Exhibit 10.2
Amendment and Waiver Agreement
This Amendment and Waiver Agreement (this "Agreement"), dated as of July
26, 2002, is by and among Stericycle, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Company"),
and the Persons whose names are set forth on the attached Schedule I
(collectively, the "Investors").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, each of the Investors holds shares of the Company's Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Preferred Shares"),
acquired pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated September 26, 1999 (the "Purchase
Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors are the parties currently bound by
that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1999 (the
"1999 Registration Rights Agreement"), which was entered into at the closing of
the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors are the parties currently bound by
that certain Corporate Governance Agreement, dated as of November 12, 1999 (the
"1999 Corporate Governance Agreement"), which was entered into at the closing of
the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating,
optional and other rights, and qualifications, limitations and restrictions
applicable to the Preferred Shares are set forth in that certain Certificate of
Designation of the Company filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware on November 4, 1999 (the"1999 Certificate of
Designation");
WHEREAS, the Purchase Agreement, the 1999 Registration Rights Agreement,
the 1999 Corporate Governance and the 1999 Certificate of Designation are
referred to herein collectively as "1999 Investment Documents";
WHEREAS, the Company and the Investors find it mutually desirable, and are
willing, to amend the 1999 Investment Documents, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Purchase Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the agreements,
promises and covenants set forth below, and for other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section 1. Waiver of Certain Prospective Dividends; Amendment to 1999
Certificate of Designation.
(a) Filing of First Amendment to Certificate of Designation.
The Investors hereby consent to, and the Company agrees to cause
(promptly after approval by the Company's stockholders in accordance with
(S) 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law), the filing of an
amendment to the Company's Certificate of Designation in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto (the "First Amendment to Certificate of
Designation") with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware for the purpose of waiving any further right to accrual of
dividends from and after June 1, 2002 on any outstanding Preferred Shares,
except for the revival (if any) of such accrual of dividends as may occur
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the First Amendment to
Certificate of Designation (in the form attached hereto). The Investors
acknowledge that the Company may not obtain stockholder approval of the
First Amendment to Certificate of Designation until the Company's 2003
annual meeting of stockholders. The Company and the Investors (for
themselves and their Permitted Transferees, as defined in the Restated
Corporate Governance Agreement) agree that pending stockholder approval and
filing of the First Amendment to Certificate of Designation, the Company
and the Investors shall proceed vis-a-vis one another as if the First
Amendment to Certificate of Designation had been approved by the Company's
stockholders and filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of
Delaware. The Investors agree to vote in favor of the First Amendment to
Certificate of Designation at any regular or special meeting of the
Company's stockholders at which the First Amendment to Certificate of
Designation is submitted for stockholder approval.
(b) Limited Waiver of Prospective Dividends.
The Investors hereby waive any further right to accrual of dividends
from and after June 1, 2002 on any outstanding Preferred Shares, except for
the revival (if any) of such accrual of dividends as may occur in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the First Amendment to
Certificate of Designation (in the form attached hereto). The foregoing
waiver is limited expressly to the accrual of dividends for the stated
period from and after June 1, 2002 and shall not suspend, waive or affect
any other provision of (or breach of or default under) the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Designation or any of the
other 1999 Investment Documents, whether the same has occurred prior hereto
or occurs subsequent hereto.
Section 2. Amendment of Other Agreements.
(a) Reaffirmation of Purchase Agreement.
The Purchase Agreement is not amended or modified hereby and remains
in full force and effect. Each party hereto hereby ratifies and reaffirms
its obligations and duties under the Purchase Agreement to the fullest
extent such obligations and duties remain surviving in accordance with the
original terms of the Purchase Agreement.
(b) Amendment of 1999 Registration Rights Agreement.
Each of the parties hereto shall, simultaneously with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, enter into an agreement in the
form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the "2002 Registration Rights
Agreement") for the purpose of amending and restating the 1999 Registration
Rights Agreement.
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(c) Amendment of 1999 Corporate Governance Agreement.
Each of the parties hereto shall, simultaneously with the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, enter into an agreement in the
form of Exhibit C attached hereto (the "2002 Corporate Governance
Agreement") for the purpose of amending and restating the 1999 Corporate
Governance Agreement.
Section 3. Representations and Warranties.
Each Investor (to induce the Company to enter into this Agreement) and the
Company (to induce each Investor to enter into the Agreement) represents and
warrants to the other that:
(a) No Breach or Default.
Such Person has not breached and is not in default of any of its
obligations or duties under any of the 1999 Investment Documents, as in
effect immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement; and
(b) Requisite Authority, etc
(i) The execution, delivery and performance by such Person of this
Agreement and of each of the other agreements and documents referred to
herein is within its corporate, partnership or limited liability company
powers, as applicable, and has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate, partnership or limited liability company action on its part, as
applicable, (ii) this Agreement and each of the other agreements and
documents referred to herein is the legal, valid and binding obligation of
such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms
and (iii) neither the execution, delivery or performance by such Person of
this Agreement (1) violates any law or regulation, or any other or decree
of any governmental body, (2) conflicts with or results in the breach or
termination of, constitutes a default under or accelerates any performance
required by, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or
other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or
any of its property is bound, (3) violates or conflicts with the
certificate of incorporation, partnership or limited liability company
agreement, or other organizational documents of such Person, or (4)
requires the consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration or
filing with, any Person, except for those already duly obtained.
Section 4 Conditions Precedent.
The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the following conditions
precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties.
The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein
shall be true and correct as of the date hereof.
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(b) Execution and Delivery of Documents.
The following agreements and documents shall have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company:
(i) the 2002 Registration Rights Agreement;
(ii) the 2002 Corporate Governance Agreement; and
(iii) a Certificate of the Secretary of the Company certifying as
to the validity of the resolutions of the Company's board of directors
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of
this Agreement and each of the other agreements and documents referred
to herein.
Section 5. Effect on the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and
Certificate of Designation.
(a) Ratification and Reaffirmation.
The Company's Certificate of Incorporation (as amended prior to the
date hereof) and the Company's Certificate of Designation (except as
specifically amended in accordance with Section 1 above) remain in full
force and effect. The Company hereby ratifies and reaffirms its Certificate
of Incorporation and Certificate of Designation (as the latter will be
amended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and all of its
obligations and duties thereunder.
(b) Limitation of Waiver.
The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not
operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Investors under
the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Designation or
under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, except to the
limited extent set forth in Section 1 above. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein, the terms of this Agreement are not intended to and do
not effect an amendment or waiver of any provision of the Company's
Certificate of Incorporation or Certificate of Designation with respect to
any matter other than the accrual of dividends from and after June 1, 2002.
For avoidance of doubt, the
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Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that no portion of the dividends
that have accrued and/or accumulated on the outstanding Preferred Shares
from and after their issuance and through and including May 31, 2002 are
waived, affected or diminished by this Agreement (or any of the other
agreements or documents referred to herein), and all such dividends shall
remain so accrued and/or accumulated following the effectiveness hereof.
Section 6 Miscellaneous.
(a) Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of
Company, the Investors and their respective successors and assigns
(including, without limitation, the Investors' Permitted Transferees (as
defined in the Restated Corporate Governance Agreement)).
(b) Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, together with the agreements and documents referred to
herein, constitutes the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect
to the subject matter hereof and (except to the extent of the ratifications
and reaffirmations of the 1999 Investment Documents set forth herein)
supersedes all other understandings, oral or written, with respect to the
subject matter hereof.
(c) Headings.
Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience
of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any
other purpose.
(d) Severability.
Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be
interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable
law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or
invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the
remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
(e) Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate original
counterparts (or telecopied counterparts with original execution copy to
follow) and by the different parties on separate counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of such counterparts shall
together constitute one agreement.
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(f) Expenses.
Each party hereto shall pay its own fees and expenses in connection
with the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, with the exception that the
Company shall pay or reimburse the Investors for up to $15,000 of the
Investors' reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses in connection this
Agreement and the matters contemplated hereby.
(Signature page follows)
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Signature Page to Amendment and Waiver Agreement
Delivered at Chicago, Illinois, as of the day and year first above written.
Company:
Stericycle, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
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President and Chief Executive Officer
MDP Entities:
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners III, L.P.
By: Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P.
Its: General partner
By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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A Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Special Equity III, L.P.
By: Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P.
Its: General partner
By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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A Managing Director
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners III, L.P.
By: Madison Dearborn Partners III, L.P.
Its: General partner
By: Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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A Managing Director
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Bain Entities:
Xxxx Capital Fund VI, L.P.
By: Xxxx Capital Partners VI, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: Xxxx Capital Investors, LLC
Its: General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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A Managing Director
BCIP Associates II
By: Xxxx Capital Investors, LLC
Its: Managing General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
BCIP Associates II-B
By: Xxxx Capital Investors, LLC
Its: Managing General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
BCIP Associates II-C
By: Xxxx Capital Investors, LLC
Its: Managing General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
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BCIP Trust Associates II
By: Xxxx Capital Investors, LLC
Its: Managing General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
BCIP Trust Associates II-B
By: Xxxx Capital Investors, LLC
Its: Managing General Partner
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Title:
Pep Investments Pty. Limited
By: Xxxx Capital Investors, LLC
Its: Attorney-in-Fact
By:
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Name:
Title:
Brookside Capital Partners Fund, L.P.
By: /s/ Xx Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xx Xxxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Sankaty High Yield Asset Partners, L.P.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Sankaty High Yield Partners II, L.P.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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Schedule I
Investors
MDP Entities
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners III, L.P.
Madison Dearborn Special Equity III, L.P.
Special Advisors Fund I, LLC
Bain Entities
Xxxx Capital Fund VI, L.P.
BCIP Associates II
BCIP Associates II-B
BCIP Associates II-C
BCIP Trust Associates
BCIP Trust Associates II-B
PEP Investments Pty. Limited
Brookside Capital Partners Fund L.P.
Sankaty High Yield Asset Partners, L.P.
Sankaty High Yield Partners II, L.P.
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Exhibit A
Stericycle, Inc.
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First Amendment to
Certificate of Designation Relating to
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share
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Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, Stericycle, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby
certifies that:
(a) pursuant to the authority contained in Article Four of the
Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed
on August 19, 1996, as amended by a First Certificate of Amendment
filed on November 4, 1999, a Certificate of Designation Relating to
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share, filed
on November 4, 1999, and a Second Certificate of Amendment filed on May
17, 2002 (the Corporation's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation as so amended, the "Restated Certificate of
Incorporation"), and
(b) in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware,
the following resolution was duly adopted by the Corporation's Board of
Directors:
RESOLVED, that the Corporation's Certificate of Designation Relating to
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share, filed on
November 4, 1999 (the "Series A Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation"), is
amended as follows:
1. Amendment of Section 1 ("Dividends")
Section 1 ("Dividends") of the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate of
Designation is deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted in its
place:
1. Dividends.
1A. Preferential Dividends.
Subject to Section 1B, preferential dividends on each share of
Series A Preferred Stock shall accrue daily (whether or not there are
profits or surplus available therefor) at the rate of 3.375% per annum
of the Liquidation Preference thereof from the date of issuance of such
share until the earliest of (i) the date on which the Liquidation Value
of such share of Series A Preferred Stock is paid to the holder thereof
in connection with the liquidation of the Corporation or the
Corporation's redemption of such share of Series A Preferred Stock,
(ii) the date on which such share of Series A Preferred Stock is
converted into shares of Common Stock or (iii) the date on which such
share of Series A Preferred Stock is otherwise acquired by the
Corporation. Accrued preferential dividends on each share of Series A
Preferred Stock shall accumulate annually on the anniversary of the
date of initial issuance of such share. When and as declared,
preferential dividends shall be paid only by the issuance of additional
shares of Series A Preferred Stock (including fractional shares
thereof) having an aggregate Liquidation Value at the time of such
payment equal to the amount of the dividend to be paid. If and when any
shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued under this Section 1A for
the payment of accumulated dividends and accrued dividends which have
not yet been accumulated, such shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall
be deemed to be validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and
nonassessable.
1B. Cessation of Accrual of Dividends.
Preferential dividends payable under Section 1A on shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have ceased to accrue after
May 31, 2002, and there shall be no accrual after May 31, 2002 of
preferential dividends on shares of Series A Preferred Stock unless:
(a) the Corporation breaches or for any reason fails to
perform or comply with any of its obligations in respect of the
exercise of any rights of holders of Series A Preferred Stock
under any one or more of the Transaction Documents, and
(b) the breach or failure continues for 10 days following
the Corporation's receipt of written notice of its breach or
failure from or on behalf of any one or more of the affected
holders of Series A Preferred Stock.
In this event, preferential dividends shall resume accruing daily on
the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by all affected holders, at
the rate of 3.375% per annum of the Liquidation Preference of their
shares, beginning on the 11th day after the Corporation's receipt of
written notice of its breach or failure and continuing through the date
on which the Corporation has fully performed or complied with its
obligations under the Transaction Documents in respect of the exercise
of the rights in question of the affected holders of Series A Preferred
Stock.
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Nothing in this Section 1B shall operate as a forfeiture or
reduction in any respect in any preferential dividends payable under
Section 1A on shares of Series A Preferred Stock that accrued or
accumulated prior to June 1, 2002, all of which shall remain so accrued
or accumulated without modification.
1C. Participating Dividends.
In addition to preferential dividends payable under Section 1A,
holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall share pro rata with holders
of Common Stock, on the basis of the number of shares of Common Stock
which each holder of Preferred Stock would be entitled to receive upon
conversion of the holders Preferred Stock into Common Stock as of the
record date for the dividend or distribution, in all other dividends
and distributions, if any, that the Corporation's board of directors
may declare from time to time.
2. Amendment of Section 3 ("Voting Rights")
Section 3 ("Voting Rights") of the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate
of Designation is deleted in its entirety and the following is substituted in
its place:
3. Voting Rights.
3A. Ordinary Voting.
Except as otherwise required by law, the Corporation's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designation,
holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to vote with
holders of Common Stock as a single class on each matter submitted to a
vote of the Corporation's stockholders. Each share of Series A
Preferred Stock shall have a number of votes equal to the number of
votes possessed by the number of shares of Common Stock into which the
share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible as of the record date
for determining the stockholders entitled to vote on the matter. Any
fractional voting rights that result (after aggregating, in the case of
each holder of Series A Preferred Stock, all shares of Common Stock
into which all of the holder's shares of Series A Preferred Stock could
be converted) shall be rounded upwards or downwards to the nearest
whole number (with one-half being rounded upwards).
3B. Election of Directors.
So long as the members of a Group hold at least 25% of the
Underlying Common Stock (determined as of the date of the initial
issuance of Series A Preferred Stock), holders of Series A Preferred
Stock who are members of the Group, voting separately as a single
class, to the exclusion of all other classes of the Corporation's
capital stock and all other shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by
members of the other Group, with each share of Series A Preferred Stock
entitled to one vote, shall be entitled, in the election of directors
of the Corporation, to elect one director to serve on the
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Corporation's board of directors. Each director so elected shall serve
until his successor is duly elected by the Group's holders of Series A
Preferred Stock or he is removed from office by the Group's holders of
Series A Preferred Stock. If a Group's holders of Series A Preferred
Stock for any reason fail to elect anyone to fill any such
directorship, the position shall remain vacant until such time as the
Group's holders of Series A Preferred Stock elect a director to fill
the position, and it shall not be filled by resolution or vote of the
Corporation's board of directors or its other stockholders. In the
event that the members of a Group cease to hold at least 25% of the
Underlying Common Stock (determined as of the date of the initial
issuance of Series A Preferred Stock), the right and power provided to
the Group's holders of Series A Preferred Stock by this Section 3B
shall terminate.
3. Amendment of Section 4B ("Conversion Price")
Section 4B ("Conversion Price") of the Series A Preferred Stock
Certificate of Designation is deleted in its entirety and the following is
substituted in its place:
4B. Conversion Price.
The conversion price for Series A Preferred Stock (the
"Conversion Price") was $17.50 initially and, in accordance with
Section 4C, is now $8.75 by reason of the Corporation's 2-for-1 split
of its Common Stock in the form a stock dividend of one share payable
on May 31, 2002 on each share of Common Stock outstanding on May 16,
2002. In order to prevent dilution of the conversion rights granted
under Section 4A, the Conversion Price for Series A Preferred Stock
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time pursuant to Sections
4C, 4D, 4E and 4F.
3. Amendment of Section 13 ("Definitions")
Section 13 ("Definitions") of the Series A Preferred Stock Certificate
of Designation is amended to add the following definitions:
Corporate Governance Agreement means the Amended and
Restated Corporate Governance Agreement, dated July 26, 2002,
entered into by the Corporation and the holders of Series A
Preferred Stock, as it may be amended.
Group means either:
(a) the group consisting of (i) the initial purchasers of
Series A Preferred Stock associated with Xxxx Capital Partners,
Inc. (now known as "Xxxx Capital Partners, LLC") and (ii) their
Permitted Transferees; or
(b) the group consisting of (i) the initial purchasers of
Series A Preferred Stock associated with Madison Dearborn
Partners, Inc. (now known as "Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC")
and (ii) their Permitted Transferees.
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Permitted Transferees is defined in the Corporate Governance
Agreement.
Transaction Documents means the following:
(a) this Certificate of Designation, as it has been and
may be amended in accordance with Section 11:
(b) the Corporate Governance Agreement;
(c) the Amended and Restated Registration Rights
Agreement, dated July 26, 2002, entered into by the Corporation
and the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, as it may be
amended;
(d) the Amended and Restated Preferred Stock Purchase
Agreement, dated as of September 26, 1999, entered into by the
Company and the initial purchasers of Series A Preferred Stock,
as it may be amended; and
(e) the Amendment and Waiver Agreement, dated July 26,
2002, entered into by the Corporation and the holders of Series
A Preferred Stock, as it may be amended.
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In witness, the Corporation has caused this First Certificate of
Designation to be signed by its President and Chief Executive Officer, Xxxx X.
Xxxxxx, on [date]. His signature below constitutes his affirmation and
acknowledgement, under penalties of perjury, that this instrument is the
Corporation's act and deed and that the facts stated in this instrument are
true.
Stericycle, Inc.
By
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
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