UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 11, 2019

 

iMedia Brands, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Minnesota   001-37495   41-1673770

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

6740 Shady Oak Road,

Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344-3433

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(952) 943-6000

 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value IMBI Nasdaq Capital Market

 

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:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).  Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

On December 11, 2019, we filed articles of amendment to our articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota, which became effective on that same date at 5:00pm Central Time. The articles of amendment effectuated a reverse stock split of our common stock. Pursuant to the reverse stock split, at the effective time each ten shares of common stock issued and outstanding were combined into one share of common stock. The par value per share remains the same. The articles of amendment provide that no fractional shares will be issued; we will settle any fractional share resulting from the reverse stock split in cash. A copy of the articles of amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference. A copy of our articles of incorporation, as amended and restated including the amendment filed on December 11, 2019, is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d)       Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number

Description

 

3.1 Articles of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (effective as of December 11, 2019)
3.2 Third Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (effective as of December 12, 2019)

 

   

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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 13, 2019 iMedia Brands, Inc.
     
  By:

/s/ James Spolar

   

James Spolar

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

   

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

Articles of Amendment
of
Articles of Incorporation
OF
IMEDIA BRANDS, INC.

 

 

The undersigned, James Spolar, in his capacity as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of iMedia Brands, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:

 

1.           Article 3, Section A of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation has been amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“A. The Corporation is authorized to issue Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of capital stock and Five Million (5,000,000) shares of common stock, having a par value of one cent ($.01) per share in the case of common stock, and having a par value as determined by the Board of Directors in the case of preferred stock, to be held, sold and paid for at such times and in such manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota.”;

 

2.           that such amendment has been adopted by the Corporation’s Board of Directors in accordance with the requirements of, and pursuant to, Chapter 302A of the Minnesota Statutes;

 

3.           that such amendment was adopted pursuant to Section 302A.402 of the Minnesota Statutes in connection with a combination of the Corporation’s capital stock; and

 

4.           that such amendment will not adversely affect the rights or preferences of the holders of outstanding shares of any class or series of the Corporation and will not result in the percentage of authorized shares of any class or series that remains unissued after such combination exceeding the percentage of authorized shares of the same class or series remaining unissued before the division.

 

The division giving rise to the amendment set forth above concerns a 1-for-10 combination of the capital stock of the Corporation. Such combination is being effected as follows:

 

A.          at 5:00 p.m Central Time on the date these Articles of Amendment are filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota (the “Effective Time”), every ten shares of capital stock then outstanding will be combined and converted into one share of capital stock of the Corporation; and

 

B.           at the Effective Time, each certificate representing shares of the authorized but unissued capital stock of the Corporation or book entries for the same recorded by the Corporation’s transfer agent and registrar will be deemed to represent 1/10th of the number of shares held of record by such shareholder of record as of the Effective Time; and

 

C.           in settlement of fractional interests which may arise as a result of common shareholders of record at the Effective Time holding a number of shares less than ten immediately prior to effecting the combination described herein, such capital shareholders of record will be entitled to cash in an amount equal $0.46 multiplied by the fractional interest; provided, however, that to accommodate the needs of common shareholders of record who may be acting as nominees for a number of beneficial holders, the Corporation may settle for cash fractional interests which may result from the allocation by capital shareholders of record of the stock split shares to beneficial holders of the common stock, although the aggregate amount of cash necessary to effect such settlement may exceed the amount otherwise indicated by the number of shares held of record by such shareholder.

 

   

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have subscribed my name this 11th day of December, 2019.

 

  /s/ James Spolar
  James Spolar
  SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

IMEDIA BRANDS, INC.

 

ARTICLE 1
NAME

 

The name of the Corporation is iMedia Brands, Inc.

 

ARTICLE 2
REGISTERED OFFICE

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation is 6740 Shady Oak Road, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55344-3433.

 

ARTICLE 3
CAPITAL

 

A. The Corporation is authorized to issue Ten Million (10,000,000) shares of capital stock and Five Million (5,000,000) shares of common stock, having a par value of one cent ($.01) per share in the case of common stock, and having a par value as determined by the Board of Directors in the case of preferred stock, to be held, sold and paid for at such times and in such manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota.

 

B. In addition to any and all powers conferred upon the Board of Directors by the laws of the State of Minnesota, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to establish by resolution more than one class or series of shares, either preferred or common, and to fix the relative rights, restrictions and preferences of any such different classes or series, and the authority to issue shares of a class or series to another class or series to effectuate share dividends, splits or conversion of the Corporation’s outstanding shares.

 

C. The Board of Directors shall also have the authority to issue rights to convert any of the Corporation’s securities into shares of stock of any class or classes, the authority to issue options to purchase or subscribe for shares of stock of any class or classes, and the authority to issue share purchase or subscription warrants or any other evidence of such option rights which set forth the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, including the price or prices at which such shares may be subscribed for or purchased. Such options, warrants and rights, may be transferable or nontransferable and separable or inseparable from other securities of the Corporation. The Board of Directors is authorized to fix the terms, provisions and conditions of such options, warrants and rights, including the conversion basis or bases and the option price or prices at which shares may be subscribed for or purchased.

 

ARTICLE 4
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS

 

A. No shareholder of the Corporation shall have any preemptive rights.

 

B. No shareholder of the Corporation shall have any cumulative voting rights.

 

ARTICLE 5
WRITTEN ACTION BY LESS THAN ALL OF THE DIRECTORS

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken at a Board meeting, other than an action requiring shareholder approval, may be taken by written action of the Board of Directors if signed by the number of directors that would be required to take the same action at a meeting at which all directors were present.

 

   

 

 

ARTICLE 6
LIMITED LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, a director shall have no personal liability to the Corporation or its shareholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any amendment to or repeal of this Article 6 shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS

OF SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK

($0.01 PAR VALUE)

OF

IMEDIA BRANDS, INC.

 

Pursuant to Section 302A.401 of the Business Corporation Act

of the State of Minnesota

 

That pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board of Directors") by the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “Articles”), a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors on July 10, 2015, adopted the following resolution creating a series of four hundred thousand (400,000) shares of preferred stock of the par value of $0.01 per share designated as Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock:

 

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority granted to and vested in the Board of Directors in accordance with the provisions of the Articles, a series of preferred stock of the Corporation be, and it hereby is, created, and that the designation and amount thereof and the relative rights and preferences of the shares of such series, are as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT. The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock” (the "Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock") and shall have a par value per share of $0.01, and the number of shares constituting the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be four hundred thousand (400,000). Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the Corporation convertible into Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock.

 

SECTION 2.      DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.

 

(A)       Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of any series of preferred stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock with respect to dividends or distributions, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such date, a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date") commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $10.00 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after July 23, 2015 (the “Rights Declaration Date”) (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a small number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

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(B)       The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) above immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $10.00 per share on the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

 

(C)       Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date for determination of holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be no more than 45 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

 

SECTION 3.      VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

 

(A)       Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 1,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

(B)       Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the Corporation.

 

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(C)       (i)         If at any time dividends on any Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of a period (herein called a “default period”) that shall extend until such time when all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend periods and for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid or set apart for payment. During each default period, all holders of preferred stock (including holders of the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock) with dividends in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends thereon, voting as a class, irrespective of series, shall have the right to elect two (2) directors.

 

             (ii)       During any default period, such voting right of the holders of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock may be exercised initially at a special meeting called pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 3(C) or at any annual meeting of shareholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of shareholders, provided that neither such voting right nor the right of the holders of any other series of preferred stock, if any, to increase, in certain cases, the authorized number of directors shall be exercised unless the holders of ten percent (10%) in number of shares of preferred stock outstanding shall be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a quorum of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the holders of preferred stock of such voting right. At any meeting at which the holders of preferred stock shall exercise such voting right initially during an existing default period, they shall have the right, voting as a class, to elect directors to fill such vacancies, if any, in the Board of Directors as may then exist up to two (2) directors or, if such right is exercised at an annual meeting, to elect two (2) directors. If the number that may be so elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required number, the holders of the preferred stock shall have the right to make such increase in the number of directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them of the required number. After the holders of the preferred stock shall have exercised their right to elect directors in any default period and during the continuance of such period, the number of directors shall not be increased or decreased except by vote of the holders of cumulative preferred stock as herein provided or pursuant to the rights of any equity securities ranking senior to or pari passu with the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock.

 

             (iii)      Unless the holders of preferred stock shall, during an existing default period, have previously exercised their right to elect directors, the Board of Directors may order, or any shareholder or shareholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of preferred stock outstanding, irrespective of series, may request, the calling of a special meeting of the holders of preferred stock, which meeting shall thereupon be called by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, a Vice-President or the Secretary of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and of any annual meeting at which holders of preferred stock are entitled to vote pursuant to this paragraph (C)(iii) shall be given to each holder of record of preferred stock by mailing a copy of such notice to such holder at such holder’s last address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Such meeting shall be called for a time not earlier than 20 days and not later than 60 days after such order or request, or in default of the calling of such meeting within 60 days after such order or request, such meeting may be called on similar notice by any shareholder or shareholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares of preferred stock outstanding. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (C)(iii), no such special meeting shall be called during the period within 60 days immediately preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the shareholders.

 

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            (iv)       In any default period, the holders of Common Stock, and other classes of stock of the Corporation if applicable, shall continue to be entitled to elect the whole number of directors until the holders of preferred stock shall have exercised their right to elect two (2) directors voting as a class, after the exercise of which right (x) the directors so elected by the holders of preferred stock shall continue in office until their successors shall have been elected by such holders or until the expiration of the default period, and (y) any vacancy in the Board of Directors may (except as provided in paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section (3) be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining directors theretofore elected by the holders of the class of stock that elected the director whose office shall have become vacant. References in this paragraph (C) to directors elected by the holders of a particular class of stock shall include directors elected by such directors to fill vacancies as provided in clause (y) of the foregoing sentence.

 

            (v)       Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (x) the right of the holders of preferred stock as a class to elect directors shall cease, (y) the term of any directors elected by the holders of Preferred stock as a class shall terminate, and (z) the number of directors shall be such number as may be provided for in the Articles or the Corporation’s by-laws (the “By-Laws”) irrespective of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3 (such number being subject, however, to change thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the Articles or By-Laws). Any vacancies in the Board of Directors effected by the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors.

 

(D)       Except as set forth herein, holders of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.

 

SECTION 4.      REACQUIRED SHARES. Any shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation and may be reissued as part of a new series of preferred stock to be established by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein or as otherwise required by law.

 

SECTION 5.      LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP.

 

(A)      Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) junior to the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall have received $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment (the “Series A Liquidation Preference”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have received an amount per share (the “Common Adjustment”) equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series A Liquidation Preference by (ii) 1,000 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in subparagraph C below to reflect such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock) (such number in clause (ii), the “Adjustment Number”). Following the payment of the full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed in the ratio of the Adjustment Number to 1 with respect to such Cumulative Preferred Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.

 

(B)       In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the liquidation preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, that rank on a parity with the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity shares in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences. In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of Common Stock.

 

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(C)        In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted automatically by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

SECTION 6.       CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. In the event the Corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case the shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth) equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.

 

SECTION 7.       NO REDEMPTION. The shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.

 

SECTION 8.       RANKING. The Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock shall rank junior to all other series of preferred stock as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets.

 

SECTION 9.       AMENDMENT. The Articles shall not be further amended in any manner that would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class.

 

SECTION 10.     FRACTIONAL SHARES. Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions of a share that shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Junior Participating Cumulative Preferred Stock.

 

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