UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q\A
Amendment No. 1
(Mark One)
(X) QUARTERLY REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For Quarter Ended March 31, 1994 Commission file number 1-996
OR
( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 16-0445660
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
High Ridge Park,
Box 10010, Stamford, Connecticut 06904
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code (203) 329-4100
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all
reports required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file
such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for the past 90 days.
X
(Yes) (No)
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's
classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Common Stock, par value $1.00 47,273,449
(Class) (Outstanding at May 6, 1994)
Item 2 of General Signal Corporation's quarterly report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1994 is hereby amended with
respect to (a) the last two sentences in the first paragraph of
page 9, (b) the fifth and final sentences in the last paragraph of
page 9, (c) the second, third and fourth sentences in the first
paragraph of page 10, and (d) the first sentence in the second
paragraph of page 10.
PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Statement of Earnings
(In thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended March 31,
1994 1993
Net sales $ 388,540 $ 377,216
Cost of sales 272,972 267,172
Selling, general and administrative expenses 74,891 77,393
Total operating costs and expenses 347,863 344,565
Operating earnings 40,677 32,651
Interest expense, net 2,729 5,886
Earnings before income taxes 37,948 26,765
Income taxes 13,358 8,804
Earnings before cumulative effect
of accounting change 24,590 17,961
Cumulative effect of accounting change -- (25,300)
Net earnings (loss) $ 24,590 $ (7,339)
Earnings per share of common stock:
Earnings before cumulative effect of
accounting change $ 0.52 $ 0.42
Cumulative effect of accounting change -- (0.60)
Net earnings (loss) $ 0.52 $ (0.18)
Dividends declared per common share $ 0.225 $ 0.225
Average common shares outstanding 47,409 42,419
See accompanying notes to financial statements.<PAGE>
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Balance Sheet
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
March 31, December 31,
Assets 1994 1993
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 7,259 $ 1,253
Accounts receivable 255,725 255,534
Inventories 216,478 196,286
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets 54,358 55,482
Deferred income taxes 59,243 60,315
Assets held for sale at estimated
realizable value 11,900 25,675
Total current assets 604,963 594,545
Property, plant, and equipment 275,465 263,353
Intangibles 184,032 184,240
Other assets 149,078 134,314
Deferred income taxes 47,870 48,389
$1,261,408 $1,224,841
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
<PAGE>
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Balance Sheet-Continued
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
March 31, December 31,
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity 1994 1993
Current liabilities:
Short-term borrowings and
current maturities of long-term
debt $ 10,670 $ 9,334
Accounts payable 135,170 131,300
Accrued expenses 173,077 177,829
Income taxes 16,153 7,385
Total current liabilities 335,070 325,848
Long-term debt, less current
maturities 210,154 191,382
Accrued postretirement and
postemployment obligations 164,552 173,693
Other liabilities 9,108 8,732
Total long-term liabilities 383,814 373,807
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, authorized 150,000
shares; issued 63,505 shares
at March 31, 1994 and 63,360
shares at December 31, 1993 77,227 77,082
Additional paid-in capital 275,840 271,958
Retained earnings 597,017 583,099
Cumulative translation adjustments (7,591) (8,483)
Common stock in treasury, at cost;
16,059 shares at March 31,
1994 and 16,017 shares at
December 31, 1993 (399,969) (398,470)
Total shareholders' equity 542,524 525,186
$1,261,408 $1,224,841
See accompanying notes to financial statements.<PAGE>
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Statement of Cash Flows
(In thousands) (Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
1994 1993
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Earnings before cumulative effect of
accounting change $ 24,590 $ 17,961
Adjustments to reconcile earnings
to net cash from operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization 14,042 12,361
Pension credits (3,003) (2,809)
Other, net (4,185) 6,460
Changes in working capital (22,117) (20,413)
Net cash from operating activities 9,327 13,560
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Dispositions 15,400 6,771
Acquisitions (12,314) --
Capital expenditures (17,171) (10,643)
Other, net (1,200) (2,223)
Net cash from investing activities (15,285) (6,095)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Dividends paid (10,655) (8,876)
Net change in short and long-term
borrowings 20,165 (14,901)
Issuance of common stock 2,528 9,190
Net cash from financing activities 12,038 (14,587)
Effect of exchange rate changes
on cash (74) (19)
Net change in cash and cash
equivalents 6,006 (7,141)
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period 1,253 16,455
Cash and cash equivalents at end
of period $ 7,259 $ 9,314
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
1. The accompanying unaudited financial statements reflect all
adjustments (consisting of normal, recurring items) necessary
for the fair presentation of results for these interim
periods. These results are based upon generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied with those used in
the preparation of the company's 1993 Annual Report on Form
10-K.
2. Inventories
March 31, December 31,
1994 1993
Finished goods $ 61,458 $ 56,066
Work in process 73,511 63,343
Raw material and purchased parts 107,896 103,985
Total FIFO cost 242,865 223,394
Excess of FIFO cost over LIFO
inventory value (26,387) (27,108)
Net carrying value $ 216,478 $ 196,286
3. Business Segment Information Three Months Ended March 31,
1994 1993
Net sales:
Process Controls $ 183,400 $ 176,900
Electrical Controls 134,500 138,000
Industrial Technology 70,600 62,300
$ 388,500 $ 377,200
Operating earnings:
Process Controls $ 22,800(1) $ 17,500
Electrical Controls 9,600 9,300
Industrial Technology 10,400 9,400
Total operating earnings before
unallocated expenses, equity
income and interest 42,800 36,200
Equity income 700 - -
Net interest expense (2,700) (5,900)
Unallocated expenses (2,900) (3,500)
Earnings before income taxes $ 37,900 $ 26,800
(1) Includes $4,000 curtailment gain (non-cash) from postretirement
benefits other than pensions.<PAGE>
4. Property, Plant and Equipment March 31, December 31,
1994 1993
Property, plant and equipment,
at cost $ 662,094 $ 635,320
Accumulated depreciation and
amortization (386,629) (371,967)
Property, plant and equipment,
net $ 275,465 $ 263,353
5. Supplemental Information-Statement of Cash Flows
Three Months Ended
March 31,
1994 1993
Cash paid (received) for:
Interest $ 1,410 $ 6,112
Income taxes $ (876) $ 402
Liabilities assumed in conjunction
with acquisitions:
Fair value of assets acquired $ 7,821 $ --
Cash paid (7,821) --
$ -- $ --
6. Acquisitions
During the quarter ended March 31, 1994, the company completed two
purchase acquisitions.
Company Acquired Description of Business
Benjamin Signals Audible and visual signal
products
Assets of Berger Industries, Inc. Steel fittings products
Subsequent to quarter-end, the company completed the acquisition of
Neer Manufacturing Company, Inc.
7. Repurchase of Shares
A program to repurchase up to 3.4 percent or 1.6 million shares of
the company's currently outstanding stock was approved by the Board
of Directors. The shares will be purchased from time-to-time over
the next two years in open market transactions, and will be used to
offset dilution from the expected exercise of employee stock
options.
<PAGE>
ITEM 2: MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Results of Operations - First Quarter 1994 Compared With First Quarter 1993
First Quarter
1994 1993 Change
Net sales $388.5 $377.2 3.0%
International sales in 1994 totalled 22.9% of the company's net
sales, compared to 22.6% in 1993. Foreign sales improved 3.3% in 1994 and
export sales increased 6.2%, reflecting a moderately improving international
business outlook.
Process controls sector sales increased 3.7% from increased
shipments of pumps and laboratory equipment. In addition, the process
controls sector benefitted from the acquisition of Layne & Bowler in late
1993.
Sales in the electrical controls sector declined 2.5%. This decline
resulted from weaker international demand for fire safety controls products
and softer demand for floor care and exercise equipment motors. It was
partially offset by stronger demand for conduit fittings, and power
conditioning and broadcast equipment.
The industrial technology sector experienced strong demand for
telecommunications equipment and OEM automotive components, but had fewer
shipments of bus and rail fare collection equipment. In addition, $4.5
million of the sales increase results from the inclusion of the sales of
certain operating units that were formerly treated as divested businesses.
First Quarter
1994 1993 Change
Gross profit $115.6 $110.0 5.1%
Percentage of net sales 29.8% 29.2%
Gross profit as a percentage of net sales remained flat on improved
sales, after excluding the OPEB curtailment gain of $4.0 million and the low
margin results of the businesses that were formerly treated as divested and
excluded from operations.
Included in gross margins in 1994 and 1993 were $0.7 million and
$1.1 million, respectively, of LIFO reserve liquidations that resulted from
the company's aggressive inventory management policies that lowered costs and
inventory levels at certain units of the company. <PAGE>
First Quarter 1994 1993
Change Selling, general and administrative expenses $74.9 $77.4 (3.2)%
Percentage of net sales 19.3% 20.5%
Selling, general and administrative expenses improved in 1994,
reflecting the early results of the company's restructuring activities started
at certain units in mid-1993, and the company's continued cost management
efforts. Included in selling, general and administrative expenses were
pension credits of $3.0 million in 1994 and $2.8 million in 1993. Also
included were OPEB costs of $1.3 million in 1994 and $2.3 million in 1993.
The reduction in OPEB costs (exclusive of curtailment) resulted from lower
estimated medical cost trend and the favorable impact of the 1993 plan
changes.
First Quarter
1994 1993 Change
Operating earnings $40.7 $32.7 24.6%
Percentage of net sales 10.5% 8.7%
Earnings for the process controls sector were up 13.1%, excluding
the impact of the OPEB curtailment gain in the first quarter. These improved
results came principally from productivity improvements and reduced costs.
Electrical controls sector operating earnings were up 3.2%, despite
a 2.5% decline in sales in 1994. This improvement resulted from stronger
operating earnings in the company's broadcast equipment, conduit fittings and
power conditioning equipment businesses.
The industrial technology sector operating earnings improved 10.1%
during 1994 despite operating losses of businesses that were formerly treated
as divested. This improvement is primarily attributable to the continued
strong results from the company's telecommunications and automotive equipment
businesses.
First Quarter
1994 1993 Change
Net interest expense $2.7 $5.9 (53.6)%
Percentage of net sales 0.7% 1.6%
Net interest expense decreased as a result of the extinguishment of
higher rate debt during the second quarter of 1993 and generally lower debt
levels in 1994.
Net earnings before cumulative effect of accounting change were
$24.6 million or $0.52 per share in 1994 compared to $18.0 million or $0.42
per share in 1993. The company recognized a $25.3 million or $0.60 per share
charge in 1993 to adopt FAS 112, "Employers' Accounting for Postemployment
Benefits," resulting in a net loss in 1993 of $0.18 per share. Average shares
outstanding in 1994 were 11.8% higher than in 1993. In addition, the
company's effective tax rate was 35.2% in 1994 compared with 32.9% in 1993.
The 1994 tax rate includes a benefit of 1.6% arising from adjustments to prior
year tax liabilities. Despite higher average shares and taxes, the company's
earnings improved as a result of higher gross margins, lower selling, general
and administrative expenses, lower interest expense, and the recognition of a
$4.0 million or $0.05 per share OPEB curtailment gain in 1994. 1994 and 1993
also reflect the benefit of $2.9 million and $1.2 million, respectively,
arising from normal, recurring adjustments to various provisions and valuation
accounts relating principally to inventories and warranties.<PAGE>
Financial
Condition - March 31, 1994 Compared to December 31, 1993
Operations generated cash of $9.3 million, compared to $13.6 million
in 1993, with the decline reflecting inventory growth in anticipation of
strong product shipments in the second quarter of 1994. Earnings for 1994
included several non-cash items, in addition to depreciation and pension
credits. As previously noted, an OPEB curtailment gain of $4.0 million was
realized in the first quarter, with no cash flow impact. In addition, normal,
recurring adjustments to various provisions and valuation accounts as a result
of changes in estimates resulted in operating income of approximately $2.9
million in 1994 and $1.2 million in 1993, without cash impact. Included in
operating cash flows were expenditures of $4.7 million for operating unit
restructuring activities, $3.8 million for severance pay, and $2.3 million for
the consolidation of the company's Lindberg unit with Revco. These
expenditures were charged against accruals. Management anticipates that these
expenditures will result in lower future costs from higher productivity.
Proceeds from the dispositions of semiconductor equipment operations
were $15.4 million in 1994, with no impact on income during the quarter. The
company used $12.3 million for acquisitions and $17.1 million for capital
expenditures. Dividends paid totalled $10.7 million, and additional amounts
borrowed during the quarter totalled $20.2 million.
Long-term debt-to-capitalization was 27.9% at March 31, 1994, a
slight increase from year-end reflecting the modestly increased borrowing
levels.
At December 31, 1993, the company had a $43.2 million valuation
allowance established against its gross deferred tax assets of approximately
$224 million. There were no significant changes to the deferred tax assets
nor the valuation allowance since year-end. The valuation allowance was based
on management's assessment that it was more likely than not that the net
deferred tax assets will be realized through future taxable earnings or
alternative tax strategies. In the event that the tax benefits relating to
the valuation allowance are subsequently realized, $6.6 million of such
benefits would reduce goodwill.
The company is well-positioned to finance future working capital
requirements and capital expenditures through current earnings and significant
available credit facilities.
Other Matters
As a producer of capital goods and equipment, the results of the
company's businesses can vary with the relative strength of the economy.
Demand for products in the Process Controls sector follows the demand for
durable goods orders, and strength in heavy industrial and utility markets is
key to the success of the sector. The Electrical Controls sector depends upon
several markets, principally the construction and computer equipment
industries. The Industrial Technology sector depends on several markets,
primarily automotive, mass transportation, and telecommunications equipment.
Mass transportation depends upon continued federal and local government
spending, and telecommunications is dependent upon continued research and
development and the continued success of new products. While no one
marketplace or industry has a major impact on the company's operations or
results, the inherent pace of technological changes presents certain risks
that the company monitors carefully. Success within all of the company's
businesses is dependent upon the timely introduction and acceptance of new
products. <PAGE>
PART II: OTHER INFORMATION
Item 2. Changes in Securities.
On April 21, 1994, the shareholders approved that the total
number of shares that may be issued by the company be
increased to 160,000,000 from 85,000,000, including
previously authorized 10,000,000 shares that are issuable
as preferred stock.
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
(a) The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Registrant (the
"Meeting") was held on April 21, 1994.
(b) The Registrant solicited proxies for the Meeting pursuant
to Regulation 14; there was no solicitation in opposition
to management's nominees for directors as listed in the
Proxy Statement, and all such nominees were elected.
(c) In addition to the election of directors, the shareholders
ratified the appointment of auditors.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.
(a) Exhibits.
3.1 Restated Certificate of Incorporation of General
Signal Corporation, as amended through April 21,
1994.
3.2 By-laws of General Signal Corporation, as amended
through April 21, 1994.
12.0 Calculation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
(b) No reports were filed on Form 8-K.
<PAGE>
SIGNATURES
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 thereunto duly authorized.
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION
/s/ Terry J. Mortimer
Terry J. Mortimer
Vice President and Controller
Chief Accounting Officer
DATE: June 10, 1994
<PAGE>
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION *
1. Name. The name of the corporation shall be General Signal Corporation.
2. Purposes.
A. To manufacture, process, construct, develop, assemble, and
produce in any way, to sell, lease, supply, and distribute in any way, to
purchase, lease, mine, extract, and acquire in any way, to own, operate,
experiment with, deal in, service, finance, and use in any way equipment,
apparatus, appliances, devices, structures, materials, processes, information,
tangible and intangible property, services and systems of every kind, nature
and description:
(1) for any application or purpose, including but not limited to,
electrical and electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic devices and machinery and
controls, or in any way connected with or deriving from any such application
or purpose, and,
(2) for any other application or purpose, whatsoever, including but
not limited to industrial, utility, consumer, defense, governmental,
scientific, educational, cultural, financial, recreational, agricultural,
transportation, construction, mining, and communication applications or
purposes.
B. To acquire by purchase, subscription or otherwise, all or part of
any interest in the property assets, business, or good will of any
corporation, association, firm or individual, and to dispose of, or otherwise
deal with, such property, assets, business or good will.
C. To engage in any activity which may promote the interests of the
Corporation, or enhance the value of its property, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, and in furtherance of the foregoing purposes to exercise all
powers now or hereafter granted or permitted by law, including the powers
specified in the New York Business Corporation Law.
3. Capital. The total number of shares that may be issued by the
Corporation is 160,000,000 of which 10,000,000 shares, of the par value of
$1.00 per share, shall be preferred ("Preferred Stock") and 150,000,000 shares
of the par value of $1.00 per share shall be common ("Common Stock").
The designations, preferences, privileges and voting powers or
restrictions or qualifications of the shares of each class shall be as
follows:
A. Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to
time in one or more series, with such distinctive serial designations as shall
be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the
issue of such stock adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors, and
in such resolution or resolutions providing for the initial issue of the
shares of each particular series, the Board of Directors is expressly
authorized to fix the annual rate or rates of dividends for the particular
series, to determine whether or not said dividends shall be cumulative, and,
if so, from what date; the dividend payment dates for the particular series
and the date, if any, from which dividends on all shares of such series issued
prior to the record date for the first dividend payment date shall be
cumulative; the redemption price or prices for the particular series; the
distributive amount or amounts per share on liquidation for the particular
series; the voting rights, if any; and the right, if any, of holders of the
stock of the particular series to convert the same into stock of any other
series or class or other securities of the Corporation or of any other
corporation, with any provisions for the subsequent adjustment of such
conversion rights. All shares of Preferred Stock of any one series shall be
identical with each other in all respects except as to the dates, if any, from
which dividends thereon shall be cumulative. ___________________
* As restated April 21, 1994
B. Common Stock. Subject to any limitations prescribed in
accordance with Article 3A above, and not otherwise, the holders of the Common
Stock shall be entitled to:
(i) such dividends (payable in cash, stock or otherwise) as may be
declared by the Board of Directors and paid on the Common Stock from time to
time out of any funds legally available therefor;
(ii) one vote for each share held at all meetings of the
stockholders of the Corporation; and
(iii) in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of
the affairs of the Corporation, share in the remaining assets and funds of the
Corporation according to their respective shares.
C. Preemptive Rights. No holder of shares of Preferred Stock or
Common Stock of the Corporation shall as such holder have any preemptive right
to purchase shares of any class of stock of the Corporation or shares or other
securities convertible into or exchangeable for or carrying rights or options
to purchase shares of any class of stock of the Corporation, whether such
class of stock, shares or other securities are now or hereafter authorized,
which at any time may be proposed to be issued by the Corporation or subjected
to rights or options to purchase granted by the Corporation.
4. Office. The office of the Corporation in the State of New York
is to be located in the County of Monroe, State of New York.
5. Designation of Secretary of State as Agent. The Secretary of
State of the State of New York is designated as the agent of the Corporation
upon whom process against it may be served, and the post office address to
which the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any such process served upon
him is: c/o CT Corporation System, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019.
6. Registered Agent. The Corporation designates CT Corporation
System, a foreign corporation authorized to do business in this State, having
an office at 1633 Broadway, New York, New York, 10019, its registered agent in
this State upon whom process against this Corporation may be served.
7. Director Liability. No person who is or was a director of the
Corporation shall have personal liability to the Corporation or its
shareholders for damages for any breach of duty in such capacity, provided
that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the liability of any director
if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to him establishes that his
acts or omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law or that he personally gained in fact a financial
profit or other advantage to which he was not legally entitled or that his
acts violated Section 719 of the Business Corporation Law of New York. No
amendment to or repeal of this Article 7 shall apply to or have any effect on
the liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any
acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or
repeal. If the Business Corporation Law of New York is amended hereafter to
expand or limit the liability of a director, then the liability of a director
of the Corporation shall be expanded to the extent required or limited to the
extent permitted by the Business Corporation Law of New York, as so amended.
8. Stockholder Vote Required. Any of the following actions may be
taken by the stockholders of the Corporation only by the affirmative vote of
the holders of two-thirds of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon:
(a) adoption, amendment or repeal of any By-Law, or any provision of this
Certificate of Incorporation, relating to (i) the number, classification and
terms of office of directors, (ii) the quorum of directors required for the
transaction of business, (iii) the filling of newly created directorships and
vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors, (iv) the removal of directors,
or (v) the power of the Board of Directors to adopt, amend or repeal By-Laws
of the Corporation or the vote of the Board of Directors required for any such
adoption, amendment or repeal; (b) the removal of directors; or (c) any
amendment or repeal of this Article 8. Nothing contained in this Article 8
shall in any way limit the power of the Board of Directors to adopt, amend or
repeal By-Laws of the Corporation.
9. Duration. Its duration is to be perpetual.
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION
__________
BY-LAWS
__________
As Amended Through April 21, 1994
ARTICLE I
SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting: The Annual Meeting of the shareholders of
this Corporation for the election of directors and the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before such meeting shall be held each
year on such date and at such time and place, whether within or without the
State of New York, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Special Meeting: A Special Meeting of the shareholders
may be held at any time upon the call of the Board of Directors or the
Chairman of the Board and shall be called by the Secretary at the written
request of shareholders owning at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares
of stock entitled to vote, which request shall specify the matters to be
presented to such meeting.
SECTION 3. Notice of Annual or Special Meeting: Written notice of
the holding of each Annual or Special Meeting of the shareholders shall be
given by the Secretary. Such notice shall state the place, date and hour of
the meeting, and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and
shall be signed by the Secretary, and shall indicate that it is being issued
by or at the direction of the person or persons calling the meeting. A copy
of such notice shall be mailed, postage prepaid, not less than ten nor more
than fifty days before the date of the meeting, to each shareholder of record
as of such record date, not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the
date of the meeting, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors for determining
the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, the meeting. Such
notice shall be directed to the shareholder at his address as it appears on
the record of shareholders, or, if he shall have filed with the Secretary a
written request that notices to him be mailed to some other address, then
directed to him at such other address.
If, at any meeting, action is proposed to be taken which would, if
taken, entitle certain shareholders to receive payment for their shares, the
notice of such meeting shall include a statement of that purpose and to that
effect.
At any meeting of shareholders or any such adjourned meeting, only
such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before
such meeting or any such adjourned meeting. To be properly brought before any
meeting of shareholders or any such adjourned meeting, business must be (a)
specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before
such meeting or any such adjourned meeting by or at the direction of the Board
of Directors, or (c) otherwise properly brought before such meeting or any
such adjourned meeting by a shareholder. For business to be properly brought
before any meeting of shareholders or any such adjourned meeting by a
shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing
to the Secretary. To be timely, a shareholder's notice must be delivered to
or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation
not less than forty-five days nor more than sixty days prior to such meeting;
provided, however, that in the event less than fifty-five days prior public
disclosure of the date of such meeting is made to the shareholders or in the
event the only public disclosure of the date of the meeting is written notice
in accordance with this Article 1, Section 3, notice by such shareholder to be
timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth
day following the day on which such notice of the date of such meeting was
mailed or such public disclosure was made. A shareholder's notice to the
Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring
before such meeting (a) a brief description of the business desired to be
brought before such meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at
such meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's
books, of the shareholder proposing such business, (c) the class and number of
shares of the securities of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by
such shareholder, and (d) any material interest of such shareholder in such
business.
No business shall be conducted at any meeting of shareholders or any
such adjourned meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Article 1, Section 3. In the event that a shareholder seeks to bring one
or more matters before a meeting of shareholders or any such adjourned
meeting, the Board of Directors shall establish a committee consisting of
non-management directors for the purpose of reviewing compliance with this
Article 1, Section 3; provided, however, that if the business to be brought
before such meeting or any such adjourned meeting by a shareholder relates to
the removal, replacement or election of one or more directors, the Secretary
shall appoint two or more inspectors, neither of whom shall be an affiliate of
the Corporation, to act in lieu of such committee to review compliance with
this Article 1, Section 3. If the committee or the inspectors (as the case may
be) shall determine that a shareholder has not complied with this Article 1,
Section 3, the committee or the inspectors (as the case may be) shall direct
the chairman of such meeting to declare to such meeting or any such adjourned
meeting that such business was not properly brought before such meeting or any
such adjourned meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Article 1,
Section 3; and the chairman shall so declare to such meeting or any such
adjourned meeting and any such business not properly brought before such
meeting or any such adjourned meeting shall not be transacted.
Only individuals who are nominated in accordance with the procedures
set forth in this Article 1, Section 3, shall be eligible for election as
directors. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors
may be made at a meeting of shareholders or any such adjourned meeting by or
at the direction of the board of Directors or by any shareholder of the
Corporation entitled to vote for the election of directors at such meeting or
any such adjourned meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth
in this Article 1, Section 3.
Such nominations, other than those made by or at the direction of
the Board of Directors, shall be made pursuant to timely notice in writing to
the Secretary. To be timely, a shareholder's notice shall be delivered to or
mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not
less than forty-five days nor more than sixty days prior to such meeting;
provided, however, that in the event less than fifty-five days prior public
disclosure of the date of such meeting is made to the shareholders or in the
event the only public disclosure of the date of the meeting is written notice
in accordance with this Article 1, Section 3, notice by such shareholder to be
timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth
day following the day on which such notice of the date of such meeting was
mailed or such public disclosure was made. Such shareholder's notice shall
set forth (a) as to each individual whom such shareholder proposes to nominate
for election or re-election as director, (i) the name, age, business address
and residence address of such individual, (ii) the principal occupation or
employment of such individual, (iii) the class and number of shares, or the
amount of any securities of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by
such individual and (iv) any other information relating to such individual
that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of
directors, or is otherwise required, in each case, pursuant to Regulation 14A
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including without
limitation such individual's written consent to being named in the proxy
statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (b) as to
the shareholder giving the notice, (i) the name and address, as they appear on
the Corporation's books, of such shareholder and (ii) the class and number of
shares of the securities of the Corporation which are beneficially owned by
such shareholder. At the request of the Board of Directors, any individual
nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director shall furnish
to the Secretary that information required to be set forth in a shareholder's
notice of nomination which pertains to the nominee. No individual shall be
eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this Article 1, Section 3. In the
event that a shareholder seeks to nominate one or more directors, the
Secretary shall appoint two inspectors, neither of whom shall be an affiliate
of the Corporation, to determine whether such shareholder has complied with
this Article 1, Section 3. If the inspectors shall determine that such
shareholder has not complied with this Article 1, Section 3, the inspector
shall direct the chairman of such meeting or any such adjourned meeting to
declare to such meeting or any such adjourned meeting that a nomination was
not made in accordance with the prescribed procedures, and the chairman shall
so declare to such meeting or any such adjourned meeting and the defective
nomination shall be disregarded.
SECTION 4. Presiding Officer: At all meetings of shareholders the
Chairman of the Board shall preside, or in his absence, the Chairman of the
Executive Committee, the President or any Vice President may preside.
SECTION 5. Inspectors: Prior to each meeting of the shareholders,
the Board of Directors may appoint two Inspectors of Election and two or more
Alternate Inspectors, to serve at such meeting and any adjournment thereof.
If any Inspector refuses to serve, or shall not be present at the meeting of
the shareholders, the Alternate Inspectors shall act in the order of their
appointment.
SECTION 6. Voting and Method of: Except as otherwise provided in the
Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of the shareholders, each
shareholder entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote for every share
standing in his name on the record of shareholders, and all questions to be
decided by the shareholders, except the question of election of directors and
such other questions the manner of deciding which is specifically regulated by
statute, shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast at the meeting in
person or by proxy by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon. All
voting shall be viva-voce, except that any qualified voter may require a vote
by ballot on any question to be decided. In case of a vote by ballot, each
ballot shall state the name of the shareholder voting and the number, class
and series (if any) of shares owned by him, and in addition, if such ballot be
cast by a proxy, the name of the proxy shall be stated.
SECTION 7. Quorum: Except as may be otherwise provided by law or by
the Certificate of Incorporation, at all meetings of the shareholders, the
holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereat shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of any business.
SECTION 8. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year of the Corporation shall
close on the 31st day of December in each year. The officers of the
Corporation shall prepare and cause to be submitted to the shareholders at the
Annual Meeting a detailed statement showing the financial condition of the
Corporation.
ARTICLE II
DIRECTORS
SECTION 1. Election of Directors: The directors shall be classified
with respect to their terms of office by dividing them into three classes.
All classes shall be as nearly equal in number as possible, and no class shall
include less than three directors. Subject to such limitations, the size of
each class may be fixed by action of the shareholders or of the Board of
Directors.
At each Annual Meeting of Shareholders, directors to replace those
whose terms expire at such Annual Meeting shall be elected to hold office
until the expiration of the term of whatever class they are assigned to,
provided that no director may be assigned to a class the term of which will
expire later than the Annual Meeting next succeeding the director's attaining
age 72.
Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for
which he is elected, and until his successor has been elected and qualified,
provided, however, that a director may be removed from office as a director,
but only for cause, by action of the shareholders or of the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 2. Number of Directors: The number of the directors of the
Corporation shall be not less than 9 nor more than 15 as shall be determined
from time to time by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 3. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies: Newly created
directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and
vacancies occurring in the Board for any reason may be filled by the vote of a
majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum may
exist. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship or a vacancy
shall be elected to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of the
shareholders, and (if he is to have a successor) until his successor has been
elected and qualified.
SECTION 4. Regular Meetings: Regular Meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be held at such times and places as may be fixed by the Board
of Directors provided that the Organization Meeting of the newly elected Board
of Directors shall be held on the same day as the Annual Meeting of the
shareholders, at which time the Executive Committee and other Committees of
the Board and Officers shall be elected or appointed. Unless otherwise
required by appropriate resolution of the Board of Directors, or by law,
notice of any such meetings need not be given.
SECTION 5. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board of
Directors shall be called by the Secretary upon the order of the Chairman of
the Board, the President, or the Chairman of the Executive Committee, or upon
the written request of five (5) directors.
SECTION 6. Presiding Officer: At all meetings of the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall preside, or in his
absence, the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the President or any Vice
President who is a member thereof may preside.
SECTION 7. Quorum: A majority of the directors then in office or
half of such number when the number of directors then in office is even, but
not less than one-third of the entire Board, shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at all meetings of the Board.
SECTION 8. Notice: The Secretary shall mail to each director notice
of any Special Meeting, or of any Regular Meeting, if required, at least two
days before the meeting, or shall telegraph or telephone such notice not later
than the day before such meeting. Each director shall file with the Secretary
a designation of the address to which such notice to him shall be sent, and
any such notice to him thereafter shall be addressed in accordance with his
latest designation.
SECTION 9. Designation of Executive and Other Committees: The Board
of Directors shall by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board,
designate an Executive Committee of not less than three of its members of whom
the Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the Executive Committee, and the
President shall be ex officio members, and said Executive Committee shall have
authority to exercise and shall exercise in the interim between the Regular
and Special meetings of the Board of Directors all of the rights, powers and
duties of the Board of Directors, except such as cannot be lawfully delegated.
The Board of Directors may by resolution adopted by a majority of
the entire Board, designate one or more directors as alternate members of the
Executive Committee, who may replace any absent member or members of the
Executive Committee, at any meeting thereof, when required to constitute a
quorum.
Meetings of the Executive Committee may be called by the Secretary
upon order by the Chairman of the Executive Committee or in his absence by the
Chairman of the Board, the President, or upon written request of two (2)
members of the Executive Committee.
At all meetings of the Executive Committee, the Chairman of the
Executive Committee shall preside, or in his absence the Chairman of the Board
or the President may preside.
At all meetings of the Executive Committee, a majority of the full
membership of the Executive Committee, including vacancies not filled or
eliminated, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
The Board of Directors may by resolution adopted by a majority of
the entire Board, designate other Committees, each consisting of three or more
directors, and delegate to them such powers and duties of the Board as may be
lawfully delegated and determined to be appropriate by the Board.
The Executive Committee and each other Committee designated pursuant
to this Section, and each member or alternate member thereof, shall serve
until the next Annual Meeting of the shareholders and at the pleasure of the
Board of Directors. Vacancies in the Executive Committee or any other
Committee, occurring for any reason, may by resolution adopted by a majority
of the entire Board at any meeting of the Board of Directors, be filled or may
be eliminated by reducing the number constituting the membership of such
Committee, provided, however, that the membership of any Committee shall not
be reduced to less than three.
Notice of the time and place of any meeting of the Executive
Committee shall be given in the manner provided in Section 8 of this Article
for the giving of notice of meetings of the Board of Directors. Meetings of
any other Committee designated pursuant to this Section 9 shall be held in
such manner, and at such times and places, and upon such notice, if any, as
shall be provided in the resolution of the Board creating such Committee.
SECTION 10. Compensation: Each director who is not a full-time
employee of the Corporation or of any consolidated subsidiary shall be paid
such compensation for serving as a director as the Board of Directors may,
from time to time, determine.
Section 11. Action by Unanimous Written Consent: Any action
required to be or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors or any
Committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board
of Directors or the Committee consent in writing to the adoption of a
resolution authorizing the action. The resolution and written consents
thereto by the members of the Board of Directors or Committee shall be filed
with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors or Committee.
Section 12. Participation in Meetings by Means of Conference
Telephone: Any one or more members of the Board of Directors or any Committee
thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or Committee by
means of a conference telephone or similar communication equipment allowing
all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other at the same time.
Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at such
meeting.
ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
SECTION 1. Executive Officers: The Officers of the Corporation shall
consist of a Chairman of the Board of Directors, a President, a Vice
President-Finance, one or more other Vice Presidents, one or more of whom may
also be designated Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President, a
Secretary, a Treasurer and a Controller, all of whom shall be elected annually
by the Board at a meeting following the Annual Meeting of the shareholders.
The Board may also elect one or more Assistant Treasurers and one or more
Assistant Secretaries and such subordinate officers and agents of the
Corporation as it may from time to time determine. The same person may hold
two or more offices, except that the Chairman of the Board and President shall
not hold the office of Secretary.
SECTION 2. Duties of Chairman of the Board: The Chairman of the
Board shall be a director and shall be chief executive officer of the
Corporation and, subject to the direction of the Board, shall exercise general
supervision over the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall perform
such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board.
If the office of the President is not independently established, he shall
perform all duties of that office. He shall preside at all meetings of the
Board of Directors and shall also preside at all meetings of the shareholders
of the Corporation.
SECTION 3. Duties of President: The President shall be a director
and shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation and, subject to
the direction of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, shall
direct and supervise the business operations of the Corporation and shall
perform such other duties as from time to time the Board of Directors may
prescribe or the Chairman of the Board may assign to him. The office of the
President will normally be vested in the Chairman of the Board, provided,
however, that in the discretion of the Board of Directors, the position of
President may be established independent of, but reporting to, the Chairman of
the Board.
SECTION 4. Duties of Vice President-Finance, and other Vice
Presidents: The Vice President-Finance shall serve as principal financial
officer of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as shall from
time to time be prescribed by the Board of Directors or assigned to him by the
Chairman of the Board or by the President. Each other Vice President shall
perform such duties as from time to time may be prescribed by the Board of
Directors or assigned to him by the Chairman of the Board or the Officer to
whom he reports.
SECTION 5. Duties of Treasurer and Controller: The Treasurer shall
have the care and custody of all the funds and securities of the Corporation
and, in general, shall perform all the duties incident to the office of
Treasurer including the appointment of depository and disbursement banks. The
Controller shall have charge of the books of account of the Corporation and,
in general, perform all the duties incident to the office of Controller. The
Treasurer and the Controller shall also discharge such other duties as from
time to time the Board of Directors may prescribe or the Chairman of the
Board, the President, or the Vice President-Finance may assign.
SECTION 6. Duties of Secretary: The Secretary shall keep the minutes
of the meetings of the Board of Directors, of the Executive Committee and
other Committees of the Board and of the shareholders, and shall attend to the
giving and service of all notices for meetings of the Board of Directors, of
the Executive Committee and other Committees of the Board and of the
shareholders and otherwise whenever required, except to the extent, that such
duties shall have been specifically delegated to another officer by the Board
of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board. He shall have the custody of
such books and papers as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, or
the President may provide. He shall also discharge such other duties as from
time to time the Board of Directors may prescribe or the Chairman of the
Board, or the President may assign to him.
SECTION 7. Assistant Officers: The Board of Directors may elect one
or more Assistant Secretaries or one or more Assistant Treasurers. Each
Assistant Secretary, if any, and each Assistant Treasurer, if any, shall have
such authority and perform such duties as from time to time the Board of
Directors may prescribe or the Chairman of the Board or the President may
assign.
SECTION 8. Subordinate Officers: The Board of Directors may elect
such subordinate officers as it may deem desirable. Each such officer shall
have such authority and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may
prescribe. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, authorize any
officer to appoint and remove subordinate officers and prescribe the powers
and duties thereof.
SECTION 9. Surety Bonds of Officers: The Board of Directors may
require from any officer of the Corporation a bond in such amount as it may
determine for the faithful discharge of the duties of any such officer; such
bond to be approved by the Board and to be obtained at the expense of the
Corporation.
SECTION 10. Compensation of Officers: The Chairman of the Board,
with the advice of the President of the Corporation, shall have power to fix
the compensation of all officers of the Corporation, except the Chairman of
the Board and the officers reporting directly to him. The Board of Directors
shall have power to fix the compensation of the Chairman of the Board and of
the officers reporting directly to him. The Board of Directors may authorize
any officer, upon whom the power of appointing subordinate officers may have
been conferred, to fix the compensation of such subordinate officers.
SECTION 11. Vacancy: Any vacancy of an office occurring may be
filled at any Regular or Special Meeting of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 12. Removal of Officers: Any officer of the Corporation may
be removed, with or without cause, by the vote of the Board of Directors at
any meeting thereof.
SECTION 13. Checks and Obligations: All notes and all checks,
drafts, or other orders for the payment of money, and all endorsements
thereof, executed on behalf of the Corporation shall be signed by any person
or persons designated for the purpose either by the Board or by an officer or
officers of the Corporation pursuant to authority delegated by the Board of
Directors.
SECTION 14. Execution of Contracts, Assignments, Deeds and other
Documents: All contracts, agreements, assignments, transfers, guaranties,
deeds, stock powers or other instruments of the Corporation may be executed
and delivered by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or any Vice
President or by such other officer or officers, or agent or agents, of the
Corporation as shall be thereunto authorized from time to time either by the
Board or by power of attorney executed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Senior Vice President, or by any person pursuant to authority
granted by the Board; and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, the
Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer may affix the seal of the Corporation
thereto and attest same.
SECTION 15. Execution of Proxies: The Chairman of the Board, the
President, or any Vice President or any other person designated by the Board
of Directors, may authorize from time to time the execution and issuance of
proxies to vote upon shares of stock of other corporations owned by the
corporation, or authorize the execution of a consent to action taken or to be
taken by such other corporation. All such proxies or consents may be signed
in the name of the Corporation by any of the persons above- mentioned in this
Section 15 or by any other person or persons designated for the purpose either
by the Board of Directors or by power of attorney executed by any person
pursuant to authority granted by the Board.
SECTION 16. Facsimile Signatures: Any signature which is authorized
by Section 13, 14 or 15 of this Article may be facsimile, if so determined by
the Board of Directors, or by an officer or officers of the Corporation
pursuant to authority delegated by the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE IV
CREATION OF DIVISIONS
SECTION 1. Creation of Divisions: The Board of Directors may from
time to time create divisions and may set apart to such divisions such aspects
or portions of the business, affairs and properties of the Corporation as the
Board may from time to time determine. Each division of the Corporation shall
be organized and regulated as hereinafter provided in this Article IV. As
used in the succeeding Sections of this Article, the term "Company" shall
refer to any division of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Executive Officers of Company: The Chairman of the Board
of the Corporation may appoint, with the advice of the President of the
Corporation, as Executive Officers of the Company, a President, one or more
Vice Presidents, appropriate Financial Officers and a Secretary and in his
discretion, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Financial Officers
and such subordinate officers as may from time to time be deemed desirable.
Such officers shall be appointed as soon as practicable following the creation
of the Company and thereafter shall hold office at the discretion of the
Chairman of the Board of the Corporation. The same person may hold two or
more offices of the Company, except the offices of President and Secretary of
the Company, and any person holding an office of the Company may also be
elected by the Board as an officer of the Corporation. Vacancies occurring in
any office may be filled at any time by the Chairman of the Board of the
Corporation, with the advice of the President of the Corporation. The
Executive Officers and all other persons who shall serve the Company in the
capacities set forth in this Article are hereby appointed agents of the
Corporation with the powers and duties herein set forth. However, the
authority of said agents shall be limited to matters related to the
properties, business and affairs of the Company, and shall not extend to any
other portion of the properties, business and affairs of the Corporation nor
are such Executive Officers or other persons to be considered officers of the
Corporation.
SECTION 3. Authority of the Executive Officers of the Company: The
President of the Company shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
He shall exercise general supervision over the business, affairs and
properties of the Company and shall be directly responsible to, and shall
perform such other duties as may be assigned to him from time to time by, the
Chairman of the Board or the assigned Officer or other employee of the
Corporation to whom the President of the Company reports. All Executive
Officers other than the President of the Company, and any subordinate
officers, shall be directly responsible to the President of the Company and
any Officer or other employee of the Corporation as the Chairman of the Board
or the assigned Officer or other employee of the Corporation to whom the
President of the Company reports shall direct.
SECTION 4. Use of Divisional Names: In executing any document on
behalf of any division of the Corporation, the name of such division shall be
followed by the words "a division of General Signal Corporation." In any
instance in which a division of the Corporation shall use the name of the
division followed by the words, "a unit of General Signal," such words shall
have the same meaning as "a division of General Signal Corporation."
ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 1. Indemnification: Except to the extent expressly
prohibited by the New York Business Corporation Law, the Corporation shall
indemnify each person made or threatened to be made a party to any action or
proceeding, whether civil or criminal, and whether by or in the right of the
Corporation or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person or such
person's testator or intestate is or was a director or officer of the
Corporation, or serves or served at the request of the Corporation any other
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise in any capacity while he or she was such a director or officer
(hereinafter referred to as "Indemnified Person"), against judgments, fines,
penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees, incurred in connection with such action or proceeding, or any
appeal therein, provided that no such indemnification shall be made if a
judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such Indemnified Person
establishes that either (a) his or her acts were committed in bad faith, or
were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, and were material to the
cause of action so adjudicated, or (b) that he or she personally gained in
fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not legally
entitled.
The Corporation shall advance or promptly reimburse upon request any
Indemnified Person for all expenses, including attorneys' fees, reasonably
incurred in defending any action or proceeding in advance of the final
disposition thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
Indemnified Person to repay such amount if such Indemnified Person is
ultimately found not be entitled to indemnification or, where indemnification
is granted, to the extent the expenses so advanced or reimbursed exceed the
amount to which such Indemnified Person is entitled.
Nothing herein shall limit or affect any right of any Indemnified
Person otherwise than hereunder to indemnification or expenses, including
attorneys' fees, under any statute, rule, regulation, certificate of
incorporation, by-law, insurance policy, contract or otherwise.
Anything in these by-laws to the contrary notwithstanding, no
elimination of this by- law, and no amendment of this by-law adversely
affecting the right of any Indemnified Person to indemnification or
advancement of expenses hereunder shall be effective until the 60th day
following notice to such Indemnified Person of such action, and no elimination
of or amendment to this by-law shall thereafter deprive any Indemnified Person
of his or her rights hereunder arising out of alleged or actual occurrences,
acts or failures to act prior to such 60th day.
The Corporation shall not, except by elimination or amendment of
this by-law in a manner consistent with the preceding paragraph, take any
corporate action or enter into any agreement which prohibits, or otherwise
limits the rights of any Indemnified Person to, indemnification in accordance
with the provisions of this by-law. The indemnification of any Indemnified
Person provided by this by-law shall be deemed to be a contract between the
Corporation and each Indemnified Person and shall continue after such
Indemnified Person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation
and shall inure to the benefit of such Indemnified Person's heirs, executors,
administrators and legal representatives. If the Corporation fails timely to
make any payment pursuant to the indemnification and advancement or
reimbursement of expenses provisions of this Article V and an Indemnified
Person commences an action or proceeding to recover such payment, the
Corporation in addition shall advance or reimburse such Indemnified Person for
the legal fees and other expenses of such action or proceeding.
The Corporation is authorized to enter into agreements with any of
its directors or officers extending rights to indemnification and advancement
of expenses to such Indemnified Person to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, but the failure to enter into any such agreement shall not
affect or limit the rights of such Indemnified Person pursuant to this by-law,
it being expressly recognized hereby that all directors or officers of the
Corporation, by serving as such after the adoption hereof, are acting in
reliance hereon and that the Corporation is estopped to contend otherwise.
Persons who are not directors or officers of the Corporation shall be
similarly indemnified and entitled to advancement or reimbursement of expenses
to the extent authorized at any time by the Board of Directors.
In case any provision in this by-law shall be determined at any time
to be unenforceable in any respect, the other provisions shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be given the
fullest possible enforcement in the circumstances, it being the intention of
the Corporation to afford indemnification and advancement of expenses to its
directors or officers, acting in such capacities or in the other capacities
mentioned herein, to the fullest extent permitted by law whether arising from
alleged or actual occurrences, acts or failures to act occurring before or
after the adoption of this Article V.
For purposes of this by-law, the Corporation shall be deemed to have
requested an Indemnified Person to serve an employee benefit plan where the
performance by such Indemnified Person of his or her duties to the Corporation
also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, such Indemnified
Person to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan, and excise
taxes assessed on an Indemnified Person with respect to an employee benefit
plan pursuant to applicable law shall be considered indemnifiable fines. For
purposes of this by-law, the term "Corporation" shall include any legal
successor to the Corporation, including any corporation which acquires all or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation in one or more
transactions.
ARTICLE VI
CAPITAL STOCK
SECTION 1. Certificates of Capital Stock: All certificates of stock
of the Corpora- tion, both preferred and common, shall be separately numbered
and the facsimile signature of the Chairman of the Board, or the President, or
a Vice President and the facsimile counter-signature of the Treasurer, or an
Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and the
facsimile seal of the Corporation shall appear thereon, all in manner as
authorized under the laws of the State of New York and approved by the New
York Stock Exchange.
SECTION 2. Transfer Agent and Registrar: All certificates of stock
of the Corporation shall be issued only through a Transfer Agent of the
Corporation's stock, consisting of a Bank or Trust Company, duly appointed by
the Board of Directors to act as Transfer Agent and bear the counter-signature
of the Registrar of the Corporation's stock duly appointed by the Board of
Directors to act as Registrar. Endorsement to the foregoing effect shall be
made upon all certificates issued.
SECTION 3. Transfer of Shares: Shares of stock shall be transferable
only on the books of the Corporation by the holder thereof in person or
pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Transfer
Agent, upon the surrender of the certificate representing the shares to be
transferred, properly endorsed. All certificates surrendered for transfer
shall be cancelled by the Transfer Agent.
SECTION 4. Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Certificates: No certificate
for shares of stock of the Corporation shall be issued in place of any
certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed or stolen except on
production of such evidence of such loss, destruction or theft and on delivery
to the Corporation, if the Board of Directors shall so require, of a bond of
indemnity upon such terms and secured by such surety as the Board of Directors
may in its discretion determine to be satisfactory.
SECTION 5. Seal of Corporation: The seal of the Corporation shall be
circular in form and bear the words "GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION" next inside
the line of its circumference and the words "Incorporated June 13th, 1904" in
the center within the line of an inner circle.
ARTICLE VII
AMENDMENTS
SECTION 1. Amendments: Except as otherwise provided by the
Certificate of Incorpora- tion, any provision or provisions of these By-Laws,
including any amendment thereof, regardless of the manner in which any such
provision or amendment may have been adopted, may be deleted or amended in any
respect at any Annual Meeting of the shareholders, or at any Special Meeting
called for that purpose, by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting in
person or by proxy by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon, or with
the exception of this Section 1 of Article VII, by a majority of the Board of
Directors then in office at any meeting thereof.
ARTICLE VIII
WAIVER OF NOTICE
SECTION 1. Waiver of Notice: Any notice required by these By-Laws
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Exhibit (12.0)
GENERAL SIGNAL CORPORATION
Calculation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(Dollars in thousands)
Quarter
Ended
Years Ended December 31, March 31
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Earnings:
Earnings (loss)
before income
taxes $108,482 $(25,193) $89,451 $18,786 $94,398 $37,948
Add:
fixed charges 54,526 47,724 40,626 37,029 23,440 5,084
$163,008 $22,531 $130,077 $55,815 $117,838 $43,032
Fixed charges:
Interest
expense $ 44,759 $37,557 $ 32,193 $28,629 $ 18,240 $ 3,367
One-third of
rent expense 9,767 10,167 8,433 8,400 5,200 1,717
$ 54,526 $47,724 $ 40,626 $37,029 $ 23,440 $ 5,084
Ratio 2.99 .47(1) 3.20 1.51 5.03 8.46
(1) Earnings are inadequate to cover fixed charges by an amount of
approximately $25 million.
