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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-A/A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Global Industrial Technologies, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 75-2617871
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(State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
2121 San Jacinto, Suite 2500
Dallas, Texas 75201
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
If this form relates to the If this form relates to the
registration of a class of securities registration of a class of securities
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant Exchange Act and is effective pursuant
to General Instruction A.(c), please to General Instruction A.(d), please
check the following box.|X| check the following box.|_|
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
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(If applicable)
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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Preferred Stock Purchase Rights New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
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Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
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(Title of Class)
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ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
On September 18, 1998, Global Industrial Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), amended its Rights Agreement, dated as of
October 31, 1995 and as amended on February 16, 1998 (the "Rights Agreement"),
between the Company and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation
(the "Rights Agent"), by adoption of the Second Amendment to Rights Agreement,
dated as of September 18, 1998 (the "Second Amendment"). The Rights Agreement
was filed by the Company as an exhibit to Form 8-B on October 31, 1995. The
capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to
such terms in the Rights Agreement, as amended. The Second Amendment amends
and restates Section 26 of the Rights Agreement.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference
to the Second Amendment which is attached as an exhibit hereto and is
incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit No. Description
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(1) Second Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of
September 18, 1998, between the Company and the
Rights Agent.
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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, thereto duly authorized.
GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Date: September 18, 1998 By:/s/ Graham L. Adelman
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Name: Graham L. Adelman
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
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EXHIBIT 1
SECOND AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Second Amendment (this "Amendment"), dated as of September 18,
1998, to the Rights Agreement (the "Rights Agreement"), dated as of October 31,
1995 and as amended as of February 16, 1998, between GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and THE BANK OF NEW
YORK, a New York banking corporation (the "Rights Agent"); all capitalized terms
not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Rights
Agreement.
WHEREAS, on October 20, 1995, the Board of Directors of the Company
authorized the issuance of one Right for each share of Common Stock to be issued
on the Effective Date of the Merger; and
WHEREAS, Section 26 of the Rights Agreement provides that as long as
the Rights are redeemable, the Company may in its sole and absolute discretion,
and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any
provision of the Rights Agreement without the approval of any holders of the
Rights; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed it necessary
and desirable to amend the Rights Agreement as set forth in this Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Company and the Rights Agent hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Section 1. Section 26 of the Rights Agreement is hereby
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amended by deleting such section in its entirety and replacing it with the
following:
Section 26. Supplements and Amendments. For as long as the Rights are
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then redeemable and except as provided in the last sentence of this Section
26, the Board of Directors may in its sole and absolute discretion, and the
Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any
provision of this Agreement without the approval of any holders of the
Rights. At any time when the Rights are not then redeemable and except as
provided in the last sentence of this Section 26, the Board of Directors
may, and the Rights Agent shall if the Company so directs, supplement or
amend this Rights Agreement without the approval of any holders of Right
Certificates (i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any
provision contained herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any
other provisions herein or (iii) to change or supplement the provisions
hereunder in any manner which the Company may deem necessary or desirable,
provided that no such supplement or amendment pursuant to this clause (iii)
shall materially adversely affect the interest of the holders of Right
Certificates. Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate
officer of the Company which states that the proposed supplement or
amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 26, the Rights
Agent shall execute such supplement or amendment. Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Rights Agreement to the contrary, no supplement or
amendment shall be made which changes the Redemption Price or the Final
Expiration Date and supplements or amendments may be made after the time
that any Person becomes an Acquiring Person (other than pursuant to a
Qualifying Tender Offer) only if at the time of the action of the Board of
Directors approving such supplement or amendment there are then in office
not less than two Continuing Directors and such supplement or amendment is
approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors then in office.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the Rights Agent's consent
must be obtained regarding any amendment or supplement pursuant to this
Section 26 which alters the Rights Agent's rights or duties.
Section 2. Delaware Contract. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a
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contract made under the laws of the State of Delaware and for all purposes shall
be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of such
state applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such
state.
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Section 3. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
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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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be duly executed and attested, all as of the date and year first above written.
GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: /s/ GRAHAM L. ADELMAN
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Name: Graham L. Adelman
Title: Senior Vice President
Attest: /s/ KENNETH C. FERNANDEZ
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Name: Kenneth C. Fernandez
Title: Assistant Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
RIGHTS AGENT
By: /s/ JOHN SIVERTSEN
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Name: John Sivertsen
Title: Vice-President
Attest: /s/ FRANK LADD
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Name: Frank Ladd
Title: Assistant Vice-President
