UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report
December 18, 2009
ESPEY MFG & ELECTRONICS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York 001-04383 14-1387171 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (Commission (IRS Employer Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 233 Ballston Avenue 12866 |
Saratoga Springs, New York
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(518) 584-4100
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 3.03. Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders
On December 18, 2009, Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. ("Espey") entered into the Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement with Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent (the "Rights Agreement"). The Rights Agreement amends and restates, but does not materially modify any rights conferred upon holders of Espey's common stock under Espey's existing Rights Agreement dated March 31, 1989, as amended February 12, 1999 and December 31, 1999.
The complete text of the Rights Agreement is attached to this Report as Exhibit
4.01. Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement is a summary description of the rights
conferred thereunder. The summary description does not purport to be complete
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Rights
Agreement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits Exhibit No. Document ----------- ------------ 4.01 Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated December 18, 2009 between Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. and Registrar and Transfer Company |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: December 23, 2009 ESPEY MFG. & ELECTRONICS CORP. By: /s/ David A. O'Neil ---------------------------------------- David A. O'Neil, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer |
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
by and between
ESPEY MFG. & ELECTRONICS CORP.
and
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER CO.
as
Rights Agent
Dated as December 18, 2009
Section 1. Certain Definitions........................................................1 Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent.................................................7 Section 3. Issue Of Right Certificates.................................................8 Section 4. Form of Right Certificates..................................................9 Section 5. Countersignature and Registration...........................................9 Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates....................10 Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights..............10 Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates.........................11 Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Common Shares..............................12 Section 10. Common Shares Record Date..................................................13 Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights.........13 Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares.................18 Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power.......19 Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares....................................20 Section 15. Rights of Action...........................................................21 Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders.................................................21 Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder..........................21 Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent................................................22 Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent..................22 Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent.....................................................23 Section 21. Change of Rights Agent.....................................................24 Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates; Legends................................25 Section 23. Redemption.................................................................25 Section 24. Notice of Certain Events...................................................26 Section 25. Notices....................................................................27 Section 26. Supplements and Amendments.................................................28 Section 27. Successors.................................................................28 Section 28. Severability...............................................................28 Section 29. Governing Law..............................................................28 Section 30. Counterparts...............................................................28 Section 31. Descriptive Headings.......................................................28 |
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, the Rights Agreement is scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2009;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company finds it in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to continue the Rights Agreement and desires to amend and restate the Rights Agreement again, effective as of January 1, 2010;
WHEREAS, this Agreement supersedes and replaces the Rights Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
(2) which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates has, directly or indirectly, (A) the right to acquire or dispose or direct the disposition of (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than these Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing); provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to beneficially own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (i) arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations of the Exchange Act and (ii) is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report); or
(1) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the Effective Date, directly or indirectly, except in a transaction or transactions covered by Section 13 shall:
(i) merge into the Company or otherwise combine with the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger or combination;
(ii) in one or more transactions, transfer any assets to the Company or any of its subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for Common Shares or for securities exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares or otherwise obtain from the Company, with or without consideration, any additional Common Shares or securities exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares (other than as part of a pro rata distribution to all holders of Common Shares);
(iii) alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, become the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the Common Shares;
(iv) sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise dispose of (in one or more transactions), to, from or with, as the case may be, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, assets (including securities) on terms and conditions less favorable to the Company than the Company would be able to obtain in arm's-length negotiation with an unaffiliated third party;
(v) receive any compensation from the Company or any of the Company's subsidiaries other than compensation for full-time employment as a regular employee at rates in accordance with the Company's (or its subsidiaries') past practices; or
(vi) receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder) of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial assistance or any tax credits or other tax advantage provided by the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
or
(2) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be, except in a transaction or transactions covered by Section 13 hereof, any reclassification of securities (including any reverse stock split), or recapitalization of the Company, or any merger or consolidation of the Company with any of its subsidiaries or any other transaction or series of transactions (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, or increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of capital stock or of securities exercisable for or convertible into any class of capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person.
(1) declare a dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares;
(2) subdivide the then outstanding Common Shares;
(3) combine the outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of Common Shares; or
(4) except in a transaction or transactions covered by Section 13 or a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Common Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation).
(c) Rights have been issued with respect of all Common Shares that became outstanding after the Record Date, but on or before the Effective Date and shall be issued with respect to all Common Shares that become outstanding after the Effective Date, but on or before the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date. All Rights issued with respect to Common Shares outstanding prior to the Effective Date shall, on the Effective Date, be subject to this Agreement notwithstanding any reference to a predecessor agreement on any certificate memorializing such outstanding Common Shares. Certificates for Common Shares issued after the Effective Date, but on or before the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date, shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend:
"This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Second Amended and Restated
With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, the Expiration Date), the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone. Until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, the Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the automatic transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Shares represented thereby.
of the Company to sign such Right Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this Rights Agreement any such person was not such an officer. Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at one of its offices in the United States, books for registration and transfer of the Right Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Right Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the Right Certificates and the date of each of the Right Certificates.
Upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Right Certificate, and, in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and, at the Company's request, 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 make and deliver a new Right Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent for countersignature and delivery to the registered owner in lieu of the Right Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated.
(b) The Purchase Price for each Common Share pursuant to the exercise of Rights is $25, shall be subject to adjustment from time to time, as provided in Sections 11 and 13 hereof, and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America in accordance with paragraph (c) below.
(c) Upon receipt of a Right Certificate representing exercisable
Rights, with the form of election to purchase duly executed, accompanied by
payment of the Purchase Price for the shares to be purchased and an amount equal
to any applicable transfer tax in cash, or by certified check or bank draft
payable to the order of the Company, the Rights Agent shall thereupon promptly
(i) requisition from the Company or any transfer agent of the Common Shares (or
make available, if the Rights Agent is the transfer agent) certificates for the
number of Common Shares to be purchased and the Company will comply and hereby
authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all such requests, (ii) when
appropriate, requisition from the Company the amount of cash to be pad in lieu
of issuance of factional shares in accordance with Section 14, (iii) after
receipt of such certificates, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the
order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate, registered in such
name or names as may be designated by such holder and (iv) when appropriate,
after receipt of such cash, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the order
of the registered holder of such Right Certificate.
(d) In case the registered holder of any Right Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, the Company will make and deliver to the Rights Agent a new Right Certificate evidencing Rights equivalent to the Rights remaining unexercised, which Right Certificate shall be countersigned by the Rights Agent and delivered to the registered holder of such Right Certificate or to his duly authorized assigns, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.
(e) 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 or any transfer, split-up, combination or exchange as set forth in Section 6 hereof, unless such registered holder shall have (i) completed and signed the certificate set forth on the reverse side of the Right Certificate surrendered for such exercise, transfer, split-up, combination or exchange, and (ii) provided such additional evidence of the identify of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request.
The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all Common Shares delivered upon exercise of Rights shall, at the time of delivery of the certificates for such shares (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable shares.
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 Right Certificates or of any Common Shares upon the exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any transfer tax or governmental charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of Right Certificates to a person other than the registered holder thereof or the issuance or delivery of certificates for the Common Shares in a name other than that of the registered holder of the Right Certificate evidencing Rights surrendered for exercise, or to issue or deliver any certificates for Common Shares upon the exercise of any Rights until any such tax shall have been paid (any such tax and charge being payable by the holder of such Right Certificate at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the Company's satisfaction that no such tax or charge is due.
The Purchase Price, the number of shares covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(a) (i) If a Triggering Event occurs at any time after the Effective Date, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date (in the event of a dividend) or the effective date (in the event of a subdivision, combination or reclassification) of such Triggering Event, and the number and kind of shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise of a Right 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 an amount equal to the product of:
(x) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the applicable record date or effective date of such Triggering Event, multiplied by
(y) the number of Common Shares for which a Right was exercisable, immediately prior to such date,
the aggregate number and kind of shares of capital stock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the transfer books of the Company were open, such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such Triggering Event.
(ii) If a Section 11(a)(ii) Event takes place, then, subject to the last sentence of Section 23(a) hereof, each holder of a Right, except as provided below, shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and payment of an amount equal to the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event multiplied by the number of Common Shares for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such occurrence, such number of Common Shares as shall equal:
(x) the result obtained by multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of Common Shares for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event and
(y) dividing such product by 50% of the current per share market price of the Common Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) on the date of the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after the occurrence of any
Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights beneficially owned by
(1) such Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person;
(2) a transferee of such Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such; or
(3) a transferee of such Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives such Rights pursuant to either (x) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from such Acquiring Person to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom such Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (y) a transfer which the Board of Directors of the Company determines is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has as a primary purpose of effect the avoidance of all or any portion of this section 11(a)(ii), and subsequent transferees of any such transferees,
shall become null and void without any further action, and any holder of such Rights shall thereupon have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provisions of this Agreement or otherwise. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to ensure that the provisions of this Section 11(a)(ii) are complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder of Right Certificates or any other Person as a result of its making or failure to make any determination with respect to any Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees hereunder.
(iii) In the event that there shall not be sufficient treasury shares or authorized, but unissued, Common Shares to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii), the Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exercise of the Rights.
(b) In case the Company shall, at any time after the Effective
Date, fix a record date for the issuance of rights or warrants to all holders of
Common Shares entitling them (for a period expiring within forty-five calendar
days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Common Shares (or
securities exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares) at a price per
Common Share (or having an exercise or conversion price per Common Share, if a
security exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares) less than the
current per share market price of the Common Shares (as defined in Section
11(d)) on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record
date shall be determined by multiplying:
(i) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date, by
(ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of Common Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Common Shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial exercise of conversion price of the exercisable or convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and (B) the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Common Shares so to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the exercisable or convertible securities so to be offered are initially exercisable or convertible).
In case such subscription price may be paid in a consideration, part or all of which shall 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. Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustments 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 again be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall, at any time after the Effective Date, fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of the Common Shares of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than a regular periodic cash dividend at a rate not in excess of 125% of the last regular periodic cash dividend theretofore paid) 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:
(i) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date, by
(ii) a fraction, (A) the numerator of which shall be the
current per share market price of the Common Shares (as defined in
Section 11(d)) 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 written statement filed
with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes) of the
portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed
or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Common
Share and (B) the denominator of which shall be such current per share
market price of the Common Shares.
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 again be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
current per share market price of Common Shares is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Shares of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Shares payable in such Common Shares or securities exercisable for or convertible into such Common Shares or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Shares, and prior to the expiration of thirty Trading Days after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and in each such case, the daily closing prices per share of such Common Shares prior to such ex-dividend date or record date, as the case may be, shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such dividend, distribution, subdivision, combination or reclassification, as the case may be.
The closing price for each day shall be:
(x) the last sale price, regular way, or, in the 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 such Common Shares 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 such Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading; or
(y) if such Common Shares 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
(z) if on any such date such Common Shares are not quoted or reported by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such Common Shares selected by the Board of Directors of the Company.
If on any such date during such 30-consecutive Trade Day period such Common Shares are not quoted or reported by any such organization and no such market maker is making a market in such Common Shares, the closing price of such shares on such date shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company. The term "Trading Day" shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which such Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if such Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday on which banking institutions in the State of New York are not authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
(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 1% in such price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 11(e) 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, as the case may be.
(f) If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a), the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than Common Shares, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Right 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 Common Shares contained in Sections 11(a) through (e), inclusive, and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to the Common Shares 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 Common Shares 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 Section 11(b) and (c), each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase that number of Common Shares (calculated to the nearest ten-thousandth) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of shares covered by 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 such product 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 as a result of the calculations made in Section 11(b) and
(c), to adjust the number of Rights, in substitution for any adjustment pursuant
to Section 11(h) in the number of Common Shares purchasable upon the exercise of
a Right. In the event the Company makes such election, each Right outstanding
after such adjustment of the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the
number of Common Shares 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
ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing (x) the Purchase Price in effect
immediately prior to such adjustment of the Purchase Price by the (y) Purchase
Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price. The
Company shall make a public announcement of its election, if any, 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 with prompt written notice
thereof to the Rights Agent. This record date may be the date on which the
Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if Right Certificates
shall theretofore have been issued, shall be at least 10 days later than the
date of the public announcement. If Right Certificates shall theretofore 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 Right Certificates on such record date,
Right Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14, 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
Right Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Right Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Right 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 Right 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 Common Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Right Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price per share and the number of shares which were expressed in the initial Right Certificates issued hereunder.
(k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below the then par value, if any, of the Common Shares purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares 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 the record date for a specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuing to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date the Common Shares and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, purchasable upon such exercise over and above the Common Shares and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, purchasable 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 bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder's right to receive such additional shares 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 adjustment expressly required by this Section 11, as and to the extent that it, in its sole discretion, shall determine such reduction to be advisable in order that any (i) consolidation or subdivision of the Common Shares, (ii) issuance wholly for cash of Common Shares or securities which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Shares or (iii) stock dividends or issuance or rights, options or warrants referred to herein above in this Section 11, hereafter made by the Company to holders of its Common Shares shall not be taxable to such stockholders.
(a) In the event, directly or indirectly, at any time on or after the Shares Acquisition Date:
(x) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person;
(y) any Person shall merge with and into the Company, and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger and, in connection with such merger, all or part of the Common Shares shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other equity securities of any other Person; or
(z) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer) to any other Person, in one or more 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) (in the event of more than one transaction, measured as of the date of the first such transaction),
then, and in such case, proper provision shall be made so that:
(i) each holder of a Right shall thereafter have the right to receive such number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and freely tradeable Common Shares of the other Person, free and clear of any liens, encumbrances, rights of first refusal or other adverse claims, upon the exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and payment of an amount equal to (1) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the occurrence of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer multiplied by (2) the number of Common Shares for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such occurrence, as shall equal the result obtained by:
(x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price, by the number of Common Shares for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, and
(y) dividing such product by 50% of the current per share market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of the Common Shares of such other Person (as defined in Section 1(f) hereof) on the date of consummation of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer;
(ii) the issuer of such Common Shares shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement;
(iv) such issuer shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of its Common Shares in accordance with Section 9) in connection with such consummation as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to its Common Shares thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights.
(b) The Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer unless prior thereto the Company and such issuer shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement so providing.
(c) The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations or sales or other transfers.
(b) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional shares. In lieu of fractional shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Right 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 one Common Share. For purposes of this Section 14(b), the
(c) Every holder of a Right by the acceptance of the same expressly waives his right to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise of a Right.
(a) prior to the Distribution Date, a Right will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the Common Share in respect of which it has been issued;
(b) after the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates will be transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent and if surrendered at the principal office of the Rights Agent, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer; and
(c) the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name the Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the associated Common Shares certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any notations or ownership or writing on the Right Certificate or the associated Common Shares certificate made by anyone other than the Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
any time be purchasable on the exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Right Certificate be construed to confer upon the holder of any Right 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), or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate shall have been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.
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 Right Certificate or certificate for the Common Shares or for other securities of the Company, instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by the proper person or persons.
In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent shall be changed and at such time any of the Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may
adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver such Right Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in its prior name or in its changed name; and in all such cases such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and in this Agreement.
(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 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 be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by any one of the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be considered 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 or 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 Right Certificates (except as to its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, 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 Right 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 Right Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any adjustment required under the provisions of Sections 11 or 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 evidence by Right 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 Common Shares to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement or any Right Certificate or as to whether any Common Shares will, when so purchased, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable, nor will it be liable for any federal or state transfer
taxes or charges that may be due upon the issuance or transfer of any Common Share or Right Certificate.
(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 any one of the President, a Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary 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.
and each transfer agent of the Common Shares, and mail a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Right Certificates.
(a) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its option, issue new Right 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 per share and the number or kind or class of shares or other securities or property purchasable under the Right Certificates made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Any Right Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3 or Section 22 hereof that represents Rights beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, and any Right Certificate issued pursuant to Section 6 or Section 11 hereof upon transfer, split up, combination, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other Right Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall (to the extent feasible) contain the following legend:
(b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights, 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 the Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price. Within 10 days after the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or,
prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent or transfer agents for the Common Shares. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives the notice. Each such notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made.
(c) If,
(i) following the occurrence of a Shares Acquisition Date and
following the expiration of the right of redemption hereunder but prior
to the occurrence of any event described in Section 13 or any Section
11(a)(ii) Event, (A) a Person who is an Acquiring Person and/or such
Acquiring Person's Affiliates and Associates transfers or otherwise
disposes of a number of Common Shares in one transaction or a series of
transactions, to a Person other than the Company or any of its
subsidiaries and not otherwise directly or indirectly involving the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, which transfer or other disposition
does not result in the occurrence of an event described in Section 13
or a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, but does result in such Person, together
with such Person's Affiliates and Associates, thereafter being the
Beneficial Owner of 10% or less of the Common Shares, (B) at the time
of and immediately following such transfer or other disposition, the
directors who were in office prior to such Person becoming an Acquiring
Person and any director appointed or nominated to the Board of
Directors of the Company by such directors, constitute a majority of
the Board of Directors of the Company, and (C) no Person, immediately
following such transfer or other disposition, is an Acquiring Person or
is making a tender or exchange offer which meets the requirements of
Section 3(a)(ii) hereof, or
(ii) following the commencement of a tender or exchange offer which meets the requirements of Section 3(a)(ii) and following the expiration of the right of redemption hereunder but prior to the occurrence of any event described in Section 13 or a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, (A) the offeror has not consummated such tender or exchange offer and has terminated or withdrawn such tender or exchange offer, (B) at the time of and immediately following such termination or withdrawal, the directors who were in office prior to the commencement of such offer and any director appointed or nominated to the Board of Directors of the Company by such directors, constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, and (C) no Person, immediately following such termination or withdrawal, is an Acquiring Person or is making a tender or exchange offer which meets the requirements of Section 3(a)(ii) hereof, then, and in each such case, the right of redemption shall be reinstated and thereafter be subject to the provisions of this Section 23 until the earlier of the occurrence of another Distribution Date or December 31, 2019.
consolidation or merger, or (e) to effect any sale or other transfer (or so permit one or more of its subsidiaries to effect any sale or other transfer), in one or more 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 (f) 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 Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 25, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the record date for the purposes of such stock dividend, distribution or offer 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 Common Shares, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice shall be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (a) or (b) above prior to the record date for determining holders of the Common Shares for purposes of such action, and in the case of any such other action, prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of the Common Shares, whichever shall be the earlier.
In case a Section 11(a)(ii) Event shall occur, then, in any such case, the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each holder of a Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 25, 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) of this Agreement.
Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp.
233 Ballston Avenue
Saratoga Springs, New York 12866
Attention: President
Subject to the provisions of Section 21, any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Company) as follows:
Registrar and Transfer Co.
10 Commerce Drive
Cranford, New Jersey 07016
Attention: Vice President
Any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right Certificate shall be sufficiently given or made 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.
[Signature Page Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
Attest: ESPEY MFG. & ELECTRONICS CORP. By: /s/ Peg Murphy By: /s/ Howard Pinsley --------------------- ------------------------- Name: Peg Murphy Name: Howard Pinsley Title: CEO Attest: REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER CO. By: /s/ Mary Rose Cascaes By: /s/ William P. Tatler --------------------- ------------------------- Name: Mary Rose Cascaes Name: William P. Tatler Title: Vice President |
[Form of Right Certificate]
Certificate No. R-___________ ___________ Rights
NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER , DECEMBER 31, 2019 OR EARLIER IF NOTICE OF REDEMPTION IS GIVEN. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT THE OPTION OF THE COMPANY, AT $.01 PER RIGHT ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN. IF THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ISSUED TO A PERSON WHO WAS AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN ASSOCIATE OR AFFILIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON, THIS RIGHT CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BECOME VOID IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 11(a)(ii) OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT.
Right Certificate
ESPEY MFG. & ELECTRONICS CORP.
of Election to Purchase and Certificate on the reverse hereof duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (and the number of shares which may be purchased upon exercise thereof) set forth above, and the Purchase Price per share set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of January 1, 2010 based on the Common Shares as constituted at such date.
As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of Common Shares which may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain events.
This Right Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right Certificates. Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the principal executive office of the Company.
This Right Certificate, with or without other Right Certificates, upon surrender at the principal office of the Rights Agent, may be exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like aggregate number of Common Shares as the Rights evidenced by the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such holder to purchase. If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof another Right Certificate or Right Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.
Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this Certificate may be redeemed at any time prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or December 31, 2019 by the Company, at its option, at a redemption price of $.01 per Right.
No fractional Common Shares will be issued upon the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby, but in lieu thereof a cash payment will be made, as provided in the Rights Agreement.
No holder of this Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Common Shares or of any other securities of the Company which may at any time be purchasable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Rights Agreement or herein be construed to confer upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the 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 the Rights Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscriptions rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate shall have been exercised, as provided in the Rights Agreement.
This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.
WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company and its corporate seal. Dated as of __________, 2009.
ATTEST: ESPEY MFG. & ELECTRONICS CORP. By: -------------------------------- ---------------------------- Secretary President Countersigned: By: ----------------------------- Authorized Signature |
[Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate]
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
(To be executed by the registered holder if such holder desires to transfer this Right Certificate.)
FOR VALUE RECEIVED ____________________________ hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto_______________________________________________________
this Right Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ____________________ Attorney, to transfer the within Right Certificate on the books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution.
Dated:____________________________
Signature Guaranteed:
The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
(To be executed if holder desires to exercise this Right Certificate.)
To: ESPEY MPG. & ELECTRONICS CORP.
Please insert social security
or other identifying number:____________________________________________________
Dated:______________________
Signature Guaranteed:
The signature to the foregoing Election must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
(To be executed if holder desires to exercise or transfer this Right Certificate.)
The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that:
(1) the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate [ ] are [ ] are not being exercised or transferred by or on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such Acquiring Person (as such tens are defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement);
(2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it
[ ] did [ ] did not acquire the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate from
any Person who is, was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person.
Dated:_________________________ ___________________________ Signature |
The signature to the foregoing Certificate must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.
SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE
COMMON SHARES
The Board of Directors of Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. (the "Company") declared a dividend of one right ("Right") for each share of common
------- ----- stock, $.33 1/3 par value per share, of the Company (a "Common Share") ------------- |
The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date. The Rights will expire on the earlier of the date they are redeemed by the Company as described below or December 31, 2019.
The Purchase Price payable, and the number of Common Shares or other securities or property purchasable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to time to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the Common Shares, (ii) upon the fixing of a record date for the grant to holders of the Common Shares of certain rights or warrants to subscribe for Common Shares or convertible securities at less than the then current market price of the Common Shares (other than the Rights evidenced hereby) or (iii) upon the fixing of a record date for the distribution to holders of the Common Shares of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular periodic
cash dividends at a rate not in excess of 125% of the last regular periodic cash dividend theretofore paid) or of subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above).
In the event that (i) the Company is the surviving or continuing
corporation in a merger, consolidation or other combination transaction with an
Acquiring Person (other than a transaction discussed in the next sentence), (ii)
in one or more transactions an Acquiring Person transfers any assets to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for Common
Shares or for securities exercisable for or convertible into Common Shares,
(iii) an Acquiring Person acquires, or obtains the right to acquire, beneficial
ownership of 15% or more of the Company's outstanding voting securities or (iv)
an Acquiring Person engages in one of a number of self-dealing transactions
specified in the Rights Agreement, proper provision shall be made so that each
holder of a Right, other than Rights that are or, under certain circumstances,
were beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person (which will be void), will
thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof at the current
Purchase Price, that number of Common Shares equal to half of the Purchase Price
divided by half of then current market price. In the event that (i) the Company
is acquired in a merger or consolidation transaction in which the Company is not
the surviving or continuing corporation, (ii) the Company is acquired in a
merger or consolidation transaction in which it is the surviving or continuing
corporation and the stockholders of the Company received assets or other
property or stock or other securities of any other person or (iii) 50% or more
of the Company's assets or earning power is sold, proper provision shall be made
so that each holder of a Right shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon
the exercise thereof in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement and
payment of an amount equal to (1) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior
to the occurrence of such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer multiplied by
(2) the number of Common Shares for which a Right was exercisable immediately
prior to such occurrence.
No adjustment in the Purchase Price will be repaired until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% in such Purchase Price. No fractional shares will be issued upon
exercise of the Rights and in lieu thereof an adjustment in cash will be made based on the market price of the Common Shares on the last trading date prior to the date of exercise.
Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a stockholder of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends.