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EXHIBIT 4.2
AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT dated December 6, 2000 (the "Amendment") to an Amended and
Restated Rights Agreement dated as of April 15, 1999 between ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
International, Inc., a Panama corporation (the "Company"), and First Chicago
Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agent").
WHEREAS, on December 5, 1995 the Board of Directors of the Company
authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right (a
"Right") for each share of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on
January 2, 1996 (the "Record Date") and authorized the issuance of one Right in
respect to each share of Common Stock issued after the Record Date, each Right
representing the right to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of Preferred
Stock pursuant and subject to the terms and provisions of a Rights Agreement
dated as of December 5, 1995 (the "Rights Agreement") between the Company and
the Rights Agent;
WHEREAS, the Rights Agreement was amended on July 31, 1997 to reduce
its term by five years and amended and restated on April 15, 1999 (as amended
and restated, the "Amended and Restated Rights Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2000, the Company's Board of Directors
authorized the further amendment of the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement to
extend its term from January 2, 2001 to May 3, 2001;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. The definition of "Final Expiration Date" as set forth in Section 1 of
the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement is amended to restate in its
entirety as follows:
o "Final Expiration Date" means the close of business on May 3,
2001.
2. To the extent not expressly amended or modified hereby, the Amended and
Restated Rights Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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EXHIBIT 4.2
3. This Amendment, the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, each Right
and each Right Certificate issued under the Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
Republic of Panama and for all purposes shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of such Republic applicable to
contracts to be made and performed entirely within such Republic,
except that the rights and obligations of the Rights Agent shall be
governed by the law of the State of New York.
4. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Amended and Restated
Rights Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year
first above written.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, III
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇, III
Title: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
Address: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Attn: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
FIRST CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Sr. Account Manager
Address: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attn: Sr. Account Manager
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