Amendment of Section 7(a). Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
Amendment of Section 7(a). Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and supplemented by deleting “(i) the close of business on October 1, 2016 (the “Final Expiration Date”)” and replacing it with the following:
Amendment of Section 7(a). Section 7(a) of the Current Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following new Section 7(a):
Amendment of Section 7(a). Subclause (i) of the first sentence of Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
Amendment of Section 7(a). Section 7(a) of the Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “Other than for Priority Liens and Priority Lien Documents and except as is not prohibited by the Indenture, Pledgor agrees that Pledgor will not (i) encumber, sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Pledged Collateral or (ii) enter into any other contractual obligations which could reasonably be expected to restrict or inhibit the right or ability of the Trustee to sell or otherwise dispose of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.”
Amendment of Section 7(a). Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: “ Except as otherwise provided herein, the Rights shall become exercisable on the Distribution Date, and thereafter the registered holder of any Right Certificate may, subject to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof and except as otherwise provided herein, exercise the Rights evidenced thereby in whole or in part upon surrender of the Right Certificate, with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the office or agency 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 Preferred Shares (or other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as to which the Rights are exercised, at any time which is both after the Distribution Date and prior to the earliest of (i) the time immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) (the “Effective Time”), but only if the Effective Time shall occur, (ii) the close of business on May 20, 2013 (the “Final Expiration Date”), (iii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the “Redemption Date”) or (iv) the time at which such Rights are exchanged as provided in Section 24 hereof. The Company will provide the Rights Agent with notice of the Effective Time, provided, however, that failure to notify the Rights Agent of the Effective Time shall not in any way effect the time at which the Rights cease to be exercisable pursuant to the foregoing sentence.”
Amendment of Section 7(a). Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: Subject to Section 7(e) hereof, at any time after the Distribution Date 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) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) in whole or in part upon surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate contained therein properly completed and duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the 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, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common Stock, other securities, cash, or other assets, as the case may be) as to which such surrendered Rights are then exercisable and an amount equal to any tax or charge required to be paid under Section 9(e), at or prior to the earliest of (i) the Close of Business on March 24, 2021 (the “Final Expiration Date”), (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof, and (iii) the time at which the Rights are exchanged in full as provided in Section 24 hereof (the earliest of (i), (ii), and (iii) being herein referred to as the “Expiration Date”). Except for those provisions herein that expressly survive the termination of this Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of the Expiration Date and such time as all outstanding Rights have been exercised, redeemed or exchanged hereunder (other than Rights which have become null and void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof).
Amendment of Section 7(a). The following sentence shall be added to the end of Section 7(a) of the Original Option Agreement: “This Section 7(a) shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c), below.”
Amendment of Section 7(a). The parties hereby agree that Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement shall be amended by deleting clause (i) thereof and replacing it with the following:
Amendment of Section 7(a). Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference therein to “March 31, 2009” and substituting therefor “March 31, 2014”. As a result of the foregoing, all references in the Rights Agreement to the “Final Expiration Date” shall refer to March 31, 2014.
