CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC
8-A12G/A, 1999-05-10
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  FORM 8-A12G/A


                                 AMENDMENT NO. 5

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                          CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


               IOWA                                    42-0935283
   (State or other jurisdiction of                  (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)                   Identification Number)

                       ONE CONVENIENCE BLVD., ANKENY, IOWA
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                      50021
                                   (Zip Code)


        Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

      Title of each class                Name of each exchange on which
      to be so registered                each class is to be registered

            NONE                         ------------------------------

      --------------------               ------------------------------


        Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                          COMMON SHARE PURCHASE RIGHTS
                                (Title of Class)



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Item 2.     EXHIBITS.

   4.       Third Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of May 5, 1999 between
            Casey's General Stores, Inc. and UMB Bank, n.a.




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                                    SIGNATURE


     Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                        CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC.



Date: May 6, 1999              By:      /s/ Ronald M. Lamb
                                        -------------------
                                        Ronald M. Lamb
                                        Chief Executive Officer and President





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                                    EXHIBITS


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Exhibit          Description                                 Page
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   4             Third Amendment to Rights Agreement,           5
                 dated as of May 5, 1999 between
                 Casey's General Stores, Inc. and
                 UMB Bank, n.a.


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                          CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC.



                                       AND



                                 UMB BANK, N.A.

                                 as Rights Agent





                                 THIRD AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT


                             Dated as of May 5, 1999







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                                 THIRD AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT


     This  Third  Amendment  to  Rights  Agreement  dated as of May 5, 1999 (the
"Third  Amendment")  between Casey's General Stores,  Inc., an Iowa  corporation
(the  "Company") and UMB Bank,  n.a.  (formally known as United Missouri Bank of
Kansas City,  n.a., and United  Missouri Bank,  n.a.), a national bank organized
under the laws of the United States (the "Rights Agent").

     WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent are parties to a Rights Agreement
dated as of June 14, 1989, as amended by a First  Amendment to Rights  Agreement
dated as of September 4, 1990 and a Second  Amendment to Rights  Agreement dated
as of March 29, 1994  (together,  the  "Rights  Agreement"),  and in  accordance
therewith,  the Board of Directors of the Company has  authorized and declared a
dividend of one common  share  purchase  right (a "Right") for each Common Share
(as defined  therein) of the Company  outstanding as of the close of business on
June 14, 1989 (the "Record Date"), each Right representing the right to purchase
one  Common  Share,  upon the  terms and  subject  to the  conditions  set forth
therein,  and has further authorized and directed the issuance of one Right with
respect to each Common  Share that shall become  outstanding  between the Record
Date and the earliest of the  Distribution  Date,  the  Redemption  Date and the
Final Expiration Date (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement); and

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  has  determined  to amend the Rights  Agreement  in
several respects as contained in this Third Amendment.

     NOW, THEREFORE,  in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:

     Section 1. Defintion of "Acquiring Person".  The provisions of Section 1(a)
of the Rights  Agreement,  whereby  there is  established  a  definition  for an
"Acquiring  Person"  within  the  meaning  of  the  Rights  Agreement,  and  all
references to an Acquiring Person otherwise  contained in the Rights  Agreement,
are hereby  amended  to provide  that an  Acquiring  Person  shall be defined as
follows:

     (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 Owner (as
such term is  hereinafter  defined)  of 15% or more of the Common  Shares of the
Company then outstanding,  but shall not include (i) the Company, any Subsidiary
(as such term is hereinafter  defined) of the Company, any employee benefit plan
of



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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 or (ii) any Person who or
which,  together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person,  becomes the
Beneficial  Owner  of 15% or more  of the  Common  Shares  of the  Company  then
outstanding in the good faith belief that such  acquisition  would not (x) cause
such Person and its Affiliates and Associates to become the Beneficial  Owner of
15% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding and such Person
relied in good faith in computing the percentage of its voting power on publicly
filed reports or documents of the Company which are inaccurate or out-of-date or
(y)  otherwise  cause a  Distribution  Date or the  adjustment  provided  for in
Section 11(a) to occur.  Notwithstanding  clause (ii) of the prior sentence,  if
any Person  that is not an  Acquiring  Person due to such  clause  (ii) does not
cease to be the  Beneficial  Owner of 15% or more of the  Common  Shares  of the
Company  then  outstanding  by the close of business on the fifth  Business  Day
after notice from the Company (the date of notice being the first day) that such
Person  is the  Beneficial  Owner  of 15% or more of the  Common  Shares  of the
Company  then  outstanding,  then  such  Person  shall,  at the end of such five
Business Day period,  become an Acquiring  Person (and such clause (ii) shall no
longer apply to such Person). For purposes of this definition, the determination
whether any Person acted in "good faith" shall be conclusively determined by the
Board of Directors  of the Company.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  no Person
shall become an Acquiring  Person as a result of an acquisition of Common Shares
by the Company which,  by reducing the number of shares  outstanding,  increases
the proportionate  number of shares  beneficially owned by such Person to 15% or
more of the Common Shares of the Company then  outstanding;  provided,  however,
that if a Person shall become the Beneficial  Owner of 15% 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  (other than
pursuant to a stock split,  stock  dividend or similar  transaction),  then such
Person shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person.

     Section 2. Issuance of Rights Certificates.  The provisions of Section 3(a)
of the Rights  Agreement,  whereby there is  established a 20% threshold for the
acquisition  of Common Shares by any Person as triggering  the issuance of Right
Certificates  in accordance  with the Rights  Agreement,  are hereby  amended to
provide that the foregoing  threshold would be reached,  and Right  Certificates
issued in accordance with the Rights Agreement,  in the event any Person becomes
the  Beneficial  Owner  of  Common  Shares  aggregating  15% or more of the then
outstanding  Common  Shares,  and for all purposes of the Rights  Agreement  the
threshold  set forth in said Section 3(a) is hereby  amended to provide that the
said threshold shall be 15%.




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     Section 3.  Extension of Final  Expiration  Date. The provisions of Section
7(a) of the Rights  Agreement  establishing  the Final  Expiration Date, and all
references  to the Final  Expiration  Date  otherwise  contained  in the  Rights
Agreement, are hereby amended to provide that the Final Expiration Date shall be
June 14, 2009.

     Section 4. Adjustment of Purchase Price.  The provisions of Section 7(b) of
the Rights Agreement  establishing the Purchase Price, and all references to the
Purchase Price otherwise  contained in the Rights Agreement,  are hereby amended
to provide that the Purchase Price shall be $60.00.

     Section 5.  Effective Date of Third Amendment. The amendments  provided for
herein shall be deemed effective as of May 5, 1999.

     Section 6.  Miscellaneous.

     (a) Except as otherwise  expressly  provided herein,  or unless the context
otherwise requires,  all terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in
the Rights Agreement.

     (b) Each party hereto  waives any  requirement  under the Rights  Agreement
that any additional  notice be provided to it pertaining to the matters  covered
by this Third Amendment.

     (c) This Third Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts each
of which shall be deemed an original,  and all such counterparts  shall together
constitute but one and the same document.

     (d) Except as amended herein,  all other terms and conditions of the Rights
Agreement are in all respects ratified, confirmed and approved.






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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment to
Rights  Agreement to be duly executed and  attested,  all as of the day and year
first above written.

                                         CASEY'S GENERAL STORES, INC.



                               By:      /S/ Ronald M. Lamb
                                        ---------------------------------
                                        Ronald M. Lamb, Chief Executive Officer

ATTEST:



By:      /s/ John G. Harmon
         -----------------------------------
         John G. Harmon, Secretary/Treasurer


(SEAL)

                                          UMB BANK, n.a., as Rights Agent



                                 By:      /s/ Frank C. Bramwell
                                          ----------------------
                                 Name:    Frank C. Bramwell
                                 Title:   Senior Vice President


ATTEST:


By:      /s/ Kimberly Green
         -------------------
Name:    Kimberly Green
Title:   Assistant Vice President and
         Assistant Secretary





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