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
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"),
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dated as of December 18, 2009 by and between ESPEY MFG. & ELECTRONICS CORP., a
New York corporation (the "Company"), and REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER CO., as Rights
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Agent (the "Rights Agent").
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted a Rights
Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1989, amended on February 12, 1999; and amended
and restated on December 31, 1999 (the "Rights Agreement");
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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;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized and declared
a dividend of one right ("Right") for each share of Common Stock, $.33 1/3 par
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value per share, of the Company ("Common Share") outstanding as of the Close of
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Business on April 14, 1989 (the "Record Date"), and authorized the issuance of
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one Right with respect to each Common Share that shall become outstanding (other
than Common Shares that are issued in connection with the exercise of these
Rights) after the Record Date and on or before the earlier of the Distribution
Date or the Expiration Date (as such terms are defined in Sections 3 and 7
hereof), each Right representing the right to purchase one-half of a Common
Share (subject to adjustment as herein provided); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a one-for-one
stock split in the form of a dividend of one Common Share for each Common Share
issued and outstanding as of December 30, 2005 (the "Dividend").
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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
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following terms have the meanings indicated:
(a) "Acquiring Person" shall mean any Person (as such term is
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hereinafter defined) who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates
(as such terms are hereinafter defined) of such Person, shall be the Beneficial
Owner (as such term is hereinafter defined ) of 15% or more of the Common Shares
then outstanding, but shall not include any Exempt Person (as such term is
hereinafter defined).
(b) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings
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ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as in
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effect on the date hereof.
(c) A Person shall be deemed to be the "Beneficial Owner" of and
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shall be deemed to "beneficially own" any securities:
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(1) except as expressly excluded by the provisions of Sections
1(c)(2) and (3) hereof, which such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates has "beneficial ownership" of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3
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of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the
date of such determination), directly or indirectly;
(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
(3) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by
any other Person with whom such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or
Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in
writing) for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except as described in
the proviso to clause (B) of subparagraph (2) of this Section 1(c)) or disposing
of any securities of the Company; provided, however, that notwithstanding the
provisions of clauses (1), (2) or (3) of this Section 1(c), no Person shall be
deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of, and no Person shall be deemed to
beneficially own, any Common Shares held by any trust created under the will of
Nathan Pinsley (the "Trust Common Shares"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, all
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Trust Common Shares shall be deemed outstanding for purposes hereof.
(d) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday,
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Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
(e) "Close of Business" on any given date shall mean 5:00 p.m., New
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York City time, on such date; provided, however, that if such date is not a
Business Day it shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the next succeeding
Business Day.
(f) "Common Shares" shall mean: (i) when used without specific
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reference to any issuing entity, the shares of Common Stock, $.33 1/3 par value
per share, of the Company or any securities which such Common Stock is converted
into or exchanged for pursuant to any reclassification of such Common Stock or
(ii) when used with reference to any Person (other than the Company) the equity
security which has the greatest voting power of such Person or if such Person is
a subsidiary of another Person, the Person (other than an individual) which
ultimately controls such first mentioned Person.
(g) "Effective Date" shall mean January 1, 2010, which shall be the
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effective date of this Agreement.
(h) "Exempt Person" shall mean the Company, any subsidiary of the
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Company, any employee benefit plan or employee stock plan of the Company or of
any subsidiary of the Company, or any person or entity organized, appointed,
established or holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such
plan.
(i) "Person" shall mean any individual, firm, corporation or other
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entity.
(j) "Section 11(a)(ii) Event" shall mean the occurrence of an event
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where:
(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.
(k) "Shares Acquisition Date" shall mean the first date of public
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announcement (including, without limitation, a report filed pursuant to Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an
Acquiring Person has become such.
(l) "Term" shall mean January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019.
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(m) "Triggering Event" shall mean the occurrence of an event in which
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the Company shall at any time after the Effective Date:
(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).
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the
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Rights Agent to act in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and the
Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time
appoint such Co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable.
Section 3. Issue Of Right Certificates.
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(a) Until the Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) (x)
each Right will be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this
Section 3) by the certificate for the Common Share registered in the name of the
holder thereof in respect of which such Right has been issued and not by a
separate Right Certificate, and (y) each Right will be transferable only in
connection with the transfer of such Common Share. The term "Distribution Date"
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shall mean such date which is the earlier of (i) the fifteenth day (or
twenty-fifth day if the Board of Directors of the Company shall within such
fifteen-day period act by resolution to extend such period by ten days) after
the Shares Acquisition Date and (ii) the fifteenth day (or twenty-fifth day if
the Board of Directors of the Company shall within such fifteen-day period act
by resolution to extend such period by ten days) after the commencement by any
Person (other than an Exempt Person) of a tender or exchange offer which, if
consummated for the maximum amount of securities to which the offer relates,
would result in such Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such
Person, being the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the outstanding Common
Shares of the Company (including any such date which is after the Effective Date
and prior to the issuance of the Rights). As soon as practicable after the
Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will send, by first-class, insured postage
prepaid mail, or, if requested by or on behalf of a holder, shall otherwise
deliver, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on
the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the
Company, a Right certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (the
"Right Certificate"), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so held,
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subject to adjustment as provided herein. On and after the Distribution Date,
the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.
(b) The Company will file a copy of this Agreement, including a
copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Common Shares, in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "Summary of Rights") in a Form 8-K with the
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Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended. Until the Distribution Date (or, if earlier, the Expiration
Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares
outstanding on the Record Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights
attached thereto, shall also constitute the automatic transfer of the Rights
associated with the Common Shares represented thereby.
(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
Rights Agreement between Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. and
Registrar and Transfer Co., as Rights Agent, effective as of
January 1, 2010 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which
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are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of
which is on file at the principal executive offices of Espey
Mfg. & Electronics Corp. Under certain circumstances, as set
forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced
by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by
this certificate. Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. will mail to
the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement
without charge after receipt of a written request therefor.
Under certain circumstances, Rights issued to or beneficially
owned by Acquiring Persons or Affiliates or Associates thereof
(as defined in the Rights Agreement) or certain transferees
thereof may become null and void."
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.
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates. The Right Certificates (and the
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forms of election to purchase shares and of assignment to be printed on the
reverse thereof) shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and may
have such marks of identification or designation and such legends, summaries or
endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and which are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to
comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which the Rights may from time to time be listed, or to conform to
usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 22 hereof, the Right Certificates,
whenever distributed, shall be dated as of the Record Date and on their face
shall set forth the number of Rights evidenced thereby, the number of Common
Shares which may be purchased upon exercise thereof and the purchase price per
share provided for therein (the "Purchase Price"), provided, however, that the
number of Rights, the number of such shares and the Purchase Price shall be
subject to adjustment as provided herein.
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration. The Right Certificates
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shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its President or any Vice
President, either manually or by facsimile signature, and have affixed thereto
the Company's seal or a facsimile thereof which shall be attested by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by
facsimile signature. The Right Certificates shall be manually countersigned by
the Rights Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose, unless so
countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed any of
the Right Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before
countersignature and delivery by the Rights Agent, such Right Certificates,
nevertheless, may be countersigned and delivered by the Rights Agent, with the
same force and effect as though the person who signed such Right Certificate had
not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Right Certificate may be
signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the
execution of such Right Certificate, shall be a proper officer
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.
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right
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Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates. Subject
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to the provisions of Sections 7(e) and 14 hereof, at any time after the Close of
Business on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the Close of Business on
the Expiration Date, any Right Certificate or Right Certificates may be
transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Right Certificate or
Right Certificates, entitling the registered holder to purchase a like number of
Common Shares as the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered then
entitled such holder to purchase. After the Distribution Date and on or prior to
the Expiration Date, any registered holder desiring to transfer, split up,
combine or exchange any Right Certificate shall make such request in writing
delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Right Certificate or
Right Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged, with the
form of assignment on the reverse thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent at
its principal office. Thereupon, the Company will make and deliver to the Rights
Agent and the Rights Agent shall countersign and deliver to the person entitled
thereto, a Right Certificate or Right Certificates, as the case may be, as so
requested. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer,
split up, combination or exchange of 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.
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of
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Rights.
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(a) The registered holder of any Right Certificate may exercise the
Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein) in whole or in
part at any time after the Distribution Date upon surrender of the Right
Certificate, with the form of election to purchase on the reverse side thereof
duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the principal office of the Rights Agent
in New York, New York, together with payment of the Purchase Price for each
Common Share as to which the Rights are exercised, at or prior to the earlier of
(i) the Close of Business on December 31, 2019 or (ii) the time at which the
Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 (such earlier time being herein
referred to as the "Expiration Date").
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(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.
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates. All
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Right Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split up,
combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its
agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation or in canceled form,
or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, be canceled by it, and no Right
Certificates shall be issued in lieu thereof, except as expressly permitted by
any of the provisions of this Rights Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the
Rights Agent for cancellation and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so
cancel and retire, any other Right Certificate purchased or acquired by the
Company otherwise than upon the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver
all canceled Right Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written request
of the Company, destroy such canceled Right Certificates, and in such case shall
deliver a certificate evidencing such destruction to the Company.
Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Common Shares. The Company
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covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept available out of
its authorized but unissued Common Shares or any Common Shares held in its
treasury, the number of Common Shares that will be sufficient to permit the
exercise in full of all outstanding Rights. In the event that there shall at any
time not be sufficient authorized but unissued Common Shares or treasury shares
to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights, the Company shall take
all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for
issuance upon exercise of all outstanding Rights.
So long as the Common Shares purchasable upon the exercise of Rights
may be listed on any national securities exchange or quoted on the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ")
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the Company shall use its best efforts to cause, from and after such time as the
Rights become exercisable, all such shares to be listed on such exchange or
quoted on NASDAQ, as the case may be, upon such exercise.
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 Company shall use its best efforts to (i) file, as soon as
practicable following the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event or as soon as
is required by law following the Distribution Date, as the case may be, a
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") on an appropriate form with respect to the Common Shares
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purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, (ii) cause such registration statement
to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and (iii) cause
such registration statement to remain effective (with a prospectus at all times
meeting the requirements of the Securities Act) until the Expiration Date. The
Company will also take such action with respect to such Common Shares as may be
appropriate under the securities or "blue sky" laws of the various states. The
Company may temporarily suspend the exercisability of the Rights in order to
prepare and file such registration statement and cause it to become effective.
Upon any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating
that the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights
shall not be exercisable in any jurisdiction, unless the requisite qualification
in such jurisdiction shall have been obtained.
Section 10. Common Shares Record Date. Each person in whose name any
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certificate for Common Shares is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall for
all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Common Shares
represented thereby on, and such certificate shall be dated, the date upon which
the Right Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of
the Purchase Price and any applicable transfer taxes) was made; provided,
however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the
Common Shares transfer books of the Company are closed, such person shall be
deemed to have become the record holder of such shares on, and such certificate
shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the Common Shares
transfer books of the Company are open.
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of
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Rights.
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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.
Provided, however, that the number of Common Shares adjusted pursuant to the
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above calculation shall be further appropriately adjusted to reflect any
Triggering Event or any events described in Sections 11(b) or (c) hereof
occurring after the date of the occurrence of such 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.
(d) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "current per
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share market price" of Common Shares on any date shall be the average of the
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daily closing prices per share of such Common Shares for the thirty consecutive
Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such
date; provided, however, that in the event that the
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.
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares.
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Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 or Section 13 hereof,
the Company shall (a) promptly prepare a certificate setting forth such
adjustment, and a brief statement of the facts accounting for such adjustment,
(b) promptly file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the
Common Shares a copy of such certificate and (c) mail a brief summary thereof to
each holder of a Right Certificate in accordance with Section 25.
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or
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Earning Power.
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(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;
(iii) the term "Company" shall thereafter be
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deemed to refer to such issuer; and
(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.
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.
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(a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights
or to distribute Right Certificates which evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of
such fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the
Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional Rights would otherwise
be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market
value of a whole Right. For purposes of this Section 14(a), the "current market
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value" of a whole Right on any date shall be, subject to the second following
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sentence, the closing price of the Rights for the Trading Day immediately prior
to the date on which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable.
The closing price for any day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in
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 the Rights 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 the Rights are
listed or admitted to trading or, if the Rights 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, if on any
such date the Rights 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 the Rights selected by the Board of Directors of
the Company. If on any such date the Rights are not quoted or reported by any
such organization and no such market maker is making a market in the Rights, the
"current market value" of the Rights on such date shall be as determined in good
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faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.
(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
"current market value" of a Common Share shall be the closing price of a Common
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Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)) for the
Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise. If on such date the
closing price of a Common Share cannot be determined pursuant to the second
sentence of Section 11(d), the "current market value" of a Common Share on such
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date shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the
Company.
(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.
Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action with respect to this
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Agreement are vested in the respective holders of the Right Certificates (and,
prior to the Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Shares);
and any registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the
Distribution Date, of the Common Shares), without the consent of the Rights
Agent or of the holder of any other Right Certificate (or, prior to the
Distribution Date, of any other Common Shares), may, on his own behalf and for
his own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or
proceeding against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect of, his
right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate (or, prior to
the Distribution Date, the Common Shares) in the manner provided in such Right
Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any
remedies available to the holders of the Rights, it is specifically acknowledged
that the holders of the Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any
reach of this Agreement and will be entitled to specific performance of the
obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations
of, the obligations of any Person subject to this Agreement.
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders. Every holder of a Right, by the
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acceptance of the same, expressly consents and agrees with the Company and the
Rights Agent and with every other holder of a Right that:
(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.
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder. No
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holder, as such, of any Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote or receive
dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Common Shares or any
other securities of the Company which may at
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.
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent. The Company agrees to pay to
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the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable
expenses and reasonable counsel fees and other disbursements incurred in the
administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance
of its duties hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent
for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense, incurred
without negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights
Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in connection with the
acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and
expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) of defending against any claim of
liability in the premises.
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.
Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.
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Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be
merged or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from
any merger or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights
Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust
business of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the
successor to the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or
filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor
Rights Agent under the provisions of Section 21 hereof. In case at the time such
successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement,
any of the Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered,
any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of the
predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Right Certificates so countersigned;
and in case at that time any of the Right Certificates shall not have been
countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Right
Certificates either in the name of the predecessor Rights Agent or in the name
of the successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Right Certificates
shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and in this
Agreement.
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.
Section 20. Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the
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duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following terms and
conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Right Certificates,
by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(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.
Section 21. Change of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any successor
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Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement
upon not less than 30 days' notice in writing mailed to the Company and to each
transfer agent of the Common Shares by registered or certified mail, and to the
holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail. The Company may remove
the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent upon 30 days' notice in writing,
mailed to the Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to
each transfer agent of the Common Shares by registered or certified mail, and to
the holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent
shall resign or be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the
Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company shall fail
to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after giving notice of such
removal or after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or
incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a
Right Certificate (who shall, with such notice, submit his Right Certificate for
inspection by the Company), then the registered holder of any Right Certificate
may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new
Rights Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by
a court, shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of
the United States or any state therein, in good standing, having a principal
office in a state in the United States, which is authorized under such laws to
exercise corporate trust powers and is subject to supervision or examination by
federal or state authority and which has at the time of its appointment as
Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million. After
appointment, the successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers,
rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Rights
Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall
deliver and transfer to the successor Rights Agent any property at the time held
by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assistance, conveyance, act
or deed necessary for the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such
appointment the Company shall file notice thereof in writing with the
predecessor Rights Agent
and each transfer agent of the Common Shares, and mail
a notice thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Right Certificates.
Section 22. Issuance of New Right Certificates; Legends.
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(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:
"The Rights represented by this Right Certificate were issued
to a Person who was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or an
Associate of an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in
the Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, effective as
of January 1, 2010 between Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp. and
Registrar and Transfer Co., as Rights Agent (the "Rights
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Agreement")). This Right Certificate and the Rights
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represented hereby will become void in the circumstances
specified in the Rights Agreement."
Section 23. Redemption.
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(a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at
any time prior to the Close of Business on the earlier of the Distribution Date
or December 31, 2019, redeem all, but not less than all, the then outstanding
Rights at a redemption price of $.01 per Right appropriately adjusted to reflect
any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date
hereof (such redemption price being hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption
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Price"). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Rights Agreement to the
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contrary, the Rights shall not be exercisable after an occurrence of any Section
11(a)(ii) Event until such time as the right of redemption hereunder has
expired.
(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.
Section 24. Notice of Certain Events. In case the Company shall propose
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(a) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of Common
Shares or to make any other distribution to the holders of Common Shares (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 (b) to offer to the
holders of Common Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any
additional Common Shares or shares of stock of any other class or any other
securities, rights or options, or (c) to effect any reclassification of its
Common Shares (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of
outstanding Common Shares), or (d) to effect any
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.
Section 25. Notices. Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof,
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any notice or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the
Rights Agent or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or on the Company
shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights
Agent) as follows:
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.
Section 26. Supplements and Amendments. The Company and the Rights
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Agent may from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the
approval of any holders of Right Certificates for purposes including curing any
ambiguity, correcting or supplementing any provision contained herein which may
be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or making any
other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which the
Company and the Rights Agent may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights.
Section 27. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this
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Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent shall bind
and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.
Section 28. Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
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restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or
other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the
terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
Section 29. Governing Law. This Agreement and each Right Certificate
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issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the
State of New York and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and
performed entirely within such State.
Section 30. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
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of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed
to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
Section 31. Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of the several
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Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not
control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
[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
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Name: Peg Murphy Name: Howard Pinsley
Title: CEO
Attest: REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER CO.
By: /s/ Mary Rose Cascaes By: /s/ William P. Tatler
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Name: Mary Rose Cascaes Name: William P. Tatler
Title: Vice President
Exhibit A
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[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.
This certifies that _______________________, or its registered assigns,
is the registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which
entitles the owner thereof, subject to the tens, provisions and conditions of
the Second Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2009
(the "Rights Agreement"), between Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp., a New York
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corporation (the "Company") , and Registrar and Transfer Co., as Rights Agent
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(the "Rights Agent"), to purchase from the Company at any time after the
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Distribution Date (as such term is defined in the Rights Agreement) and prior to
5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on December 31, 2019 at the principal office of
the Rights Agent, or its successors as Rights Agent, in New York, New York,
one-half fully paid and non-assessable share of the Common Stock (the "Common
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Shares") of the Company, at a purchase price of $25.00 per share (the "Purchase
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Price"), upon presentation and surrender of this Right Certificate with the Form
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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:
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Secretary President
Countersigned:
By:
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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_______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address of transferee)
________________________________________________________________________________
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
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE
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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.
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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE
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(To be executed if holder desires to
exercise this Right Certificate.)
To: ESPEY MPG. & ELECTRONICS CORP.
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
____________________ Rights represented by this Right Certificate to purchase
the Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and requests that
certificates for such shares be issued in the name of:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number:
____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
________________________________________________________________________________
If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights evidenced by this
Right Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance remaining of such
Rights shall be registered in the name of and delivered to:
Please insert social security
or other identifying number:____________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print name and address)
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:______________________
_____________________
Signature
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Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE
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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.
CERTIFICATE
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(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
NOTICE
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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.
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Exhibit B
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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
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stock, $.33 1/3 par value per share, of the Company (a "Common Share")
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outstanding as of the close of business on April 14, 1989 (the "Record Date")
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and authorized the issuance of one Right with respect to each Common Share that
shall become outstanding (other than Common Shares that are issued in connection
with the exercise of the Rights) after the Record Date and on or before the
earlier of the Distribution Date (as defined below) or December 31, 2019. Each
Right entitles the registered holder to purchase from the Company one-half of a
Common Share at a price of $25.00 per share (the "Purchase Price"), subject to
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adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Second
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2009 (the
"Rights Agreement"), between the Company and Registrar and Transfer Co., as
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Rights Agent.
Until the Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined), the Rights will
be evidenced, with respect to any of the Common Share certificates outstanding
as of April 14, 1989, by such Common Share certificates. The term "Distribution
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Date" means such date which is the earlier of (i) the fifteenth day (or
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twenty-fifth day if the Board of Directors of the Company shall within such
fifteen-day period act by resolution to extend such period by ten days)
following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or
associated persons (except for the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any
employee benefit plan or employee stock plan of the Company or of any subsidiary
of the Company, or any person or entity organized, appointed, established or
holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) (an
"Acquiring Person") acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial
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ownership of 15% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding or (ii) the
fifteenth day (or twenty-fifth day if the Board of Directors of the Company
shall within such fifteen-day period act by resolution to
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extend such period by ten days) after the commencement by an Acquiring Person of
a tender or exchange offer which, if consummated for the maximum amount of
securities to which the offer relates, would result in the person making the
offer, together with all affiliates and associates of such person, being the
beneficial owner of 15% or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company.
The Rights Agreement provides that, until the Distribution Date, the Rights will
be transferred with, and only with, the Common Shares. Until the Distribution
Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of the Rights), new Common Share
certificates issued after April 14, 1989, upon transfer or new issuance of the
Common Shares will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by
reference. Until the Distribution Date (or earlier redemption or expiration of
the Rights), the surrender for transfer of any certificates for Common Shares
outstanding as of April 14, 1989, even without a copy of this Summary of Rights
attached thereto, will also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated
with the Common Shares represented by such certificates. As soon as practicable
following the Distribution Date, separate certificates evidencing the Rights
(the "Right Certificates") will be mailed to holders of record of the Common
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Shares as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and thereafter such
separate Right Certificates alone will evidence the Rights.
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
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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
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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.
At any time prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or December
31, 2019, the Company, at its option, may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in
part, at a price of $.01. per Right (the "Redemption Price"). Immediately upon
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the action of the Board of Directors of the Company electing to redeem the
Rights, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the only right of
the holders of Rights will be to receive the Redemption Price. Under certain
circumstances the right of redemption may be reinstated after its expiration.
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.
A copy of the Rights Agreement has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as an Exhibit to the Form 8-K filed with
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the Commission by the Company on or around December 18, 2009. A copy of the
Rights Agreement is available free of charge from the Company. This summary
description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement, which is incorporated herein
by reference.
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