UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: August 9, 1996
CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
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(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-9278 31-1168055
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
250 South Clinton Street, Suite 201, Syracuse, NY 13202
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(Address of principal executive offices)
315-474-2500
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(Registrant's telephone number)
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Items 1 through 4 and 6 are inapplicable and are omitted from this Report.
Item 5. Other Events
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The information called for by this Item is contained in the News
Release and the letter to Shareholders of Carlisle Companies Incorporated, which
are included herewith as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 and which are incorporated by
reference herein.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
Information and Exhibits.
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(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.
Not Applicable.
(b) Pro Forms Financial Information.
Not Applicable.
(c) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with this Report
on Form 8-K:
REGULATION S-K
EXHIBIT NUMBERS EXHIBIT
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4,10 Amendment No. 1, dated as of August 7,
1996, to the Rights Agreement, dated as
of February 8, 1989, between Carlisle
Companies Incorporated and Harris Trust
and Savings Bank, as Rights Agent.
Amendment No. 1 includes as Exhibit B
thereto amended and restated pages 1 and
2 to the Rights Certificate
99.1 News Release dated August
8, 1996
99.2 Form of Letter to Shareholders of
Carlisle Companies Incorporated dated
August ___, 1996
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number Description Page
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4,10 Amendment No. 1, dated as of
August 7, 1996, to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of February
8, 1989, between Carlisle
Companies Incorporated and Harris
Trust and Savings Bank, as Rights
Agent. Amendment No. 1 includes
as Exhibit B thereto amended and
restated pages 1 and 2 to the
Rights Certificate
99.1 News Release dated August 8,
1996
99.2 Form of Letter to Shareholders
of Carlisle Companies Incorporated
dated August ___, 1996
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SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: August 9, 1996 CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Stephen P. Munn
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Stephen P. Munn
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
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EXHIBIT 4,10
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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AMENDMENT NO. 1, dated as of August 7, 1996, to the Rights Agreement,
dated as of February 8, 1989 (the "Rights Agreement"), between CARLISLE
COMPANIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the "Company") and HARRIS TRUST
AND SAVINGS BANK, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company's Common Stock split two-for-one on June 1, 1993
(the "Stock Split");
WHEREAS, following the Stock Split, pursuant to the Rights Agreement
the holder of each share of Common Stock is entitled to one-half of a Preferred
Stock Purchase Right (a "Right") entitling such holder to purchase from the
Company under certain conditions one two-thousandth of a share of Preferred
Stock at a Purchase Price of Eighty Dollars ($80);
WHEREAS, the Company desires, and hereby directs the Rights Agent, to
amend the Rights Agreement in accordance with Section 26 thereof to, among other
things, reset the Purchase Price in view of the market performance of the Common
Stock;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements
set forth in the Rights Agreement and this Amendment No. 1, and INTENDING TO BE
LEGALLY BOUND HEREBY, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Rights Agreement. The following Sections of
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the Rights Agreement are hereby amended in the respects
hereinafter set forth:
(a) Section 1(g) is hereby amended by substituting
"Syracuse" for "Cincinnati" in the second and fifth
lines thereof.
(b) Section 1(o) is hereby amended by substituting "August
6, 2006" for "March 3, 1999" in the second line
thereof.
(c) Section 7(b) is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:
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"(b) The Purchaser Price for each one one-
thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock pursuant
to the exercise of a Right shall be $420.00 (and,
as adjusted pursuant to Section 11(p) hereof for
the June 1, 1993 two-for-one stock split of the
Company's Common Stock, the Purchase Price for
each one two-thousandth of a share of Preferred
Stock pursuant to the exercise of one-half of a
Right shall be $210.00), and shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in
Sections 11 and 13(a) hereof and shall be payable
in accordance with paragraph (c) below."
(d) Section 25 is hereby amended by replacing the Company's
notification provision with the following provision:
"Carlisle Companies Incorporated
250 South Clinton Street, Suite 201
Syracuse, New York 13202
Attention: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer"
2. Amendments to Rights Certificate. The first two pages of
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the form of Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit B to the
Rights Agreement are amended and restated in their entirety as
set forth in Annex 1 hereto.
3. References to Agreement. The term "Agreement" as used in
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the Rights Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Rights
Agreement as amended hereby.
4. Reaffirmation of Agreement. This Amendment No. 1 shall be
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effective as of the date hereof and, except as set forth herein,
the Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
shall be otherwise unaffected hereby.
5. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 1
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that are not defined herein shall have the respective meanings
set forth in the Rights Agreement.
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6. Execution and Counterparts. This Amendment No. 1 may be
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executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 1 to
be duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Stephen P. Munn
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Name: Stephen P. Munn
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ATTEST:
By: /s/ Steven J. Ford
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Name: Steven J. Ford
Title: Secretary
HARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
By: /s/ Donald Koslow
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Name: Donald Koslow
Title: Vice President
ATTEST:
By: /s/ Carol McMahon
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Name: Carol McMahon
Title: Trust Officer
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Exhibit B
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[Form of Rights Certificate]
Certificate No. R- _______________ Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER AUGUST 6, 2006 OR EARLIER IF REDEEMED BY THE COMPANY. THE
RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY AT [$.001] PER
RIGHT ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHTS BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN ADVERSE
PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND ANY SUBSEQUENT
HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID. IN ADDITION, RIGHTS MAY NOT BE
EXERCISED IF SUCH EXERCISE WOULD VIOLATE THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION OF CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED, AS AMENDED AND IN EFFECT ON
FEBRUARY 8, 1989, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ARTICLE SEVENTH THEREOF. [THE
RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE ARE OR WERE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY
A PERSON WHO WAS OR BECAME AN ACQUIRING [ADVERSE] PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR
ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING [ADVERSE] PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE
RIGHTS AGREEMENT). ACCORDINGLY, THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS
REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN
SECTION 7(e) OF SUCH AGREEMENT.]*
Rights Certificate
CARLISLE COMPANIES INCORPORATED
This certifies that ______________________, or registered assigns, is the
registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles
the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights
Agreement, dated as of February 8, 1989, as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto
dated as of August 7, 1996 (as so amended, the "Rights Agreement"), between
Carlisle Companies Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Harris Trust and Savings Bank, an Illinois banking corporation (the "Rights
Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any time prior to 5:00 p.m. (Chicago,
Illinois time) on August 6, 2006 at the office or offices of the Rights Agent
designated for such purpose, or its successors as Rights Agent, one one-
thousandth of a fully paid, non-assessable share of Series A Preferred Stock
(the "Preferred Stock") of the Company, at a purchase price of $420.00 per one
one-thousandth of a share (the "Purchase Price"), upon presentation and
surrender of this Rights Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase and
related Certificate duly executed.
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* The portion of the legend in brackets shall be inserted only if applicable,
shall be modified to apply to an Acquiring Person or an Adverse Person, as
applicable, and shall replace the second preceding sentence.
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The Purchase Price may be paid in cash or by certified bank check or money order
payable to the order of the Company. The number of Rights evidenced by this
Rights Certificate (and the number of shares which may be purchased upon
exercise thereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price per share set forth
above, are the number and Purchase Price as of August 7, 1996, based on the
Preferred Stock as constituted at such date.
Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as such term is defined in the
Rights Agreement), if the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are
beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person, an Adverse Person or an Affiliate
or Associate of any such Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights
Agreement), (ii) a transferee of any such Acquiring Person, Adverse Person,
Associate or Affiliate, or (iii) under certain circumstances specified in the
Rights Agreement, a transferee of a person who, after such transfer, became an
Acquiring Person, an Adverse Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such
Person, such Rights shall become null and void and no holder hereof shall have
any right with respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence of such
Section 11(a)(ii) Event.
As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number and
kind of shares of Preferred Stock or other securities, which may be purchased
upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are subject
to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events, including
Triggering Events (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement).
This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are
hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which
Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the
Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Rights Certificates, which
limitations of rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of
such Rights under the specific circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement.
Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the office of the Company, 250
South Clinton Street, Suite 201, Syracuse, New York 13202 and are also
available upon written request to the Company, attention Secretary, at such
address.
This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon
surrender at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for
such purpose, any be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Rights
Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to
purchase a like aggregate number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred
Stock as the Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates
surrendered shall have entitled such holder to purchase. If this Rights
Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled to receive
upon surrender hereof another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the
number of whole Rights not exercised.
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EXHIBIT 99.1
NEWS RELEASE
Date: August 8, 1996
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SUBJECT: CARLISLE COMPANIES ANNOUNCES AMENDMENT TO
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RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, August 8, 1996 . . . Carlisle Companies Incorporated
(NYSE:CSL). The Board of Directors yesterday approved an amendment to the
Shareholders' Rights Agreement, adopted on February 8, 1989. Under the Rights
Agreement, each shareholder received one Preferred Stock Purchase Right for each
share of common stock owned. Each Right entitles the holder to buy one one-
thousandth of a share of Carlisle's Series A Preferred Stock. The Rights are
exercisable upon the occurrence of certain triggering events. The Rights were
originally scheduled to expire on March 3, 1999. As a result of the two-for-one
June, 1993 stock split, each share of common stock is now associated with one-
half of a Right.
The amendment resets the purchase price of a Right to reflect the increase
in the price of the common stock since the adoption of the Rights Agreement,
extends the term of the Rights Agreement until August 6, 2006, and effects
certain technical changes to the Rights Agreement. Pursuant to the amendment,
each Right now entitles the holder to buy one one-thousandth of a share of
Series A Preferred Stock for $420. The amendment was not adopted in response to
any current effort to acquire Carlisle and neither the Board nor management is
aware of any effort to acquire Carlisle.
Carlisle is a diversified manufacturer of products serving three major
market segments: construction materials, transportation products and general
industry.
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CONTACT Robert J. Ryan, Jr.
Vice President, Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer
(315) 474-2500
EXHIBIT 99.2
[LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS]
August ___, 1996
Dear Shareholder:
Carlisle recently announced that its Board of Directors approved an
amendment to the Shareholders' Rights Agreement, adopted on February 8, 1989.
Under the Rights Agreement, each shareholder received one Preferred Stock
Purchase Right for each share of common stock owned. Each Right entitles the
holder to buy one one-thousandth of a share of Carlisle's Series A Preferred
Stock at a purchase price of $160. The Rights are exercisable upon the
occurrence of certain triggering events. The Rights were originally scheduled
to expire on March 3, 1999. As a result of the June 1, 1993 two-for-one stock
split of Carlisle's common stock, each share of common stock is currently
associated with one-half of a Right entitling the holder to buy one two-
thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $80.
The amendment resets the purchase price to account for the increase in the
price of the common stock since the adoption of the Rights Agreement. The
revised purchase price is $420 for one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred
Stock ($210 for one two-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock). The
amendment also extends the term of the Rights until August 6, 2006 and effects
certain technical changes to the Rights Agreement. The amendment was not
adopted in response to any current effort to acquire Carlisle and neither the
Board nor Management is aware of any effort to acquire Carlisle.
The Rights Agreement, as amended, continues to protect your interests in
the event you and Carlisle are confronted with coercive or unfair takeover
tactics. The amended Rights Agreement contains provisions to protect you in the
event of an unsolicited offer to acquire Carlisle, including an offer that does
not treat all shareholders equally, the acquisition in the open market of shares
constituting control without offering fair value to all shareholders or other
tactics which would impair the Board's ability effectively to represent your
interest. It will not prevent a prospective offeror from making a full and fair
offer, or from negotiating with the Board, and will not affect a merger
transaction that the Board approves as fair and believes constitutes full value
for the shareholders.
Management and the Board are committed to serving the best interests of the
shareholders and believe that the Rights Agreement, as amended, will continue to
protect the value of your Carlisle investment.
Respectfully,
Stephen P. Munn
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
