Exhibit 3
AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AMENDMENT (the "Amendment") dated as of July 22, 1998 is among
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Incorporated, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Delaware I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary
of Parent ("Merger Sub"), and Western Atlas Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are parties to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 10, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement");
and
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company wish to amend the Merger
Agreement pursuant to Section 10.5 thereto, and the respective Boards of
Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have approved and adopted this
Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree to amend the Merger Agreement as
follows:
Section 1. Amendment of the Merger Agreement.
(a) Clause (iv) and the proviso at the end of Section 4.1(c) of the
Merger Agreement are amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
(iv) if the Parent Share Price is greater than or equal to $34.00 but
less than $38.25, that fraction, rounded to the nearest thousandth,
or if there shall not be a nearest thousandth, to the next higher
thousandth, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing $91.80 by the
Parent Share Price; and (v) if the Parent Share Price is less than
$34.00, 2.7.
(b) Section 9.3(d) of the Merger Agreement is deleted.
Section 2. Miscellaneous.
(a) Except as expressly set forth herein, all the provisions of the
Merger Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed by the parties and shall
remain in full force and effect. All references in the Merger Agreement to "this
Agreement" shall be read as references to the Merger Agreement, as amended by
this Amendment, but references to the date of the Agreement shall remain
references to May 10, 1998.
(b) This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regarding to its rules of
conflict of laws.
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(c) This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original,
but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof each signed by less
than all, but together signed by all of the parties hereto.
(d) Headings of the Sections of this Amendment are for the
convenience of the parties only, and shall be given no substantive or
interpretative effect whatsoever.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment and
caused the same to be duly delivered on their behalf on the day and year first
written above.
XXXXX XXXXXX INCORPORATED
By: /s/ Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Chairman, President & CEO
XXXXX XXXXXX DELAWARE I, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxxx X'Xxxxxxx III
Name: Xxxxxxxx X'Xxxxxxx III
Title: Vice President
WESTERN ATLAS INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
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