UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q/A
Amendment No. 1
[x] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 1998
OR
[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 0-22228
ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 11-3170868
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
One Astoria Federal Plaza, Lake Success, New York 11042-1085
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(516) 327-3000
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all the reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days.
YES X NO
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Classes of Common Stock Number of Shares Outstanding, July 31, 1998
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.01 PAR VALUE 26,593,495
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Part II -- OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K 3
Signatures 4
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) Exhibits
3. Certificate of Incorporation of Astoria Financial
Corporation, as amended, effective as of June 3, 1998
(3)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Astoria Financial Corporation
Dated: September 10, 1998 By: /s/ Monte N. Redman
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Monte N. Redman
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Identification of Exhibit
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3. Certificate of Incorporation of Astoria Financial
Corporation, as amended, effective June 3, 1998
(5)
As amended on June 3, 1998
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ASTORIA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
FIRST: The name of the Corporation is Astoria Financial Corporation
(hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "Corporation").
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the
State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City
of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the registered agent at that
address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or
activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of the State of Delaware.
FOURTH: A. The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Hundred Five million
(205,000,000) consisting of:
1. Five million (5,000,000), shares of Preferred Stock, par value
one dollar ($1.00) per share (the "Preferred Stock"); and
2. Two Hundred million (200,000,000) shares of Common Stock, par
value one cent ($.01) per share (the "Common Stock").
B. The Board of Directors is authorized, subject to any limitations
prescribed by law, to provide for the issuance of the shares of Preferred Stock
in series, and by filing a certificate pursuant to the applicable law of the
State of Delaware (such certificate being hereinafter referred to as a
"Preferred Stock Designation"), to establish from time to time the number of
shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers,
preferences, and rights of the shares of each
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such series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The
number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased
(but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the Common Stock, without a vote of the
holders of the Preferred Stock, or of any series thereof, unless a vote of any
such holders is required pursuant to the terms of any Preferred Stock
Designation.
C. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of
Incorporation, in no event shall any record owner of any outstanding Common
Stock which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a person who, as
of any record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote on any
matter, beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the then-outstanding shares of
Common Stock (the "Limit"), be entitled, or permitted to any vote in respect of
the shares held in excess of the Limit. The number of votes which may be cast by
any record owner by virtue of the provisions hereof in respect of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such person beneficially owning shares in excess of the
Limit shall be a number equal to the total number of votes which a single record
owner of all Common Stock owned by such person would be entitled to cast,
(subject to the provisions of this Article FOURTH) multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of shares of such class or series which are
both beneficially owned by such person and owned of record by such record owner
and the denominator of which is the total number of shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by such person owning shares in excess of the Limit.
2. The following definitions shall apply to this Section C of this
Article FOURTH:
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(a) "Affiliate" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Rule
12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, as in effect on the date of filing of this
Certificate of Incorporation.
(b) "Beneficial ownership" shall be determined pursuant to Rule
13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (or any successor rule or statutory provision),
or, if said Rule 13d-3 shall be rescinded and there shall be no
successor rule or provision thereto, pursuant to said Rule 13d-3 as in
effect on the date of filing of this Certificate of Incorporation;
provided, however, that a person shall, in any event, also be deemed the
"beneficial owner" of any Common Stock:
(1) which such person or any of its affiliates beneficially
owns, directly or indirectly; or
(2) which such person or any of its affiliates has (i) the
right to acquire (whether such right is exercisable immediately or
only after the passage of time), pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (but shall not be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of any voting shares solely by reason of an
agreement, contract, or other arrangement with this Corporation to
effect any transaction which is described in any one or more of
clauses 1 through 5 of Section A of Article EIGHTH), or upon the
exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants, or
options or otherwise, or (ii) sole or shared voting or investment
power with respect thereto pursuant to any agreement, arrangement,
understanding, relationship or otherwise (but shall not be deemed
to be the beneficial owner of any voting shares solely by reason
of a revocable
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proxy granted for a particular meeting of stockholders, pursuant
to a public solicitation of proxies for such meeting, with respect
to shares of which neither such person nor any such Affiliate is
otherwise deemed the beneficial owner); or
(3) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
any other person with which such first mentioned person or any of
its Affiliates acts as a partnership, limited partnership,
syndicate or other group pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or
disposing of any shares of capital stock of this Corporation;
and provided further, however, that (1) no Director or Officer of this
Corporation (or any Affiliate of any such Director or Officer) shall,
solely by reason of any or all of such Directors or Officers acting in
their capacities as such, be deemed, for any purposes hereof, to
beneficially own any Common Stock beneficially owned by any other such
Director or Officer (or any Affiliate thereof), and (2) neither any
employee stock ownership or similar plan of this Corporation or any
subsidiary of this Corporation, nor any trustee with respect thereto or
any Affiliate of such trustee (solely by reason of such capacity of such
trustee), shall be deemed, for any purposes hereof, to beneficially own
any Common Stock held under any such plan. For purposes only of
computing the percentage beneficial ownership of Common Stock of a
person, the outstanding Common Stock shall include shares deemed owned
by such person through application of this subsection but shall not
include any other Common Stock which may be issuable by this Corporation
pursuant to any agreement, or upon exercise of conversion rights,
warrants or options, or otherwise. For all other purposes,
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the outstanding Common Stock shall include only Common Stock then
outstanding and shall not include any Common Stock which may be issuable
by this Corporation pursuant to any agreement, or upon the exercise of
conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.
(c) The "Limit" shall mean 10% of the then-outstanding shares of
Common Stock.
(d) A "person" shall include an individual, firm, a group acting
in concert, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint
venture, a pool, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated
organization or similar company, a syndicate or any other group formed
for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities or any
other entity.
3. The Board of Directors shall have the power to construe and
apply the provisions of this section and to make all determinations
necessary or desirable to implement such provisions, including but not
limited to matters with respect to (i) the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by any person, (ii) whether a person is an
affiliate of another, (iii) whether a person has an agreement,
arrangement, or understanding with another as to the matters referred to
in the definition of beneficial ownership, (iv) the application of any
other definition or operative provision of the section to the given
facts, or (v) any other matter relating to the applicability or effect
of this section.
4. The Board of Directors shall have the right to demand that any
person who is reasonably believed to beneficially own Common Stock in
excess of the Limit (or holds of record Common Stock beneficially owned
by any person in excess of the Limit) supply the Corporation with
complete information as to (i) the record owner(s) of all shares
beneficially owned by such person who is reasonably believed to own
shares in excess of the Limit, and
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(ii) any other factual matter relating to the applicability or effect of
this section as may reasonably be requested of such person.
5. Except as otherwise provided by law or expressly provided in
this Section C, the presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of
record of shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitling the
holders thereof to cast a majority of the votes (after giving effect, if
required, to the provisions of this Section C) entitled to be cast by
the holders of shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to
vote shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the stockholders, and
every reference in this Certificate of Incorporation to a majority or
other proportion of capital stock (or the holders thereof) for purposes
of determining any quorum requirement or any requirement for stockholder
consent or approval shall be deemed to refer to such majority or other
proportion of the votes (or the holders thereof) then entitled to be
cast in respect of such capital stock.
6. Any constructions, applications, or determinations made by the
Board of Directors pursuant to this section in good faith and on the
basis of such information and assistance as was then reasonably
available for such purpose shall be conclusive and binding upon the
Corporation and its stockholders.
7. In the event any provision (or portion thereof) of this Section
C shall be found to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any
reason, the remaining provisions (or portions thereof) of this Section
shall remain in full force and effect, and shall be construed as if such
invalid, prohibited or unenforceable provision had been stricken
herefrom or otherwise rendered inapplicable, it being the intent of this
Corporation and its stockholders that each
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such remaining provision (or portion thereof) of this Section C remain,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, applicable and enforceable as to
all stockholders, including stockholders owning an amount of stock over
the Limit, notwithstanding any such finding.
FIFTH: The following provisions are inserted for the management of the
business and the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation, and for further
definition, limitation and regulation of the powers of the Corporation and of
its Directors and stockholders:
A. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or
under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and
authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by this Certificate of
Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the Directors are hereby
empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be
exercised or done by the Corporation.
B. The Directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written
ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.
C. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of
the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in
writing by such stockholders.
D. Special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called
only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of
the Whole Board or as otherwise provided in the Bylaws. The term "Whole Board"
shall mean the total number of authorized directorships (whether or not there
exist any vacancies in previously authorized directorships at the time any such
resolution is presented to the Board for adoption).
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SIXTH: A. The number of Directors shall be fixed from time to time
exclusively by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a
majority of the Whole Board. The Directors shall be divided into three classes,
with the term of office of the first class to expire at the first annual meeting
of stockholders, the term of office of the second class to expire at the annual
meeting of stockholders one year thereafter and the term of office of the third
class to expire at the annual meeting of stockholders two years thereafter with
each Director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly
elected and qualified. At each annual meeting of stockholders following such
initial classification and election, Directors elected to succeed those
Directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to expire at
the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders after their election with
each Director to hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly
elected and qualified.
B. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock
outstanding, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the
authorized number of Directors or any vacancies in the Board of Directors
resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal from
office or other cause may be filled only by a majority vote of the Directors
then in office, though less than a quorum, and Directors so chosen shall hold
office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the
term of office of the class to which they have been chosen expires. No decrease
in the number of Directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the
term of any incumbent Director.
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C. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of
Directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of
the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the
Bylaws of the Corporation.
D. Subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock
then outstanding, any Directors, or the entire Board of Directors, may be
removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of the voting power of all of the
then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote
generally in the election of Directors (after giving effect to the provisions of
Article FOURTH of this Certificate of Incorporation ("Article FOURTH")), voting
together as a single class.
SEVENTH: The Board of Directors is expressly empowered to adopt, amend
or repeal Bylaws of the Corporation. Any adoption, amendment or repeal of the
Bylaws of the Corporation by the Board of Directors shall require the approval
of a majority of the Whole Board. The stockholders shall also have power to
adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that,
in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of this
Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation, the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of the voting power of
all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors (after giving effect to
the provisions of Article FOURTH), voting together as a single class, shall be
required to adopt, amend or repeal any provisions of the Bylaws of the
Corporation.
EIGHTH: A. In addition to any affirmative vote required by law or this
Certificate of Incorporation, and except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Article EIGHTH:
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1. any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with (i) any Interested Stockholder
(as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other corporation (whether or not
itself an Interested Stockholder) which is, or after such merger or
consolidation would be, an Affiliate (as hereinafter defined) of an
Interested Stockholder; or
2. any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other
disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or with
any Interested Stockholder, or any Affiliate of any Interested
Stockholder, of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having
an aggregate Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) equaling or
exceeding 25% or more of the combined assets of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries; or
3. the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary
(in one transaction or a series of transactions) of any securities of
the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any
Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities
or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate Fair
Market Value ( as hereinafter defined) equaling or exceeding 25% of the
combined Fair Market Value of the outstanding common stock of the
Corporation and its Subsidiaries, except for any issuance or transfer
pursuant to an employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary thereof; or
4. the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or
dissolution of the Corporation proposed by or on behalf of an Interested
Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder; or
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5. any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock
split), or recapitalization of the Corporation, or any merger or
consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any
other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an
Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of
increasing the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any
class of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested
Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder;
shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the voting
power of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to
vote in the election of Directors (the "Voting Stock") (after giving effect to
the provisions of Article FOURTH), voting together as a single class. Such
affirmative vote shall be required notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be
required, or that a lesser percentage may be specified, by law or by any other
provisions of this Certificate of Incorporation or any Preferred Stock
Designation in any agreement with any national securities exchange or otherwise.
The term "Business Combination" as used in this Article EIGHTH shall
mean any transaction which is referred to in any one or more of paragraphs 1
through 5 of Section A of this Article EIGHTH.
B. The provisions of Section A of this Article EIGHTH shall not be
applicable to any particular Business Combination, and such Business Combination
shall require only the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding
shares of capital stock entitled to vote after giving effect to the provisions
of Article FOURTH, or such vote (if any), as is required by law or by this
Certificate
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of Incorporation, if, in the case of any Business Combination that does not
involve any cash or other consideration being received by the stockholders of
the Corporation solely in their capacity as stockholders of the Corporation, the
condition specified in the following paragraph 1 is met or, in the case of any
other Business Combination, all of the conditions specified in either of the
following paragraphs 1 or 2 are met:
1. The Business Combination shall have been approved by a majority
of the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined).
2. All of the following conditions shall have been met:
(a) The aggregate amount of the cash and the Fair Market
Value as of the date of the consummation of the Business
Combination of consideration other than cash to be received per
share by the holders of Common Stock in such Business Combination
shall at least be equal to the higher of the following
(1) (if applicable) the Highest Per Share Price (as
hereinafter defined), including any brokerage commissions,
transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees, paid by the
Interested Stockholder or any of its Affiliates for any
shares of Common Stock acquired by it (i) within the
two-year period immediately prior to the first public
announcement of the proposal of the Business Combination
(the "Announcement Date"), or (ii) in the transaction in
which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is
higher.
(2) the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the
Announcement Date or on the date on which the Interested
Stockholder became an Interested
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Stockholder (such latter date is referred to in this Article
EIGHTH as the "Determination Date"), whichever is higher.
(b) The aggregate amount of the cash and the Fair Market
Value as of the date of the consummation of the Business
Combination of consideration other than cash to be received per
share by holders of shares of any class of outstanding Voting
Stock other than Common Stock shall be at least equal to the
highest of the following (it being intended that the requirements
of this subparagraph (b) shall be required to be met with respect
to every such class of outstanding Voting Stock, whether or not
the Interested Stockholder has previously acquired any shares of a
particular class of voting Stock):
(1) (if applicable) the Highest Per Share Price (as
hereinafter defined), including any brokerage commissions,
transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees, paid by the
Interested Stockholder for any shares of such class of
Voting Stock acquired by it (i) within the two-year period
immediately prior to the Announcement Date, or (ii) in the
transaction in which it became an Interested Stockholder,
whichever is higher;
(2) (if applicable) the highest preferential amount per
share to which the holders of shares of such class of Voting
Stock are entitled in the event of any voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation; and
(3) the Fair Market Value per share of such class of
Voting Stock on the Announcement Date or on the
Determination Date, whichever is higher.
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(c) The consideration to be received by holders of a
particular class of outstanding Voting Stock (including Common
Stock) shall be in cash or in the same form as the Interested
Stockholder has previously paid for shares of such class of Voting
Stock. If the Interested Stockholder has paid for shares of any
class of Voting Stock with varying forms of consideration, the
form of consideration to be received per share by holders of
shares of such class of Voting Stock shall be either cash or the
form used to acquire the largest number of shares of such class of
Voting Stock previously acquired by the Interested Stockholder.
The price determined in accordance with subparagraph B.2 of this
Article EIGHTH shall be subject to appropriate adjustment in the
event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination of shares or
similar event.
(d) After such Interested Stockholder has become an
Interested Stockholder and prior to the consummation of such
Business Combination: (1) except as approved by a majority of the
Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined), there shall have
been no failure to declare and pay at the regular date therefor
any full quarterly dividends (whether or not cumulative) on any
outstanding stock having preference over the Common Stock as to
dividends or liquidation; (2) there shall have been (i) no
reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on the Common Stock
(except as necessary to reflect any subdivision of the Common
Stock), except as approved by a majority of the Disinterested
Directors, and (ii) an increase in such annual rate of dividends
as necessary to reflect any reclassification (including any
reverse stock split), recapitalization, reorganization or any
similar transaction which has the effect of reducing the number of
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outstanding shares of the Common Stock, unless the failure to so
increase such annual rate is approved by a majority of the
Disinterested Directors, and (3) neither such Interested
Stockholder or any of its Affiliates shall have become the
beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock except
as part of the transaction which results in such Interested
Stockholder becoming an Interested Stockholder.
(e) After such Interested Stockholder has become an
Interested Stockholder, such Interested Stockholder shall not have
received the benefit, directly or indirectly (except
proportionately as a stockholder), of any loans, advances,
guarantees, pledges or other financial assistance or any tax
credits or other tax advantages provided, directly or indirectly,
by the Corporation, whether in anticipation of or in connection
with such Business Combination or otherwise.
(f) A proxy or information statement describing the proposed
Business Combination and complying with the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder (or any subsequent provisions replacing
such Act, and the rules or regulations thereunder) shall be mailed
to stockholders of the Corporation at least 30 days prior to the
consummation of such Business Combination (whether or not such
proxy or information statement is required to be mailed pursuant
to such Act or subsequent provisions).
C. For the purposes of this Article EIGHTH:
1. A "Person" shall include an individual, a group acting in
concert, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint venture,
a pool, a joint stock company, a trust, an
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unincorporated organization or similar company, a syndicate or any other
group formed for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of
securities or any other entity.
2. "Interested Stockholder" shall mean any person (other than the
Corporation or any Holding Company or Subsidiary thereof) who or which:
(a) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more
than 10% of the outstanding voting Stock; or
(b) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time
within the two-year period immediately prior to the date in
question was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10%
or more of the voting power of the then outstanding Voting Stock;
or
(c) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded to any
shares of Voting Stock which were at any time within the two-year
period immediately prior to the date in question beneficially
owned by any Interested Stockholder, if such assignment or
succession shall have occurred in the course of a transaction or
series of transactions not involving a public offering within the
meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
3. For purposes of this Article EIGHTH, "beneficial ownership"
shall be determined in the manner provided in Section C of Article
FOURTH hereof.
4. "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as in
effect on the date of filing of this Certificate of Incorporation.
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5. "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which a majority of any
class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the
Corporation; provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition
of Interested Stockholder set forth in Paragraph 2 of this Section C,
the term "Subsidiary" shall mean only a corporation of which a majority
of each class of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by
the Corporation.
6. "Disinterested Director" means any member of the Board of
Directors who is unaffiliated with the Interested Stockholder and was a
member of the Board of Directors prior to the time that the Interested
Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, and any Director who is
thereafter chosen to fill any vacancy of the Board of Directors or who
is elected and who, in either event, is unaffiliated with the Interested
Stockholder and in connection with his or her initial assumption of
office is recommended for appointment or election by a majority of
Disinterested Directors then on the Board of Directors.
7. "Fair Market Value" means:
(a) in the case of stock, the highest closing sales price of
the stock during the 30-day period immediately preceding the date
in question of a share of such stock on the National Association
of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System or any system
then in use, or, if such stock is admitted to trading on a
principal United States securities exchange registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Fair Market Value
shall be the highest sale price reported during the 30-day period
preceding the date in question, or, if no such quotations are
available, the Fair Market Value on the date in question of a
share of such stock as determined by the Board of Directors in
good faith,
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in each case with respect to any class of stock, appropriately
adjusted for any dividend or distribution in shares of such stock
or any stock split or reclassification of outstanding shares of
such stock into a greater number of shares of such stock or any
combination or reclassification of outstanding shares of such
stock into a smaller number of shares of such stock, and
(b) in the case of property other than cash or stock, the
Fair Market Value of such property on the date in question as
determined by the Board of Directors in good faith.
8. Reference to "Highest Per Share Price" shall in each case with
respect to any class of stock reflect an appropriate adjustment for any
dividend or distribution in shares of such stock or any stock split or
reclassification of outstanding shares of such stock into a greater
number of shares of such stock or any combination or reclassification of
outstanding shares of such stock into a smaller number of shares of such
stock.
9. In the event of any Business Combination in which the
Corporation survives, the phrase "consideration other than cash to be
received" as used in Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of Paragraph 2 of Section
B of this Article EIGHTH shall include the shares of Common Stock and/or
the shares of any other class of outstanding Voting Stock retained by
the holders of such shares.
D. A majority of the Directors of the Corporation shall have the power
and duty to determine for the purposes of this Article EIGHTH, on the basis of
information known to them after reasonable inquiry: (a) whether a person is an
Interested Stockholder; (b) the number of shares of Voting Stock
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beneficially owned by any person; (c) whether a person is an Affiliate or
Associate of another; and (d) whether the assets which are the subject of any
Business Combination have, or the consideration to be received for the issuance
or transfer of securities by the Corporation or any Subsidiary in any Business
Combination has an aggregate Fair Market Value equaling or exceeding 25% of the
combined Fair Market Value of the common stock of the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries. A majority of the Disinterested Directors shall have the further
power to interpret all of the terms and provisions of this Article EIGHTH.
E. Nothing contained in the Article EIGHTH shall be construed to relieve
any Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.
F. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Certificate of
Incorporation or any provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote
or no vote, but in addition to any affirmative vote of the holders of any
particular class or series of the Voting Stock required by law, this Certificate
of Incorporation or any Preferred Stock Designation, the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least 80 percent of the voting power of all of the
then-outstanding shares of the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class,
shall be required to alter, amend or repeal this Article EIGHTH.
NINTH: The Board of Directors of the Corporation, when evaluating any
offer of another Person (as defined in Article EIGHTH hereof) to (A) make a
tender or exchange offer for any equity security of the Corporation, (B) merge
or consolidate the Corporation with another corporation or entity or (C)
purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the properties and
assets of the Corporation, may, in connection with the exercise of its judgment
in determining what is in the best interest of the Corporation and its
stockholders, give due consideration to all relevant factors,
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including, without limitation, those factors that Directors of any subsidiary of
the Corporation may consider in evaluating any action that may result in a
change or potential change in the control of the subsidiary, and the social and
economic effect of acceptance of such offer on the Corporation's present and
future customers and employees and those of its Subsidiaries (as defined in
Article EIGHTH hereof); on the communities in which the Corporation and its
Subsidiaries operate or are located; on the ability of the Corporation to
fulfill its corporate objective as a savings and loan holding company under
applicable laws and regulations; and on the ability of its subsidiary savings
and loan association to fulfill the objectives of a stock form savings and loan
association under applicable statutes and regulations.
TENTH: A. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be
made a party to or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a
"proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director or an
Officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation or
of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service
with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an "indemnitee"), whether
the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
Director, Officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a
Director, Officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by
the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the
case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the
Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted
the Corporation to provide prior to such
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amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in
settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in connection
therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section C hereof with
respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation
shall indemnify any such indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part
thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof),
as authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
B. The right to indemnification conferred in Section A of this Article
TENTH shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses
incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition
(hereinafter an "advancement of expenses"); provided, however, that, if the
Delaware General Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred
by an indemnitee in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer (and not in any
other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee,
including, without limitation, services to an employee benefit plan) shall be
made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an
"undertaking"), by or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from
which there is no further right to appeal (hereinafter a "final adjudication")
that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under
this Section or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement
of expenses conferred in Sections A and B of this Article TENTH shall be
contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has
ceased to be a Director, Officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators.
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C. If a claim under Section A or B of this Article TENTH is not paid in
full by the Corporation within sixty days after a written claim has been
received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of
expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, the
indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any
such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of
expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be
entitled to be paid also the expenses of prosecuting or defending such suit. In
(i) any suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification
hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an
advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit by the
Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an
undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a
final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for
indemnification set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the
failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal
counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in
the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of
conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual
determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent
legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such
applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee
has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit
brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the
indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of
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expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the
indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of
expenses, under this Article TENTH or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.
D. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
conferred in this Article TENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which
any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation's
Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or
Disinterested Directors or otherwise.
E. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect
itself and any Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would
have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss
under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
F. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by
the Board of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement
of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of
the provisions of this Article TENTH with respect to the indemnification and
advancement of expenses of Directors and Officers of the Corporation.
ELEVENTH: A Director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable
to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a Director, except for liability (i) or any breach of the
Director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or
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a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the Director derived an
improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended to
authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of Directors, then the liability of a Director of the Corporation
shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware
General Corporation Law, as so amended.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the
stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a Director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.
TWELFTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend or repeal any
provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation in the manner
prescribed by the laws of the State of Delaware and all rights conferred upon
stockholders are granted subject to this reservation; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or any
provision of law which might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in
addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of the stock of this
Corporation required by law or by this Certificate of Incorporation, the
affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80 percent of the voting power of
all of the then-outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors (after giving effect to
the provisions of Article FOURTH), voting together as a single class, shall be
required to amend or repeal this Article TWELFTH, Section C of Article FOURTH,
Sections C or D of Article FIFTH, Article SIXTH, Article SEVENTH, Article EIGHTH
or Article TENTH.
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THIRTEENTH: The name and mailing address of the sole incorporator are as
follows:
Name Mailing Address
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Siobain M. Perkins 1201 N. Market Street
P.O. Box 1347
Wilmington, DE 19899
I, THE UNDERSIGNED, being the incorporator, for the purpose of forming
a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware, do make, file and record
this Certificate of Incorporation, do certify that the facts herein stated are
true, and accordingly, have hereto set my hand this 14TH day of JUNE, 1993.
/s/ Siobain M. Perkins
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Incorporator
