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EXHIBIT 1 - FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT
FIRST AMENDMENT
TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this
"Amendment") of the Rights Agreement (defined below) is made and entered as of
this the 31st day of July, 2000 between CEPHALON, INC. (the "Company"), and
STOCKTRANS, INC., as rights agent (the "Rights Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company and Chemical Bank, as rights agent, were parties to a
Rights Agreement dated as of November 12, 1993, which was amended on November 1,
1998 to replace the existing rights agent with StockTrans, Inc. and was further
amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of
January 1, 1999, between the Company and StockTrans, Inc. as Rights Agent (as
amended and restated, the "Rights Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the Company may,
and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend the
Rights Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights (as defined in
the Rights Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Company desires to amend the Rights Agreement in accordance
with Section 27 of the Rights Agreement as provided herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Rights Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
1. AMENDMENT OF SECTION 7(B).Section 7(b) of the Rights Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
"(b) The Purchase Price shall be initially $200 for each one-hundredth
of a share of Preferred Stock purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. The
Purchase Price and the number of one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred
Stock or other securities or property to be acquired upon the exercise of a
Right shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in
Sections 11 and 13 hereof and shall be payable in lawful money of the
United States of America in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section
7."
2. BINDING EFFECT. This Amendment shall be binding upon, and shall inure to
the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
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3. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
4. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment shall be governed by, and interpreted in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles
of conflict of laws.
5. EFFECTIVENESS. Except as amended hereby, the Rights Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect and shall be otherwise unaffected hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
CEPHALON, INC.
By: /s/ FRANK BALDINO, JR.
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Name: Frank Baldino, Jr.
Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
STOCKTRANS, INC., Rights Agent
By: /s/ JONATHAN MILLER
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Name: Jonathan Miller
Title: President
