Exhibit (4)
Rights Agreement,
dated as of May 1, 1991, between
Shared Medical Systems Corporation
and
Pittsburgh National Bank
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
dated as of May 1, 1991
between
SHARED MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
and
PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK
as
Rights Agent
Table of Contents
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Section Page
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1. Certain Definitions..................................... 1
2. Appointment of Rights Agent............................. 7
3. Issue of Rights Certificates............................ 7
4. Form of Rights Certificates............................. 9
5. Countersignature and Registration....................... 11
6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and
Exchange of Rights Certificates;
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Rights Certificates..................................... 12
7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price;
Expiration Date of Rights............................... 13
8. Cancellation and Destruction of
Rights Certificates..................................... 15
9. Reservation and Availability of
Capital Stock........................................... 16
10. Preferred Stock Record Date............................. 18
11. Adjustment of Purchase Price,
Number and Kind of Shares or
Number of Rights........................................ 18
12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase
Price or Number of Shares............................... 30
13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or
Transfer of Assets or Earning Power..................... 30
14. Fractional Rights and Fractional
Shares.................................................. 33
15. Rights of Action........................................ 35
16. Agreement of Rights Holders............................. 36
17. Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed
a Stockholder........................................... 36
18. Concerning the Rights Agent............................. 37
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Section Page
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19. Merger or Consolidation or
Change of Name of Rights Agent.......................... 37
20. Duties of Rights Agent.................................. 38
21. Change of Rights Agent.................................. 40
22. Issuance of New Rights Certificates..................... 41
23. Redemption and Termination.............................. 42
24. Notice of Certain Events................................ 46
25. Notices................................................. 47
26. Supplements and Amendments.............................. 47
27. Successors.............................................. 48
28. Determinations and Actions by
the Board of Directors, Etc............................. 49
29. Benefits of this Agreement.............................. 49
30. Severability............................................ 49
31. Governing Law........................................... 50
32. Counterparts............................................ 50
33. Table of Contents; Descriptive
Headings................................................ 50
Exhibit A -- Designation of Powers, Preferences, Rights
Qualifications of Preferred Stock
Exhibit B -- Form of Summary of Rights and Rights Agreement
Exhibit C -- Form of Rights Certificate
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RIGHTS AGREEMENT
RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of May 1, 1991 (the "Agreement"), between
SHARED MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
Pittsburgh National Bank, a national banking association (the "Rights Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H
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WHEREAS, on May 1, 1991 (the "Rights Dividend Declaration Date"), the
Board of Directors of the Company authorized and declared a dividend
distribution of one Right for each share of common stock, $.01 par value, (the
"Common Stock") of the Company outstanding at the close of business on May 10,
1991 (the "Record Date"), and has authorized the issuance of one Right (as such
number may hereinafter be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(p)
hereof) for each share of Common Stock of the Company issued between the Record
Date (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company's treasury) and
the Distribution Date, each Right initially representing the right to purchase,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, one one-
thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the
Company having the rights, powers and preferences set forth in the Designation
of Powers, Preferences Rights and Qualifications attached hereto as Exhibit A
(the "Rights");
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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, and intending to be legally bound, the parties
hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
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following terms have the meanings indicated:
(a) "Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person who or which, together
with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner
of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding; provided that any
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of the following Persons who without reference to this proviso would otherwise
be an Acquiring Person shall not be an Acquiring Person for purposes of this
definition:
(i) the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee
benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the
Company now or hereafter existing, and any Person or entity
organized, appointed or established by the Company for or
pursuant to the terms of any such plan; or
(ii) any Person who or which shall have executed a written
agreement with the Company (approved by at least a majority
of the members of the
Company's Board of Directors who are not representatives,
nominees, Affiliates or Associates of such Person) prior to
the date on which such Person (together with its Affiliates
and Associates) became the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more
of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding and which
agreement imposes one or more thresholds on the amount of
such Person's Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common
Stock, if, and so long as the thresholds continue to be
binding on such Person and such Person is in substantial
compliance (as determined by at least a majority of the
members of the Company's Board of Directors who are not
representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of such
Person, in their discretion) with the terms of such written
agreement or of any amendment thereto, which amendment is
approved by at least a majority of the members of the
Company's Board of Directors who are not representatives,
nominees, Affiliates or Associates of such Person; provided,
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however, that no amendment of any such agreement shall cure
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any prior breach of such agreement or any amendment thereto.
(b) "Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(c) "Adverse Person" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a)(ii)(B) hereof.
(d) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Exchange Act, as amended and in effect on the date of this Agreement.
(e) "Agreement" shall mean this Rights Agreement as originally
executed, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant
to the applicable provisions hereof.
(f) A person shall be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, and shall be
deemed to "beneficially own", any securities:
(i) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to acquire (whether such
right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or the
fulfillment of one or more conditions or both) pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (whether or not in
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writing) or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange right, other
rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person
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shall not be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially own,"
(A) securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such
Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates until such tendered
securities are accepted for purchase or exchange, or (B) securities
issuable upon exercise of Rights at any time prior to the occurrence of a
Triggering Event, or (C) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights from
and after the occurrence of a Triggering Event which Rights were acquired
by such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates prior to
the Distribution Date or pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof (the
"Original Rights") or pursuant to Section 11(i) hereof in connection with
an adjustment with respect to any Original Rights;
(ii) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates, directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or
has "beneficial ownership" of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on the
date of this Agreement), including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement
or understanding (whether or not in writing), provided, however, that a
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Person shall not be deemed the "Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially
own," any security under this subparagraph (ii) as a result of an
agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security if such
agreement, arrangement or understanding: (A) arises solely from a
revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation
made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not also
then reportable by such Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or
any comparable or successor report); or
(iii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
any other Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such
Person (or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates) has any
agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), for
the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except pursuant to a revocable
proxy as described in the proviso to subparagraph (ii) of this subsection
(f)) or disposing of any voting securities of the Company;
provided, however, that nothing in this subsection (f) shall cause a
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person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities to be the
"Beneficial Owner" of, or to "beneficially own," any securities acquired
through such person's participation in good faith in a firm commitment
underwriting until the expiration of forty days after the date
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of such acquisition; and provided further that in no event shall an officer
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or director of the Company be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to
"beneficially own," any securities beneficially owned by another officer or
director of the Company solely by reason of actions undertaken by such
persons in their capacity as officers or directors of the Company.
(g) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday
or a day on which banking institutions in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or
the State of New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
(h) "Close of Business" on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M.,
Eastern time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a
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Business Day it shall mean 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.
(i) "Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock, $.01 par value, of
the Company, except that "Common Stock" when used with reference to any Person
other than the Company shall mean the capital stock of such Person with the
greatest aggregate voting power, or the equity securities or other equity
interest having power to control or direct the management of such Person.
(j) "Common Stock Equivalents" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(k) "Continuing Director" shall mean (i) any member of the Board of
Directors of the Company, while such Person is a member of the Board, who is not
an Acquiring Person, an Adverse Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person or an Adverse Person, or a representative of an Acquiring
Person, an Adverse Person or of any such Affiliate or Associate, and was a
member of the Board prior to the date of this Agreement, or (ii) any Person who
subsequently becomes a member of the Board, while such Person is a member of the
Board, who is not an Acquiring Person, an Adverse Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person or an Adverse Person, or a representative of an
Acquiring Person, an Adverse Person or of any such Affiliate or Associate, if
such Person's nomination for election or election to the Board was recommended
or approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors.
(l) "Current Market Price" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(d) hereof.
(m) "Current Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(a)(iii) hereof.
(n) "Distribution Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(a) hereof.
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(o) "Equivalent Preferred Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(b) hereof.
(p) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
(q) "Exchange Share" and "Exchange Value" shall have the meanings set
forth in Section 23(d) hereof.
(r) "Expiration Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7(a) hereof.
(s) "Final Expiration Date" shall mean the close of business on
December 31, 2001.
(t) "NASDAQ" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.
(u) "Original Rights" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
l(f)(i) hereof.
(v) "Ownership Limitation" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof.
(w) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, joint venture,
association, trust, estate, corporation, partnership or other entity.
(x) "Preferred Stock" shall mean shares of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, $0.10 par value, of the Company, and, to the
extent that there are not a sufficient number of shares of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Shares authorized to permit the full exercise of the
Rights, any other series of Preferred Stock, par value $.10, of the Company
designated for such purpose containing terms substantially similar to the terms
of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Shares.
(y) "Principal Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
13(b) hereof.
(z) "Purchase Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)
hereof.
(aa) "Record Date" shall mean May 10, 1991.
(bb) "Redemption Price" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
23(a) hereof.
(cc) "Rights" shall have the meaning set forth in the WHEREAS clause
at the beginning of this Agreement.
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(dd) "Rights Certificates" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4(a) hereof.
(ee) "Rights Dividend Declaration Date" shall mean May 1, 1991.
(ff) "Section 11(a)(ii) Event" shall mean any event described in
Section 11(a)(ii)(A) or (B).
(gg) "Section (11)(a)(ii) Trigger Date" shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(hh) "Section 13 Event" shall mean any event described in clauses
(x), (y) or (z) of Section 13(a) hereof.
(ii) "Spread" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii)
hereof.
(jj) "Stock Acquisition Date" shall mean the first date of public
announcement (which, for purposes of this definition, shall include, without
limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) by
the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring Person has become such.
(kk) "Subsidiary" shall mean, with reference to any Person, any
corporation of which an amount of voting securities sufficient to elect at least
a majority of the directors of such corporation is beneficially owned, directly
or indirectly, by such Person, or otherwise controlled by such Person.
(ll) "Substitution Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.
(mm) "Summary of Rights" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3(b) hereof.
(nn) "Trading Day" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
11(d)(i) hereof.
(oo) "Triggering Event" shall mean any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or any
Section 13 Event.
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the
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Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby
accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint such Co-
Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable and, under such
circumstances, the respective duties of the Rights Agent and any Co-Rights
Agents shall be as the Company shall determine.
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Section 3. Issue of Rights Certificates.
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(a) Until the date that is the earliest of:
(i) the close of business on the tenth Business Day after the
Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the tenth Business Day after the Stock
Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the Close of Business on
the Record Date);
(ii) the Close of Business on the tenth Business Day after the
date that a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than the Company,
any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or
of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person organized, appointed or
established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan)
is first published or sent or given within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of
the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on
the date hereof, if upon purchase of all securities sought thereby, such
Person would be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common
Stock then outstanding, unless the tender offer or exchange offer is for
all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined
(as set forth in Section 11(a)(ii)(A)) by at least a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and
who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an
Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment
banking firms, to be (1) fair to stockholders (taking into account all
factors which such members of the Board, in their discretion, deem
relevant) and (2) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its
stockholders, or
(iii) the close of business on the tenth day after a person
becomes an Adverse Person pursuant to the criteria set forth in
11(a)(ii)(B).
or, with respect to (i) and (ii) above, such later date or dates as the Board of
Directors may designate, which designation following the first occurrence of an
event set forth in clause (x) or (y) of the second proviso to Section 23(a)
hereof, shall be effective only if there are Continuing Directors, a majority of
whom shall have approved such later date; provided, however, that if such later
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date or dates are designated, such designations shall be made on or prior to the
date which would otherwise have been controlling, (the earliest of (i), (ii)
(subject to any such delay of (i) or (ii) or (iii) being herein referred to as
the "Distribution Date"),
then, (x) subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section
3, the Rights will be evidenced by the certificates for the Common Stock
registered in the names of the holders of
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the Common Stock (which certificates for Common Stock shall be deemed also to be
certificates for Rights) and not by separate certificates, and (y) the Rights
will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying
shares of Common Stock (including a transfer to the Company).
As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent
will send by first-class, insured, postage prepaid mail, to each record holder
of the Common Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the
address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, one or more Rights
Certificates, evidencing one Right for each share of Common Stock so held,
subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the event that an adjustment in
the number of Rights per share of Common Stock has been made pursuant to Section
11(p) hereof, at the time of distribution of the Rights Certificates, the
Company shall, unless prohibited by the terms of any agreement to which the
Company is a party on the date of this Rights Agreement (or, if a majority of
the then Continuing Directors so agree, after the date of this Agreement), make
the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section
14(a) hereof) so that Rights Certificates representing only whole numbers of
Rights are distributed and cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights, except
that if the Company is prohibited from paying cash in lieu of fractional Rights,
then the Company shall round the fractional Rights to the next highest number of
whole Rights so that Rights Certificates represent only whole numbers of Rights.
As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by
such Rights Certificates.
(b) As soon as practicable following the Record Date, the Company
will send a copy of the Summary of Rights and Rights Agreement, in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Summary of Rights"), by first-class,
postage prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Stock as of the close of
business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records
of the Company. Until the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration
Date, the transfer of any certificates representing shares of Common Stock in
respect of which Rights have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of
the Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock.
(c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock
which are issued (whether originally issued or from the Company's treasury)
after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the
Expiration Date. Certificates representing such shares of Common Stock shall
also be deemed to be certificates for Rights and shall bear substantially the
following legend:
This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to
certain Rights as set forth in the
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Rights Agreement between Shared Medical Systems Corporation (the
"Company") and Pittsburgh National Bank (the "Rights Agent") dated as
of May 1, 1991, as the same may be amended (the "Rights Agreement"),
the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a
copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the Company.
Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement,
such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no
longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the
holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in
effect on the date of mailing, without charge promptly after receipt
of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth
in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to, or held by, any Person who
is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person or any
Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the
Rights Agreement), whether currently held by or on behalf of such
Person or any subsequent holder, will become null and void. Rights
are subject to redemption, at the option of the Company, at $.001 per
Right on the terms set forth in the Rights Agreement.
With respect to such certificates bearing the foregoing legend, until the
earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date, the Rights associated
with the Common Stock represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by
such certificates alone, and registered holders of Common Stock shall also be
the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the transfer of any of such
certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with
the Common Stock represented by such certificates.
Section 4. Form of Rights Certificates.
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(a) The Rights Certificates (the "Rights Certificates"), and the
forms of election to purchase and of assignment to be printed on the reverse
thereof, shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C hereto and
may have such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries
or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may required to
comply with any applicable law or any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto
or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange, or the regulations of the
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System
("NASDAQ"), on which the Rights may from time to time be listed or quoted, or to
conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 and Section 22
hereof, the Rights Certificates, whenever distributed, shall be dated as of the
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Record Date and on their face shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such
number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock as shall be set
forth therein at the price set forth therein (such exercise price per one one-
thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock being hereinafter referred to as the
"Purchase Price"). The amount and type of securities purchasable upon the
exercise of each Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to
adjustment as provided herein.
(b) Any Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a) or Section
22 hereof that represents Rights beneficially owned by: (i) an Acquiring
Person, an Adverse Person or any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person
or Adverse Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person
(or of any Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person) who
becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person or Adverse Person becomes such,
or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (or of any such
Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with
the Acquiring Person or Adverse Person becoming such and receives such Rights
pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the
Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (or from any such Associate or Affiliate) to
holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (or in
any such Associate or Affiliate) or to any Person with whom such Acquiring
Person or Adverse Person (or any such Associate or Affiliate) has any continuing
agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (B)
a transfer which at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of
the Company who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives,
nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person or an Adverse Person
has determined (whether before or after such transfer) is part of a plan,
arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect avoidance
of Section 7(e) hereof, and any Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6,
Section 11 or Section 22 hereof upon transfer, exchange, replacement or
adjustment of any other Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall
contain (to the extent feasible) the following legend:
The Rights represented by this Rights Certificate are or were
beneficially owned by a Person who was or became an Acquiring Person
or Adverse Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person
or Adverse Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement
between Shared Medical Systems Corporation and Pittsburgh National
Bank dated as of May 1, 1991, as the same may be amended).
Accordingly, this Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby
may become null and void in the circumstances specified in Section
7(e) of such Agreement.
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The provisions of Section 7(e) of this Rights Agreement shall apply to Rights
beneficially owned by any and all such Persons regardless of whether the
foregoing legend is contained on such Rights Certificates.
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration.
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(a) The Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the
Company by its Chairman of the Board, its President or any Vice President,
either manually or by facsimile signature, and shall have affixed thereto the
Company's seal or a facsimile thereof which shall be attested by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile
signature. The Rights Certificates shall be manually countersigned by the
Rights Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In
case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Rights
Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before
countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company,
such Rights Certificates may nevertheless be countersigned by the Rights Agent
and issued and delivered by the Company with the same force and effect as though
the person who signed such Rights Certificates had not ceased to be such officer
of the Company; and any Rights Certificates may be signed on behalf of the
Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such Rights
Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Rights
Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Rights Agreement any
such person was not such an officer.
(b) Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or
cause to be kept, at its principal office or offices designated as the
appropriate place for surrender of Rights Certificates upon exercise or
transfer, books for registration and transfer of the Rights Certificates issued
hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective
holders of the Rights Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face
by each of the Rights Certificates and the certificate number and the date of
each of the Rights Certificates.
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights
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Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 4(b),Section 7(e) and
Section 14 hereof, at any time after the close of business on the Distribution
Date, and at or prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, any
Rights Certificate or Certificates may be transferred, split up, combined or
exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Certificates, entitling the
registered holder to purchase a like number of one
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one-thousandths of a share of the Company's Preferred Stock (or following a
Triggering Event, Common Stock, other securities, cash or other assets, as the
case may be) as the Rights Certificate or Certificates surrendered then entitled
such holder (or former holder in the case of a transfer) to purchase. Any
registered holder desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange any Rights
Certificate or Certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to the
Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Rights Certificate or Certificates to be
transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the principal office or offices
of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose. Neither the Rights Agent nor
the Company shall be obligated to take any action whatsoever with respect to the
transfer of any such surrendered Rights Certificate until the registered holder
shall have completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of
assignment on the reverse side of such Rights Certificate and shall have
provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or
former Beneficial Owner) and the Affiliates and Associates thereof as the
Company shall reasonably request. Thereupon the Rights Agent shall, subject to
Section 4(b), Section 7(e) and Section 14 hereof, countersign and deliver to the
Person entitled thereto a Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates, as the case
may be, as so requested. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer, split up, combination or exchange of Rights Certificates.
(b) Upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of
a Rights Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity
or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and reimbursement to the Company
and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon
surrender to the Rights Agent and cancellation of the Right Certificate if
mutilated, the Company will execute and deliver a new Rights Certificate of like
tenor to the Rights Agent for countersignature and delivery to the registered
owner in lieu of the Rights Certificates so lost, stolen, destroyed or
mutilated.
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.
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(a) Subject to Section 7(e) hereof, the registered holder of any
Rights Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as
otherwise provided herein including, without limitation, the restrictions on
exercisability set forth in Section 9(c), Section 11(a)(iii) and Section 23(a)
hereof) in whole or in part at any time after the Distribution Date upon
surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to purchase and
the certificate on the reverse side thereof duly
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executed, to the Rights Agent at the principal office or offices of the Rights
Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment of the aggregate
purchase Price with respect to the total number of one one-thousandths of a
share of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock or other securities, cash or other
assets, as the case may be) as to which such surrendered Rights are then
exercisable, at or prior to the earliest of (i) the Final Expiration Date, (ii)
any expiration of the Rights pursuant to Section 13(d), or (iii) the time at
which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the earliest of
(i), (ii) and (iii) being herein referred to as the "Expiration Date").
(b) The Purchase Price for each one one-thousandth of a share of
Preferred Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Right shall initially be $80 and
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Sections 11 and
13(a) hereof and shall be payable in accordance with paragraph (c) below.
(c) Upon receipt of a Rights Certificate representing exercisable
Rights, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate duly executed,
accompanied by payment, with respect to each Right so exercised, of the Purchase
Price per one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock (or other Common
Stock or other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) to be
purchased as set forth below and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax,
the Rights Agent shall, subject to Section 20(k) hereof, thereupon promptly (i)
(A) requisition from any transfer agent of the shares of Preferred Stock (or
make available, if the Rights Agent is the transfer agent for such shares)
certificates for the total number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred
Stock to be purchased, and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its
transfer agent to comply with all such requests, or (B) if the Company shall
have elected to deposit the total number of shares of Preferred Stock issuable
upon exercise of the Rights hereunder with a depositary agent, requisition from
the depositary agent depositary receipts representing such number of one one-
thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock as are to be purchased (in which case
certificates for the shares of Preferred Stock represented by such receipts
shall be deposited by the transfer agent with the depositary agent) and the
Company will direct the depositary agent to comply with such request, (ii)
requisition from the Company the amount of cash, if any, to be paid in lieu of
fractional shares in accordance with Section 14 hereof, (iii) after receipt of
such certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or
upon the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate, registered
in such name or names as may be designed by such holder, and (iv) after receipt
thereof, deliver such cash, if any, to or upon the order of the registered
holder of such Rights Certificate. The payment of the Purchase Price (as such
amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) shall be made (x)
in cash or by certified bank
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check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company or (y) if authorized by
a majority of the then Continuing Directors, by delivery of a certificate or
certificates (with appropriate stock powers executed in blank attached thereto)
evidencing a number of whole shares of Common Stock equal to the integer
obtained by dividing the then Purchase Price by the then Current Market Price
(as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Common Stock on the date
of such exercise, plus a certified bank check or bank draft payable to the order
of the Company in an amount equal to the difference between the then Current
Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) of such whole shares and
the aggregate Purchase Price. In the event that the Company is obligated
hereunder to issue other securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, Common Stock), pay cash and/or distribute other property pursuant to
Section 11(a) hereof, the Company will make all arrangements necessary so that
such other securities, cash and/or other property are available for distribution
by the Right Agent, if and when appropriate. Prior to the occurrence of a
Triggering Event, the Company reserves the right to require that, upon any
exercise of Rights, a number of Rights be exercised so that only whole shares of
Preferred Stock would be issued.
(d) In case the registered holder of any Rights Certificate shall
exercise less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, a new Rights Certificate
evidencing Rights equivalent to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued
by the Rights Agent and delivered to, or upon the order of, the registered
holder of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be
designated by such holder, subject to the provisions of Sections 6 and 14
hereof.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from
and after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights
beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person, or an Associate
or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person, (ii) a transferee of an
Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who
becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person or Adverse Person becomes such,
or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (or of any such
Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with
the Acquiring Person or Adverse Person becoming such and receives such Rights
pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the
Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (or from any such Associate or Affiliate) to
holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (or in
any such Associate or Affiliate) or to any Person with whom such Acquiring
Person or Adverse Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) has any continuing
agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (B)
a transfer which at least a majority of the members of the Board of
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Directors of the Company who are not officers of the Company and who are not
representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person or an
Adverse Person has determined (whether before or after such transfer) is part of
a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose or effect
the avoidance of this Section 7(e), shall become null and void without any
further action, and no holder of such Rights shall have any rights whatsoever
with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or
otherwise. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to insure that the
provisions of this Section 7(e) and Section 4(b) hereof are complied with, but
shall have no liability to any holder of Rights Certificates or other Person as
a result of its failure to make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring
Person or Adverse Person or their respective Affiliates, Associates or
transferees hereunder.
(f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to undertake any
action with respect to a registered holder upon the occurrence of any purported
exercise as set forth in this Section 7 unless such registered holder shall have
(i) completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of election to
purchase set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for
such exercise, and (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identity of the
Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) and the Affiliates and Associates
thereof as the Company shall reasonably request.
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates.
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All Rights Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise,
transfer, split up, combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company
or any of its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in
cancelled form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled by
it, and no Rights Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof except as
expressly permitted by the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall
deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights
Agent shall so cancel and retire, any other Rights Certificate purchased or
acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. The Rights
Agent shall deliver all cancelled Rights Certificates to the Company, or shall,
at the written request of the Company, destroy such cancelled Rights
Certificates, and in such case shall deliver a certificate of destruction
thereof to the Company.
Section 9. Reservation and Availability of CaPital Stock.
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(a) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Section 11(a)(iii) hereof), the Company covenants and agrees that it
will cause to be reserved and kept available out of its authorized and unissued
shares of
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Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, out of its
authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock and/or other securities or out of
its authorized and issued shares held in its treasury), the number of shares of
Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common
Stock and/or other securities) that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in
full of all outstanding Rights pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(b) So long as the shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the
occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common Stock and/or other securities) issuable
and deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights may be listed on any national
securities exchange or quoted on NASDAQ, the Company shall use its best efforts
to cause, from and after such time as the Rights become exercisable, all shares
reserved for such issuance to be listed on such exchange or quoted on NASDAQ
upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.
(c) The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) file, as soon as
practicable following the earliest date after the first occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event in which the consideration to be delivered by the Company upon
exercise of the Rights has been determined in accordance with Section 11(a)(iii)
hereof, or, if earlier, as soon as is required by law following the Distribution
Date, a registration statement under the Act, with respect to the securities
purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, (ii) cause such
registration statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such
filing, and (iii) cause such registration statement to remain effective (with a
prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the Act) until the earlier
of (A) the date as of which the Rights are no longer exercisable for such
securities, and (B) the date of the expiration of the Rights. The Company will
also take such action as may be appropriate under, or to ensure compliance with,
the securities or "blue sky" laws of the various states in connection with the
exercisability of the Rights. The Company may temporarily suspend, for a period
of time not to exceed ninety (90) days after the date set forth in clause (i) of
the first sentence of this Section 9(c), the exercisability of the Rights in
order to prepare and file such registration statement and permit it to become
effective. Upon any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public
announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily
suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no
longer in effect. In addition, if the Company shall determine that a
registration statement is required following the Distribution Date, the Company
may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights until such time as a
registration statement has been declared effective. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable
in any jurisdiction if the
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requisite qualification in such jurisdiction shall not have been obtained, the
exercise thereof shall not be permitted under applicable law or a registration
statement shall not have been declared effective.
(d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such
action as may be necessary to ensure that all securities delivered upon exercise
of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such securities
(subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly authorized and
issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
(e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when
due and payable any and all federal and state transfer taxes and charges which
may be payable in respect of the issuance or delivery of the Rights
Certificates. The Company shall not be required to pay any transfer tax which
may become payable in respect of the issuance, delivery or transfer of any
certificates for a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock
(or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) upon the exercise
of Rights, or to issue or deliver any certificates for a number of one one-
thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other
securities, as the case may be) in a name other than that of the registered
holder upon the exercise of any Rights until such tax shall have been paid (any
such tax being payable by the holder of such Rights Certificate at the time of
surrender) or until it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that
no such tax is due.
Section 10. Preferred Stock Record Date. Each person in whose name any
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certificate for a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock
(or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) is issued upon the
exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of
record of such fractional shares of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or
other securities, as the case may be) represented thereby as of the close of
business on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date upon which the Rights
Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the
Purchase Price (and all applicable transfer taxes) was made; provided, however,
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that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the
Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be)
transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have
become the record holder of such shares (fractional or otherwise) on, and such
certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the
Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be)
transfer books of the Company are open.
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Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or
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Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, the number and kind of shares covered by
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each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from
time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(a)(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of
this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in
shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock,
(C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of
shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification
of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection
with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or
surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)
and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the
record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such sub-
division, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of
shares of Preferred Stock or other capital stock, as the case may be,
issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder
of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon
payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind
of shares of Preferred Stock or other capital stock, as the case may be,
which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and
at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open,
he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by
virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If
an event occurs which would require an adjustment under both this Section
11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this
Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any
adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) In the event that:
(A) any Person, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend
Declaration Date, be or become an Acquiring Person, unless the event
causing such Person to have become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set
forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common
Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding
shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a
majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of
the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or
Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more
investment banking firms, to be (x) fair to stockholders (taking into
account all factors which such
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members of the Board deem relevant) and (y) otherwise in the best interests
of the Company and its stockholders, or
(B)(1) at least a majority of the members of the Board of
Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not
representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of a specified Person,
after reasonable inquiry and investigation, including consultation with
such persons as such directors shall have deemed appropriate, shall
determine that (x) Beneficial Ownership by such Person of an amount of
Common Stock exceeding the Ownership Limitation (as hereinafter defined)
is, or would likely be, intended to cause the Company to repurchase the
Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person or to cause pressure on the
Company to take action or enter into a transaction or series of
transactions intended to provide such Person with short-term financial gain
under circumstances where a majority of such disinterested directors has
determined that the best long-term interests of the Company and its
stockholders would not be served by taking such action or entering into
such transactions or series of transactions at that time or (y) Beneficial
Ownership by such Person of an amount of Common Stock exceeding the
Ownership Limitation is causing or reasonably likely to cause a material
adverse impact (including, but not limited to, impairment of relationships
with customers, suppliers or creditors, or impairment of the Company's
ability to maintain its competitive position) on the business or prospects
of the Company (provided, however, no such determination as provided in (x)
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or (y) above shall be made with respect to any Person who or which shall
have executed a written agreement with the Company (approved by at least a
majority of the members of the Company's Board of Directors who are not
representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of such Person) which
imposes one or more thresholds on the amount of such Person's Beneficial
Ownership of shares of Common Stock, if, and so long as the thresholds
continue to be binding on such Person and such Person is in substantial
compliance (as determined by at least a majority of the members of the
Company's Board of Directors who are not representatives, nominees,
Affiliates or Associates of such Person, in their discretion) with the
terms of such written agreement or of any amendment thereto, which
amendment is approved by at least a majority of the members of the
Company's Board of Directors who are not representatives, nominees,
Affiliates or Associates of such Person (provided, however, that no
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amendment of any such agreement shall cure any prior breach of such
agreement or any amendment thereto,)); (2) a majority of the Board of
Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not
representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of such specified
Person shall designate a specific limitation on the amount of
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Common Stock which such specified Person may beneficially own, which amount
(the "Ownership Limitation") may be less than, equal to, or more than the
amount of shares of Common Stock then owned by such Person, but shall in no
event be less than 10% of the Common Stock then outstanding; and (3) such
specified Person, together with his or its Affiliates and Associates, shall
(before or after the occurrence of (1) and (2) above) beneficially own a
number of shares of Common Stock that exceeds the Ownership Limitation (a
specified Person meeting the requirements of clauses (1), (2) and (3) of
this Section 11(a)(ii)(B) being referred to as an "Adverse Person"),
then, promptly following the first occurrence of any Section 11(a)(ii)
Event, each holder of a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e)
hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof
at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock, such number of shares of Common Stock of the Company as
shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current
Purchase Price by the then number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock for which one Right was exercisable immediately prior to
the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that
product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be
referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of
this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant
to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of such
first occurrence (such number of shares issuable upon the exercise of a
Right being referred to herein as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) Unless at least a majority of the members of the Company's Board
of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not
representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person
or an Adverse Person determine that the following is not permitted by the
terms of any agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party on the
date of this Agreement (or, if a majority of the then Continuing Directors
so agree, after the date of this Agreement), then in the event that the
number of shares of Common Stock which are authorized by the Company's
articles or certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved
for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights are not
sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with
the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Company shall:
(A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable
upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value") over (2) the Purchase
Price (such
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excess being referred to herein as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to
each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for the Adjustment
Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a
reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity
securities of the Company (including, without limitation, shares, or units
of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company
has deemed to have substantially the same value as shares of Common Stock
(such shares of preferred stock being referred to herein as "common stock
equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or
(6) any combination of the foregoing having an aggregate value equal to the
Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board
of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally
recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of
the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate
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provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30)
days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii)
Event and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant
to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein
as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be
obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and
without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of Common Stock (to
the extent available) and then, if necessary, cash, which shares and/or
cash have an aggregate value equal to the Spread. If the Board of
Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely
that sufficient additional shares of Common Stock could be authorized for
issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the thirty (30) day period
set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than
ninety (90) days after the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, in order that
the Company may seek stockholder approval for the authorization of such
additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution
Period"); provided, however, that there shall be no obligation on the part
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of the Company so to seek authorization of such additional shares. To the
extent that the Company determines that some action need be (and may be)
taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section
11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof,
that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y)
may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the
Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares
and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant
to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of
any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement
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stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily
suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension
is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value
of a share of Common Stock shall be the Current Market Price (as determined
pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the
Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common stock
equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on
such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of
rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to
subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar
days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights,
privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent
preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent
preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of
equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a
security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less
than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof)
per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in
effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase
Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding
on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the
aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or
equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial
conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase
at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number
of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of
additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be
offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities
so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price
may paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form
other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be
described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the
Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by
or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the
purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively
whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights or
warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the
Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been
fixed.
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(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to
all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in
connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing
corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly
cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets
(other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend
payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights or warrants
(excluding those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be
in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase
Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the
numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to
Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the
fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the
Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the
Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be
distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of
Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price
(as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock.
Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is
fixed, and in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Purchase
price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect
if such record date had not been fixed.
(d)(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than
computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "Current
Market Price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be
the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for
the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter
defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations
made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "Current Market Price" per
share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the
daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10)
consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided however,
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that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common
Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the
issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on Common
Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into
shares of Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision,
combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and prior to the
expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day
period, as set forth above, after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or
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distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or
reclassification, then, and in each such case, the "Current Market Price"
shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The
closing price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or,
in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing
bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to
securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or,
if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on the
New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the
principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock
are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock are not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last
quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low
asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by NASDAQ or such
other system then in use, or, if on any such date, the shares of Common
Stock are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing
bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a
market in the Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the
Company. If on any such date the Common Stock is not so listed, traded or
quoted, and no market maker is then making a market in the Common Stock,
the "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on such date shall
mean the fair value per share on such date as determined in good faith by
the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be
described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be
conclusive for all purposes. The term "Trading Day" shall mean a day on
which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of
Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction
of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to
trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day.
(ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "Current
Market Price" per share of Preferred Stock shall be determined in the same
manner as set forth above for the Common Stock in clause (i) of this
Section 11(d) (other than the penultimate sentence thereof). If the
Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock cannot be determined in
the manner provided above or if the Preferred Stock is not publicly held or
listed or traded in a manner described in clause (i) of this Section 11(d),
the "Current Market Price" per share of Preferred Stock shall be
conclusively deemed to be an amount equal to 1000 (as
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such number may be appropriately adjusted for such events as stock splits,
stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Preferred Stock
or Common Stock occurring after the date of this Agreement) multiplied by
the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock of the Company. If
neither the Common Stock of the Company nor the Preferred Stock is publicly
held or so listed or traded, "Current Market Price" per share of the
Preferred Stock shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall
be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be
conclusive for all purposes. For all purposes of this Agreement, the
"Current Market Price" of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock
shall be equal to the "Current Market Price" of one share of Preferred
Stock divided by 1000.
(e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in
the Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an
increase or decrease of at least one percent (1%) in the Purchase Price;
provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 11(e)
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are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in
any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11 shall be made
to the nearest cent or to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share of Common Stock
or other share or one-millionth of a share of Preferred Stock, as the case may
be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment
required by this Section 11 shall be made no later than the earlier of (i) three
(3) years from the date of the transaction which mandates such adjustment, or
(ii) the Expiration Date.
(f) If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section
11(a)(ii) or Section 13(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised
shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock other than
Preferred Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon
exercise of any Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as
practicable to the provisions with respect to the Preferred Stock contained in
Sections 11(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (m), and the
provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to the Preferred
Stock shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.
(g) All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any
adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the right to
purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-thousandths of a
share of
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Preferred Stock purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the
Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.
(h) Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as provided
in Section 11(i), upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the
calculations made in Sections 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding immediately
prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to
purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of one one-thousandths of
a share of Preferred Stock (calculated to the nearest one-millionth) obtained by
(i) multiplying (x) the number of one one-thousandths of a share purchasable
with respect to a Right immediately prior to this adjustment, by (y) the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase
Price, and (ii) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect
immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.
(i) The Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of
the Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights, in lieu of any adjustment in
the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock purchasable upon
the exercise of a Right. In such event, each of the Rights outstanding after
the adjustment in the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of
one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was
exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right held of record
prior to such adjustment of the number of Rights shall become that number of
Rights (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the
Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price
by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase
Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust
the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if
known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record date
may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter,
but, if the Rights Certificates have been issued, shall be at least ten (10)
days later than the date of the public announcement. If Rights Certificates
have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this
Section 11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be
distributed to holders of record of Rights Certificates on such record date
Rights Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14 hereof, the additional
Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of such adjustment,
or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders
of record in substitution and replacement for the Rights Certificates held by
such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if
required by the Company, new Rights Certificates evidencing all the Rights to
which such holders shall be
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entitled after such adjustment. Rights Certificates so to be distributed shall
be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein (and may
bear, at the option of the Company, the adjusted Purchase Price) and shall be
registered in the names of the holders of record of Rights Certificates on the
record date specified in the public announcement.
(j) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or
the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock issuable upon
the exercise of the Rights, the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter
issued may continue to express the Purchase Price per one one-thousandth of a
share of Preferred Stock and the number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock which were expressed in the initial Rights Certificates issued
hereunder.
(k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing
the Purchase Price below the then stated value, if any, of the number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the
Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action which may be necessary in
order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and
nonassessable such number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock
at such adjusted Purchase Price.
(l) In any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an
adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date for a
specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such
event the issuance to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date
the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock and other
capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise
over and above the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock
and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such
exercise on the basis of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment;
provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder a due xxxx or
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other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's right to receive such
additional shares (fractional or otherwise) or securities upon the occurrence of
the event requiring such adjustment.
(m) Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Purchase Price, in
addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as and to
the extent that in their good faith judgment the Board of Directors of the
Company shall determine to be advisable in order that any (i) consolidation or
subdivision of the Preferred Stock, (ii) issuance wholly for cash of any shares
of Preferred Stock at less than the Current Market Price, (iii) issuance wholly
for cash of shares of Preferred Stock or securities which by their
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terms are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Preferred Stock, (iv)
stock dividends or (v) issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to in
this Section 11, hereafter made by the Company to holders of its Preferred Stock
shall not be taxable to such stockholders.
(n) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, at any time
after the Distribution Date, (i) consolidate with any other Person (other than a
Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o)
hereof), (ii) merge with or into any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of
the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or (iii)
sell or transfer (or permit any Subsidiary to sell or transfer), in one
transaction, or a series of related transactions, assets or earning power
aggregating more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the
Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which
complies with Section 11(o) hereof), if (x) at the time of or immediately after
such consolidation, merger or sale there are any rights, warrants or other
instruments or securities outstanding or agreements in effect which would
substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be
afforded by the Rights or (y) prior to, simultaneously with or immediately after
such consolidation, merger or sale, the shareholders of the Person who
constitutes, or would constitute, the "Principal Party" for purposes of Section
13(a) hereof shall have received a distribution of Rights previously owned by
such Person or any of its Affiliates and Associates.
(o) The Company covenants and agrees that, after the Distribution
Date, it will not, except as permitted by Section 23 or Section 26 hereof, take
(or permit any Subsidiary to take) any action if at the time such action is
taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially
or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.
(p) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in
the event that the Company shall at any time after the Rights Dividend
Declaration Date and prior to the Distribution Date (i) declare a dividend on
the outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii)
subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or (iii) combine the
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the number
of Rights associated with each share of Common Stock then outstanding, or issued
or delivered thereafter but prior to the Distribution Date, shall automatically
be proportionately adjusted so that the number of Rights thereafter associated
with each share of Common Stock
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following any such event shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the
number of Rights associated with each share of Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to such event by a fraction the numerator of which
shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the occurrence of the event and the denominator of which
shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding
immediately following the occurrence of such event.
(q) The failure by the directors, pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)(B)
hereof, to determine a Person to be an Adverse Person following such Person's
(alone or together with the Affiliates and Associates of such Person) becoming
the Beneficial Owner of 10% or more of the Common Stock then outstanding shall
not limit the directors' right at any time in the future to declare such Person
or, subject to Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof, any other Person to be an Adverse
Person. Further, nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude a majority
of the directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not
representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of a Person determined to be
an "Adverse Person" from determining to terminate such Person's status as an
"Adverse Person", but no such determination to terminate a Person's status as an
"Adverse Person" shall affect any Section 11(a)(ii) Event which shall have
occurred.
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares.
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Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 and Section 13 hereof,
the Company shall (a) promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such
adjustment and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment,
(b) promptly file with the Rights Agent, and with each transfer agent for the
Preferred Stock and the Common Stock, a copy of such certificate, and (c) mail a
brief summary thereof to each holder of a Rights Certificate (or, if prior to
the Distribution Date, to each holder of a certificate representing shares of
Common Stock) in accordance with Section 25 hereof. The Rights Agent shall be
fully protected in relying on any such certificate and on any adjustment therein
contained.
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning
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Power.
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(a) In the event that, following the Stock Acquisition Date, directly
or indirectly, (x) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into,
any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which
complies with Section 11(o) hereof), and the Company shall not be the continuing
or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, (y) any Person (other
than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section
11(o)
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hereof) shall consolidate with, or merge with or into, the Company, and the
Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation
or merger and, in connection with such consolidation or merger, all or part of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for
stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other property, or
(z) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its
Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one transaction or a series
of related transactions, assets or earning power aggregating more than 50% of
the assets or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a
whole) to any Person or Persons (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the
Company in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o)
hereof), then, and in each such case (except as may be contemplated by Section
13(d) hereof), proper provision shall be made so that: (i) each holder of a
Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof, shall thereafter have the
right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of validly
authorized and issued, fully paid, nonassessable and freely tradeable shares of
Common Stock of the Principal Party (as such term is hereinafter defined), free
and clear of any and all liens, encumbrances, rights of first refusal or other
adverse claims, as shall be equal to the result obtained by (1) multiplying the
then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock for which a Right is exercisable immediately prior to the first
occurrence of a Section 13 Event (or, if a Section 11(a)(ii) Event has occurred
prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event, multiplying the number of
such one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was
exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii)
Event by the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such first
occurrence), and dividing that product (which, following the first occurrence of
a Section 13 Event, shall be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right
and for all purposes of this Agreement) by (2) 50% of the Current Market Price
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of the Common Stock of
such Principal Party on the date of consummation of such Section 13 Event; (ii)
such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue
of such Section 13 Event, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant
to this Agreement; (iii) the term "Company" shall thereafter be deemed to refer
to such Principal Party, it being specifically intended that the provisions of
Section 11 hereof shall apply only to such Principal Party following the first
occurrence of a Section 13 Event; (iv) such Principal Party shall take such
steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of
shares of its Common Stock) in connection with the consummation of any such
transaction as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall
thereafter be
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applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to its shares of Common
Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights; and (v) the
provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall be of no effect following the first
occurrence of any Section 13 Event.
(b) "Principal Party" shall mean
(i) in the case of any transaction described in clause (x) or
(y) of the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the issuer
of any securities into which shares of Common Stock of the Company are
converted in such merger or consolidation, and if no securities are so
issued, the Person that is the other party to such merger or consolidation;
and
(ii) in the case of any transaction described in clause (z) of
the first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the party receiving
the greatest portion of the assets or earning power transferred pursuant to
such transaction or transactions;
provided, however, that in any such case, (1) if the Common Stock of such
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Person is not at such time and has not been continuously over the preceding
twelve (12) month period registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
and such Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of another Person the
Common Stock of which is and has been so registered, "Principal Party"
shall refer to such other Person; (2) in case such Person is a Subsidiary,
directly or indirectly, of more than one Person, the Common Stocks of two
or more of which are and have been so registered, "Principal Party" shall
refer to whichever of such Persons is the issuer of the Common Stock having
the greatest aggregate market value, and (3) in case such Person is owned,
directly or indirectly, by a joint venture formed by two or more Persons
that are not owned, directly or indirectly, by the same Person, the rules
set forth in (1) and (2) above shall apply to each of the Persons having an
interest in such joint venture as if such joint venture were a "Subsidiary"
of both or all of such joint venturers.
(c) The Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer unless the Principal Party shall have a sufficient number of
authorized shares of its Common Stock which have not been issued or reserved for
issuance to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with this
Section 13 and unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party shall
have executed and delivered to the Right Agent a supplemental agreement
providing for the terms set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13
and further providing that, as soon as practicable after the date of any
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consolidation, merger or sale of assets mentioned in paragraph (a) of this
Section 13, the Principal Party will
(i) prepare and file a registration statement under the Act,
with respect to the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of
the Rights on an appropriate form, and will use its best efforts to cause
such registration statement to (A) become effective as soon as practicable
after such filing and (B) remain effective (with a prospectus at all times
meeting the requirements of the Act) until the Expiration Date; and
(ii) use its best efforts to qualify or register the Rights and
the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights under all applicable
"blue sky" or state securities laws; and
(iii) will deliver to holders of the Rights historical financial
statements for the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates which comply
in all respects with the requirements for registration on Form 10 under the
Exchange Act.
The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive
mergers or consolidations or sales or other transfers. In the event that a
Section 13 Event shall occur at any time after the occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event, the Rights which have not theretofore been exercised shall
thereafter become exercisable in the manner described in Section 13(a).
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
Section 13 shall not be applicable to a transaction described in subparagraphs
(x) and (y) of Section 13(a) if (i) such transaction is consummated with a
Person or Persons who acquired shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer
or exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock which complies with
the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii)(A) hereof (or a wholly owned subsidiary of
any such Person or Persons), (ii) the price per share of Common Stock offered in
such transaction is not less than the price per share of Common Stock paid to
all holders of shares of Common Stock whose shares were purchased pursuant to
such tender offer or exchange offer and (iii) the form of consideration being
offered to the remaining holders of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such
transaction is the same as the form of consideration paid pursuant to such
tender offer or exchange offer. Upon consummation of any such transaction
contemplated by this Section 13(d), all Rights hereunder shall expire.
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Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.
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(a) The Company may but shall not be required to issue fractions of
Rights, except prior to the Distribution Date as provided in Section 11(p)
hereof, or to distribute Rights Certificates which evidence fractional Rights.
If the Company shall determine not to issue fractional rights, then in lieu of
such fractional Rights, unless prohibited by the terms of any agreement to which
the Company is a party on the date of this Agreement (or, if a majority of the
then Continuing Directors so agree, after the date of this Agreement), there
shall be paid to the registered holders of the Rights Certificates with regard
to which such fractional Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash
equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Right, and if
the Company is prohibited from paying cash in lieu of fractional Rights then the
Company shall round up the fractional Rights to the next highest number of whole
Rights so that Rights Certificates represent only whole numbers of Rights. For
purposes of this Section 14(a), the current market value of a whole Right shall
be the closing price of such Right for the Trading Day immediately prior to the
date on which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable. The
closing price of the Rights for any day shall be the last sale price, regular
way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the
principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities
listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Rights
are not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as
reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect
to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the
Rights are listed or admitted to trading, or if the Rights are not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price
or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the
over-the-counter market, as reported by NASDAQ or such other system then in use
or, if on any such date the Rights are not quoted by any such organization, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional
market maker making a market in the Rights selected by the Board of Directors of
the Company. If on any such date the Rights are not so listed, traded or
quoted, and no such market maker is then making a market in the Rights, the
current market value of a Right on such date shall mean the fair value of the
Right on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the
Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
(b) The Company shall, unless a majority of the then Continuing
Directors otherwise agree, issue fractions of shares
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of Preferred Stock upon exercise of the Rights or distribute certificates which
evidence fractional shares of Preferred Stock. In the event the Company, with
the concurrence of a majority of the then Continuing Directors, determines not
to issue fractional shares of Preferred Stock, the Company shall pay to the
registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such Rights are exercised
as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current
market value of a share of Preferred Stock, or if the Company is prohibited from
paying cash in lieu of fractional shares, then such fractional shares shall be
aggregated and distributed to the Rights Agent to be sold in the open market and
the proceeds thereof distributed to the appropriate holders of Rights. For
purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of Preferred Stock
shall be the closing price of a share of Preferred Stock (as determined pursuant
to Section 11(d)(ii) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date
of such exercise.
(c) Following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the Company
shall, unless a majority of the then Continuing Directors otherwise agree, issue
fractions of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Rights or distribute
certificates which evidence fractional shares of Common Stock (or other capital
stock, if applicable). In the event the Company, with the concurrence of a
majority of the then Continuing Directors, determines not to issue fractional
shares of Common Stock (or other capital stock, if applicable), the Company
shall pay to the registered holders of Rights Certificates at the time such
Rights are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same
fraction of the current market value of a share of Common Stock (or other
capital stock, if applicable), or if the Company is prohibited from paying cash
in lieu of fractional shares, then such fractional shares shall be aggregated
and distributed to the Rights Agent to be sold in the open market and the
proceeds thereof distributed to the appropriate holders of Rights. For purposes
of this Section 14(c), the current market value of Common Stock (or other
capital stock, if applicable) shall be the closing price of a share of Common
Stock (or other capital stock, if applicable) (as determined pursuant to Section
11(d)(ii) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such
exercise.
(d) The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Rights expressly
waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon
exercise of a Right, except as permitted by this Section 14.
Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action in respect of this
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Agreement are vested in the respective registered holders of the Rights
Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the
Common Stock); and any registered holder of any Rights Certificate (or, prior
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to the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), without the consent of the
Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Rights Certificate (or, prior to the
Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), may, in his own behalf and for his own
benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding
against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his right to
exercise the Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate in the manner provided
in such Rights Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the
foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is specifically
acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law
for any breach of this Agreement and shall be entitled to specific performance
of the obligations hereunder and injunctive relief against actual or threatened
violations of the obligations hereunder of any Person subject to this Agreement.
Holders of Rights shall be entitled to recover the reasonable costs and
expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by them in any action to enforce
the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 16. Agreement of Rights Holders. Every holder of a Right by
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accepting the same consents and agrees with the Company and the Rights Agent and
with every other holder of a right that:
(a) prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable
only in connection with the transfer of Common Stock;
(b) after the Distribution Date, the Rights Certificates are
transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at
the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent designated for such
purposes, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer and
with the appropriate forms and certificates fully executed;
(c) subject to Section 6(a) and Section 7(f) hereof, the Company and
the Rights Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name a Rights
Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the associated Common Stock
certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights
evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations of ownership or writing on the
Rights Certificates or the associated Common Stock certificate made by anyone
other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and
neither the Company nor the Rights Agent, subject to the last sentence of
Section 7(e) hereof, shall be required to be affected by any notice to the
contrary; and
(d) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder
of a Right or other Person as a
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result of its inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement
by reason of any preliminary or permanent injunction or other order, decree or
ruling issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or by a governmental,
regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule,
regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental
authority, prohibiting or otherwise restraining performance of such obligation;
provided, however, the Company shall use its best efforts to have any such
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order, decree or ruling lifted or otherwise overturned as soon as possible.
Section 17. Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder.
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No holder, as such, of any Rights Certificate shall be entitled to vote, receive
dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the number of one one-
thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock or any other securities of the Company
which may at any time be issuable on the exercise of the Rights represented
thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Rights Certificate be
construed to confer upon the holder of any Rights Certificate, as such, any of
the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election
of directors or upon any matter submitted to stockholders at any 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 Section 24 hereof), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or
otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by such Rights Certificate shall
have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent.
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(a) The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and, from time to time,
on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and
disbursements and other disbursements incurred in the administration and
execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties
hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to
hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, or expense, incurred without
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for
anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the acceptance
and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of
defending against any claim of liability in the premises.
(b) The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability for
or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection with
its administration of this Agreement in reliance upon any Rights Certificate or
certificate for Preferred Stock, Common Stock or for other securities of the
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Company, instrument or assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement,
affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement, or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and,
where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper Person or Persons.
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.
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(a) Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor
Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent
or any Successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to
the corporate trust business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent,
shall be the successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto; provided, however, that such corporation would be eligible for
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appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21
hereof. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the
agency created by this Agreement, any of the Rights Certificates shall have been
countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the
countersignature of a predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Rights
Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Rights
Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may
countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor or in
the name of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights
Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and
in this Agreement.
(b) In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed
and at such time any of the Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned
but not delivered, the Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature under its
prior name and deliver Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that
time any of the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the
Rights Agent may countersign such Rights Certificates either in its prior name
or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall
have the full force provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the
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duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and
conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Rights Certificates,
by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
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(a) The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal
counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken
or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance with such opinion.
(b) Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement
the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter
(including, without limitation, the identity of any Acquiring Person and the
determination of "Current Market Price") be proved or established by the Company
prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless
other evidence in respect thereof is herein specifically prescribed) may be
deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by the
Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization
to the Rights Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under
the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.
(c) The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own
negligence, bad faith and willful misconduct.
(d) The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of
the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement or in the Rights
Certificates or be required to verify the same (except as to its
countersignature on such Rights Certificates), but all such statements and
recitals are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.
(e) The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect
of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery hereof (except
the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or
execution of any Rights Certificate (except its countersignature thereof); nor
shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or
condition contained in this Agreement or in any Rights Certificate; nor shall it
be responsible for any adjustment required under the provisions of Section 11 or
Section 13 hereof or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any such
adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any
such adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by
Rights Certificates after actual notice of any such adjustment); nor shall it by
any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the
authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock to
be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights Certificate or as to whether
any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock
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will, when so issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
(f) The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and
deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and delivered all such
further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required
by the Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing by the Rights Agent of
the provisions of this Agreement.
(g) The Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept
instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from the
Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any
Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company,
and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in connection with its
duties. and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.
(h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, director, officer or
employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights or other
securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in
which the Company may be interested, or contract with or lend money to the
Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent
under this Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from
acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal entity.
(i) The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or
powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or
through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or
accountable for any act, default, neglect or misconduct of any such attorneys or
agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default,
neglect or misconduct; provided, however, reasonable care was exercised in the
selection and continued employment thereof.
(j) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of its rights if
there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnification against such risk or liability is not reasonably
assured to it.
(k) If, with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to the
Rights Agent for exercise or transfer, the certificate attached to the form of
assignment or form of election to purchase, as the case may be, has either not
been
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completed or indicates an affirmative response to clause 1 and/or 2 thereof, the
Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such requested
exercise of transfer without first consulting with the Company.
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any successor
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Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement
upon thirty (30) days' notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each
transfer agent of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock, by registered or
certified mail, and to the holders of the Rights Certificates by first-class
mail. The Company may remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent
upon thirty (30) days' notice in writing mailed to the Rights Agent or successor
Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock
and Preferred Stock, by registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the
Rights Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or be
removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint
a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such
appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after giving notice of such
removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or
incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a
Rights Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit his Rights Certificate
for inspection by the Company), then any registered holder of any Rights
Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a new Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the
Company or by such a court, shall be a corporation organized and doing business
under the laws of the United States or of any state of the United States so long
as such corporation has an office in the city of New York, New York, is in good
standing, and is qualified to act as a transfer agent for equity securities
registered on the New York Stock Exchange or other securities exchange on which
equity securities of the Company are then registered. After appointment, the
successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights Agent without
further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer
to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and
execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary for
the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment of a
successor Rights Agent, the Company shall file notice thereof in writing with
the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Common Stock and the
Preferred Stock, and shall mail a notice thereof in writing to the registered
holders of the Rights Certificates. Failure to give any notice provided for in
this Section 21, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality
or validity of the resignation or
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removal of the Rights Agent or the appointment of the successor Rights Agent, as
the case may be.
Section 22. Issuance of New Rights Certificates. Notwithstanding any of
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the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company
may, at its option, issue new Rights Certificates evidencing Rights in such form
as may be approved by its Board of Directors to reflect any adjustment or change
in the Purchase Price or the number or kind or class of shares or other
securities or property purchasable under the Rights Certificates made in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, in connection
with the issuance or sale by the Company of shares of Common Stock following the
Distribution Date and prior to the redemption or expiration of the Rights, the
Company (a) shall, with respect to shares of Common Stock so issued or sold
pursuant to the exercise of stock options or under any employee plan or
arrangement, granted or awarded as of the Distribution Date, or upon the
exercise, conversion or exchange of securities hereafter issued by the Company,
and (b) may, in any other case, if deemed necessary or appropriate by the Board
of Directors of the Company, issue Rights Certificates representing the
appropriate number of Rights in connection with such issuance or sale; provided,
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however, that (i) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the
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extent that, the Company shall be advised by counsel that such issuance would
create a significant risk of material adverse tax consequences to the Company or
the Person to whom such Rights Certificate would be issued, and (ii) no such
Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that, appropriate
adjustment shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance thereof.
Section 23. Redemption and Termination.
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(a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, redeem
all but not less than all the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of
$.001 per Right, as such amount may be appropriately adjusted to reflect any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date
hereof (such redemption price being hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption
Price"), at any time on or before the earlier of (i) the close of business on
the tenth business day following the Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the Stock
Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record Date, the close of
business on the tenth business day following the Record Date) or such later date
or dates as the Board of Directors, or any duly authorized committee thereof,
may designate; provided, however, that if such later date or dates are
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designated, such designation shall be made on or prior to the date prior to
which redemption would otherwise be required, or (ii) the Final Expiration Date;
provided, however, if the Board of Directors of the Company authorizes
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redemption of the Rights or designates an extension
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of the redemption period pursuant to clause (i) above in either of the
circumstances set forth in clauses (x) and (y) below, then there must be
Continuing Directors then in office and such authorization shall require the
concurrence of a majority of such Continuing Directors: such authorization or
designation occurs (x) on or after the time a Person becomes an Acquiring
Person, or (y) on or after the date of a change (resulting from a proxy or
consent solicitation) in a majority of the directors in office at the
commencement of such solicitation if any Person who is a participant in such
solicitation has stated (or, if upon the commencement of such solicitation, a
majority of the Continuing Directors has determined in good faith) that such
Person (or any of its Affiliates or Associates) intends to take, or may consider
taking, any action which would result in such Person becoming an Acquiring
Person or an Adverse Person or which would cause the occurrence of a Triggering
Event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company may
not redeem any Rights while any Person continues to retain the status of an
Adverse Person pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii)(B). The Company may, at its option,
pay the Redemption Price in cash, shares of Common Stock (based on the "Current
Market Price", as defined in Section 11(d)(i) hereof, of the Common Stock at the
time of redemption) or any other form of consideration deemed appropriate by the
Board of Directors and which does not violate the terms of any agreement to
which the Company is a party on the date of this Rights Agreement (or, if a
majority of the then Continuing Directors so agree, after the date of this
Agreement). Furthermore, if the Company shall determine to pay the redemption
price in Common Stock it may but shall not be required to issue fractional
shares and may aggregate fractional shares of Common Stock that would otherwise
be due to holders of Rights and distribute these shares to the Rights Agent to
be sold in the open market and the proceeds thereof shall be distributed to the
appropriate holders of Rights.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable after the first occurrence of a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event or Section 13 Event until such time as the Company's
right of redemption hereunder, as extended (if applicable), has expired.
(c) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the
Company ordering the redemption of the Rights, evidence of which shall have been
filed with the Rights Agent, and without any further action and without any
notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right
thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price for
each Right so held. Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors
ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Company shall give notice of such
redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by
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mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder's last address as it
appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the
Distribution Date, on the registry books of the Transfer Agent for the Common
Stock. Such notice shall state the method by which the payment of the
Redemption Price will be effected.
(d)(i) Subject to the limitations of applicable law and to any
restrictions set forth in any agreements to which the Company is a
party on the date of this Rights Agreement (or, if a majority of the
then Continuing Directors so agree, after the date of this Agreement),
the Board of Directors (but only if there are Continuing Directors and
with the concurrence of a majority of such Continuing Directors) of
the Company may, at its option, at any time after the occurrence of a
Section 11(a)(ii) Event, exchange all or part of the then outstanding
and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have
become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof) at an
exchange ratio of (1) one share of Common Stock of the Company for
each Right so exchanged, adjusted as appropriate to reflect any stock
split, stock combination, stock dividend or similar transaction
occurring after the date hereof (such share of Common Stock issuable
in exchange for one Right being referred to herein as an "Exchange
Share"), or (2) Substitute Consideration, as that term is defined
below. The Board of Directors may determine (with the consent of a
majority of the Continuing Directors) whether to deliver Exchange
Shares or Substitute Consideration. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Board of Directors shall not be empowered to effect such exchange
at any time after any Acquiring Person or Adverse Person (together
with all Affiliates and Associates of such Acquiring Person or Adverse
Person) becomes the Beneficial Owner of shares of Common Stock
entitled to cast 50% or more of the aggregate number of votes entitled
to be cast by all shares of Common Stock then outstanding.
In the event that the Board of Directors shall determine to deliver
Substitute Consideration in exchange for Rights, the Company shall (l)
determine the value of the Exchange Shares (the "Exchange Value"), and
(2) with respect to each Right to be exchanged, make adequate
provision to substitute for the Exchange Share the following (the
"Substitute Consideration" (v) cash, (w) common stock equivalents (as
that term is defined in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof), (x) debt
securities of the Company, (y) other assets, or (z) any combination of
the foregoing,
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having an aggregate value equal to the Exchange Value, where such
aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors (with
the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors) of the
Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment
banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company (with
the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors). For
purposes of this Section 23(d), the value of a share of Common Stock
shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii)
Trigger Date; and the value of any common stock equivalent shall be
deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(ii) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the
Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to this Section
23(d) and without any further action and without any notice, the right
to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the only right thereafter
of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive the Exchange Share or
Substitute Consideration for each Right exchanged by such holder.
Promptly after the action of the Board of Directors of the Company
authorizing any such exchange, the Company shall give notice of such
exchange to the Rights Agent and to the holders of the Rights by
mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder's last address
as it appears upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to
the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the Transfer Agent for
the Common Stock; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any
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defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange.
Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the
exchange for Rights will be effected and, in the event of any partial
exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial
exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights
(other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions
of Section 7(e) hereof) held by each holder of Rights.
(iii) In the event that there shall not be sufficient shares of
Common Stock or common stock equivalents issued but not outstanding or
authorized but unissued to permit any exchange of Rights as
contemplated by the Board of Directors in accordance with this Section
23(d), the Company may take all such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to authorize additional shares of Common Stock or common
stock equivalents for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.
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(iv) Unless a majority of the then Continuing Directors
otherwise agree, Company shall be required to issue fractions of
shares of Common Stock or to distribute certificates which evidence
fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares
of Common Stock, the Company shall, with the concurrence of a majority
of the then Continuing Directors, pay to the registered holders of the
Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of
Common Stock would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to
the same fraction of the current market value of a whole share of
Common Stock.
Section 24. Notice of Certain Events.
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(a) In case the Company shall propose, at any time after the
Distribution Date, (i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the
holders of Preferred Stock or to make any other distribution to the holders of
Preferred Stock (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of earnings or
retained earnings of the Company), or (ii) to offer to the holders of Preferred
Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional shares
of Preferred Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other securities,
rights or options, or (iii) to effect any reclassification of its Preferred
Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of
outstanding shares of Preferred Stock), or (iv) to effect any consolidation or
merger into or with any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in
a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), or to effect any sale
or other transfer (or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries to effect any
sale or other transfer), in one transaction or a series of related transactions,
of more than 50% of the assets or earning power of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the
Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which
complies with Section (o) hereof), or (v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of the Company, then, in each such case, the Company shall give to
each holder of a Rights Certificate, to the extent feasible and in accordance
with Section 25 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify
the record date for the purposes of such stock dividend, distribution of rights
or warrants, or the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger,
sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the
date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock,
if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case
of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least twenty (20) days
prior to the record date for determining holders of the shares of Preferred
Stock for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action, at
least
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twenty (20) days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the
date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock
whichever shall be the earlier.
(b) In case any Section 11(a)(ii) Event hereof shall occur, then (i)
the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each holder of a
Rights Certificate, to the extent feasible and in accordance with Section 25
hereof, a notice of the occurrence of such event, which shall specify the event
and the consequences of the event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii)
hereof, and (ii) all references in the preceding paragraph to Preferred Stock
shall be deemed thereafter to refer to Common Stock and/or, if appropriate,
other securities.
Section 25. Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to
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be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Rights Certificate
to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered by hand or
by messenger services, or if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent), as
follows:
Shared Medical Systems Corporation
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Secretary
Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice or demand authorized
by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any
Rights Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made
if delivered by hand or by messenger service, or if sent by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the
Company) as follows:
Pittsburgh National Bank
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Stock Transfer Department
Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the
Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Rights Certificate (or, if
prior to the Distribution Date, to the holder of certificates representing
shares of Common Stock) shall be sufficiently given or made if delivered by hand
or by messenger service, or if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid,
addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry
books of the Company. Any notice which is given to the holder of any Rights
Certificate (or, if prior to the Distribution Date, to the holder of
certificates
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representing shares of Common Stock) pursuant to this Agreement in the manner
provided for such notice shall be deemed given, whether or not such notice is
actually received.
Section 26. Supplements and Amendments. Prior to the Distribution Date
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and subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 26, the Company and the
Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any provision
of this Agreement without the approval of any holders of certificates
representing shares of Common Stock. From and after the Distribution Date and
subject to the penultimate sentence of this Section 26, the Company and the
Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend this
Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights Certificates in order
(i) to cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provision contained
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein,
(iii) to shorten or lengthen any time period hereunder (which lengthening or
shortening, following the first occurrence of an event set forth in clause (x)
or (y) of the second proviso to Section 23(a) hereof, shall be effective only if
there are Continuing Directors and shall require the concurrence of a majority
of such Continuing Directors) or (iv) to change or supplement the provisions
hereunder in any manner which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and
which shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights
Certificates (other than an Acquiring Person, an Adverse Person, or an Affiliate
or Associate of an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person); provided, however, this
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Agreement may not be supplemented or amended to lengthen, pursuant to clause
(iii) of this sentence, (A) a time period relating to when the Rights may be
redeemed at such time as the Rights already have ceased to be redeemable, or (B)
any other time period unless such lengthening is for the purpose of protecting,
enhancing or clarifying the rights of, and/or the benefits to, the holders of
Rights (other than an Acquiring Person, an Adverse Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person). Without limiting, but
subject to, the foregoing, the Company may at any time before any Person has
become an Acquiring Person amend this Agreement to change the threshold or the
method for determining whether a Person is or has become an Acquiring Person.
Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer of the Company
which states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the
terms of this Section 26, the Rights Agent shall execute such supplement or
amendment. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the
contrary, no supplement or amendment shall be made which changes the Redemption
Price, the Final Expiration Date, the Purchase Price or the number of one one-
thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is exercisable.
Prior to the
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Distribution Date, the interests of the holders of Rights shall be deemed
coincident with the interests of the holders of common stock.
Section 27. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this
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Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind
and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder
including, without limitation, any corporation or other entity into which the
Company may be merged.
Section 28. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, Etc.
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For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of
Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of
determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock
of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with
the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof. The Board of Directors
of the Company (with, where specifically provided for herein, the concurrence of
the Continuing or disinterested Directors) shall have the exclusive power and
authority to administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers
specifically granted to the Board (with, where specifically provided for herein,
the concurrence of the Continuing or disinterested Directors) or to the Company,
or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement,
including without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the
provisions of this Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary
or advisable for the administration of this Agreement (including, without
limitation, a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the
Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations
(including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the
foregoing) which are done or made by the Board (with, where specifically
provided for herein, the concurrence of the Continuing or disinterested
Directors) in good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the
Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and
(y) not subject the Board of Directors or the Continuing or disinterested
Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. Further, nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to impose on the Board of Directors
or the Company any obligation to approve a tender offer, merger, acquisition or
other similar proposal by or from a Person even though the terms of such
proposal may be fair to stockholders of the Company.
Section 29. Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall
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be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the Rights Agent and
the registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the
Distribution Date,
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registered holders of the Common Stock) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Company, the Rights Agent and the registered holders of
the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders
of the Common Stock).
Section 30. SeverabilitY. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction
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of this Agreement is held by a court or other authority of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
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contrary, if any such term, provision, covenant or restriction is held by such
court or authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable and the Board of
Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that severing the
invalid language from this Agreement would adversely affect the purpose or
effect of this Agreement, the right of redemption set forth in Section 23 hereof
shall be extended, or if expired shall be reinstated, and shall not expire until
the close of business on the tenth day following the date of such determination
by the Board of Directors. Without limiting the foregoing, if any provision
requiring that a determination be made by less than the entire Board of
Directors (or at a time or with the concurrence of a group of directors
consisting of less than the entire Board) is held by a court or other authority
of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, such
determination shall then be made by the Board in good faith in accordance with
applicable law and the Company's certificate or articles of incorporation and
by-laws.
Section 31. Governing Law. This Agreement, each Right and each Rights
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Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company, as the same may change
from time to time, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of such jurisdiction applicable to contracts made and
to be performed entirely within such jurisdiction.
Section 32. CounterParts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
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counterparts, and each of such counterparts shall, for all purposes, be deemed
to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 33. Table of Contents; Descriptive Headings. The Table of
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Contents and the descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and
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shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to
be duly executed by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first
above written.
Attest: SHARED MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx
Title: Assistant Secretary Title: Vice President of Finance
Attest: PITTSBURGH NATIONAL BANK
By /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx By /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title: Account Manager Title: Assistant Vice President
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