SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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) April 30, 2018

 

 

PACCAR Inc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-14817   91-0351110
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 

(Commission

File Number)

  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

777 106th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (425) 468-7400

 

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2.):

 

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

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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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 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Item 5.02(f). On April 30, 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved the Long Term Performance Cash Awards (“LTIP Cash Awards”) for the 2015-2017 cycle under the Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) for the Named Executive Officers identified in the Company’s March 21, 2018 proxy statement (“Proxy Statement”). The total compensation for each Named Executive Officer reported in the Summary Compensation Table on page 25 of the Proxy Statement has been recalculated to include the LTIP Cash Awards as follows:

 

Named Executive Officer

   Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
LTIP Cash Award
     Total
Compensation
 

R. E. Armstrong

   $ 2,715,900      $ 13,756,112  

H. C. Schippers

   $ 300,839      $ 2,924,930  

G. L. Moore

   $ 351,840      $ 3,853,470  

R. A. Bengston

   $ 300,480      $ 2,693,932  

T. K. Quinn

   $ 353,430      $ 2,223,850  

R. J. Christensen

   $ 0      $ 930,710  

CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure

As required by Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K, we are providing the following information:

For 2017, our last completed fiscal year:

 

  a) the median of the annual total compensation of all employees of our company (excluding Mr. Armstrong, our Chief Executive Officer), was $74,104;

 

  b) the annual total compensation of our Chief Executive Officer was $13,756,112; and

 

  c) the ratio of the annual total compensation of our Chief Executive Officer to the median of the annual total compensation of all employees was 186 to 1.

Methodology for Determining Our Median Employee and Annual Total Compensation

To identify the median of the annual total compensation of all our employees and to determine the annual total compensation (and any elements of annual total compensation) of our median employee, the methodology and the material assumptions, adjustments and estimates that we used were as follows:

 

  1. As of October 1, 2017, our employee population consisted of approximately 22,736 individuals working at our parent company and subsidiaries located in the United States, Europe (primarily in Belgium, England and the Netherlands), Mexico, Canada, Australia and in various other countries.

We selected October 1, 2017, to allow sufficient time to identify the median employee given the size and global scope of our operations.

 

  2. We annualized the compensation for any employees who were not employed by us for the full nine-month period ending on September 30, 2017.

 

  3. We then identified and calculated the elements of our median employee’s compensation for fiscal 2017 in accordance with the requirements of Item 402(c)(2)(x) of Regulation S-K, resulting in annual total compensation in the amount of $74,104. The median employee’s annual total compensation includes all elements of compensation reported in the Summary Compensation Table.

 

  4. For the annual total compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, we used the amount reported in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table.

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws

On December 5, 2017, upon the recommendation of the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee, which is comprised entirely of independent directors, the Board of Directors approved, and recommended for approval by the stockholders, an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement for the removal of directors. On May 1, 2017, our stockholders approved the amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

The foregoing summary is qualified by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation attached hereto as Exhibit 3(i).


Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

(a) The annual meeting of stockholders was held on May 1, 2018.

(b) Following is a brief description and vote count of all items voted on at the annual meeting:

Item No. 1. Election of Directors.

The following persons were elected to serve as Class I directors with a term expiring in 2019:

 

Nominee

  Shares Voted
“For”
    Shares Voted
“Against”
    Abstentions     Broker
Nonvotes
 

B. E. Ford

    293,044,795       9,692,449       397,017       0  

K. S. Hachigian

    253,849,527       48,828,016       456,718       0  

R. C. McGeary

    206,519,414       96,174,742       440,105       0  

M. A. Schulz

    207,334,354       95,352,064       447,843       0  

The following persons were elected to serve as Class II directors with a term expiring in 2019:

 

Nominee

  Shares Voted
“For”
    Shares Voted
“Against”
    Abstentions     Broker
Nonvotes
 
M. C. Pigott     291,368,689       11,244,295       521,277       0  
C. R. Williamson     195,276,605       107,483,834       373,822       0  
R. E. Armstrong     292,994,869       9,806,414       332,978       0  

Item No. 2. Resolution to approve an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement for the removal of directors.

Item No. 2 received the affirmative vote of more than two-thirds of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Shares Voted
“For”
    Shares Voted
“Against”
    Abstentions     Broker
Nonvotes
 
  300,460,078       2,399,431       274,752       0  

Item No. 3. Stockholder proposal to reduce the threshold to call special stockholder meetings from 25% to 10%.

Item No. 3 did not receive the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

Shares Voted
“For”
    Shares Voted
“Against”
    Abstentions     Broker
Nonvotes
 
  91,973,913       207,817,484       3,342,864       0  

(c) Not applicable.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

The following is furnished as an Exhibit to this Report.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

3(i)    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation


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.

 

      PACCAR Inc
Date: May 4, 2018     By:  

/s/ D. S. Grandstaff

     

D. S. Grandstaff

Vice President and General Counsel

Exhibit 3(i)

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

PACCAR Inc

The Corporation’s original certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on November 19, 1971. The following Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly proposed by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and adopted by the Corporation’s stockholders in accordance with the provisions of Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. As a result of the foregoing, the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation is restated in its entirety as follows:

FIRST: The name of this Corporation shall be

“PACCAR Inc”.

SECOND: The Corporation’s Registered Office shall be at 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19808. The Corporation’s Registered Agent shall be The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the business office of which is identical with the Corporation’s Registered Office.

THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

FOURTH: The Corporation is authorized to issue 1,201,000,000 shares of stock of all classes, consisting of 1,200,000,000 shares of common stock having a par value of $1 per share and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock having no par value. Each holder of record of shares of common stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock outstanding in his name of record on the books of the Corporation. The holders of shares of preferred stock shall have no vote other than as may be provided by resolution of the Board of Directors. Other than as here expressly provided, the Board of Directors of the Corporation is expressly granted the authority to fix by resolution or resolutions, the voting power, designations, preferences and relative participating optional or other special rights and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of any class or classes of stock or any shares of any class of stock of the Corporation to the full extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

Pursuant to the foregoing authority, the Board of Directors has previously authorized the issuance of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock by filing a Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock dated January 22, 1990 with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 31, 1990, and amended same by filing an Amended Certificate of Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock dated February 25, 1999 with the Delaware Secretary of State on March 1, 1999. The number of shares included in the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, and the rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof are set forth in Appendix A hereto.

FIFTH: The original Bylaws of the Corporation may be adopted by the incorporator. Thereafter the power to make, alter or repeal Bylaws is conferred upon the Directors of the Corporation.

SIXTH: The Corporation shall have and may exercise all powers and rights, including but not limited to the power to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents, or any of them, in all respects as and to the full extent authorized or permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same has been heretofore or may be hereafter amended and by the provisions of this Certificate.


SEVENTH: The affirmative vote of holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall be necessary for the following corporate actions:

 

  1. Amendment of this Certificate of Incorporation;

 

  2. Adoption of an agreement of merger or consolidation;

 

  3. The sale, lease or exchange of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property and assets;

 

  4. Dissolution of the Corporation; and

 

  5. Approval of a stockholder action to make, alter or repeal the Bylaws.

EIGHTH: If any “Unfriendly Suitor” (as described below, hereafter “Suitor”) becomes the beneficial owner after the record date for the 1986 stockholders’ meeting, directly or indirectly, of twenty percent (20%) or more of the outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation, then in addition to the two-thirds (2/3) voting requirement for any transactions described in paragraphs 3, 4 or 5 of Article SEVENTH (each called “a Business Combination”), the following shall also be necessary:

 

  1. The cash, or fair market value of other consideration, to be received per share by stockholders of the Corporation in any Business Combination in which the Suitor has a direct or indirect material interest, other than solely as a Stockholder of the Corporation, shall not be less than the highest per share price (including brokerage commissions and/or soliciting dealers’ fees) paid by the Suitor in acquiring any of its holdings of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

  2. The Suitor shall not have received the benefit, directly or indirectly of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial assistance or tax benefits provided by the Corporation.

The term Suitor includes any person, corporation, or affiliate and any party with which the Suitor has a direct or indirect agreement, understanding or arrangement for the purpose of acquiring, holding or voting stock of the Corporation.

The affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote, other than stock held by the Suitor, shall be necessary to amend this Article EIGHTH.

NINTH:

 

  1. The number of the directors of the Corporation shall be fixed from time to time by or pursuant to the Bylaws of the Corporation. At each annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the successors of each director whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified.

 

  2. Newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor shall have been elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

TENTH: Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders and may not be effected by any consent in writing by the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors.

ELEVENTH: The liability of the Corporation’s directors to the Corporation or its stockholders shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as amended from time to time. Any amendment or repeal of this Article ELEVENTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director for acts or omissions prior to such amendment or repeal.


TWELFTH:

 

  1. Right to Indemnification. Each person made or threatened to be made a party to or involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she (or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative) is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of the proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as it now exists or may be amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by a person in connection with a proceeding. The indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in paragraph 2 of this Article TWELFTH, the Corporation shall indemnify any person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Article TWELFTH shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by a person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article TWELFTH or otherwise. The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers.

 

  2. If a claim under paragraph 1 of this Article TWELFTH is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the cost and expense (including attorneys’ fees) of prosecuting the claim. It shall be a defense to an action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of the action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

  3. The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this Article TWELFTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

  4. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against the expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.


Appendix A

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS OF

SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK

OF

PACCAR Inc

(Pursuant to Section 151 of the

Delaware General Corporation Law)

Section 1. Designation and Amount . The shares of such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 50,000. 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 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 Preferred Stock.

Section 2. Dividends and Distributions .

(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of Preferred Stock, no par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”), of the Corporation (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Corporation, and of any other junior 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 being referred to herein as 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 Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 10,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 10,000 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 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 Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A 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.

(B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section 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 $1 per share on the Series A 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 Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares, 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 the determination of holders of shares of Series A 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 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 Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

Section 3. Voting Rights . The holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:

(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 10,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A 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, in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock, or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.

(C) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law, holders of Series A 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. Certain Restrictions .

(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

(i) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock;

(ii) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;

(iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock; or

(iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.

(B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4, purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

Section 5. Reacquired Shares . Any shares of Series A 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 and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the Certificate of Incorporation, or in any other Certificate of Designations creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or as otherwise required by law.

Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up . Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received $10,000 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 10,000 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of Common Stock, or


(2) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (1) 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.

Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case 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 each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 10,000 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 declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, 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 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 8. No Redemption . The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.

Section 9. Rank . The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, junior to all series of any other class of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock.

Section 10. Amendment . The Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.