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CD Radio Inc.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
David Margolese
Chief Executive Officer
CD Radio Inc.
Sixth Floor, 1001 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
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CD RADIO INC.
6TH FLOOR
1001 22ND STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20037
To the Stockholders of CD Radio Inc.:
The Board of Directors of CD Radio Inc. (the "Company") is
seeking the approval of stockholders for a proposed amendment to the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation to increase the Company's authorized Common Stock
by 150,000,000 shares to an aggregate of 200,000,000 shares and to increase the
Company's authorized Preferred Stock by 40,000,000 shares to an aggregate of
50,000,000 shares.
The Board of Directors unanimously recommends that
stockholders CONSENT to the amendment to increase the authorized Common and
Preferred Stock of the Company.
The Consent Solicitation Statement on the following pages
describes the matters being presented to the stockholders in this consent
solicitation. Because this solicitation of written consents is in lieu of a
meeting of stockholders, there will be no meeting of stockholders held in
connection with this consent solicitation.
We hope you will have your stock represented by signing,
dating and returning your consent in the enclosed envelope as soon as possible.
If you submit a properly executed consent within sixty (60) days of the
delivery of the first dated consent delivered to the Company, your stock will
be voted in favor of the proposed amendment. Any other action by you will have
the practical effect of voting against the proposed amendment.
Sincerely,
Lawrence F. Gilberti
Director and Secretary
May 16, 1997
Washington, D.C.
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CD RADIO INC.
6TH FLOOR
1001 22ND STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20037
CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT
MAY 16, 1997
INFORMATION REGARDING CONSENTS
This consent solicitation statement and the accompanying form
of consent are furnished in connection with the solicitation of stockholder
consents by the Board of Directors of CD Radio Inc. (the "Company"), in lieu of
a meeting of stockholders, in connection with an amendment proposed to the
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the "Consent Solicitation"). Only
stockholders of record on the books of the Company at the close of business on
May 8, 1997 (the "Record Date") will be entitled to submit a consent. It is
anticipated that these consent solicitation materials will be mailed to
stockholders on or about May 16, 1997.
The Company is incorporated in Delaware and is therefore
subject to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"). Section 228 of
the DGCL permits the stockholders of the Company to take action without a
meeting if consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are signed
by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of
votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at
which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. The DGCL
also provides that the minimum necessary votes must be received by the Company
within 60 days of the date of the first such written consent. Accordingly, if,
within 60 days following its receipt of the first written consent approving the
proposed amendment, the Company receives executed consents approving the
proposed amendment from the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock, and those consents have not been revoked, the
stockholders will be deemed to have approved the proposed amendment.
All written consents received by the Company, regardless of
when dated, will expire unless valid, written, unrevoked consents constituting
the necessary vote for approval of the proposed amendment are received by the
Company within 60 days of the date of the first such consent.
As required by the DGCL, if the proposed amendment is approved
by the stockholders, the Company will promptly notify the stockholders from
whom consent has not been received.
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A consent executed by a stockholder may be revoked at any time
provided that a written, dated revocation is executed and delivered to the
Company on or prior to the time at which the Company receives written consents
sufficient to approve the proposed amendment. The Company intends to amend its
Certificate of Incorporation as soon as practicable following the receipt of
the necessary consents. A revocation may be in any written form validly signed
by the stockholder as long as it clearly states that the consent previously
given is no longer effective. The revocation should be addressed to Lawrence
F. Gilberti, Secretary, CD Radio Inc., 6th Floor, 1001 22nd Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20037.
VOTING SECURITIES AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS
Only holders of record of the Company's Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), at the close of business on May 8,
1997, will be entitled to submit a consent on the accompanying form. On that
date, the Company had outstanding 10,313,391 shares of Common Stock. Each
share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote in the Consent Solicitation.
Consents evidencing a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock issued
and outstanding and entitled to vote are required to approve the proposed
amendment being submitted to the stockholders of the Company for approval in
the Consent Solicitation. To be counted toward the majority required for
approval of the proposed amendment, a consent must be delivered to the Company
within 60 days of the delivery of the first dated consent.
With respect to the proposed amendment, any action other than
the delivery of a properly executed consent within such 60 day period,
including abstentions and broker nonvotes, will have the practical effect of
voting against the amendment.
The following table sets forth certain information regarding
beneficial ownership of the Company's Common Stock as of April 21, 1997 of (i)
each stockholder known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than
5% of the outstanding Common Stock, (ii) each director of the Company, (iii)
each executive officer of the Company and (iv) all directors and officers as a
group. Except as otherwise indicated, the Company believes that the beneficial
owners of the Common Stock listed below, based on information furnished by such
owners, have sole investment and voting power with respect to such shares,
subject to community property laws where applicable.
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NUMBER OF SHARES PERCENT OF TOTAL
NAMES AND ADDRESS OF BENEFICIAL BENEFICIALLY OWNED (4) BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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OWNER(1)
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Darlene Friedland. . . . . . . . 2,834,500 27.5 %
110 Wolseley Road
Point Piper 2027
Sydney, Australia
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David Margolese (2) . . . . . . . . 1,900,000 17.9%
c/o CD Radio Inc.
Sixth Floor
1001 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Robertson Stephens & Co., et al. (3) 1,460,000 14.1%
555 California Street, Suite 2600
San Francisco, CA 94104
Everest Capital International, Ltd. 2,611,135 20.2%
(4, 5). . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co.
One Pierpont Plaza, 10th Floor,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Continental Casualty Company (4,
9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,939,495 15.8%
c/o Chase Manhattan Bank
4 New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004-2477
The Mainstay Funds, on behalf of its
High Yield Corporate Bond Fund 1,788,646 14.8%
Series (4, 8) . . . . . . . . . .
Chemical Bank
A/C State Street Bank & Trust Co.
4 New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Everest Capital Fund, L.P. (4, 6) 980,523 8.7%
c/o Morgan Stanley & Co.
One Pierpont Plaza, 10th Floor,
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Grace Brothers, Ltd. (4, 7) . . . . 861,998 7.7%
Bradford Whitmore 1560 Sherman
Avenue, Suite 900 Evanston, IL
60201
Robert D. Briskman (10) . . . . . . 132,500 1.3%
Jack Z. Rubinstein (11) . . . . . . 227,000 2.2%
Peter K. Pitsch (12) . . . . . . . 70,000 *
Lawrence F. Gilberti (13) . . . . . 35,000 *
Ralph V. Whitworth (14) . . . . . . 35,000 *
All Executive Officers and Directors
as a Group (6 persons) (15) . . . . 2,399,500 21.7%
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* Less than 1%
(1) This table is based upon information supplied by Directors, officers and
principal stockholders. Percentage of ownership is based on 10,313,391
shares of Common Stock outstanding on April 21, 1997. Unless otherwise
indicated, the address of the Beneficial Owner is the Company.
(2) Includes 300,000 shares issuable pursuant to stock options that are
exercisable within 60 days. Does not include 400,000 shares issuable
pursuant to stock options that are not exercisable within 60 days of such
date.
(3) Shares are owned by a group including the following: Robertson Stephens
Orphan Fund (which has shared voting and shared dispositive power over
1,072,200 shares), Robertson Stephens Orphan Offshore Fund (with shared
voting and shared dispositive power over 214,600 shares), Robertson
Stephens Global Low-Priced Stock Fund (with shared voting and shared
dispositive power over 72,400 shares), Robertson Stephens & Co. Investment
Management L.P. (with shared voting and shared dispositive power over
1,359,200 shares), Bayview Investors LTD (with shared voting and shared
dispositive power over 1,072,200 shares), Robertson Stephens & Co., Inc.
("RS&Co.") (with shared voting and shared dispositive power over
1,359,200 shares), and RS&Co.'s five shareholders, namely Paul H. Stephens
(with sole voting and sole dispositive power over 96,880 shares, and
shared voting and shared dispositive power over 1,359,200 shares), Sanford
R. Robertson (with sole voting and sole dispositive power over 11,620
shares, and shared voting and shared dispositive power over 1,359,200
shares), Michael G. McCaffery, G. Randy Hecht, and Kenneth R. Fitzsimmons
(the three of whom have shared voting and shared dispositive power over
1,359,200 shares). Messrs. Stephens, Robertson, McCaffery, Hecht, and
Fitzsimmons disclaim any beneficial ownership with respect to shares of
the Company that RS&Co. may be deemed to beneficially own. The source
of the information in this footnote is the Schedule 13D dated April 11,
1997 filed by Robertson Stephens & Co., et al.
(4) Estimated solely for the purposes of this table. Such beneficial
ownership represents an estimate of the number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon the conversion of shares of 5% Preferred beneficially owned
by such person, assuming a conversion date of April 21, 1997 and all
dividends on shares of the 5% Preferred are paid, in lieu of cash, in
additional shares of 5% Preferred. The number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the shares of the 5% Preferred would equal the
Liquidation Preference of the shares being converted plus any Cash
Payments divided by the then-effective conversion price applicable to the
Common Stock (the "Conversion Price"). The Conversion Price, as of any
date up to and including November 15, 1997, is determined in accordance
with a formula based on market prices of the Common Stock or actual prices
at which the converting holder sold the Common Stock, in either case
multiplied by an amount equal to 1 minus the Applicable Percentage. The
actual number of shares of Common Stock offered hereby is subject to
adjustment and could be materially less or more than the estimated amount
indicated depending upon factors which cannot be predicted by the Company
at this time, including, among others, application of the conversion
provisions based on market prices prevailing a the actual date of
conversion and whether dividends on shares of 5% Preferred are paid in
cash or in additional shares of 5% Preferred. This presentation is not
intended to constitute a prediction as to the future market price of the
Common Stock or as to when holders will elect to convert shares of the 5%
Preferred into shares of Common Stock. See "Description of the 5% Delayed
Convertible Preferred Stock."
(5) Includes 1,137,155 shares of 5% Preferred.
(6) Includes 427,020 shares of 5% Preferred.
(7) Includes 375,402 shares of 5% Preferred. Pursuant to the Preferred Stock
Investment Agreement, Grace Brothers, Ltd. has agreed that it will not,
following any conversion of its shares, be the beneficial owner of more
than 10% of the outstanding Common Stock unless it chooses to waive this
restriction upon 61 days prior notice to the Company.
(8) Includes 778,959 shares of 5% Preferred. Pursuant to the Preferred Stock
Investment Agreement, The Mainstay Funds, on behalf of its High Yield
Corporate Bond Fund Series, has agreed that it will not, following any
conversion of its shares, be the beneficial owner of more than 10% of the
outstanding Common Stock unless it chooses to waive this restriction upon
61 days prior notice to the Company.
(9) Includes 884,654 shares of 5% Preferred.
(10) Includes 132,500 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options
exercisable within 60 days. Does not include 60,000 shares issuable
pursuant to stock options that are not exercisable within 60 days of such
date.
(11) Includes 195,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options
exercisable within 60 days and 7,700 shares of Common Stock held in trust
for his daughters. Excludes 20,000 shares held by DICA Partners of which
Mr. Rubinstein is the General Partner.
(12) Includes 35,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options
exercisable within 60 days.
(13) Includes 35,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options
exercisable within 60 days.
(14) Includes 35,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options
exercisable within 60 days.
(15) Includes 732,500 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options
exercisable within 60 days. Does not include 460,000 shares issuable
pursuant to options that are not exercisable within 60 days of such date.
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PROPOSAL:
APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
GENERAL
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as currently in
effect, provides that the Company is authorized to issue two classes of stock,
consisting of 50,000,000 shares designated as Common Stock, $0.001 par value
per share, and 10,000,000 shares designated as Preferred Stock, $0.001 par
value per share.
On May __, 1997, the Board of Directors adopted, subject to
shareholder approval, an amendment to the Company's Certificate of
Incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Common Stock by
150,000,000 shares to an aggregate of 200,000,000 shares and to increase the
authorized number of shares of Preferred Stock by 40,000,000 shares to an
aggregate of 50,000,000 shares. Accordingly, if the amendment is approved the
aggregate number of authorized shares of capital stock (including both Common
and Preferred) would increase from 60,000,000 to 250,000,000. The proposed
amendment does not affect any terms or rights of the Company's Common Stock or
Preferred Stock. As proposed to be amended, the first paragraph of Article 4
of the Certificate of Incorporation would read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. SHARES
The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the
corporation shall have the authority to issue is 250,000,000
shares, consisting of 200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per share ("Common Stock"), and 50,000,000 shares
of Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share ("Preferred
Stock").
PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE AMENDMENT
Since 1990, the Company has been engaged in the development of
a subscription based satellite radio system ("CD Radio"). In order to provide
CD Radio service, the Company is required to obtain a license from the Federal
Communications Commission (an "FCC License"). On April 1, 1997, the Federal
Communications Commission held an auction for two FCC Licenses. The Company
was one of two successful bidders for an FCC License with a winning bid of
$83,346,000.
In order to finance the cost of the FCC License, the Company
received commitments to purchase approximately $200 million of the Company's 5%
Delayed Convertible Preferred Stock (the "5% Preferred"), subject principally
to the Company being a winning bidder for the FCC License. In March 1997, the
Board of Directors authorized the designation of up to 8,000,000 shares of the
5% Preferred. In April 1997, following the FCC
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auction, the Company completed a private placement in which the Company sold
5,400,000 shares of the 5% Preferred with aggregate proceeds totaling
approximately $135 million. The Company intends to use substantially all of
the net proceeds from the private placement to finance the purchase price of
the FCC License, for cash reserves, and for working capital or general
corporate purposes.
Under the terms of the Preferred Stock Investment Agreement,
dated as of October 23, 1996, the Company is required to reserve and keep
available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock at least
such number of its Common Stock that is the greater of (i) 10 million shares
and (ii) 1.5 times the number as shall from time to time be sufficient to
effect the conversion of all outstanding shares of the 5% Preferred and will be
subject to certain put rights by the holders of the 5% Preferred and cash
payments to such holders if such shares of Common Stock are not reserved. See
"Description of 5% Delayed Convertible Preferred Stock."
Of the 50,000,000 shares of Common Stock currently authorized
by the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, approximately 10,313,391 shares
were issued and outstanding as of May 8, 1997, and an aggregate of 1,764,500
shares were reserved for issuance under the Company's 1994 Stock Option Plan,
its 1994 Directors' Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, its 1995 Stock Compensation
Plan, and pursuant to other grants of options. Accordingly, the Company has
available for other uses approximately 37,922,109 shares of Common Stock. Of
the 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock currently authorized by the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation, 5,400,000 were issued and outstanding as of May
8, 1997.
The Board of Directors believes that it is in the Company's
best interests to increase the number of authorized shares of Common and
Preferred Stock in order to ensure that the number of authorized shares of
capital stock is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Preferred Stock
Investment Agreement and to provide the capability for necessary capital
raising transactions in the future. The additional authorized shares will be
available for issuance from time to time by the Company in the discretion of
the Board of Directors, normally without further stockholder action (except as
may be required for a particular transaction by applicable law, requirements of
regulatory agencies or by stock exchange rules), for any proper corporate
purpose including, among other things, conversion of the 5% Preferred, future
acquisitions of property or securities of other corporations, stock dividends,
stock splits, convertible debt financing and equity financing.
If the proposed amendment is approved by shareholders, the
Company will file a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of
Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State promptly after the Meeting,
whereupon the increase in the Company's authorized Common Stock and Preferred
Stock will become effective and the authorized capital will be available for
issuance at such times and for such purposes as the Board of Directors may deem
advisable.
DESCRIPTION OF 5% DELAYED CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK
On March 19, 1997, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of up to
8,000,000 shares of the 5% Preferred. As of April 21, 1997, the Company had
5,400,000 shares of the 5%
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Preferred outstanding held of record by 51 entities, and had agreed to grant a
warrant to purchase an additional 486,000 shares at $25.00 per share.
Dividends. Each share of the 5% Preferred is entitled to receive
dividends at the rate of $1.25 per annum, payable semi-annually on April 15 and
October 15 of each year, in preference to any payment made on any other shares
of capital stock of the Company. Any dividend payable on the 5% Preferred may
be paid, at the option of the Company, either (i) in cash or (ii) by adding the
amount of such dividend to the Liquidation Preference (as defined below). Each
share of the 5% Preferred is also entitled to a liquidation preference of $25
per share, plus all accrued but unpaid dividends (the "Liquidation
Preference"), in preference to any other class or series of capital stock of
the Company. Other than the consent rights described below with respect to
certain corporate actions, and except as otherwise provided by applicable law,
holders of the 5% Preferred have no voting rights.
Conversion. The 5% Preferred is convertible into shares of Common Stock
at any time, provided that the Company is not obligated to honor any request
for conversion of the 5% Preferred at any time certain governmental approvals
of the issuance of the Common Stock upon such conversion have not been
obtained. If such approvals (other than with respect to a holder or group of
holders holding more than 50% of the voting securities of the Company) are not
obtained by 360 days after the First Closing date, the Company shall, at the
request of any holder, repurchase the shares of the 5% Preferred held by such
holder at a purchase price per share equal to the sum of the Liquidation
Preference plus any other cash payments due to such holder ("Cash Payments"),
divided by 72.125% (the "Maximum Price"). The number of shares of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the shares of the 5% Preferred will equal the
Liquidation Preference of the shares being converted plus any Cash Payments
divided by the then-effective conversion price applicable to the Common Stock
(the "Conversion Price"). The Conversion Price, as of any date up to and
including November 15, 1997, is determined in accordance with a formula based
on market prices of the Common Stock or actual prices at which the converting
holder sold the Common Stock, in either case multiplied by an amount equal to 1
minus the Applicable Percentage. At any date after November 15, 1997, the
Conversion Price is determined in accordance with a formula based on market
prices of the Common Stock between October 15, 1997 and November 15, 1997,
market prices of the Common Stock during the three consecutive trading days
immediately preceding the date of conversion or actual prices at which the
converting holder sold the Common Stock, in any case multiplied by 72.125%. The
Applicable Percentage is as follows:
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Following Date Applicable Percentage
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4/15/97 14.375%
5/15/97 18.125%
6/15/97 19.875%
7/15/97 21.625%
8/15/97 23.250%
9/15/97 24.875%
10/15/97 25.000%
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11/15/97 27.875%
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The 5% Preferred is at all times subject to adjustment for customary
anti-dilution events such as stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations and
certain mergers affecting the Common Stock. Three years or more after the date
of original issuance of the 5% Preferred, the Company may require the holders
of the 5% Preferred to convert such shares into Common Stock at the then
applicable Conversion Price and all Cash Payments due on a date specified in
the notice of forced conversion. However, the conversion shall not occur if
the Company has commenced bankruptcy proceedings, ceased operations or shall be
in default for money borrowed in excess of $50 million.
Required Redemption. The Company must also reserve and keep available out
of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, solely for the purpose
of effecting the conversion of the 5% Preferred, at least such number of its
Common Stock that is the greater of (i) 10 million shares and (ii) 1.5 times
the number as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of
all outstanding shares of the 5% Preferred. The Company has agreed to take such
corporate action necessary to increase its number of authorized shares of
Common Stock to at least 100 million shares on or before the 90th calendar day
after the First Closing. If the Company does not have sufficient shares of
Common Stock reserved to effect such conversion and fails to take such
corporate action necessary to authorize or reserve sufficient shares of Common
Stock, then at any time at the request of any holder of shares of the 5%
Preferred, the Company shall purchase from such holder the number of shares of
the 5% Preferred equal to such holder's pro-rata share of the number of shares
of the 5% Preferred that would not be able to be converted due to an
insufficient number of shares of Common Stock reserved for such purpose at the
Maximum Price. In addition, if prior to the earlier of April 21, 1998 or the
closing of a Qualifying Offering (as defined below), the FCC awards more than
two licenses permitting the licensee to provide satellite digital audio radio
services and more than two licensees commence or announce an intention to
commence satellite digital audio radio services, then upon the request of the
holders of more than one-third of the outstanding shares of the 5% Preferred,
the Company shall purchase one-half of the shares of the 5% Preferred held by
each requesting shareholder at a purchase price per share equal to the sum of
the Liquidation Preference plus any Cash Payments divided by 1 minus the
Applicable Percentage. If a reorganization occurs, each holder
of the 5% Preferred may require the Company to redeem the 5% Preferred at the
Maximum Price. A Reorganization is defined as any reorganization or any
reclassification of the Common Stock or other capital stock of the Company or
any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation
or corporations or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company. If the holder chooses not to require the Company to redeem such
holder's shares, the shares will be convertible into the number of shares or
other property to which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon conversion of such share of 5% Preferred not so redeemed would
have been entitled upon the reorganization.
Redemption. The 5% Preferred may be redeemed in whole but not in part at
the Maximum Price by the Company at any time beginning on the date that is 10
months after the date of original issuance of the 5% Preferred, plus one day
for each day during which (x) a
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registration statement has not been declared effective with respect to the
Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the 5% Preferred by the 90th calendar
day after the original issuance of the 5% Preferred or (y) any such
registration statement is suspended or the related prospectus is not current,
complete or otherwise usable. The Company may not exercise its right of
redemption unless (i) the average closing price of the Common Stock as reported
in the Wall Street Journal for the 20 consecutive trading days prior to the
notice of redemption shall equal or exceed $18 per share (subject to
adjustments) and (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of
the 5% Preferred are registered for resale by an effective registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company also may redeem the 5%
Preferred in whole but not in part at the Maximum Price if the Company sells
Common Stock for cash in an amount not less than $100 million in a registered
underwritten public offering prior to October 15, 1997 ("Qualifying Offering").
Dilution of Common Stock. The exact number of shares issuable upon
conversion of all of the 5% Preferred cannot currently be estimated but,
generally, such issuances of Common Stock will vary inversely with the market
price of the Common Stock. The holders of Common Stock ownership interest will
be materially diluted by conversion of the 5% Preferred, which dilution will
depend on, among other things, the future market price of the Common Stock and
conversion elections made by holders of the 5% Preferred. The terms of the 5%
Preferred do not provide for any limit on the number of shares of Common Stock
which the Company may be required to issue in respect thereof.
Cash Payments. The private placement agreement relating to the sale of
the 5% Preferred specifies certain circumstances in which the Company must
make a cash payment to each holder of the 5% Preferred (or underlying
securities issued or issuable upon conversion of the 5% Preferred). The Company
must make a cash payment equal to 3% of the Liquidation Preference per month to
each holder if the Company fails: (i) within 90 days of the date of the First
Closing to increase the number of authorized shares of Common Stock to at least
100 million shares; (ii) within 90 days of the date of the First Closing to
file and cause to be declared effective a registration statement under the
Securities Act of 1933 with respect to the resale of Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of the 5% Preferred; (iii) within 90 days of the date of the First
Closing to obtain any governmental approvals necessary for the conversion of
the 5% Preferred; (iv) to honor any request for conversion of the 5% Preferred
except as permitted by the terms and conditions of the 5% Preferred; or (v) to
maintain the listing of the Common Stock on Nasdaq, the New York Stock Exchange
or the American Stock Exchange. A similar cash payment must be made if, after
effecting a registration statement with respect to the resale of Common Stock
issuable upon conversion of the 5% Preferred, the use of the prospectus is
suspended for more than 60 cumulative days in the aggregate in any twelve month
period. In addition, if the Company fails at any time to reserve a sufficient
number of shares of Common Stock for issuance upon conversion of the 5%
Preferred, it must make a cash payment equal to 3% of the Liquidation
Preference (proportionately reduced by the amount of shares that are so
authorized and reserved) per month to the holders of the 5% Preferred. The
private placement agreement also provides that prior to the completion of a
Qualifying Offering, the Company may not undertake to conduct any debt or
equity financing that is not pari passu or junior to the 5% Preferred in
seniority, structure and maturity.
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Consent of the holders of a majority of the 5% Preferred is required
before the Company may take certain corporate actions or pay dividends on
Common Stock and certain other corporate actions taken in connection with a
partial repurchase of 5% Preferred require the consent of all holders of 5%
Preferred.
EFFECT OF INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED SHARE CAPITAL
The increase in authorized Common Stock and Preferred Stock
will not have any immediate effect on the rights of the existing shareholders
of Common Stock. Issuances of additional authorized Common Stock or the
conversion of shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock would
reduce the value of outstanding shares of Common Stock proportionately, and
issuances of authorized Common or Preferred Stock in capital raising or other
business transactions, or through management compensation or incentive
programs, would dilute existing shareholders' interests in the Company. The
Company's shareholders have no preemptive rights with respect to the issuance
of additional Common or Preferred Stock.
POTENTIAL ANTI-TAKEOVER EFFECT
Although the proposed amendment to the Company's Certificate
of Incorporation is not motivated by takeover concerns and is not considered by
the Board to be an anti-takeover measure, the availability of additional
authorized shares of Common Stock could enable the Board to issue shares
defensively in response to a takeover attempt. Such issuances could dilute the
ownership and voting rights of a person seeking to obtain control of the
Company, dilute the value of outstanding shares, and increase the ownership of
shareholders opposed to a takeover. Thus, increasing the authorized Common
Stock could render more difficult and less likely a merger, tender offer or
proxy contest, assumption of control by a holder of a larger block of the
Company's stock, and the removal of incumbent management. Issuance of
additional shares unrelated to any takeover attempt could also have these
effects.
VOTE REQUIRED AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS' RECOMMENDATION
The affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of Common
Stock outstanding is required to approve the proposed amendment to the
Company's Certificate of Incorporation.
The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the proposal.
SOLICITATION EXPENSES
The Company will bear the cost of soliciting consents.
Consents are being solicited by mail and, in addition, directors, officers, and
employees of the Company may solicit consents personally or by telephone or
facsimile transmission. No additional compensation will be paid on account of
any such solicitations. Although there is no formal agreement to do so, the
Company will reimburse custodians, brokerage houses, nominees, and other
fiduciaries for the cost of sending Consent Solicitation material to their
principals.
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REPORT ON FORM 10-K
A copy of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1996, as filed with the SEC, will be provided without
charge to each stockholder who submits a written request therefor addressed to
Lawrence F. Gilberti, Secretary, CD Radio Inc., 6th Floor, 1001 22nd Street
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.
By order of the Board of Directors
Lawrence F. Gilberti
Secretary
May 16, 1997
Washington, D.C.
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
TO THE
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
CD RADIO INC.
CD Radio Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"),
certifies pursuant to Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law that:
The amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation set forth in the following resolution adopted by written consent of
the Corporation's Board of Directors and stockholders has been duly declared to
be advisable by the Board of Directors to the stockholders of the Corporation.
A majority of the stockholders of the Corporation duly approved said proposed
amendment by written consent in accordance with Sections 228 and 242 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, and written notice of such consent has been
or will promptly be given to all stockholders who have not consented in writing
to said amendment. The resolution setting forth such amendment is as follows:
"RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company be amended to increase the authorized number of shares
of Common Stock by 150,000,000 shares to an aggregate of
200,000,000 shares and to increase the authorized number of
shares of Preferred Stock by 40,000,000 shares to an aggregate
of 50,000,000 shares; and be it further
"RESOLVED, that, to implement the foregoing resolution, it is
advisable to amend the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company by amending and restating the first paragraph of
Article FOURTH thereof to read as follows:
"The total number of shares of all classes of stock
which the corporation shall have the authority to
issue is 250,000,000 shares, consisting of
200,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001
per share ("Common Stock"), and 50,000,000 shares of
Preferred Stock, par value of $0.001 per share
("Preferred Stock")."
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer of the Corporation
does hereby certify under penalties of perjury that this Certificate of
Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation is the act and deed of the
Corporation and the facts stated therein are true and, accordingly, has
hereunto set his hand this ___ day of __________, 1997.
CD RADIO INC.
By:
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Its:
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CD RADIO INC. CONSENT FORM
CONSENT SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned, a stockholder of record of CD Radio Inc. (the
"Company") as of the close of business on May 2, 1997, hereby takes the
following action, with respect to all stock of the Company held by the
undersigned, in connection with the solicitation by the Board of Directors of
the Company of written consents, pursuant to Section 228 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, to the amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Company described in the Company's Consent Solicitation Statement, dated
May 16, 1997, without a meeting:
(Place an "X" in the appropriate box)
The Board of Directors recommends that
Stockholders CONSENT to the proposed amendment
CONSENT [ ] CONSENT WITHHELD [ ] ABSTAIN [ ]
If no box is marked with respect to the action described
above, the undersigned will be deemed to have consented to the proposed
amendment.
Dated: , 1997
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Signature(s)
Please sign as registered
and return promptly
in the enclosed envelope.
Executors, trustees and others
signing in a representative
capacity should include their
names and the capacity in
which they sign.
