day on which public announcement is
first made of the date of the special meeting and of the
nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at
such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of
an adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time
period for the giving of a stockholder's notice as described
above.
(C) General. (1) Only such persons who are nominated
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in accordance with the procedures set forth in this By-Law
shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such
business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as
shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this By-Law. Except as
otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation
or these ByLaws, the Chairman of the meeting shall have the
power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any
business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made
or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this By-Law and, if any proposed
nomination or business is not in compliance with this By-
Law, to declare that such defective proposal or nomination
shall be disregarded.
(2) For purposes of this By-Law, "public announcement"
shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow
Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national
news service or in a document publicly filed by the
Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
By-Law, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable
requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth
in this By-Law. Nothing in this By-Law shall be deemed to
affect any rights (i) of stockholders to request inclusion
of proposals in the Corporation's proxy statement pursuant
to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or (ii) of the holders
of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors under
specified circumstances.
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Sec. 7. RECORD DATE FOR ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT. In
order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders
entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a
meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which
record date shall not precede the date upon which the
resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of
Directors, and which date shall not be more than 10 days
after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record
date is adopted by the Board of Directors. Any stockholder
of record seeking to have the stockholders authorize or take
corporate action by written consent shall, by written notice
to the Secretary, request the Board of Directors to fix a
record date. The Board of Directors shall promptly, but in
all events within 10 days after the date on which such a
request is received, adopt a resolution fixing the record
date. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of
Directors within 10 days of the date on which such a request
is received, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a
meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is
required by applicable law, shall be the first date on which
a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or
proposed to be taken is delivered to the Corporation by
delivery to its registered office in Delaware, its principal
place of business or to any officer or agent of the
Corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings
of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to
the Corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If
no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and
prior action by the Board of Directors is required by
applicable law, the record date for determining stockholders
entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a
meeting shall be at the close of business on the date on
which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking
such prior action.
Sec. 8. INSPECTORS OF WRITTEN CONSENT. In the event of
the delivery, in the manner provided by Section 7, to the
Corporation of the requisite written consent or consents to
take corporate action and/or any related revocation or
revocations, the Corporation shall engage nationally
recognized independent inspectors of elections for the
purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the
validity of the consents and revocations. For the purpose
of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no
action by written consent without a meeting shall be
effective until such date as the independent inspectors
certify to the Corporation that the consents delivered to
the Corporation in accordance with Section 7 represent at
least the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to
take the corporate action. Nothing contained in this
paragraph shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply
that the Board of Directors or any stockholder shall not be
entitled to contest the validity of any consent or
revocation thereof, whether before or after such
certification by the independent inspectors, or to take any
other action (including, without limitation, the
commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with
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respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in
such litigation).
Sec. 9. EFFECTIVENESS OF WRITTEN CONSENT. Every
written consent shall bear the date of signature of each
stockholder who signs the consent and no written consent
shall be effective to take the corporate action referred to
therein unless, within 60 days of the date the earliest
dated written consent was received in accordance with
Section 7, a written consent or consents signed by a
sufficient number of holders to take such action are
delivered to the Corporation in the manner prescribed in
Section 7.
Sec. 10. INSPECTORS OF ELECTIONS; OPENING AND CLOSING
THE POLLS. The Board of Directors by resolution shall
appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector or
inspectors may include individuals who serve the Corporation
in other capacities, including, without limitation, as
officers, employees, agents or representatives, to act at
the meetings of stockholders and make a written report
thereof. One or more persons may be designated as alternate
inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no
inspector or alternate has been appointed to act or is able
to act at a meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the
meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the
meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her
duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute
the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and
according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors
shall have the duties prescribed by law.
The Chairman of the meeting shall fix and announce at
the meeting the date and time of the opening and the closing
of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders
will vote at a meeting.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
Sec. 1. NUMBER. The affairs of this Corporation shall
be managed by a board of three to eleven directors, as such
number shall be fixed by resolution of the majority of the
Board of Directors, who need not be stockholders of the
Corporation and at least one of such directors shall be a
citizen of the United States.
Sec. 2. HOW ELECTED. At each Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, the persons receiving a plurality of the votes
cast for the number of directors to be elected at such
meeting shall be elected as directors.
Sec. 3. TERM OF OFFICE. The term of office of each of
the directors shall be one year, and thereafter until his
successor has been elected and qualified.
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Sec. 4. DUTIES OF DIRECTORS. The business and affairs
of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of
the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and
authorities by these By-Laws expressly conferred upon them,
the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the
Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are
not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by
these ByLaws required to be exercised or done by the
stockholders.
Sec. 5. DIRECTORS' MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the
Board of Directors shall be held immediately following the
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, and at such other times
as the Board of Directors may determine. Special Meetings
of the Board of Directors may be called by the President at
any time, and shall be called by the President or the
Secretary upon the written request of a majority of the
directors.
Sec. 6. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. Notice of meetings, other
than the regular Annual Meetings, shall be given to each
director at his business or residence in writing by hand
delivery, first-class or overnight mail or courier service,
telegram or facsimile transmission, or orally by telephone.
If mailed by first-class mail, such notice shall be deemed
adequately delivered when deposited in the United States
mails so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid, at least
five (5) days before such meeting. If by telegram,
overnight mail or courier service, such notice shall be
deemed adequately delivered when the telegram is delivered
to the telegraph company or the notice is delivered to the
overnight mail or courier service company at least two (2)
days before such meeting. If by facsimile transmission,
telephone or hand delivery, such notice shall be deemed
adequately delivered when the notice is transmitted at least
twelve (12) hours before such meeting. Neither the business
to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or
special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified
in the notice of such meeting. At any meeting at which
every member of the Board of Directors shall be present,
although held without notice, any business may be transacted
which might have been transacted if the meeting had been
duly called.
Sec. 7. QUORUM. At any meeting of the Board of
Directors, one-third of the Board or two directors,
whichever is greater, shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business; but in the event of a quorum not
being present, a lesser number may adjourn the meeting to
some future time, not more than 15 days later.
Sec. 8. VOTING. At all meetings of the Board of
Directors, each director is to have 1 vote, irrespective of
the number of shares of stock that he may hold.
Sec. 9. VACANCIES. Vacancies in the Board occurring
between Annual Meetings, regardless of how such vacancies
arose, including by reason of death, resignation,
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retirement, disqualification, removal from office, creation
of new directorships resulting from any increase in the
number of directors, or other cause, shall be filled for the
unexpired portion of the term by a majority of the remaining
directors.
Sec. 10. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Any one or more of the
directors may be removed either with or without cause, at
any time by a vote of the stockholders holding two-thirds of
the stock, at any Special Meeting called for the purpose.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Sec. 1. NUMBER. The officers of this Corporation shall
be:
1. Chairman of the Board of Director; if one is
elected by the Board of Directors.
2. President
3. Vice President
4. Secretary
5. Treasurer
Sec. 2. ELECTION. All officers of the Corporation
shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its
meeting held immediately after the Meeting of Stockholders,
and shall hold office for the term of 1 year or until their
successors are duly elected.
Sec. 3. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. The duties and powers of
the officers of the Corporation shall be an follows:
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the
chief executive officer of the Corporation and he shall
preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and Stock-
holders.
He shall present at each Annual Meeting of the
Stockholders and Directors a report of the condition of the
business of the Corporation.
He shall cause to be called Regular and Special
Meetings of the Stockholders and Directors in accordance
with these By-Laws.
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He shall appoint and remove, employ and discharge, and
fix the compensation of all servants, agents, employees and
clerks of the Corporation other than the duly appointed
officers. He shall sign and make all contracts, agreements,
obligations, evidences of indebtedness and guarantees in the
name of the Corporation unless otherwise resolved by the
Board of Directors.
He shall see that the books, reports, statements and
certificates required by the statutes are properly kept,
made and filed according to law.
He shall sign all notes, drafts or bills of exchange,
warrants or other orders for the payment of money duly drawn
by the Treasurer, unless otherwise resolved by the Board of
Directors.
He shall enforce these By-Laws and perform all the
duties incident to the position and office, and which are
required by law.
PRESIDENT
The President shall assist the Chairman of the Board in
the administration of the affairs of the Corporation and
during the absence and inability of the Chairman to render
and perform his duties or exercise his powers, as set forth
in these By-Laws, or in the acts under which the Corporation
is organized, or if the Board does not elect a Chairman of
the Board the same shall be performed and exercised by the
President; and when so acting, he shall have all the power
and be subject to all the responsibilities hereby given to
or imposed upon such Chairman of the Board.
VICE PRESIDENT
During the absence and inability of both the Chairman
of the Board and the President to render and perform their
duties or exercise their powers, as set forth in these By-
Laws or in the acts under which this Corporation is
organized, the same shall be performed and exercised by the
Vice President; and when so acting, he shall have all the
powers and be subject to all the responsibilities hereby
given to or imposed upon such Chairman of the Board and the
President.
SECRETARY
The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the Meetings of
the Board of Directors and of the Stockholders in
appropriate books. He shall give and serve all notices of the Corporation,
unless otherwise resolved by the Board of Directors.
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He shall be custodian of the records and of the seal,
and affix the latter when required, unless otherwise
resolved by the Board of Directors.
He shall keep the stock and transfer books in the
manner prescribed by law, so as to show at all times the
amount of capital stock, the manner and the time the same
was paid in, the names of the owners thereof, their post
office addresses, the number of shares owned by each, the
time at which each person became such owner, and the amount
paid thereon; and keep such stock and transfer books open
daily during business hours at the office of the
Corporation, subject to the inspection of any stockholder of
the Corporation, and permit such stockholder to make
extracts from said books to the extent and as prescribed by
law.
He shall attend to all correspondence and perform all
the duties incident to the office of Secretary.
TREASURER
The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of and be
responsible for all the funds and securities of the
Corporation, and deposit all such funds in the name of the
Corporation in such bank or banks, trust company or trust
companies or safe deposit vaults as the Board of Directors
may designate.
He shall sign, make and endorse in the name of the
Corporation all checks, drafts, warrants and orders for the
payment of money, and pay out and dispose of same and
receipt therefor, under the direction of the President of
the Board of Directors.
He shall exhibit at all reasonable times his books and
accounts to any director or stockholder of the Corporation
upon application at the office of the Corporation during
business hours.
He shall render a statement of the condition of the
finances of the Corporation at each regular meeting of the
Board of Directors, and at such other times as shall be
required of him, and a full financial report at the Annual
meeting of Stockholders.
He shall keep at the office of the Corporation correct
books of account of all its business and transactions and
such other books of account as the Board of Directors may
require.
He shall do and perform all duties pertaining to the
office of Treasurer.
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Sec. 4. BOND. The Treasurer shall, if required by the
Board of Directors, give to the Corporation such security
for the faithful discharge of his duties as the Board may
direct.
Sec. 5. VACANCIES, HOW FILLED. All vacancies in any
office shall be filled by the Board of Directors without
undue delay, at its regular meeting, or at a meeting
specially called for that purpose.
Sec. 6. COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS. The officers shall
receive such salary or compensation as may be determined by
the Board of Directors.
Sec. 7. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS. The Board of Directors
may remove any officer, by a majority vote, at any time with
or without cause.
ARTICLE IV
SEAL
Sec. 1. SEAL. The corporate seal shall have enscribed
thereon the words "Corporate Seal", the year of
incorporation and around the margin thereof the words
"Forest Laboratories, Inc. -- Delaware."
ARTICLE V
CERTIFICATES OF STOCK
Sec. 1. DESCRIPTION OF STOCK CERTIFICATES. The
certificates of stock shall be numbered and registered in
the order in which they are issued. They shall be bound in
a book and shall be issued in consecutive order therefrom,
and in the margin thereof shall be entered the name of the
person owning the shares therein represented, with the
number of shares and the date thereof. Such certificates
shall exhibit the holder's name and the number of shares.
They shall be signed by the President or Vice President and
countersigned by the Secretary or Treasurer and sealed with
the seal of the Corporation. In lieu of any of the
aforesaid signatures of the officers of the Corporation or
of its seal, facsimile signatures or seal may be used.
Sec. 2. TRANSFER OF STOCK. The stock of the
Corporation shall be assignable and transferable on the
books of the Corporation only by the person in whose name it
appears on the books or his legal representatives. In case
of transfer by attorney, the power of attorney, duly
executed and acknowledged, shall be deposited with the
Secretary. In all cases of transfer, the former certificate
must be surrendered up and cancelled before a new
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certificate is issued unless other provision is made by
resolution by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding any
provisions of these By-Laws to the contrary, the Corporation
by resolution of the Board of Directors may appoint a
transfer agent and/or registrar in connection with the
issuance of its stock and the keeping of the records
relating thereto, upon such terms and conditions as are
deemed appropriate by said Board in its discretion.
ARTICLE VI
DIVIDENDS
Sec. 1. WHEN DECLARED. The Board of Directors shall
vote to declare dividends from the surplus profits of the
Corporation whenever, in their opinion, the condition of the
Corporation's affairs will render it expedient for such
dividends to be declared.
ARTICLE VII
BILLS, NOTES, ETC.
Sec. 1. HOW MADE. All bills payable, notes, checks or
other negotiable instruments of the Corporation shall be
made in the name of the Corporation and shall be signed by
the President or Vice President and countersigned by the
Secretary or Treasurer. No officer or agent of the
Corporation, either singly or jointly with others, shall
have the power to make any bills payable, note, check, draft
or warrant or other negotiable instrument, or endorse the
same in the name of the Corporation, or contract or cause to
be contracted any debt or liability in the name or on behalf
of the Corporation, except as herein expressly prescribed
and provided, unless authorized by a resolution of the Board
of Directors.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
Sec. 1. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE. (A) Each person
who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a
party to or is involved in any action, suit, or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(hereinafter a "proceeding,'), by reason of the fact that he
or she or a person of whom he or she is the legal
representative is or was a director or officer of the
Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to
employee benefit plans maintained or sponsored by the
Corporation, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged
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action in an official capacity as a director, officer,
employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as
a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified
and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent
authorized by the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended
(but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent
that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide
broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the
Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all
expense, liability and loss (including attorneys, fees,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and
amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably
incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith
and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who
has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and
shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors
and administrators; provided, however, that except as
provided in paragraph (C) of this By-Law, the Corporation
shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in
connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by
such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was
authorized by the Board of Directors. The right to
indemnification conferred in this By-Law shall be a contract
right and shall include the right to be paid by the
Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its final disposition, such
advances to be paid by the Corporation within 20 days after
the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements
from the claimant requesting such advance or advances from
time to time; provided, however, that if the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware requires, the
payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer
in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in
any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by
such person while a director or officer, including, without
limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance
of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only
upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on
behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such
director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under
this By-Law or otherwise.
(B) To obtain indemnification under this By-Law, a
claimant shall submit to the Corporation a written request,
including therein or therewith such documentation and
information as is reasonably available to the claimant and
is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what
extent the claimant is entitled to indemnification. Upon
written request by a claimant for indemnification pursuant
to the first sentence of this paragraph (B), a
determination, if required by applicable law, with respect
to the claimant's entitlement thereto shall be made as
follows: (1) if requested by the claimant, by Independent
Counsel (as hereinafter defined), or (2) if no request is
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made by the claimant for a determination by Independent
Counsel, (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of
a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors (as
hereinafter defined), or (ii) if a quorum of the Board of
Directors consisting of Disinterested Directors is not
obtainable or, even if obtainable, such quorum of
Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel
in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of
which shall be delivered to the claimant, or (iii) if a
quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by the
stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the
determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be
made by Independent Counsel at the request of the claimant,
the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of
Directors unless there shall have occurred within two years
prior to the date of the commencement of the action, suit or
proceeding for which indemnification is claimed a "Change of
Control,, (as defined below) in which case the Independent
Counsel shall be selected by the claimant unless the
claimant shall request that such selection be made by the
Board of Directors. If it is so determined that the
claimant is entitled to indemnification, payment to the
claimant shall be made within 10 days after such
determination.
(C) If a claim under paragraph (A) of this By-Law is
not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty days after
a written claim pursuant to paragraph (B) of this By-Law has
been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any
time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in
whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid
also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a
defense to any such action (other than an action brought to
enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any
proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the
required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered
to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the
standard of conduct which makes it permissible under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware for the
Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount
claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on
the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation
(including its Board of Directors, Independent Counsel or
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such action that indemnification of the
claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she
has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, nor an
actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board
of Directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders) that the
claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct,
shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption
that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of
conduct.
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(D) If a determination shall have been made pursuant
to paragraph (B) of this By-Law that the claimant is
entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be bound
by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced
pursuant to paragraph (C) of this By-Law.
(E) The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting
in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to paragraph
(C) of this By-Law that the procedures and presumptions of
this By-Law are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall
stipulate in such proceeding that the Corporation is bound
by all the provisions of this By-Law.
(F) The right to indemnification and the payment of
expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of
its final disposition conferred in this By-Law shall not be
exclusive of any other right which any person may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the
Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, agreement, vote of
stockholders or Disinterested Directors or otherwise. No
repeal or modification of this By-Law shall in any way
diminish or adversely affect the rights of any director,
officer, employee or agent of the Corporation hereunder in
respect of any occurrence or matter arising prior to any
such repeal or modification.
(G) The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person
against such expense, liability or loss under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. To the extent
that the Corporation maintains any policy or policies
providing such insurance, each such director or officer, and
each such agent or employee to which rights to
indemnification have been granted as provided in paragraph
(H) of this By-Law, shall be covered by such policy or
policies in accordance with its or their terms to the
maximum extent of the coverage thereunder for any such
director, officer, employee or agent.
(H) The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from
time to time by the Board of Directors, grant rights to
indemnification, and rights to be paid by the Corporation
the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance
of its final disposition, to any employee or agent of the
Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions of this
By-Law with respect to the indemnification and advancement
of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.
(I) If any provision or provisions of this By-Law
shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for
any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this By-Law
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(including, without limitation, each portion of any
paragraph of this By-Law containing any such provision held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself
held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the
fullest extent possible, the provisions of this By-Law
(including, without limitation, each such portion of any
paragraph of this By-Law containing any such provision held
to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed
so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the
provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.
(i) For purposes of this By-Law:
(1) "Disinterested Director" means a director of the
Corporation who is not and was not a party to the matter in
respect of which indemnification is sought by the claimant.
(2) "Independent Counsel" means a law firm, a member
of a law firm, or an independent practitioner, that is
experienced in matters of corporation law and shall include
any person who, under the applicable standards of
professional conduct then prevailing, would not have a
conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation
or the claimant in an action to determine the claimant's
rights under this By-Law.
(3) "Change of Control" means:
(a) The acquisition by any individual, entity or
group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of
the Exchange Act) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the
Exchange Act) of 20% or more of either (i) the then
outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation (the
"Outstanding Common Stock") or (ii) the combined voting
power of the then outstanding voting securities of the
Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors (the "Outstanding Voting Securities"); provided,
however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the
following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of
Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Corporation,
(ii) any acquisition by the Corporation, (iii) any
acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
sponsored or maintained by the Corporation or any
corporation controlled by the Corporation or (iv) any
acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction
which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of
subsection (c); or
(b) Individuals who, as of the date hereof,
constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board;
provided, however, that any individual becoming a director
subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination
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for election by the Corporation's stockholders, was approved
by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then
comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though
such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but
excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose
initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual
or threatened election contest with respect to the election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened
solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a
Person other than the Board; or
(c) Consummation of a reorganization, merger or
consolidation or sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (a
"]Business Combination"), in each case, unless, following
such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of
the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners,
respectively, of the Outstanding Common Stock and
Outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such
Business Combination beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then
outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting
power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may
be, of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation
which as a result of such transaction owns the Corporation
or all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets
either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in
substantially the same proportions as their ownership,
immediately prior to such Business Combination of the
Outstanding Common Stock and Outstanding Voting Securities,
as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any
corporation resulting from such Business Combination or any
employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation
or such corporation resulting from such Business
Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20%
or more of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of
common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination or the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to
the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business
Combination and (iii) at least a majority of the members of
the board of directors of the corporation resulting from
such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent
Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement,
or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business
Combination; or
(d) Approval by the stockholders of the Corporation of
a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.
(K) Any notice, request or other communication required or
permitted to be given to the Corporation under this By-Law
shall be in writing and either delivered in person or sent
by telecopy, telex, telegram, overnight mail or courier
service, or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, to the Secretary of the
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Corporation and shall be effective only upon receipt by the
Secretary.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS
Sec. 1. HOW AMENDED. These By-Laws may be altered,
amended, repealed or added to by an affirmative vote of the
stockholders representing a majority of the whole capital
stock entitled to vote at an Annual Meeting or at a Special
Meeting called for that purpose provided that written notice
shall have been sent to each stockholder or mailed to him at
his post office address of known, at least 10 days before
the date fixed for such meeting. The notice shall set forth
the alterations, amendments or changes which are proposed to
be made in such By-Laws or in lieu thereof shall set forth a
brief summary of the changes to be effected therein. If,
however, all the stockholders shall be present at any
regular or Special Meeting, these By-Laws may be amended by
a unanimous vote without any previous notice.
Notwithstanding the above, these By-Laws may be altered,
amended, repealed or added to by the affirmative vote taken
at a regular or Special Meeting of the Board of Directors.
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