EXHIBIT B
TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT
[Form of Rights Certificate]
Certificate No. W - ________ Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER (I) FEBRUARY 1, 2009, OR (II) IF THE
DISTRIBUTION DATE (AS DEFINED BELOW) SHALL HAVE OCCURRED
BEFORE THE DATE SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE (I), THE DATE WHICH IS
NINETY (90) DAYS AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 2009, OR EARLIER IF
REDEEMED. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION, AT THE
OPTION OF THE COMPANY AND UNDER CERTAIN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES,
AT $0.005 PER RIGHT (SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT), ON THE TERMS
SET FORTH OR REFERRED TO IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. UNDER
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AS PROVIDED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT
(AS REFERRED TO BELOW), RIGHTS ISSUED TO OR BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY ACQUIRING PERSONS OR THEIR AFFILIATES OR ASSOCIATES
(AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) OR ANY
SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS SHALL BE NULL AND VOID AND
MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON.
Rights Certificate
This certifies that _________________, or registered assigns, is the
registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles
the owner thereof, subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights
Agreement dated as of February 1, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement") between Xxxxxx,
Inc. (the "Corporation"), and First City Transfer Company, (the "Rights Agent"),
to purchase from the Corporation at any time after the Distribution Date (as
such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on February 1, 2009 (or if the Distribution Date shall have occurred
before February 1, 2009, at the close of business on the 90th day following the
Distribution Date) at the office of the Rights Agent designated in the Rights
Agreement for such purpose, or its successor as Rights Agent, in Iselin, NJ, one
one-hundredth (1/100th) of a fully paid nonassessable share of Class A Preferred
Stock Series One, $0.01 par value per share, of the Corporation (the "Preferred
Stock") at a purchase price of $5.50, as the same may from time to time be
adjusted in accordance with the Rights Agreement (the "Exercise Price"), upon
presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the Form of Election
to Purchase attached hereto duly executed.
As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Exercise Price and the number of
shares of Preferred Stock which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights
evidenced by this Rights Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment
upon the happening of certain events and, upon the happening of certain events,
securities other than shares of Preferred Stock, or other property, may be
acquired upon exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, as
provided in the Rights Agreement.
This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights
Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights,
limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the Rights Agent,
the Corporation and the holders of record of Rights Certificates. Copies of the
Rights Agreement are on file at the principal executive office of the
Corporation.
This Rights Certificate, with or without other Rights Certificates, upon
surrender at the office of the Rights Agent designated in the Rights Agreement
for such purpose, may be exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Rights
Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder of
record to purchase a like aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock as the
Rights evidenced by the Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates surrendered
shall have entitled such holder to purchase. If this Rights Certificate shall be
exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender
hereof, another Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates for the number of
whole Rights not exercised.
Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced by
this Certificate may be redeemed by the Corporation at its option or under
certain other circumstances at a redemption price of $0.01 per Right. No
fractional shares of Preferred Stock (other than fractions which are integral
multiples of one one-hundredth (1/100th) of a share) are required to be issued
upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby, and in lieu thereof
the Corporation may cause depositary receipts to be issued and/or a cash payment
may be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.
No holder of this Rights Certificate, as such, shall be entitled to vote or
receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of Preferred Stock or
of any other securities of the Corporation which may at any time be issuable on
the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights Agreement or
herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights
of a stockholder of the Corporation or any right to vote for the election of
directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at meeting thereof, or to
give or withhold consent to any corporate action or to receive notice of
meetings or other actions affecting stockholders (except as provided in the
Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise,
until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate shall have been
exercised as provided in the Rights Agreement. This Rights Certificate shall not
be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by
the Rights Agent.
WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Corporation
and its corporate seal. Dated as of _____________, ____.
ATTEST:
______________________________ By: _______________________________
Secretary Title:
Countersigned:
FIRST CITY TRANSFER COMPANY
By: _______________________________
[Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate]
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer
the Rights Certificates.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ________________________________________________________
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and
interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
_______________________________ Attorney to transfer the within Rights
Certificate on the books of the within-named Corporation, with full power of
substitution.
Dated: ____________, ____
_______________________________
Signature
Signature Guaranteed:
Certificate
The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that:
(1) this Rights Certificate [ ] is [ ] is not being sold, assigned or
transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an
Associate or an Affiliate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights
Agreement); and
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [ ]
did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any
Person who is, was or subsequently became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement).
Dated:
____________, ____ _______________________________
Signature
NOTICE
The signature to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must correspond
to the name as written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every
particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
(To be executed if registered holder
desires to exercise the Rights Certificate.)
TO:_________________
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise _________________
Rights represented by this Rights Certificate to purchase the shares of
Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that
certificates for such share(s) be issued in the following name:
Please insert social security or other identifying number: _______________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this Rights
Certificate, a new Rights Certificate for the balance remaining of such Rights
shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security or other identifying number: _______________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
Dated: ____________, ____
_______________________________
Signature
(Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of this
Rights Certificate)
Signature Guaranteed
