CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC
8-A12G/A, 1999-09-27
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  FORM 8-A12G/A


                                 AMENDMENT NO. 6

                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.

              5.   Fourth Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of September
                   17, 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:  September 17, 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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   5                    Fourth Amendment to Rights Agreement,        5
                        dated as of September 17, 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





                                FOURTH AMENDMENT

                                       TO

                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT


                         Dated as of September 17, 1999



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                                FOURTH AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                                RIGHTS AGREEMENT


     This Fourth  Amendment to Rights  Agreement  dated as of September 17, 1999
(the  "Fourth  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, a Second  Amendment to Rights  Agreement dated as
of March 29, 1994, and a Third Amendment to Rights  Agreement dated as of May 5,
1999 (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 Fourth Amendment.

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

     Section 1. MUTILATED,  DESTROYED,  LOST OR STOLEN RIGHT  CERTIFICATES.  The
provisions of Section 6 of the Rights  Agreement,  whereby there are established
procedures  for  the  delivery  of a new  Right  Certificate  in lieu of a lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated Right Certificate, are hereby amended by deleting
the second unnumbered  paragraph of said Section 6 and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:




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     Upon receipt by the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably  satisfactory to it
of the loss, theft,  destruction or mutilation of a Right  Certificate,  and, in
case of  loss,  theft  or  destruction,  of  indemnity  or  security  reasonably
satisfactory to it, and, at the Company's request,  reimbursement to the Company
and the Rights Agent of all reasonable fees and 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  2.  CANCELLATION  AND  DESTRUCTION  OF  RIGHT  CERTIFICATES.   The
provisions of Section 8 of the Rights  Agreement,  whereby there are established
procedures  for  the   cancellation   and   destruction  of  surrendered   Right
Certificates,  are hereby  amended by deleting the last sentence of such section
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     The Rights  Agent shall  deliver a  certificate  of  cancellation  of Right
Certificates to the Company, and shall destroy such cancelled Right Certificates
in accordance with applicable regulations.

     Section 3. ADDITIONAL  DUTIES OF RIGHTS AGENT. The provisions of Section 20
of the Rights Agreement,  whereby there are established the terms and conditions
upon which the Rights Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by the
Rights Agreement, are hereby amended to add the following three new subsections:

(j)  If, with respect to any Right  Certificate  surrendered to the Rights Agent
     for  exercise  or  transfer,  the  certificate  contained  in the  form  of
     assignment  or the form of election  to  purchase  set forth on the reverse
     thereof,  as the case may be, has not been  completed to certify the holder
     is not an Acquiring  Person (or an Affiliate  or  Associate  thereof),  the
     Rights  Agent may take no further  action  with  respect to such  requested
     exercise or transfer until receiving written instructions from the Company.

(k)  The Rights Agent shall have no responsibility  to the Company,  any holders
     of Rights or any stockholder for interest or earnings on any monies held by
     the Rights Agent pursuant to this Agreement.




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(l)  The Rights  Agent shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have
     notice of any event or condition hereunder,  including, but not limited to,
     a  Distribution  Date, a Redemption  Date,  any  adjustment of the Purchase
     Price of the Common  Shares,  the  existence  of an  Acquiring  Person or a
     beneficial owner or any other event or condition that may require action by
     the Rights Agent, unless the Rights Agent shall be specifically notified in
     writing of such event or condition by the Company, and all notices or other
     requirements required by this Agreement to be delivered to the Rights Agent
     must, in order to be effective,  be received at the principal office of the
     Rights Agent,  and in the absence of such notice so  delivered,  the Rights
     Agent may conclusively assume no such event or condition exists.

     Section 4.  CHANGE OF RIGHTS  AGENT.  The  provisions  of Section 21 of the
Rights  Agreement,  whereby the Rights Agent or any  successor  Rights Agent may
resign or be discharged from its duties under the Rights  Agreement,  are hereby
amended by deleting the fourth sentence of said Section 21 and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:

If   the Company shall fail to make such appointment  within a period of 30 days
     after  giving  notice  of such  removal  or after it has been  notified  in
     writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated
     Rights Agent or by a holder of a Right  Certificate  (who shall,  with such
     notice,  submit his Right Certificate for inspection by the Company),  then
     the  registered  holder  of  any  Right  Certificate  or the  resigning  or
     incapacitated Rights Agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction
     for the appointment of a new Rights Agent.

         Section 5.        NOTICES AND REPLACEMENT OF ADDRESS OF RIGHTS
AGENT.

     (a) The provisions of Section 26 of the Rights Agreement, whereby there are
set forth the addresses to be used for sending any notices or demands authorized
to be given or made under the Rights  Agreement,  are hereby amended by deleting
the address of the Rights Agent set forth therein, and inserting in lieu thereof
the following:

                  UMB Bank, n.a., as Rights Agent
                  P.O. Box 419692
                  Kansas City, MO 64141-6692
                  ATTN: Corporate Trust Department




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     Section  6.  FORM OF  RIGHT  CERTIFICATE.  The  Form of  Right  Certificate
attached as Exhibit A to the Rights  Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
sentence immediately following the heading "Signature Guaranteed" in the Form of
Assignment  included  as a part  thereof  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the
following:

         Signature  must be guaranteed by an Eligible  Guarantor  Institution as
         defined by SEC Rule 17 Ad-15 (17 CFR 240.17 Ad-15).

     Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE OF FOURTH AMENDMENT.  The amendments provided for
herein shall be deemed effective as of September 17, 1999.

         Section 8.        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 Fourth Amendment.

     (c) This Fourth  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 Fourth 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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