LASERSIGHT INC /DE
8-A12G/A, 2000-02-08
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 8-A/A

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 2

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                             LaserSight Incorporated
                             -----------------------

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


               Delaware                                          65-0273162
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(State  of incorporation or organization)                       (IRS  Employer
                                                             Identification No.)

          3300 University Boulevard, Suite 140, Winter Park, Florida 32792
          ------------------------------------------------------------
             (Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)

If this Form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. [ ]

If this Form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. [ X ]

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
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 None                                             Not Applicable

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

                        Preferred Share Purchase Rights
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                                (Title of Class)

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Item 1.  Description of Securities to be Registered.
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         On January 28, 2000,  LaserSight  Incorporated,  a Delaware corporation
(the "Company") and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York
corporation, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent"), adopted the Second Amendment
(the "Second Amendment") to the Rights Agreement dated as of July 2, 1998 (as
amended, the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and the Rights Agent. The
Second Amendment, among other things, provides that no person shall become an
Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) as the result an
acquisition of LaserSight securities pursuant to and in accordance with that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000 by and
between the Company and TLC Laser Eye Centers Inc. The Second Amendment to the
Rights Agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto, and is incorporated herein by
reference. Except as incorporated by reference herein, the description of the
Rights Agreement set forth in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by
the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 7, 1998, as
amended by the First Amendment thereto dated March 22, 1999, remains in full
force and effect.

Item 2.  Exhibits.
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     Exhibit
      Number                                    Description
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        1           Rights  Agreement,   dated  as  of  July  2,  1998,  between
                    LaserSight Incorporated and American Stock Transfer & Trust
                    Company as Rights Agent, which includes (i) as Exhibit A
                    thereto the form of Certificate of Designation of the Series
                    E Junior Participating Preferred Stock, (ii) as Exhibit B
                    thereto the form of Right certificate (separate certificates
                    for the Rights will not be issued until after the
                    Distribution Date) and (iii) as Exhibit C thereto the
                    Summary of Stockholder Rights Agreement (incorporated by
                    reference from the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
                    with the Commission on July 7, 1998).

        2           First  Amendment  dated  as of March  22,  1999,  to  Rights
                    Agreement, dated as of July 2, 1998, between LaserSight
                    Incorporated and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company as
                    Rights Agent (incorporated by reference from the First
                    Amendment on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on March
                    29, 1999).

        3           Second Amendment dated as of January 28, 2000, to Rights
                    Agreement, dated as of July 2, 1998, between LaserSight
                    Incorporated and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
                    as Rights Agent.
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         Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the  registrant has duly caused this amendment to the  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized.

Date: February 7, 2000         LaserSight Incorporated

                               By:  /s/ Michael R. Farris
                                    ---------------------------------------
                               Name: Michael R. Farris
                               Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



     Exhibit
      Number                            Description
      ------                            -----------

        1           Rights  Agreement,   dated  as  of  July  2,  1998,  between
                    LaserSight Incorporated and American Stock Transfer & Trust
                    Company as Rights Agent, which includes (i) as Exhibit A
                    thereto the form of Certificate of Designation of the Series
                    E Junior Participating Preferred Stock, (ii) as Exhibit B
                    thereto the form of Right certificate (separate certificates
                    for the Rights will not be issued until after the
                    Distribution Date) and (iii) as Exhibit C thereto the
                    Summary of Stockholder Rights Agreement (incorporated by
                    reference from the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
                    with the Commission on July 7, 1998).

        2           First  Amendment  dated  as of March  22,  1999,  to  Rights
                    Agreement, dated as of July 2, 1998, between LaserSight
                    Incorporated and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company as
                    Rights Agent (incorporated by reference from the First
                    Amendment on Form 8-A/A filed with the Commission on March
                    29, 1999).

        3           Second Amendment dated as of January 28, 2000, to Rights
                    Agreement, dated as of July 2, 1998, between LaserSight
                    Incorporated and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
                    as Rights Agent.


                                    EXHBIT 3

                      SECOND AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT

         THIS SECOND AMENDMENT to the Rights Agreement (the "Rights  Agreement")
dated as of July 2, 1998, between LaserSight Incorporated and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company as Rights Agent ("American Stock Transfer") is dated as
of the 28th day of January, 2000.

         WHEREAS,  the Company  proposes to enter into that  certain  Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of January 31, 2000 (the "Securities Purchase
Agreement") with TLC Laser Eye Centers Inc. (the "Purchaser"), and following the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Securities Purchase
Agreement the Purchaser will be a significant stockholder of the Company; and

         WHEREAS,  the Board of Directors of the Company  believes that it is in
the best interests of the Company and its stockholders that the transactions
contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement be consummated on the terms
set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement;

         WHEREAS,  the Board of  Directors  of the Company  desires to amend the
Rights Agreement such that the execution of the Securities Purchase Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will not cause (i)
the Purchaser or its Affiliates or Associates to become an Acquiring Person as a
result of the acquisition of securities of the Company pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement or (ii) a Distribution Date, a Shares Acquisition
Date or a Triggering Event to occur, irrespective of the number of securities
acquired pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement;

         WHEREAS,  Section 27 of the Rights  Agreement  authorizes  the Board of
Directors of the Company and the Rights Agent to adopt the proposed amendment
without the approval of the Company's stockholders; and

         WHEREAS,  capitalized  terms  used  but not  defined  herein  have  the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Rights Agreement;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the recitals (which are deemed to
be a part of this Amendment) and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto
agree to amend the Rights Agreement as follows:

         1.       Section  1(a) of the Rights  Agreement  is hereby  modified
and amended by adding the  following sentence at the end thereof:

         Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  no Person  shall  become an Acquiring
         Person as the result an acquisition of securities of the Company (or
         the acquisition of Common Shares upon the conversion of such
         securities) pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Purchase
         Agreement; 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 the acquisition of securities (including

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         the acquisition of Common Shares upon the conversion of such
         securities) pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Purchase
         Agreement and shall, after such share acquisitions, (A) acquire, in one
         or more transactions, beneficial ownership of an additional number of
         Common Shares which exceeds 0.1% of the then-outstanding Common Shares
         and (B) beneficially own after such acquisition 15% or more of the
         aggregate number of Common Shares of the Company then outstanding, then
         such Person shall be deemed to be an Acquiring Person.

         2.       Section  1(w) of the Rights  Agreement  is hereby  modified
and amended by adding the  following sentence at the end thereof:

         Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  this  Agreement  to the  contrary,
         neither the execution and delivery of the Securities Purchase Agreement
         nor consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (including
         the conversion of securities acquired pursuant thereto into Common
         Shares) shall be deemed to cause a Shares Acquisition Date.

         3.       Section  1(y) of the Rights  Agreement  is hereby  modified
and amended by adding the  following sentence at the end thereof:

         Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  this  Agreement  to the  contrary,
         neither the execution and delivery of the Securities Purchase Agreement
         nor consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (including
         the conversion of securities acquired pursuant thereto into Common
         Shares) shall be deemed to be a Triggering Event.

         4.       Section  3(a) of the Rights  Agreement  is hereby  modified
and amended by adding the  following sentence at the end thereof:

         Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  this  Agreement  to the  contrary,
         neither the execution and delivery of the Securities Purchase Agreement
         nor consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (including
         the conversion of securities acquired pursuant thereto into Common
         Shares) shall be deemed to cause a Distribution Date.

         5.       Section 15 of the Rights  Agreement is hereby modified and
amended to add the following  sentence at the end thereof:

         Nothing  in this  Agreement  shall be  construed  to give any holder of
         Rights or any other Person any legal or equitable rights, remedy or
         claim under this Agreement in connection with any transactions
         contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement.

         6.       Except as expressly amended hereby, the Rights Agreement
remains in full force and effect.

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         7. This Amendment  shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws
of the State of Delaware, and for all purposes shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts made
and performed entirely within such State.

         8. This  Amendment  may be executed in any number of  counterparts  and
each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original,
and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.

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

Attest:                                 LASERSIGHT INCORPORATED


By:    /s/J. Richard Crowley            By:     /s/Gregory L. Wilson
      ------------------------------           -------------------------------
Name:  J. Richard Crowley               Name:   Gregory L. Wilson
Title: Chief Operating Officer          Title:  Chief Financial Officer




Attest:                                 AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY


By:    /s/Susan Silber                  By:     /s/Herbert J. Lemmer
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Name:  Susan Silber                     Name:   Herbert J. Lemmer
Title  Assistant Secretary              Title:  Vice President




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