Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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. (i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof. (ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for the Purchase Price in accordance with terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares"). (iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Pulaski Furniture Corp), Rights Agreement (Pulaski Furniture Corp), Rights Agreement (Pulaski Furniture Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (provided, however, that no such determination shall be made during the Special Period) (a "Qualified Offer") then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Current Value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Authentic Fitness Corp), Rights Agreement (Authentic Fitness Corp), Rights Agreement (Warnaco Group Inc /De/)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event that any Person becomes shall at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date become an Acquiring Person, thenunless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, proper provision or is an acquisition of shares of Voting Stock pursuant to a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Voting Stock which meets all of the following requirements:
(1) on or prior to the date such offer is commenced within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, such Person has, and has provided to the Company, firm written commitments from responsible financial institutions, which have been accepted by such Person (or one of its Affiliates), to provide, subject only to customary terms and conditions, funds for such offer which, when added to the amount of cash and cash equivalents which such Person then has available and has irrevocably committed in writing to the Company to utilize for purposes of such offer, will be sufficient to pay for all shares of Voting Stock outstanding on a fully diluted basis and all related expenses;
(2) shares of Voting Stock representing a majority of the Voting Power as of the day immediately prior to the date of announcement of such offer (other than Voting Stock beneficially owned by such Person immediately prior to such offer) are tendered and purchased pursuant to such offer;
(3) such offer remains open for at least 45 Business Days; provided, that (x) if there is any increase in the cash price of such offer, such offer must remain open for at least an additional 20 Business Days after the last such increase, (y) such offer must remain open for at least 20 Business Days after the date that any bona fide alternative offer is made which, in the opinion of one or more investment banking firms designated by the Company, provides for consideration per share of Marathon Stock and Steel Stock, respectively, in excess of that provided for in such offer, and (z) such offer must remain open for at least 20 Business Days after the date on which such Person reduces the per share price offered in accordance with clause (4)(y) of this Section 11(a)(ii) (provided, in the case of each of clause (x), (y) and (z) above, in no event will such offer have been outstanding for less than 45 Business Days); provided further, however, that such offer need not remain open, as a result of this clause (3), beyond (i) the time which any other offer satisfying the criteria for a Qualifying Offer is then required to be kept open under this clause (3), or (ii) the scheduled expiration date, as such date may be extended by public announcement prior to the then scheduled expiration date, of any other offer with respect to which the Board of Directors has agreed to redeem the Rights immediately prior to acceptance for payment of shares thereunder (unless such other offer is terminated prior to its expiration without any shares having been purchased thereunder); and
(4) prior to or on the date that such offer is commenced within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, such Person makes an irrevocable written commitment to the Company (x) to consummate an all-cash transaction or transactions promptly upon the completion of such offer, whereby all shares of Voting Stock not purchased in such offer will be acquired at the same price per share of Marathon Stock and Steel Stock, respectively, paid in such offer, provided that the Board of Directors shall be made have granted any approvals required to enable such Person to consummate such transaction or transactions following consummation of such offer without obtaining the vote of any other stockholder, (y) that such Person will not make any amendment to the original offer which reduces the per share price offered (other than a reduction to reflect any dividend declared by the Company so that each record holder after the commencement of each Right (except as provided such offer or any material change in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for the Purchase Price in accordance with terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option capital structure of the Company and to initiated by the extent availableCompany after the commencement of such offer, such whether by way of recapitalization, reorganization, repurchase or otherwise), changes the form of consideration offered, reduces the number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of being sought or which is in any other respect materially adverse to the number holders of Units Voting Stock, and (z) that neither such Person nor any of Preferred Stock its Affiliates or Associates will make any offer for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% any equity securities of the current market price Company for a period of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on one year after the date commencement of the first occurrence original offer if such original offer does not result in the tender of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Voting Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient required to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject be purchased pursuant to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over clause (2) the Purchase Price above, unless another all cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Voting Stock is commenced
(a) at a price per share of Marathon Stock and Steel Stock, respectively, in excess of that provided for in such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and original offer or (Bb) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment the approval of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected (in which event, any new offer by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company such Person or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any of its Affiliates or Associates must be at a price not less than that provided for in such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenapproved offer);
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Usx Corp), Rights Agreement (Marathon Oil Corp), Rights Agreement (Usx Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles ’s certificate of incorporation incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 The Nasdaq Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc), Rights Agreement (Wright Express CORP), Rights Agreement (Wright Express CORP)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Common Stock payable in shares of Preferred Common Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Common Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Common Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Common Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that then each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price for a whole share of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price for a whole share of Common Stock by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one-tenths of Preferred a share of Common Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "PURCHASE PRICE" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment SharesADJUSTMENT SHARES").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "SpreadCURRENT VALUE"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the CompanyCompany which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have substantially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock ("COMMON SHARE EQUIVALENTS"), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "SECTION 11(A)(II) TRIGGER DATE"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "SPREAD" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution PeriodSUBSTITUTION PERIOD"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common share equivalent" shall be deemed to equal the current market price per share of Common Stock.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Central & South West Corp), Rights Agreement (Central & South West Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for the Purchase Price in accordance with terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 170 of the Virginia Stock Delaware General Corporation ActLaw, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock Preferred Stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii)
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Intelidata Technologies Corp), Rights Agreement (Intelidata Technologies Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the Table of Contents outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenthe
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (1st Constitution Bancorp), Rights Agreement (1st Constitution Bancorp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares Preferred 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, receive upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, effect the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes (other than 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, any dividend reinvestment plan of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the date hereof, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the Person to become an Acquiring Person is a Section 13 Event, or is an acquisition of Common Shares pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding Common Shares at a price and on terms determined by the Board, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to the stockholders and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company after taking into account all other factors which the Board deems relevant, then, promptly following the first occurrence of such event (such event, a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShares, such number of shares of Common Stock) Shares as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units one one-hundredths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current per share market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of Common Shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock Common Shares that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a11(a)(ii), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company Board shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Shares or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, preferred shares or one one-hundredths of Preferred Shares, which the Board has deemed to have the same value as Common Shares (such shares, "common share equivalents"), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value determined by the Board equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares shares, to take any action, to obtain any required regulatory approval and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the The Company shall issue make a public announcement stating that when the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, and again when such suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Shares shall be the current per share market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any common share equivalents shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Shares on such date.
(iv) If the rules of the national securities exchange, registered as such pursuant to Section 6 of the Exchange Act, or of the national securities association, registered as such pursuant to Section 15A of the Exchange Act, on which the Common Shares are principally traded would prohibit such exchange or association from listing or continuing to list, or from authorizing for or continuing quotation and/or transaction reporting through an inter-dealer quotation system, the Common Shares or other equity securities of the Company if the Rights were to be exercised for Common Shares in accordance with subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a) because such issuance would nullify, restrict or disparately reduce the per share voting rights of holders of Common Shares or for any other reason, the Company shall: (A) determine the Spread and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) equity securities of the Company, including, without limitation, "common stock equivalents", other than securities which would have the effect of nullifying, restricting or disparately reducing the per share voting rights of holders of Common Shares or otherwise cause the prohibition described above, (3) debt securities of the Company, (4) other assets or (5) any combination of the foregoing, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board to be equal to the Current Value; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30) days following the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, cash having an aggregate value equal to the Spread. To the extent that the Company determines that an action needs to be taken pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 11(a)(iv), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e), that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights, but not longer than ninety (90) days after the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, in order to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. The Company shall make a public announcement when the exercisability of the Rights has been temporarily suspended, and again when such suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iv), the value of the Common Shares shall be the current per share market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common share equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Shares on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares ("equivalent preferred shares")) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a price per Preferred Share or equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares) less than the then current per share market price of the Preferred Shares (as defined in Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of the Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend paid out of the earnings or retained earning of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Shares, but including any dividend payable in capital stock other than Preferred Shares) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date, by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current per share market price of the Preferred Shares (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price of the Preferred Shares (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. 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.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current per share market price" of any security (a "Security" for the purpose of this Section 11(d)(i)) on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current per share market price" of such Security on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Security for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current per share market price of the Security is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Security of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Security payable in shares of such Security or securities convertible into such shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Security and prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, 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 current per share market price s
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Ramp Corp), Rights Agreement (Ramp Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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 11ll.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)ll(a) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(ill(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(iill(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(ill(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(iill(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price that is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one two-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one two-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iill(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section ll(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but that are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(all(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have the essentially same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iill(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section ll(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iill(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iiill(a) (iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section ll(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the Section ll(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc), Rights Agreement (Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation share exchange or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such datedate upon exercise of the Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were opendate, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event that any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, other than pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, then, proper provision shall be made by promptly following the Company so that each record holder occurrence of each Right such event (a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event") (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) each such holder shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and immediately prior to the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price first occurrence of a share Section 11(a)(ii) Event, such number of shares of Company Common Stock as shall equal the result obtained by (determined pursuant x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the then number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result product thereafter being, for all purposes of this Agreement other than Section 13 hereof, the "Purchase Price"), and (y) dividing that product by 50% of the then current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Company Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such shares or number of shares being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Company Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation charter but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent the Company, by a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 vote of the Virginia Stock Corporation ActBoard of Directors, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (such other equity securities being referred to as "capital stock equivalents"), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the Directors, after receiving advice of from a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Companyfirm; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) ), "capital stock equivalents," and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares or "capital stock equivalents," and/or assets in the cash shall have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Company Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Company Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "capital stock equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Company Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five calendar days after such record date) shares of Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (y) or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may suspend be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the exercisability value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of shares of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a share exchange or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in shares of Preferred Stock but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights until Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "current market price" per share of the Company Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such shares for the ten consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date; provided, however, if prior to the expiration of such requisite ten Trading Day period the Substitution Period issuer announces either (A) a dividend or distribution on such shares payable in order such shares or securities convertible into such shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such shares, then, following the ex-dividend date for such dividend or the record date for such subdivision, as the case may be, the "current market price" shall be properly adjusted to seek take into account such event. The closing price for each day shall be, if the shares are listed and admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any authorization national securities exchange, the last quoted sales price or, if not so quoted, the average of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of distribution to be made pursuant to Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of other system then in use, or, if on any such suspensiondate such shares are not quoted by any such organization, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such shares selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in such shares, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by a majority of the Board of Directors shall be used. If such shares are not publicly held or not so listed or traded, "current market price" per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights has beenAgent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. The term "Trading Day" shall mean regular trading hours on a Business Day or, if such shares are listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Dollar General Corp), Rights Agreement (Amsurg Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event that any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (hereinafter, a “Qualified Offer”), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by so that, upon the Company so that expiration of the Redemption Period (as defined in Section 23(a)), each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles ’s Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, however that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are availableavail able) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such share of Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such share of Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such shares of Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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
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Sources: Rights Agreement (CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Rights Agreement (CPEX Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer") then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one- hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles Restated Articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenIncorporation,
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Sybron International Corp), Rights Agreement (Sybron International Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination combina tion or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence occur rence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Dendrite International Inc), Rights Agreement (Dendrite International Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine or consolidate the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event event:
(A) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, shall 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 and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, or
(B) any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, thenunless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, then proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares"); provided, however, if the transaction that would otherwise give rise to the foregoing adjustment is also subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, then only the provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply and no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: :
(A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and and
(B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("Equivalent Preferred Stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, 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 Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Corn Products International Inc), Rights Agreement (Corn Products International Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination combination, or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section on 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event event:
(A) any Person becomes shall at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person (I) is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or (II) is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock and/or Voting Securities pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock and other Voting Securities, if any, at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the Continuing Directors who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (x) at a price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which the Board of Directors deems relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (y) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders; or
(B) the Board of Directors of the Company shall declare any Person to be an Adverse Person, upon a determination that such Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, has, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the beneficial owner of Voting Securities representing at least 15% of the Total Voting Power and a determination after reasonable inquiry and investigation, including consultation with such persons as the Board of Directors shall deem appropriate, that such beneficial ownership by such Person is (1) intended to cause the Company to repurchase the Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Person or to cause pressure on the Company to take action or enter into a transaction or series of transactions intended to provide such Person (and not stockholders generally) with short-term financial gain under circumstances where the Board of Directors determines that the best long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders would not be served by taking such action or entering into such transaction or series of transactions at that time or (2) causing or reasonably likely to cause a material adverse impact (including, but not limited to, impairment of relationships with customers, impairment of the Company's business reputation or impairment of the Company's ability to maintain its competitive position) on the business or prospects of the Company; or
(C) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, (1) shall 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 and the Voting Securities of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, (2) shall, in one transaction or a series of transactions, other than in connection with the exercise of the Rights or the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable or convertible into capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, transfer any assets to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for shares of Voting Securities, for shares of other equity securities of the Company, or for securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of equity securities of the Company (Common Stock or otherwise) or otherwise obtain from the Company, with or without consideration, any additional shares of such equity securities or securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of such equity securities (other than pursuant to a pro rata distribution to all holders of Common Stock), (3) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from, with, or of (as the case may be) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, assets 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, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (4) shall receive any compensation from the Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries other than compensation for services as a director or for full-time employment as a regular employee at rates in accordance with the Company's (or its Subsidiaries') past practices, or (5) shall receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder and except if resulting from a requirement of law or governmental regulation), 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
(D) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be 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 involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions to which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person; then, promptly following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the lowest closing price (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day (as defined in Section 11(d)(i) hereof) occurring within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that (a) the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Articles of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), or (b) the quotient (the "Quotient") obtained by dividing the Purchase Price by the number of Adjustment Shares issuable upon exercise of a Right is less than the then par value per share of the Common Stock, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulation and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shallparty: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, Event and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date") then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that (a) sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the RightsRights or (b) a reduction in the par value per share of Common Stock to an amount that is equal to or less than the Quotient could be authorized, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares or for the reduction of such par value, as the case may be (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares or reduction in par value and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common stock equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options, or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the 
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Sources: Rights Agreement (National Penn Bancshares Inc), Rights Agreement (National Penn Bancshares Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the if a holder of any Right exercised Rights after such time shall be entitled were to receive, exercise that number of Rights (or fraction thereof) which would result in the aggregate amount of the Purchase Price payable upon payment of such exercise (at the Purchase Price then in effect) being equal to the amount of the Purchase Price payable prior to such time upon exercise of a Right, he would be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such a Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date time and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books (or other capital stock transfer books, as the case may be) of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonPerson (the first occurrence of such event being referred to hereinafter as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), then, proper provision then (A) the Purchase Price shall be made adjusted to be the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the Section 11(a)(ii) Event multiplied by the Company so that number of one one thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable, and (B) each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as otherwise provided in this Section 7(e11(a)(ii) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) , shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the Purchase Price (as so adjusted), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, Agreement and in lieu of shares of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying dividing the Purchase Price (as so adjusted) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the first occurrence Purchase Price (as so adjusted) and the number of shares of Common Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(f) hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, however, from and after the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights that are beneficially owned by (x) any Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring Person), (y) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee after the Section 11(a)(ii) Event or (z) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who became a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Section 11(a)(ii) Event pursuant to either (I) a transfer from the Acquiring Person to holders of its equity securities or to any Person with whom it has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (II) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has the purpose or effect of avoiding the provisions of this paragraph, and subsequent transferees of such Persons, shall be void without any further action and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights under any provision of this Agreement. 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 other Person as a result being hereinafter referred of its failure to as make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees hereunder. From and after the "Adjustment Shares"Section 11(a)(ii) Event, no Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 or Section 6 hereof that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be canceled. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exercised pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "SpreadCURRENT VALUE"), and (B) with respect to each Right, (subject to Section 11(a)(ii)) make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Sharessubstitute, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) ), a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, (4) debt securities of the Companywithout limitation, (5) other assetsshares, or (6) any combination units of the foregoingshares, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by preferred stock which the Board has deemed to have the same value as shares of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause Common Stock (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, such shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (being referred to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, herein as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenCOMMON
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Sources: Stockholder Rights Agreement (Engage Inc), Stockholder Rights Agreement (Engage Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by and obtainable upon exercise of each Right Right, and the number of Rights outstanding outstanding, are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 1111 and Section 13 hereof.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a valid Right (except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the a right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one ten-thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, and in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShares, such number of shares Common Shares of Common Stock) the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units one ten-thousandths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is then exercisable exercisable, and the denominator of which is dividing that product by (y) 50% of the then current per share market price of a share of the Company’s Common Stock Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of the event described above. In the event that any Person shall become an Acquiring Person and the Rights shall then be outstanding, the Company shall not take any action which would eliminate or diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights. From and after the time when a Person becomes an Acquiring Person (a “Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event”) any Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by (i) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of such result being hereinafter referred Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person became an Acquiring Person or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming an Acquiring Person and receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the 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, whether written or oral, regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined in good faith is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral, which has as a primary purpose or effect the "Adjustment Shares"avoidance of this second paragraph of this Section 11(a)(ii), shall each be null and void without any further action and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no exercise or any other rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. No Rights Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3, this Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 24 that represents Rights beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to the preceding sentence; no Rights Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to the preceding sentence or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate; and any Rights Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate thereof whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be cancelled. The Company shall give the Rights Agent written notice of the identity of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, or the nominee of any of the foregoing, and the Rights Agent may rely on such notice in carrying out its duties under this Agreement and shall be deemed not to have any knowledge of the identity of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, or the nominee of any of the foregoing unless and until it shall have received such notice.
(iii) To In lieu of issuing Common Shares of the extent Company in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Company may, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, elect to (and, in the event that the number Board of shares of Preferred Stock that Directors has not exercised the exchange right contained in Section 24 hereof and there are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation not sufficient issued but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient and authorized but unissued Common Shares to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (iiSection 11(a)(ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Acthereof, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable take all such action as may be necessary to authorize, issue or pay, upon the exercise of a Right the Rights, cash (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment including by way of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in of the Purchase Price), (3) property, other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, thereof having an aggregate value equal to the Current Valuevalue of the Common Shares of the Company which otherwise would have been issuable pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii), where such which aggregate value has been shall be determined by the Board of Directors Directors. For purposes of the Company based upon preceding sentence, the advice value of the Common Shares shall be determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof and the value of any equity securities which the Board of Directors determines to be a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected “common stock equivalent” (including the Preferred Shares, in such ratio as the Board of Directors shall determine) shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Shares. Any such election by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have must be made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above and publicly announced within 30 60 days following the first occurrence of a date on which the event described in Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then shall have occurred. Following the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment occurrence of the Purchase Priceevent described in Section 11(a)(ii), shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until for a period of up to 60 days following the expiration date on which the event described in Section 11(a)(ii) shall have occurred to the extent that the Board of Directors has not determined whether to exercise the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization Company’s right of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereofelection under this Section 11(a)(iii). In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended. The Company shall notify the Rights Agent whenever it makes a public announcement pursuant to this Section 11 and give the Rights Agent a copy of such announcement.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares (“equivalent preferred shares”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a price per Preferred Share or equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares) less than the then current per share market price of the Preferred 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Shares which could be purchased at the current per share market price for the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent. Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of the Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in Preferred Shares) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the then current per share market price of the Preferred Shares on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price of the Preferred Shares; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. 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.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the “current per share market price” of any security (a “Security” for the purpose of this Section 11(d)(i)) on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices (determined as provided in the next sentence) per share of such Security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to, but not including, such date, and for the purpose of any computation under Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current per share market price” of a Security on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days immediately following, but not including, such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current per share market price of the Security is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Security of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Security payable in shares of such Security or securities convertible into such shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Security and prior to the expiration of 30 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 current per share market price shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the current market price per share equivalent of such Security as if such dividend, distribution, combination or reclassification has not been declared. The closing price for each 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 on the Nasdaq National Market or, if the Security is listed or admitted for trading on a national exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Security is listed or admitted to trading, or, if the Security is not listed on the Nasdaq National Market or 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 any other system then in use, or, if on any such date the Security is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Nanophase Technologies Corporation), Rights Agreement (Nanophase Technologies Corporation)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles Restated Articles of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares or units of stock of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (O Reilly Automotive Inc), Rights Agreement (O Reilly Automotive Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by securities purchasable upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such datedate upon exercise of the Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were opendate, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, other than pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, then, immediately upon the occurrence of such event (a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall shall, subject to Section 34 hereof, thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for of such Right at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (whether or not such Right was then exercisable), such number of Units of Preferred Stock as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the then number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (whether or not such Right was then exercisable) (such product thereafter being, for all purposes of this Agreement, other than Section 13 hereof, the "Purchase Price"), and (y) dividing that product by 50% of the then current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Unit of Preferred Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such Units of Preferred Stock being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares"); provided, however, that the Purchase Price and the number of Units of Preferred Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Rights shall not be exercisable pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) until the time period during which the Rights may be redeemed pursuant to Section 23 hereof shall have expired.
(iii) To The Company, by the extent that vote of a majority of the number Board of shares Directors, may at its option substitute for a Unit of Preferred Stock that are authorized by issuable upon the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations shares of Company Common Stock or fractions thereof having a current market price (as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in determined by Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A11(d) determine the excess of (1hereof) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by current market price of a Unit of Preferred Stock on the Board of Directors date of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Sage Inc/Ca), Rights Agreement (SDL Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) 19 23 hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by unless the Company so that each record holder of each Right (except as provided event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 7(e13(a) hereof) shall thereafter have , or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for members of the Purchase Price in accordance with terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option Board who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to the extent available, be (a) at a price that is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors that such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% members of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by could reasonably be achieved if the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Albertsons Inc /De/), Rights Agreement (Albertsons Inc /De/)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7 hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject In the event:
(A) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, (1) shall 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 and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, (2) shall, in one transaction or a series of transactions, transfer any assets to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofthe Company or to any of its Subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for shares of Common Stock, for shares of other equity securities of the Company, or for securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of equity securities of the Company (Common Stock or otherwise) or otherwise obtain from the Company, with or without consideration, any additional shares of such equity securities or securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of such equity securities (other than pursuant to a pro rata distribution to all holders of Common Stock), (3) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in the event transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, assets on terms and conditions less favorable to Company than the Company would be able to obtain in arm’s length negotiation with an unaffiliated third party, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (4) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than incidental to the lines of business, if any, engaged in as of the date hereof between the Company and such Acquiring Person or Associate or Affiliate) assets having an aggregate fair market value of more than $5,000,000, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (5) shall 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 (6) shall receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder and except if resulting from a requirement of law or governmental regulation), 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
(B) any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, other than pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or
(C) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be 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 involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions to which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than one percent (1%) the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, then, promptly following five (5) days after the date of the occurrence of an event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof and promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(A) or (C) hereof, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of shares of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by (y) fifty percent (50% %) of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation ’s charter but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, “common stock equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any “common stock equivalent” shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(iv) The right to buy Common Stock of the Company pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall not arise as a result of any Person becoming an Acquiring Person through an acquisition of Common Stock pursuant to a Permitted Offer.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“equivalent preferred stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following 
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Cortex Pharmaceuticals Inc/De/), Rights Agreement (Prolong International Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event event:
(A) any Person becomes shall at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person (I) is a transaction set forth in Sections 13(a) hereof, or (II) is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock and/or Voting Securities pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock and Voting Securities at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Ac- ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Person or an Adverse Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (x) at a price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which the Board of Directors deems relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (y) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders; or
(B) a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company shall declare any Person to be an Adverse Person, upon a determination that such Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, has, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the Beneficial owner of (I) at least 10% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding or (II) Voting Securities representing at least 10% of the Total Voting Power, and a determination, after reasonable inquiry and investigation, including consultation with such persons as such members of the Board of Directors shall deem appropriate, that (a) such Beneficial Ownership by such Person is intended to cause the Company to repurchase the Common Stock and/or Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Person or to cause pressure on the Company to take action or enter into a transaction or series of transactions intended to provide such Person with short-term financial gain under circumstances where the Board of Directors determine that the best long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders would not be served by taking such action or entering into such transaction or series of transactions at that time or (b) such Beneficial Ownership is causing or reasonably likely to cause a material adverse impact on the business or prospects of the Company (including, but not limited to, impairment of the Company's relationships with customers, impairment of the Company's ability to maintain its competitive position, impairment of the Company's capital position, impairment of the Company's ability to meet the convenience and needs of the communities it serves, or impairment of the Company's business reputation or ability to deal with governmental agencies) to the detriment of the Company's stockholders; then, promptly following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of shares of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units shares of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the lowest closing price (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day (as defined in Section 11(d)(i) hereof) occurring within the twelve month period immediately preceding the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that (A) the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Articles of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent or (B) the quotient (the "Quotient") obtained by dividing the Purchase Price by the number of Adjustment Shares issuable upon exercise of a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which Right is less than the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 then par value per share of the Virginia Stock Corporation ActCommon Stock, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulation: (AI) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (BII) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents"), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (BII) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that (a) sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the RightsRights or (b) a reduction in the par value per share of Common Stock to an amount that is equal to or less than the Quotient could be authorized, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares or for the reduction of such par value, as the case may be (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares or reduction in par value and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common stock equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Family Steak Houses of Florida Inc), Rights Agreement (Family Steak Houses of Florida Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding outstanding, subscribed for or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not so quoted, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Sources: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Beazer Homes Usa Inc), Section 382 Rights Agreement (Beazer Homes Usa Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer") then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Class A Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Class A Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Class A Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Class A Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Class A Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Class A Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Class A Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Class A Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Waddell & Reed Financial Inc), Rights Agreement (Waddell & Reed Financial Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject In the event:
(A) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, shall (1) 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 and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, (2) in one transaction or a series of transactions, transfer any assets to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries (13) filiate) assets having an aggregate fair market value of more than $5,000,000, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 23 and Section 24 13(a) hereof, (5) receive any compensation from the Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries other than compensation for employment as a regular employee at rates in accordance with the Company's (or its Subsidiaries') past practices, or (6) receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder and except if resulting from a requirement of law or governmental regulation), 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
(B) any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with any of its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the Beneficial Owner of 25% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, unless the event causing the 25% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person (the "Disinterested Directors"), after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to shareholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the event best interests of the Company and its shareholders, and provided that a Person shall not be deemed to have become the Beneficial Owner of 25% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding for the purposes of this Section 11(a)(ii)(B) solely as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding due to the repurchase of Common Stock by (14) 18 the Company, unless and until such time as such Person or any Affiliate or Associate of such Person becomes shall become the Beneficial Owner of any additional shares of Common Stock or any other Person who is the Beneficial Owner of any shares of Common Stock shall become an Affiliate or Associate of such Person, if after giving effect to such additional shares or the shares beneficially owned by such other Person, such Person, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the Beneficial Owner of 25% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding; or
(C) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be 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 involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions to which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity secu- rities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person; then, promptly following five (5) days after the date of the occurrence of an event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof, and promptly following the occurrence of any other Section 11(a)(ii) Event proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which product, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles restated certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a11(a)(ii), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without (15) 19 limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares or units of shares of preferred stock are herein called, "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Sec-
(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment pay- ment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need needs to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("Equivalent Preferred Stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock on such record (16) 20 date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) (17) 21 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "Current Market Price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Twin Disc Inc), Rights Agreement (Twin Disc Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event If the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he or she would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, to any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event If:
(A) any Person becomes (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to shareholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (a "Qualifying Offer"); or
(B) The Board of Directors of the Company shall declare any Person to be an Adverse Person, upon a determination that such Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, has, at any time after this Agreement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to a filing under the Exchange Act, become the Beneficial Owner of a number of shares of Common Stock which the Board of Directors of the Company determines to be substantial (which number of shares shall in no event represent less than 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock) and a determination by the Board of Directors of the Company, after reasonable inquiry and investigation, including consultation with such persons as such directors shall deem appropriate and consideration of such factors as are permitted by applicable law, that (a) such Beneficial Ownership by such Person is intended to cause the Company to repurchase the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person or to cause pressure on the Company to take action or enter into a transaction or series of transactions intended to provide such Person with short-term financial gain under circumstances where the Board of Directors determines that the best long-term interests of the Company would not be served by taking such action or entering into such transaction or series of transactions at the time or (b) such Beneficial Ownership is causing or reasonably likely to cause a material adverse impact (including, but not limited to, impairment of relationships with customers or impairment of the Company's ability to maintain its competitive position) on the business or prospects of the Company to the detriment of the Company's shareholders, employees, suppliers or customers or on the communities in which offices or other facilities of the Company are located; then, promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(A) or (B) hereof, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one- thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares"); provided that the Purchase Price and the number of Adjustment Shares shall be further adjusted as provided in this Agreement to reflect any ever occurring after the date of such first occurrence.
(iii) To the extent that If the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Amended and Restated Articles of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order so that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement (and provide notice to the Rights Agent) stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement (and notice to the Rights Agent) at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Scientific Atlanta Inc), Rights Agreement (Scientific Atlanta Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares Preferred Shares or other securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an ; provided, however, that in no event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, shall the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall consideration to be in addition to, and shall paid upon the exercise of one Right be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereofless than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonPerson (the first occurrence of such event being referred to hereinafter as the "Flip-In Event"), then, proper provision : (A) the Purchase Price shall be made adjusted to be the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the Flip-In Event multiplied by the Company so that number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such Flip-In Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable, and (E) each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as otherwise provided in this Section 7(e11(a)(ii) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) , shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the Purchase Price (as so adjusted), in accordance with the terms of this AgreementAgreement and in lieu of Preferred Shares, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Shares as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying dividing the Purchase Price (as so adjusted) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current per share market price of a share of the Common Stock Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of such Flip-In Event, provided, however, that the first occurrence Purchase Price (as so adjusted) and the number of Common Shares so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall, following the Flip-In Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii11(f) hereof. From and after the Flip-In Event, the Company shall not take any action (except as permitted under Sections 24 and 27 hereof) which would eliminate or diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, however, from and after the Flip-In Event, any Rights that are beneficially owned by (x) any Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring Person), (y) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee after the Flip-In Event or (z) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such result being hereinafter referred Affiliate or Associate) who became a transferee prior to as or concurrently with the "Adjustment Shares")Flip-In Event pursuant to either (I) a transfer from the Acquiring Person to holders of its equity securities or to any Person with whom it has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (II) a transfer which the Board of Directors of the Company has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has the purpose or effect of avoiding the provisions of this paragraph, and subsequent transferees of such Persons, shall be void without any further action and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights under any provision of this Agreement. Without limitation to the foregoing, (x) no Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 that represents Rights beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence or any Associate or Affiliate thereof, (y) no Right Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence or any Associate or Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, and (z) any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be canceled.
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation there shall not be sufficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient authorized but unissued to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exercise of the Adjustment Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional Common Shares, the Company shall substitute, for each Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares issuable or fraction thereof such that the current per share market price of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares ("equivalent preferred shares")) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a Preferred Share or equivalent preferred share (or conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares) less than the then current per share market price of the 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of a one Right (be less than the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment aggregate par value of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities shares of capital stock of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such Rightsubscription price may be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, an aggregate the value equal to the Current Value, where of such aggregate value has been consideration shall be as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent. Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not have be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made adequate provision successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to deliver value pursuant to clause be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(Bc) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then In case the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon fix a record date for the surrender for exercise making of a Right and without requiring payment distribution to all holders of the Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in Preferred Shares) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase PricePrice to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, shares the numerator of preferred stock which shall be the then current per share market price of the Company or Common Stock Preferred Shares on such record date, less the fair market value (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets as determined in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company Company, whose determination shall determine be described in good faith a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price of the Preferred Shares; provided, however, that it is likely that sufficient additional in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of preferred capital stock of the Company or Common Stock could to be authorized for issuance issued upon exercise of one Right. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in full of the Rightsevent that such distribution is not so made, the 30 day period set forth above may Purchase Price shall again be extended adjusted to be the extent necessary, but Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not more than 90 days following been fixed.
(i) For the first occurrence purpose of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extendedany computation hereunder, the "Substitution Periodcurrent per share market price" of any security (a "). To Security" for the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences purpose of this Section 11(a)(iii11(d)(i)) on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date; provided, the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereofhowever, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend in the exercisability event that the current per share market price of the Rights until Security is determined during a period following the expiration announcement by the issuer of the Substitution Period such Security of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Security payable in order to seek any authorization shares of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenSecurity or securities convertible
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Falcon Drilling Co Inc), Rights Agreement (Falcon Drilling Co Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the 15% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the directors to be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualifying Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the occurrence of the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the first such occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon exercise of the Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the first later of (x) the occurrence of a the Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any "common stock equivalent" shall be deemed to be equal to the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights, shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the "current market price" shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted by any such
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Eagle Geophysical Inc), Rights Agreement (Eagle Geophysical Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one- hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Current Value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Cell Pathways Holdings Inc), Rights Agreement (Cell Pathways Holdings Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and in Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of capital stock and other capital stock, as the case may be, thatsecurities which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(iSection
(a) (i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof24(c) of this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall become an Acquiring PersonPerson (except pursuant to a tender or exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and are not Acquiring Persons or Affiliates or Associates thereof to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (other than the Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof on whose behalf the offer is being made) (a "Permitted Offer")), then, promptly following the first occurrence of an event described in this Section 11(a)(ii), proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof, shall, for a period of sixty (60) shall thereafter days after the later of the occurrence of any such event and the effective date of an appropriate registration statement pursuant to Section 9, have the a right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of shares of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-ten thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is (y) dividing that product by fifty percent (50% %) of the current market price of a per one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof)) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iithe event set forth in this subparagraph (ii) Event (such result number of shares being hereinafter referred to as the "number of Adjustment Shares"); provided, however, that if the transaction that would otherwise give rise to the foregoing adjustment is also subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, then only the provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply and no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii); and provided, further, that such sixty (60) day period shall not be deemed to run during any period in which the exercise of the Rights or the fulfillment by the Company or the Rights Agent of its or their obligations under their Agreement shall be enjoined or otherwise prohibited in full or in part by any court or other governmental agency or body.
(iii) To In lieu of issuing shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the extent Company may, if a majority of the Board of Directors then in office determines that such action is necessary or appropriate and not contrary to the interests of holders of Rights, elect to (and, in the event that the number Board of Directors has not exercised the exchange right contained in Section 24(c) hereof and there are not sufficient treasury shares and authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable take all such action as may be necessary to authorize, issue or pay, upon the exercise of a Right the Rights, cash (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment including by way of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in of the Purchase Price), (3) property, shares of Common Stock, other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, thereof having an aggregate value equal to the Current Valuevalue of the shares of Common Stock which otherwise would have been issuable pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii), where such which aggregate value has been shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by a majority of the Board of Directors. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the value of the Common Stock shall be determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof and the value of any preferred stock or preference stock which a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision determines to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of be a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company "common stock equivalent" shall be obligated deemed to deliver, upon have the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of same value as the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent Stock. Any such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If election by the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could must be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 made and publicly announced within sixty (60) days following the first occurrence of a date on which the event described in Section 11(a)(ii) Event, shall have occurred. Following the occurrence of the event described in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e11(a)(ii) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) a majority of the Board of Directors then in office may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until for a period of up to sixty (60) days following the expiration date on which the event described in Section 11(a)(ii) shall have occurred to the extent that such directors have not determined whether to exercise their rights of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereofelection under this Section 11(a)(iii). In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended.
(b) If the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Stock (or shares having the same or more favorable rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as defined in Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially 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 determined reasonably and with good faith to the holders of Rights by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and conclusive for all purposes. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) If the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as defined in Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined reasonably and with good faith to the holders of Rights by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and conclusive for all purposes) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants distributable in respect of one share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be the current market price (as defined in Section 11(d)) per share of the Preferred Stock. 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 be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than in Section 11(a)(iii), the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) 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 the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock or (B) any
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc), Rights Agreement (Agouron Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he or she would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject In the event that any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or an Exempted Person), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, unless the event causing the 20% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 23 and Section 24 13(a) hereof, in or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the event any Person becomes members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to shareholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (hereinafter, a "Qualifying Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of any such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1one one-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenthousandths of
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Motorcar Parts & Accessories Inc), Rights Agreement (Motorcar Parts & Accessories Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by securities purchasable upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such datedate upon exercise of the Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were opendate, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 34 hereof, in the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring PersonPerson (the first occurrence of such event being a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), then, proper provision then (A) the Purchase Price shall be made adjusted to be the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the Section 11(a)(ii) Event multiplied by the Company so that number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable, and (B) each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)(ii) and Section 7(e) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) , shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the Purchase Price (as so adjusted), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying dividing the Purchase Price (as so adjusted) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current per share market price of a share of Common the Preferred Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a such Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result Units of Preferred Stock being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares"); provided, however, that the Purchase Price (as so adjusted) and the number of Units of Preferred Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Rights shall not be exercisable pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) until the time period during which the Rights may be redeemed pursuant to Section 23 hereof shall have expired.
(iii) To The Company, by the extent that vote of a majority of the number Board of shares Directors, may at its option substitute for a Unit of Preferred Stock that are authorized by issuable upon the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations shares of Company Common Stock or fractions thereof having a current market price (as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in determined by Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A11(d) determine the excess of (1hereof) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by current market price of a Unit of Preferred Stock on the Board of Directors date of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Uniphase Corp /Ca/), Rights Agreement (Uniphase Corp /Ca/)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event If the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the if a holder of any Right exercised Rights after such time shall be entitled were to receive, exercise that number of Rights (or fraction thereof) which would result in the aggregate amount of the Purchase Price payable upon payment of such exercise (at the Purchase Price then in effect) being equal to the amount of the Purchase Price payable prior to such time upon exercise of a Right, he would be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such a Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date time and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books (or other capital stock transfer books, as the case may be) of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event if any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonPerson (the first occurrence of such event being referred to hereinafter as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), then, proper provision then (A) the Purchase Price shall be made adjusted to be the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the Section 11(a)(ii) Event multiplied by the Company so that number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable, and (B) each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as otherwise provided in this Section 7(e11(a)(ii) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) , shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the Purchase Price (as so adjusted), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, Agreement and in lieu of shares of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying dividing the Purchase Price (as so adjusted) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the first occurrence Purchase Price (as so adjusted) and the number of shares of Common Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(f) hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, however, from and after the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights that are beneficially owned by (x) any Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring Person), (y) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee after the Section 11(a)(ii) Event or (z) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who became a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Section 11(a)(ii) Event pursuant to either (I) a transfer from the Acquiring Person to holders of its equity securities or to any Person with whom it has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (II) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has the purpose or effect of avoiding the provisions of this paragraph, and subsequent transferees of such Persons, shall be void without any further action and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights under any provision of this Agreement. 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 other Person as a result being hereinafter referred of its failure to as make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees hereunder. From and after the "Adjustment Shares"Section 11(a)(ii) Event, no Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 or Section 6 hereof that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be canceled. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exercised pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).
(iii) To the extent that If the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "SpreadCURRENT VALUE"), and (B) with respect to each Right, (subject to Section 11(a)(ii)) make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Sharessubstitute, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) ), a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, (4) debt securities of the Companywithout limitation, (5) other assetsshares, or (6) any combination units of the foregoingshares, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by preferred stock which the Board has deemed to have the same value as shares of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause Common Stock (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, such shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (being referred to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, herein as it may be extended, the "Substitution PeriodCOMMON STOCK Equivalents"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been4)
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Stockholder Rights Agreement (Alloy Inc), Stockholder Rights Agreement (Alloy Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for of such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such datedate upon exercise of the Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were opendate, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject In the event:
(A) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, (1) shall 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 and Company Common Stock shall remain outstanding, (2) shall, in one transaction or a series of transactions, transfer any assets to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for shares of Company Common Stock, for other equity securities of the Company or any such Subsidiary, or for securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether Company Common Stock or otherwise) or otherwise obtain from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, with or without consideration, any additional shares of such equity securities or securities exercisable for or convertible into such equity securities (other than pursuant to a pro rata distribution to all holders of Company Common Stock), (3) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee or fiduciary with respect to such plan acting in such capacity, assets (including securities) on terms and conditions less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary or plan than those that could have been obtained in arm's length negotiations with an unaffiliated third party, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 23 and Section 24 13(a) hereof, (4) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with the event Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee or fiduciary with respect to such plan acting in such capacity (other than transactions, if any, consistent with those engaged in, as of the date hereof, by the Company and such Acquiring Person or such Associate or Affiliate), assets (including securities) having an aggregate fair market value of more than $1,000,000, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (5) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee or fiduciary with respect to such plan acting in such capacity, any material trademark or material service ▇▇▇▇, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (6) shall receive, or any designee, agent or representative of such Acquiring Person, or any Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person shall receive any compensation from the Company or any of its 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 (7) shall receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a holder of Company Common Stock or as required by law or governmental regulation), 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 any employee benefit plan maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any trustee or fiduciary with respect to such plan acting in such capacity; or
(B) any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, other than pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof; or
(C) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be 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 involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions to which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person; then, immediately upon the date of the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(A)-(C) hereof (a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and immediately prior to the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price first occurrence of a share Section 11(a)(ii) Event, such number of Common Units of Preferred Stock as shall equal the result obtained by (determined pursuant x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the then number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result product thereafter being, for all purposes of this Agreement other than Section 13 hereof, the "Purchase Price"), and (y) dividing that product by 50% of the then current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Unit of Preferred Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such Units of Preferred Stock being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 Company, by the vote of the Virginia Stock Corporation ActCompany's Board of Directors, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Company Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock (4such other shares being "preferred stock equivalents")),(4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Company's Board of Directors of the Company based upon the Directors, after receiving advice of from a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Companyfirm; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares Units of preferred stock of the Company or Common Preferred Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities Units of Preferred Stock and/or assets in the cash shall have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall will provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of a Unit of Preferred Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Unit of Preferred Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any preferred stock equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Preferred Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five calendar days after such record date) shares of Preferred Stock (or shares having substantially the same rights, privileges and preferences as shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (y) or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may suspend be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the exercisability value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of shares of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in shares of Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights until Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holder of the Rights) of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants distributable in respect of a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "current market price" per share of Company Common Stock or Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of Company Common Stock or Common Stock, as the case may be, for the ten consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date; provided, however, if prior to the expiration of such requisite ten Trading Day period the Substitution Period issuer announces either (A) a dividend or distribution on such shares payable in order to seek such shares or securities convertible into such shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any authorization subdivision, combination or reclassification of additional shares and/or to decide such shares, then, following the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to ex-dividend date for such first sentence and to determine dividend or the value thereof. In record date for such subdivision, as the event of any such suspensioncase may be, the Company "current market price" shall issue be properly adjusted to take into account such event. The closing price for each day shall be, if the shares are listed and admitted to trading on a public announcement stating that national securities exchange, as reported in the exercisability principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such 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 Rights has beenhigh bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter mar
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Oneida LTD), Rights Agreement (Oneida LTD)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event event:
(A) any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person or Adverse Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board of Directors deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer") or
(B) at least a majority of the Independent Directors shall declare any Person to be an Adverse Person, upon a determination that such Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, has, at any time after the Record Date, become the Beneficial Owner of an amount of Common Stock which the Independent Directors determine to be substantial (which amount shall in no event be less than 10% of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding) and a determination by at least a majority of the Independent Directors, after reasonable inquiry and investigation, including consultation with such Persons as such directors shall deem appropriate, that (a) such Beneficial Ownership by such Person is intended to cause the Company to repurchase the Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person or to cause pressure on the Company to take action or enter into a transaction or series of transactions intended to provide such Person with short-term financial gain under circumstances where the Board of Directors determines that the best long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders would not be served by taking such action or entering into such transactions or series of transactions at that time or (b) such Beneficial Ownership is causing or reasonably likely to cause a material adverse impact (including, but not limited to, impairment of relationships with customers or impairment of the Company's ability to maintain its competitive position) on the business or prospects of the Company then, promptly following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one- thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall promptly notify the Rights Agent and issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as promptly notify the Rights Agent and issue a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Current Value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Aztar Corp), Rights Agreement (Aztar Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Preference Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockPreference Shares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockPreference Shares into a greater number of shares, (C) combine or consolidate the outstanding Preferred Stock Preference Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preference Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Preference Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section Sections 11(a) and 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Preference Shares (or other capital stock, as the case may be) transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person (other than an Exempt Person), at any time after the date of this Agreement, is or becomes an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a Section 13 Event, then, promptly following the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) ), shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for following the Distribution Date at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option number of the Company and to the extent availableone one-thousandths of a Preference Share for which a Right was theretofore exercisable, such number of shares of Common Stock) Shares as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units one one-thousandths of Preferred Stock a Preference Share for which a Right is was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable exercisable, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current per share market price of a share of the Common Stock Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof)) on the date of the occurrence of the Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such number of shares is herein called the "Adjustment Shares"); provided, however, that the Purchase Price and number of Adjustment Shares shall be further adjusted as provided in this Agreement to reflect any event occurring after the date of such first occurrence occurrence. The Company shall notify the Rights Agent as to any Persons who are deemed by the Company to be Acquiring Persons or Associates, Affiliates or transferees (as described in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of Section 7(e)) of such Persons and shall identify any Rights pertaining thereto.
(iii) In the event that after the Distribution Date or, in the case of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (after the date of the occurrence of such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iiiSection 11(a)(ii) To the extent that Event, the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are Common Shares which is authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation ActRights, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Common Shares, or Adjustment Shares in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii), as the case may be, issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as is herein called the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Common Shares, or Adjustment Shares, as the case may be, upon payment exercise of the applicable Purchase PriceRights, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Shares of the same or different class or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preference stock which the Board of Directors of the Company (with the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors) has deemed to have substantially the same economic value as Common Shares (such shares or units of shares of preference stock are referred to herein as "common share equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, foregoing having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company (with the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors) based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyCompany (with the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors); provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the Distribution Date, or in the case of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x), and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company (with the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors) shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 one hundred twenty (120) days following after the first occurrence of a Distribution Date or the Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, as the case may be, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof), that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares securities and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Shares shall be the current per share market price per Common Share (as defined in Section 11(d)) on the Distribution Date or the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, as the case may be, and the value of any "common share equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Shares on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preference Shares entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preference Shares, or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as Preference Shares ("equivalent preference shares"), or securities convertible into Preference Shares or equivalent preference shares at a price per Preference Share or per equivalent preference share, or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preference Shares or equivalent preference shares, less than the current per share market price of the Preference Shares (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preference Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preference Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preference Shares and/or equivalent common shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preference Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preference Shares and/or equivalent preference shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid in 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 (with the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors), whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of Rights. Preference Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Preference Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company or a dividend payable in Preference Shares but including a dividend payable in stock other than Preference Shares) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current per share market price of the Preference Shares (as determined pursuant to 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 (with the concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors), whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Preference Share and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price of the Preference 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 that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder (other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii)), the "current per share market price" of the Common Shares on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Shares for the twenty (20) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the "current per share market price" of Common Shares on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Shares for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current per share market price of the Common Shares is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Shares of (1) a dividend or distribution on such Common Shares payable in such Common Shares or securities convertible into such Common Shares (other than the Rights), or (2) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Shares, and prior to the expiration of twenty (20) Trading Days, or ten (10) Trading Days, as set forth above, 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 current per share market price shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 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 United States national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any United States national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the United States over-the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
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Sources: Rights Agreement (South Jersey Industries Inc), Rights Agreement (South Jersey Industries Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board of Directors deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a “Qualified Offer”), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandth (1/1000) of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandth (1/1000) of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by fifty percent (50% %) of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles ’s Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Liberate Technologies), Rights Agreement (Liberate Technologies)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Preference Stock payable in shares of Preferred Preference Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Preference Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Preference Stock into a smaller number of shares, shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Preference Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Preference Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Preference Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Preference Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, becomes an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price that is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors that such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices that could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preference Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of Preferred a share of Preference Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by fifty percent (50% %) of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preference stock, such as the Preference Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preference stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, assets or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, Rights and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the current market price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Honeywell Inc), Rights Agreement (Honeywell Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares and other securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock Shares or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the adjusted Purchase Price then in effectPrice, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Preferred Shares or capital stock, as the case may be, that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Share transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i11(a) (i) and Section 11(a)(ii11(a) (ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i11(a) (i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii11(a) (ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the Person to become an Acquiring Person is a Section 13 Event, or is an acquisition of Common Shares pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding Common Shares at a price and on terms determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to the shareholders, after taking into consideration all factors that the Board of Directors deems relevant, including, without limitation, the prices that could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, then, promptly following the first occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShare Fractions, such number of shares Common Shares of Common Stock) the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units of Preferred Stock Share Fractions for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock Common Shares that are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Shares of the same or a different class or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, preferred shares or units of preferred shares that the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed (based, among other things, on the dividend and liquidation rights of such preferred shares) to have substantially the same economic value as Common Shares (such preferred shares, hereinafter referred to as "common share equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon after considering the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the The Company shall issue make a public announcement stating that when the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, and again when such suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Shares shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common share equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Shares on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar after such record date) Preferred Shares (or shares having same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares ("equivalent preferred shares")) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a price per Preferred Share or per equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Preferred Share on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of Preferred Shares that the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on record date, plus the number of additional Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any computation. Such adjustment 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a regular quarterly dividend referred to above or dividend payable in Preferred Shares, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Shares) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Preferred Share on such record date, less the then fair market value (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) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Preferred Share. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per Common Share for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per Common Share for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per Common Share is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Share of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Share payable in Common Shares or securities convertible into Common Shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Shares, and prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, 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 "current market price" shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each Trading 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 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 the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if the 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the Common Shares are not quoted 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 Common Shares selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Shares, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be used. The term "Trading Day" shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Shares are not publicly held or not so listed or traded, "current market price" per share shall mean the fair value per share 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 and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (K Tron International Inc), Rights Agreement (K Tron International Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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 SECTION 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare declares a dividend on the Preferred Common Stock payable in shares of Preferred Common Stock, (B) subdivide subdivides the outstanding Preferred Common Stock, (C) combine combines the outstanding Preferred Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue issues any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Common Stock (including including, without limitation, any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(aSECTION 11(A) and SECTION 7(E), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall will be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall will be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Common Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Common Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination combination, or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(iSECTION 11(A)(I) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereofSECTION 11(A)(II), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(iSECTION 11(A)(I) shall will be in addition to, and shall will be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereofSECTION 11(A)(II).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event that any Person Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall will be made by the Company so that each record Right holder of each Right (except as provided in Section 7(eSECTION 7(E)) hereof) shall will thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for of such Right at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and Rights Shares equal to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units of Preferred Stock Rights Shares for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is (y) dividing that product by 50% of the current market price of a Current Market Price (defined in SECTION 11(D)) per share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event such Person became an Acquiring Person (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of Rights Shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding issued, or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is issued but not outstanding, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(aSECTION 11(A)(II), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: will, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to SECTION 7(E)), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, Shares (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock), that a Requisite Majority has deemed to have essentially the same rights, privileges and preferences as shares of Common Stock ("Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been conclusively determined by the Board of Directors of the Company a Requisite Majority based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Companya Requisite Majority; provided, however, that if the Company shall has not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause CLAUSE (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall will be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the shares or cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. The term "Spread" means the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 30-day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Triggering Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such 30-day period, as it may be extended, being the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iiiSECTION 11(A)(III), the Company (x1) shall will provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereofSECTION 7(E), that such action shall will apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or required shareholder approval or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall will issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension no longer remains in effect. For purposes of this SECTION 11(A)(III), the Current Value of each Adjustment Share will be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the effective date of the Section 11(a)(ii) Event and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent will be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Tandycrafts Inc), Rights Agreement (Tandycrafts Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the outstanding Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof27, in the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding outstanding, subscribed for or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under by any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted agreements or instruments then in effect to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Actparty, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable some or all of the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm financial advisor selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, shares of Preferred Stock (to the event available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date. The Board may establish procedures to allocate the right to receive shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Rights among holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(a)(iii).
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 NASDAQ or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on the NASDAQ, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the OTC Bulletin Board service or such other quotation system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not so quoted, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Sources: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), Section 382 Rights Agreement (Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof24, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that then each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof)) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence shall thereafter be referred to as the "“Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the “Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have substantially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares or units of shares of preferred stock, “common stock equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof), that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect (with prompt notice of such announcements to the Rights Agent). For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any “common stock equivalent” shall be deemed to equal the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“equivalent preferred stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular periodic cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to but not including such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following but not including such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the “current market price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account any trading during the period prior to such ex-dividend date or record date. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System (“Nasdaq”) or such other quotation system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Neenah Paper Inc), Rights Agreement (Neenah Paper Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare declares a dividend on the Preferred Common Stock payable in shares of Preferred Common Stock, (B) subdivide subdivides the outstanding Preferred Common Stock, (C) combine combines the outstanding Preferred Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue issues any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Common Stock (including including, without limitation, any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall will be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall will be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Common Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Common Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination combination, or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall will be in addition to, and shall will be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and action of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 24 hereof, ; in the event that any Person Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, becomes an Acquiring Person, then, then promptly following the occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof)) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for of each Right at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is was previously exercisable, such number of Rights Shares equal to the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the then number of shares of Common Stock for which a Right was exercisable and immediately prior to the denominator of which is 50% first occurrence of the current market price Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of a this Agreement) by 50 percent of the Current Market Price (defined in Section 11(d)) per share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a the Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of Rights Shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”); provided, however, that the Purchase Price and the number of Adjustment Shares shall be further adjusted as provided in this Agreement to reflect any event occurring after the date of such first occurrence.
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding issued, or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is issued but not outstanding, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a1 l(a)(ii), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: will, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e)), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, Shares (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, (4) debt securities of the Companywithout limitation, (5) other assetsshares, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenunits of
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Sources: Shareholder Rights Agreement (Mercantile Bancorp, Inc.), Shareholder Rights Agreement (Mercantile Bancorp, Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event that any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a “Qualifying Offer”), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator Purchase Price for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares or units of stock of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Donaldson Co Inc), Rights Agreement (Donaldson Co Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement Amendment Date (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, shares or (D) issue issue, change or alter any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification or recapitalization of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification or recapitalization in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporationPerson), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date time of such subdivision, combination combination, reclassification or reclassificationrecapitalization, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable on such datedate or at such time, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination combination, reclassification or reclassificationrecapitalization; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of a Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of a Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall become an Acquiring PersonPerson (other than pursuant to a Flip-Over Event), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event (a “Flip-In Event”), proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) , shall thereafter have the a right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShare, such number of shares Common Shares of Common Stock) the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Flip-In Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable exercisable, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price Fair Market Value per Common Share of a share of Common Stock the Company (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof)) on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Flip-In Event (such result number of shares being hereinafter referred to as the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are Common Shares which is authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Shares or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Shares, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as Common Shares (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Shares Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm an Independent Advisor selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iiFlip-In Event and (y) Eventthe date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Flip-In Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day thirty (30) -day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventFlip-In Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) -day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent) stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement (with prompt written notice thereof to the Rights Agent) at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Shares on the Flip-In Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Shares Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Shares on such date.
(b) If the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Shares (or securities having the same or more favorable rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares (“Preferred Shares Equivalents”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or Preferred Shares Equivalents at a price per share of the Preferred Shares or per share of the Preferred Shares Equivalents (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or Preferred Shares Equivalents) less than the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Preferred Shares on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of Preferred Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or Preferred Shares Equivalents to be offered (and the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Fair Market Value and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and Preferred Shares Equivalents to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of a Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of a Right. 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 the Fair Market Value thereof determined in accordance with Section 11(d) hereof. Preferred 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) If the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular periodic cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Shares, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Shares) or evidence of indebtedness or convertible securities, subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share on such record date, less the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such convertible securities, subscription rights or warrants applicable to one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be the Fair Market Value (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of a Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of a Right. 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 be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d) For the purpose of this Agreement, the “Fair Market Value” of any share of Preferred Shares, Common Shares or any other stock or any Right or other security or any other property shall be determined as provided in this Section 11(d).
(i) In the case of a publicly-traded stock or other security, other than for purposes of Section 11(a)(iii), the Fair Market Value on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such stock or per unit of such other security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date; and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “Fair Market Value” of Common Shares would be the average daily closing prices per Common Share for the 10 consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Fair Market Value per share of any share of stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such stock of (x) a dividend or distribution on such stock payable in shares of such stock or securities convertible into shares of such stock or (y) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such stock, and prior to the expiration of the 30 or 10 Trading Day period 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 Fair Market Value shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading, the determination of which shall be delivered to the Rights Agent. The closing price for each day, the list of which shall be delivered to the Rights Agent, 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 securities 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 security is listed or admitted to trading; or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price (or, if not so quoted, the average of the last quoted high bid and low asked prices) in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the system then in use; or, if on any such date no bids for such security are quoted 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 security selected by the Board. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in such security, the Fair Market Value of such security on such date shall be determined reasonably and with utmost good faith to the holders of the Rights by the Board, which determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding upon the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights and conclusive for all purposes.
(ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the Fair Market Value per Preferred Share shall be determined in the same manner as set forth above for the Common Shares in clause (i) of this Section 11(d) (other than the last sentence thereof). If the Fair Market Value per Preferred Share cannot be determined in the manner provided above or if the Preferred Share is not publicly held or listed or traded in a manner described in clause (i) of this Section 11(d), the Fair Market Value per Preferred Share shall be conclusively deemed to be an amount equal to 100 (as such number may be appropriately adjusted for such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Shares occurring after the date of this Agreement) multiplied by the Fair Market Value per share of the Common Shares. If neither the Common Shares nor the Preferred Shares is publicly held or so listed or traded, Fair Market Value per Preferred Share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board, which determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding upon the Rights Agent and the h
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Lazare Kaplan International Inc), Rights Agreement (Lazare Kaplan International Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination combination, or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination combination, or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event event:
(A) any Person becomes shall at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person (I) is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or (II) is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock and/or Voting Securities pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock and other Voting Securities, if any, at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the Continuing Directors who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (x) at a price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which the Board of Directors deems relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (y) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders; or
(B) the Board of Directors of the Company shall declare any Person to be an Adverse Person, upon a determination that such Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, has, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the beneficial owner of Voting Securities representing at least 4.9% of the Total Voting Power (without regard to shares beneficially owned and covered by a Schedule 13D on file on the date of this Agreement) and a determination, after reasonable inquiry and investigation, including consultation with such persons as the Board of Directors shall deem appropriate, that such beneficial ownership by such Person is intended to cause the Company to repurchase the Voting Securities beneficially owned by such Person or to cause pressure on the Company to take action or enter into a transaction or series of transactions intended to provide such Person (and not stockholders generally) with short-term financial gain under circumstances where the Board of Directors determines that the best long-term interests of the Company and its stockholders would not be served by taking such action or entering into such transaction or series of transactions at that time; or
(C) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, (1) shall 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 and the Voting Securities of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, (2) shall, in one transaction or a series of transactions, other than in connection with the exercise of the Rights or the exercise or conversion of securities exercisable or convertible into capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, transfer any assets to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for shares of Voting Securities, for shares of other equity securities of the Company, or for securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of equity securities of the Company (Common Stock or otherwise) or otherwise obtain from the Company, with or without consideration, any additional shares of such equity securities or securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of such equity securities (other than pursuant to a pro rata distribution to all holders of Common Stock), (3) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer, or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from, with, or of (as the case may be) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, assets 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, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (4) shall receive any compensation from the Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries other than compensation for services as a director or for full-time employment as a regular employee at rates in accordance with the Company's (or its Subsidiaries') past practices, or (5) shall receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder and except if resulting from a requirement of law or governmental regulation), 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
(D) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be 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 involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions to which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person; then, promptly following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the lowest closing price (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of Common Stock on any Trading Day (as defined in Section 11(d)(i) hereof) occurring within the twelve-month period immediately preceding the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that (a) the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Articles of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), or (b) the quotient (the "Quotient") obtained by dividing the Purchase Price by the number of Adjustment Shares issuable upon exercise of a Right is less than the then par value per share of the Common Stock, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and regulation and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shallparty: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that (a) sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the RightsRights or (b) a reduction in the par value per share of Common Stock to an amount that is equal to or less than the Quotient could be authorized, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares or for the reduction of such par value, as the case may be (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares or reduction in par value and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common stock equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options, or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such reco
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Sovereign Bancorp Inc), Rights Agreement (Sovereign Bancorp Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by shares, or fractions thereof, purchasable upon the exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event that the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred its Common Stock payable in shares of Preferred Common Stock, (B) subdivide the or split its outstanding Preferred Common Stock, (C) combine the or consolidate its outstanding Preferred Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred its Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination split, combination, consolidation or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock (or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, ) issuable on such date, date shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of Common Stock (or other capital stock, as the case may be, that) which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company relating to such Common Stock (or other capital stock, as the case may be) were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination split, combination, consolidation or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event (a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event") that any Person becomes (other than an Exempt Person) alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates (other than Exempt Persons) shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, thenunless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is (x) a Section 13 Event or (y) an acquisition of shares of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the Outside Directors, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to shareholders (taking into account all factors which such Outside Directors deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company, its shareholders, its employees, suppliers, creditors, customers and such other constituencies as may be taken into consideration pursuant to Section 65 of Chapter 156B of the General Laws of Massachusetts, then promptly after the date of occurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then-current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option a number of shares of Common Stock of the Company and determined according to the extent availableSection 7(a) hereof, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (I) multiplying the then-current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient which such Right was exercisable immediately prior to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rightsexercisable, and (yII) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to dividing that product (which, following such first sentence and occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenas the
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Green Daniel Co), Rights Agreement (Green Daniel Co)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to shareholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (a "Qualified Offer") then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Articles of incorporation Incorporation, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the current market price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Russell Corp), Rights Agreement (Russell Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement is or becomes an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined prior to such Person's becoming an Acquiring Person by at least a majority of the members of the Board who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to shareholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (a "Qualified Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such a number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price one ten-thousandths of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenPreferred
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Internet Capital Group Inc), Rights Agreement (Internet Capital Group Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price that is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors that such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices that could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a “Qualified Offer”) then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, that the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock that the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the Nasdaq Global Market or
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Guaranty Financial Group Inc.), Rights Agreement (Forestar Real Estate Group Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares and other securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights issued (or to be issued) and outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Common Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockCommon Shares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockCommon Shares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Common Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Common Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock Common Shares or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted to the extent appropriate so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise of such Right and any Rights received as a consequence of issuance of Common Shares in connection with such dividend or subdivisions and payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Common Shares or capital stock, as the case may be, that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Common Share transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii11 (a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that then each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option Common Shares of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock Common Shares for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to such Person becoming an Acquiring Person and the denominator of which is (y) dividing that product by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the date of the first such occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock Common Shares that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation Articles but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Shares or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, preferred shares or units of preferred shares that a majority of the Continuing Directors in office at the time has deemed (based, among other things, on the dividend and liquidation rights of such preferred shares) to have substantially the same economic value as Common Shares (such preferred shares, hereinafter referred to as "common share equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors a majority of the Company based upon Continuing Directors in office at the time after considering the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the first later of (x) the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Shares shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common share equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Shares on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Common Shares of the Company (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Common Shares ("equivalent common shares")) or securities convertible into Common Shares or equivalent common shares at a price per Common Share or per equivalent common share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Common Shares or equivalent common shares) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of Common Shares that the aggregate offering price of the total number of Common Shares and/or equivalent common shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional Common Shares and/or equivalent common shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. 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 adjustment 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Common Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a regular quarterly dividend referred to above or dividend payable in Common Shares of the Company, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Common Shares of the Company) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a Common Share and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d) The "current market price" per Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per Common Share for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, except that for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per Common Share for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per Common Share is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Share of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Share payable in Common Shares or securities convertible into Common Shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Shares, and prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, after the exdividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and in each such case, the "current market price" shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Betzdearborn Inc), Rights Agreement (Betzdearborn Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price that is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors that such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices that could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a “Qualified Offer”) then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, that the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock that the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the Nasdaq Global Market or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Guaranty Financial Group Inc.), Rights Agreement (Forestar Real Estate Group Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation consolidation, merger or merger statutory share exchange in which the Company is the continuing continuing, surviving or surviving acquiring corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable on such datedate pursuant to the exercise of the Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effecteffect (and any applicable transfer taxes), the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, thenPerson (other than pursuant to any Section 13 Event occurring after the Distribution Date or within 15 days prior thereto), proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (except as provided in a Right, subject to Section 7(e) hereof) 11(a)(iii), shall thereafter have the a right to receive, upon exercise thereof for by payment of the amount equal to the product of the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of a Right and the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShares, such number of shares Common Shares of Common Stock) the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units one one-hundredths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is then exercisable immediately prior to the occurrence of the Section 11(a)(ii) Event and the denominator of which is (y) dividing that product by 50% of the current per share market price of a share of the Company’s Common Stock Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of such occurrence. From and after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event or a Section 13 Event, any Rights that are beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate thereof) or were beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate thereof) after the Acquiring Person became an Acquiring Person shall become null and void without any further action and no holder of such Rights shall thereafter have any rights to exercise such Rights or any other rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. No Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 that represents Rights that would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence; no Right Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence or any Associate or Affiliate of such an Acquiring Person or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate; and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of such an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be canceled. 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 a Right Certificate or other Person as a result being hereinafter referred of its failure in good faith to as the "Adjustment Shares")make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates or Associates.
(iii) To If, on the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise date of the Rights is occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (the “Adjustment Date”), the Company does not have sufficient authorized, unissued and unreserved Common Shares available to permit the exercise in full of all Rights that are exercisable on the Rights Adjustment Date for the number of Common Shares per Right provided for in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a11(a)(ii), then the Exercise Price (as defined below) and subject the number of Common Shares to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which be delivered by the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock further adjusted as provided in this subparagraph (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"iii). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Share Rights Agreement (Tennant Co), Rights Agreement (IsoRay, Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation consolidation, merger or merger statutory share exchange in which the Company is the continuing continuing, surviving or surviving acquiring corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable on such datedate pursuant to the exercise of the Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effecteffect (and any applicable transfer taxes), the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (a Right, subject to paragraph 11(a)(iii) and except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) below, shall thereafter have the a right to receive, upon exercise thereof for by payment of the amount equal to the product of the number of one twelve-hundredths of a Preferred Share which would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of a Right and the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShares, such number of shares of Common Stock) Shares as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units one twelve-hundredths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is would otherwise be then exercisable and the denominator of which is dividing that product by (y) 50% of the then current per share market price of a share of the Common Stock Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a such event; provided, however, that if the transaction that would otherwise give rise to the foregoing adjustment is also subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, then only the provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply and no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any Person shall become an Acquiring Person, any Rights that are or, after becoming an Acquiring Person, were beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person) shall become null and void at the time of such event without any further action and no holder of such Rights shall thereafter have any right to exercise such Rights or any other rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. No Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 hereof that represents Rights beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence; no Right Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence or any Associate or Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate; and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence or any Associate or Affiliate thereof shall be cancelled. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to insure that the provisions of this Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such are complied with, but shall have no liability to any holder of a Right Certificate or other Person as a result being hereinafter referred of its failure in good faith to as the "Adjustment Shares")make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates or Associates.
(iii) To If, on the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of date the Rights is first become exercisable for Common Shares pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) (the "Adjustment Date"), the Company does not have sufficient authorized, unissued and unreserved Common Shares available to permit the exercise in full of all Rights that are exercisable on the Rights Adjustment Date for the number of Common Shares per Right provided for in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a11(a)(ii), then the Exercise Price (as defined below) and subject the number of Common Shares to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which be delivered by the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock further adjusted as provided in this subparagraph (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"iii). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Target Corp), Rights Agreement (Target Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer") then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the current market price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Net Perceptions Inc), Rights Agreement (Praecis Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event event: any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Record Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Com- mon Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Articles of incorporation Incorporation, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenare not
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Newcastle Investment Corp), Rights Agreement (Newcastle Investment Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board of Directors deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (provided, however, that no such determination shall be made during the Special Period) (a "Qualified Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("Equivalent Preferred Stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be used. The term "Trading Day" shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Yahoo Inc), Rights Agreement (Yahoo Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event that any Person Person, alone or together with its Affiliates or Associates, becomes an Acquiring PersonPerson (other than pursuant to a Permitted Offer), then, promptly following the first occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receivereceive (subject to the last sentence of Section 23(a)), upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal Stock of the Company that equals the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, “common stock equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extendedextended in accordance with this sentence until up to ninety (90) days after the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any “common stock equivalent” shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“equivalent preferred stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification occurs, then, and in each such case, the “current market price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend or post record date trading. The closing price for each 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 principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the low asked prices in the over-the-counter market or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board. All references in this Section to closing prices, last quoted prices or other stock prices mean prices during regular trading hours, without giving effect to any after-hours or extended hours trading. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date shall be as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which any national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, “current market price” per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Emergent BioSolutions Inc.), Rights Agreement (Emergent BioSolutions Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the 15% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the Board of Directors, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, then, promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, proper provision shall be promptly made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such result number of shares being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent the Company, acting by resolution of a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 majority of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: Board of Directors shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Peoples Choice Tv Corp), Rights Agreement (Peoples Choice Tv Corp)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding outstanding, subscribed for or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 NYSE MKT or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on The NYSE MKT, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not so quoted, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Sources: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Pharmathene, Inc), Section 382 Rights Agreement (Pharmathene, Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(ia) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i11(a) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i11(a) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(iii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one ten-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one ten-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iiiii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation ’s Charter but not outstanding outstanding, subscribed for or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (iii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii11(a)(ii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(ii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 NYSE American or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE American, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share 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 and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Sources: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Cohen & Co Inc.), Section 382 Rights Agreement (Cohen & Co Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event If the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the if a holder of any Right exercised Rights after such time shall be entitled were to receive, exercise that number of Rights (or fraction thereof) which would result in the aggregate amount of the Purchase Price payable upon payment of such exercise (at the Purchase Price then in effect) being equal to the amount of the Purchase Price payable prior to such time upon exercise of a Right, he would be entitled to receive the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such a Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date time and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books (or other capital stock transfer books, as the case may be) of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event if any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonPerson (the first occurrence of such event being referred to hereinafter as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Event”), then, proper provision then (A) the Purchase Price shall be made adjusted to be the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the Section 11(a)(ii) Event multiplied by the Company so that number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable, and (B) each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as otherwise provided in this Section 7(e11(a)(ii) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) , shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the Purchase Price (as so adjusted), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, Agreement and in lieu of shares of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying dividing the Purchase Price (as so adjusted) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event; provided, however, that the first occurrence Purchase Price (as so adjusted) and the number of shares of Common Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(f) hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, however, from and after the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights that are beneficially owned by (x) any Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring Person), (y) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee after the Section 11(a)(ii) Event or (z) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who became a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Section 11(a)(ii) Event pursuant to either (I) a transfer from the Acquiring Person to holders of its equity securities or to any Person with whom it has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (II) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has the purpose or effect of avoiding the provisions of this paragraph, and subsequent transferees of such Persons, shall be void without any further action and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights under any provision of this Agreement. 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 other Person as a result being hereinafter referred of its failure to as make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees hereunder. From and after the "Adjustment Shares"Section 11(a)(ii) Event, no Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 or Section 6 hereof that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be canceled. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exercised pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).
(iii) To the extent that If the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, (subject to Section 11(a)(ii)) make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Sharessubstitute, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) ), a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to herein as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, as adjusted (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent (the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the shares or cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board number of Directors shares of Common Stock that are authorized by the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Company shall determine Rights are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of any Rights and the Board determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, shall be referred to as the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences preceding provisions of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e11(a)(ii) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence provisions and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect and the Company shall promptly provide the Rights Agent copies of such announcements. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each share of Common Stock shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock, shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock (or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such noncash consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and if such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly or other periodic cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof). Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and if such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such
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Sources: Stockholder Rights Agreement (dELiAs, Inc.), Stockholder Rights Agreement (dELiAs, Inc.)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including including, without limitation, any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he or she would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event that any Person becomes (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan or compensation arrangement of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by unless the Company so that each record holder of each Right event causing the Person to become an Acquiring Person is (except as provided 1) a transaction set forth in Section 7(e13(a) hereofhereof or (2) shall thereafter have an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for members of the Purchase Price in accordance with terms Board of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms, to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stockbe (a) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by at a fraction, the numerator of price which is the number fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which such members of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company based upon the advice of and its stockholders (a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided"Qualifying Offer"), howeverthen, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days promptly following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beensuch
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the 17% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the Board of Directors, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, then, promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, proper provision shall be promptly made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one ten-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one ten-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such result number of shares being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent the Company, acting by resolution of a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 majority of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: Board of Directors shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenaggregate
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Speedus Com Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan) alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall become an Acquiring Person, thenunless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such event regardless of whether or not the Right was then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, Agreement and in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by (y) 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Company's Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of there shall not be sufficient treasury shares or authorized but unissued (and reserved) shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient Common Stock to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(all(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right determined as set forth below (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, Right (subject to Section 7(e) hereof) make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of the Company's Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, Value (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price) where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent (the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Company's Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Company's Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Current Value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Company's Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Company's Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price (as defined below) per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as defined below) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights) or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite 30 Trading Day or ten Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the Current Market Price per share equivalent if such Common Stock take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be used. The term "Trading Day" shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by each Right Right-and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject In the event:
(A) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, (1) shall 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 and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, (2) shall, in one transaction or a series of transactions, transfer any assets to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for shares of Common Stock, for shares of other equity securities of the Company or for securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of equity securities of the Company (Common Stock or otherwise) or otherwise obtain from the Company, with or without consideration, any additional shares of such equity securities or securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of such equity securities (other than pursuant to a pro rata distribution to all holders of Common Stock), (3) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, assets 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, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 23 and Section 24 13(a) hereof, (4) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of the Company's Subsidiaries (other than incidental to the lines of business, if any, engaged in as of the date hereof between the Company and such Acquiring Person or Associate or Affiliate) assets having an aggregate fair market value of more than $15,000,000, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (5) shall 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 (6) shall receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder and except if resulting from a requirement of law or governmental regulation), 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
(B) any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, unless the event causing the 20% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the event best interests of the Company and its stockholders, or
(C) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person there shall be 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 involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions to which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person becomes an or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by promptly following five (5) days after the Company so that date of the occurrence of an event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof and promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)( ii)(A) or (C) hereof, each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Continuing Directors have deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Continuing Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Continuing Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common stock equivalent" shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Continuing Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Continuing Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinaf
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (CB) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, shares or (DC) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and in Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of capital stock and other capital stock, as the case may be, thatsecurities which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof24(c) of this Agreement, in the event that any Person becomes (other than the Company, any subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any entity holding securities of the Company organized, appointed or established by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall become an Acquiring Person, then, then proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter , shall, for a period of 90 days after the later of the occurrence of any such event and the effective date of an appropriate registration statement pursuant to Section 9, have the a right to receive, receive upon exercise thereof for of each Right at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is (y) dividing that product by 50% of the current market price of a per one share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof11(b)) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iithe event set forth in this subparagraph (ii) Event (such result number of shares being hereinafter referred to as the "number of Adjustment Shares"); provided, however, that if the transaction that would otherwise give rise to the foregoing adjustment is also subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, then only the provisions of Section 13 hereof shall apply and no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii); and provided, further, that such 90-day period shall not be deemed to run during any period in which the exercise of the Rights or the fulfillment by the Company or the Rights Agent of its or their obligations under this Agreement shall be enjoined or otherwise prohibited in full or in part by any court or other governmental agency or body.
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of there shall not be sufficient treasury shares or authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) and the Rights become so exercisable, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 11(a)Agreement, to the extent necessary and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under permitted by applicable law and any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted agreements in effect on the date hereof to which the Company it is a party and subject party, each Right shall thereafter represent the right to any limitations contained receive, upon exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price in Section 13.1-653 accordance with the terms of the Virginia Stock Corporation Actthis Agreement, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess a number of shares, or units of shares, of (1x) Common Stock (up to the value maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may permissibly be issued using the Adjustment Shares issuable upon allocation procedure specified in the exercise second sentence of a Right (the "Current Value"Section 11(g), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (By) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, preferred stock (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) or other equity securities securities) of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Companyincluding, (5) other assetsbut not limited to, or (6) any combination of the foregoingPreferred Stock, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If number of Adjustment Shares where the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that have deemed such shares or units, other than the shares of Common Stock, to have at least the same economic value and voting rights as the Common Stock (a "common stock equivalent") (one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock shall be deemed to be a common stock equivalent); provided, however, if there are unavailable sufficient shares (or fractions of shares) of Common Stock and/or common stock equivalents, then the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized or common stock equivalents for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, including the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence calling of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenmeeting of
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("Equivalent Preferred Stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation), cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System ("NASDAQ") or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted by any
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event event:
(1) any Acquiring Person becomes an or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, shall 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 and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, or then, promptly following five (5) days after the date of the occurrence of an event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(2) hereof and promptly following the occurrence of an event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(1) hereof, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being number of shares hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, foregoing having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a
(b) In case the Company shall fix a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, howeverwhose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, if assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the Company denominator of which shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value be such current market price (as determined pursuant to clause (BSection 11(d) above within 30 days following the first occurrence hereof) per share of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company Preferred Stock. Such adjustments shall be obligated to delivermade successively whenever such a record date is fixed, upon and in the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of event that such distribution is not so made, the Purchase PricePrice shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (other than computations made pursuant to the extent such securities are availableSection 11(a)(iii) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extendedhereof, the "Substitution Period"). To current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability average of the Rights until daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenthirty (30)
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof24, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonPerson (such event, thena “Flip-in Event”), proper provision shall be made by the Company so that then each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof)) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then-current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then-current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iiFlip-in Event and (y) Event dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence shall thereafter be referred to as the "“Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by fifty percent (50%) of the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the “Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have substantially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares or units of shares of preferred stock, “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Flip-in Event and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii23(a) Eventexpires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Flip-in Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventFlip-in Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences sentence or third sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof), that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect (with prompt notice of such announcements to the Rights Agent). For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the Flip-in Trigger Date and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular periodic cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the “Current Market Price” per share of common stock (or similar equity interest) of an issuer on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such common stock (or other security) for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to but not including such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the “Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following but not including such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of common stock (or other security) of an issuer is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such common stock (or other security) of (A) a dividend or distribution on such common stock (or other security) payable in shares of such common stock (or other security) or securities convertible into shares of such common stock (or other security) (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such common stock (or other security), and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the “Current Market Price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account any trading during the period prior to such ex-dividend date or record date. The closing price per share of common stock (or other security) of an issuer for each 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 Nasdaq or, if such shares of common stock (or other security) are not listed or admitted to trading on the Nasdaq, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such shares of common stock (or other security) are listed or admitted to trading or, if such shares of common stock (or other security) 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 the OTC Bulletin Board service (the “OTCBB”) or such other quotation system then in use, or, if on any such date such shares of common stock (or other security) are not quoted 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 stock (or other security) selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in such common stock (or other security), the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which shares of an issuer’s common stock (or other security) are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if such shares of common stock (or other security) are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If an issuer’s shares of common stock (or other security) are not publicly held or not so listed or traded, “Current Market Price” per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares and other securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Common Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockCommon Shares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockCommon Shares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Common Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Common Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock Common Shares or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Common Shares or capital stock, as the case may be, that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Common Share transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i11(a) (i) and Section 11(a)(ii11(a) (ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i11(a) (i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii11(a) (ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the date hereof, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the Person to become an Acquiring Person is a Section 13 Event, or is an acquisition of Common Shares pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding Common Shares at a price and on terms determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to the shareholders and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company after taking into account all other factors which the Board of Directors deems relevant, then, promptly following the first occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, Agreement such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Shares as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock Common Shares for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock Common Shares that are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Articles of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 Board of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, Directors of the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other shares of a different class of equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of equal to the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyCurrent Value; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the The Company shall issue make a public announcement stating that when the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, and again when such suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Shares shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar after such record date) Common Shares (or shares having same rights, privileges and preferences as the Common Shares (“equivalent common shares”)) or securities convertible into Common Shares or equivalent common shares at a price per Common Share or per equivalent common share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Common Shares or equivalent common shares) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of Common Shares that the aggregate offering price of the total number of Common Shares and/or equivalent common shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on record date, plus the number of additional Common Shares or equivalent common shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Common Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any computation. Such adjustment 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Common Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a regular quarterly dividend referred to above or dividend payable in Common Shares, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Common Shares) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on such record date, less the then fair market value (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) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a Common Share and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per Common Share for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per Common Share for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per Common Share is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Share of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Share payable in Common Shares or securities convertible into Common Shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Shares, and prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, 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 “current market price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each Trading 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 Nasdaq National Market or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on the Nasdaq National Market, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange or Nasdaq market on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or Nasdaq market, 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 on a system prescribed by the National Association of Securities Dealers Inc. or such other system then in use selected by the Board of Directors of the Company, or, if on any such date the Common Shares are not quoted by any such organization or system, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Shares selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Shares, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be used. The term “
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Quipp Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company Corporation shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare and pay a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company Corporation is the continuing or surviving corporationCorporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company Corporation were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof24, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that then each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof)) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and immediately prior to the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").first
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation charter, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, or the number of Class B Shares that are authorized by the Trust's declaration of trust, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon the exercise of the Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Units or other equity securities of the CompanyCorporation and/or the Trust (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Corporation has deemed to have substantially the same value or economic rights as Units (such shares or units of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the CompanyCorporation, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company Corporation based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyCorporation; provided, however, that if the Company Corporation shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company Corporation shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Units (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities Units and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors For purposes of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rightspreceding sentence, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to term "Spread" shall mean the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following excess of (i) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iiCurrent Value over (ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenthe
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Starwood Hotel & Resorts Worldwide Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) or in Section 7 hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject In the event:
(A) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, (1) shall 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 and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, (2) shall, in one transaction or a series of transactions, transfer any assets to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofthe Company or to any of its Subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for shares of Common Stock, for shares of other equity securities of the Company, or for securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of equity securities of the Company (Common Stock or otherwise) or otherwise obtain from the Company, with or without consideration, any additional shares of such equity securities or securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of such equity securities (other than pursuant to a pro rata distribution to all holders of Common Stock), (3) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in the event transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, assets on terms and conditions less favorable to Company than the Company would be able to obtain in arm’s length negotiation with an unaffiliated third party, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (4) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than incidental to the lines of business, if any, engaged in as of the date hereof between the Company and such Acquiring Person or Associate or Affiliate) assets having an aggregate fair market value of more than $1,000,000, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (5) shall 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 (6) shall receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder and except if resulting from a requirement of law or governmental regulation), 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
(B) any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, other than pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or
(C) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be 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 involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions to which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than one percent (1%) the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, then: promptly following ten (10) days after the date of the occurrence of an event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(B) hereof and promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(A) or (C) hereof, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of shares of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by (y) fifty percent (50% %) of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation ’s charter but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, “common stock equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any “common stock equivalent” shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“equivalent preferred stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than t
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he or she would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes at any time after the date of the Spin-Off Distribution, shall become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to shareholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, then, promptly following such occurrence, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which product, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares"); provided that the Purchase Price and the number of Adjustment Shares shall be further adjusted as provided in this Agreement to reflect any events occurring after the date of such first occurrence.
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenupon
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred outstanding shares of Common Stock payable in shares of Preferred Common Stock, (B) subdivide or split the outstanding Preferred shares of Common Stock, (C) combine or consolidate the outstanding Preferred shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination split, combination, consolidation, or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the if a holder of any Right exercised Rights after such time shall be entitled were to receive, exercise that number of Rights (or fraction thereof) which would result in the aggregate amount of the Purchase Price payable upon payment of such exercise (at the Purchase Price then in effect) being equal to the amount of the Purchase Price payable prior to such time upon exercise of a Right, such holder would be entitled to receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of Common Stock or other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such a Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date time and at a time when the Preferred Common Stock transfer books (or other capital stock transfer books, as the case may be) of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination split, combination, consolidation or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring PersonPerson (the first occurrence of such event being referred to hereinafter as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), then, proper provision then (A) the Purchase Price shall be made adjusted to be the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to the Section 11(a)(ii) Event multiplied by the Company so that number of shares of Common Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable, and (B) each record holder of each Right (a Right, except as otherwise provided in this Section 7(e11(a)(ii) and Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) , shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the Purchase Price (as so adjusted), in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying dividing the Purchase Price (as so adjusted) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event; provided, however, that the first occurrence Purchase Price (as so adjusted) and the number of shares of Common Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11(f) hereof. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, however, from and after the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights that are beneficially owned by (x) any Acquiring Person (or any Affiliate or Associate of any Acquiring Person), (y) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who becomes a transferee after the Section 11(a)(ii) Event or (z) a transferee of any Acquiring Person (or any such Affiliate or Associate) who became a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Section 11(a)(ii) Event pursuant to either (I) a transfer from the Acquiring Person to holders of its equity securities or to any Person with whom it has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the transferred Rights or (II) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding which has the purpose or effect of avoiding the provisions of this paragraph, and subsequent transferees of such Persons, shall be void without any further action and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights under any provision of this Agreement. 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 other Person as a result being hereinafter referred of its failure to as make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates, Associates or transferees hereunder. From and after the "Adjustment Shares"Section 11(a)(ii) Event, no Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 or Section 6 hereof that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent that represents Rights that are or have become void pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be canceled. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore have not been exercised pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) shall thereafter be exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, (subject to Section 11(a)(ii)) make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Sharessubstitute, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase PricePrice (but in no event shall the Purchase Price be less than the par value per share), (3) other equity securities securities, if any, of the CompanyCompany other than Common Stock (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, which the Board has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares being referred to herein as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, as adjusted (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenthe
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that then each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for thereof, at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one two-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one two- thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have substantially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares or units of shares of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any "common stock equivalent" shall be deemed to equal the current market price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ("equivalent preferred stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the "current market price" per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the "current market price" shall be properly adjusted to take into account any trading during the period prior to such ex-dividend date or record date. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System ("Nasdaq") or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be used.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i1) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon the exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(iii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to herein as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iiiii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding outstanding, subscribed for, or reserved for issuance for purposes purposes, other than upon the exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to herein as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon the exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect, in each case with simultaneous written notice to the Rights Agent. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon the exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon the exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(1) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 Nasdaq Global Select Market or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not so quoted, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, the Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, subdivision or combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, then proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each Right (except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for the Purchase Price in accordance with terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles Articles of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, or any regulatory agency having authority over the Company, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal in value to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenfirst
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualified Offer") then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, then, then proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To the extent that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the exercisability "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made Current Market Price (determined pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenSection 11(d)(i)
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares or other securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.:
(i) In the event If the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock outstanding Common Shares payable in shares of Preferred Stock, Common Shares; (B) subdivide or split the outstanding Preferred StockCommon Shares, (C) combine or consolidate the outstanding Preferred Stock Common Shares into a smaller number of sharesshares or effect a reverse stock split of the outstanding Common Shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Common Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and in Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivisionsuchsubdivision, combination split, combination, consolidation or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to before such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Company’s transfer books of for the Company Common Shares were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination split, combination, consolidation or reclassification. If an event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior tobefore, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event if any Person becomes (other than an Exempt Person) shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a), then, promptly following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof)) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by ten times the number of tenths of a Common Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option number of one-tenth Common Shares for which such Right was exercisable immediately before the Company and to the extent availableoccurrence of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event, such number of shares of whole Common Stock) Shares as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is ten times the number of Units tenths of Preferred Stock a Common Share for which a such Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of immediately before the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "“Purchase Price” for each Right for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price per Common Share (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) on the date of such first occurrence (such number of whole Common Shares, the “Adjustment Shares"”); provided, however, that if the transaction that would otherwise give rise to the foregoing adjustment is also subject to the provisions of Section 13 hereof, then only the provisions of Section 13 shall apply, and no adjustment shall be made pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii). The Company shall not enter into any transaction of the kind listed in this Section 11(a)(ii) if at the time of such transaction there are any rights, warrants, instruments or securities outstanding or any agreements or arrangements which as a result of the consummation of such transaction, would substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock Common Shares that are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Articles of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all of the exercisable Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a11(a)(ii), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Shares and/or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock of the Company with rights, privileges and other terms substantially the same as the Common Shares (such shares of preferred stock are referred to herein as “Equivalent Preferred Stock”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoingforegoing (whichever substituted, havingthe “Substitute Consideration”), together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors at least a majority of the Company Outside Directors based upon the advice of a nationally recognized an investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors at least a majority of the CompanyOutside Directors; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value substitute consideration pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first later of (x) the date of the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (Shares to the extent such securities are available) available and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors at least a majority of the Company Outside Directors shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 30-day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (xxx) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof), that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (yyy) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution Distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall give notice to the Rights Agent and either advise in writing all shareholders of record as of that date or issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a notice to the Rights Agent and either a written notice to all shareholders of record or a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), (xxx) the value of the Common Shares shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per Common Share on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, and (yyy) the value of any “Equivalent Preferred Stock” shall be deemed to have the same value as a Common Share on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) Common Shares (or securities convertible into Common Shares) at a price per Common Share (or having a conversion price per Common Share, if a security convertible into Common Shares) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per Common Share on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately before such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be 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 conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase, at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Common Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional Common Shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by at least a majority of the Outside Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. 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, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Common Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a regular quarterly dividend referred to above or a dividend payable in Common Shares, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Common Shares) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately before such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per Common Share on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by at least a majority of the Outside Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed on, or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to, one Common Share, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the “Current Market Price” per Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Shares for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately before such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the “Current Market Price” per Common Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Shares for the 10 consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that such Current Market Price 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 convertible into such Common Shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, split, combination or reclassification of such Common Shares, and before the expiration of the requisite 30 Trading Day or 10 Trading Day period, as set forth above, after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, split, combination or reclassification, then, and in each such case, the “Current Market Price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each Trading 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 on the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last sale price or, if not reported, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market as reported by The NASDAQ system then in use, or, if on any such date the Common Shares are not quoted 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 Common Shares selected by the Outside Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Shares, the “Current Market Price” per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by at least a majority of the Outside Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the Common Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporationPerson), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, including in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such in lieu of a number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Triggering Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by fifty percent (50% %) of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding outstanding, subscribed for or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Triggering Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith determines that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Triggering Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the date of the occurrence of a Triggering Event and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the value of such consideration shall be as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a detailed statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a detailed statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i11(a) (i) and Section 11(a)(ii11(a) (ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i11(a) (i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii11(a) (ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject In the event:
(A) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, at any time after the date of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, (1) shall 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 and the Common Stock of the Company shall remain outstanding and unchanged, (2) shall, in one transaction or a series of transactions, transfer any assets to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries in exchange (in whole or in part) for shares of Common Stock, for shares of other equity securities of the Company, or for securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of equity securities of the Company (Common Stock or otherwise) or otherwise obtain from the Company, with or without consideration, any additional shares of such equity securities or securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of such equity securities (other than pursuant to a pro rata distribution to all holders of Common Stock), (3) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, assets 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, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 23 and Section 24 13(a) hereof, (4) shall sell, purchase, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or otherwise acquire or dispose of in one transaction or a series of transactions, to, from or with (as the case may be) the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (other than incidental to the lines of business, if any, engaged in as of the date hereof between the Company and such Acquiring Person or Associate or Affiliate) assets having an aggregate fair market value of more than $5,000,000, other than pursuant to a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, (5) shall 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 (6) shall receive the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder and except if resulting from a requirement of law or governmental regulation), 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
(B) any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become the Beneficial Owner of 15% or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding, unless the event causing the 15% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by the Board of Directors, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the event any Person becomes best interests of the Company and its stockholders, or
(C) during such time as there is an Acquiring Person, there shall be 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 involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than a transaction or transactions to which the provisions of Section 13(a) apply (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving an Acquiring Person) which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing by more than 1% the proportionate share of the outstanding shares of any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which is directly or indirectly beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of any Acquiring Person, then, promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a) (ii) (A), (B) or (C) hereof, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a) (ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a11 (a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii11(a) Event(ii) Event and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a) (ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in in-full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii11(a) Event(ii) Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"). ”) To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii11(a) (iii), the Company company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11 (a) (iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a) (ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“equivalent preferred stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a) (iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior 
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event If the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare declares a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide subdivides the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine combines the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue issues any shares of its capital stock shares in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock Shares or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of Preferred Shares or shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofIf any Person, in alone or together with its Affiliates or Associates, shall, at any time after the event any Person becomes Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof (a “Flip-In Event”), then, promptly following the occurrence of any such Flip-In Event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShare, such number of shares of Common Stock) Shares as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Flip-In Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Common Share on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”). No Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 hereof that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof or any Associate or Affiliate or nominee thereof; no Right Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof or any Associate or Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate; and any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to pursuant to Section 7(e) hereof or any Associate or Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate shall be cancelled. The Company shall give the Rights Agent written notice of the identity of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, or the nominee of any of the foregoing, and the Rights Agent may rely on such notice in carrying out its duties under this Agreement and shall be deemed not to have any knowledge of the identity of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, or the nominee of any of the foregoing unless and until it shall have received such notice.
(iii) To the extent that If the number of shares of Preferred Stock that Common Shares which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Articles of incorporation Incorporation but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Shares or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, preferred shares or units of preferred shares, such as the Preferred Shares, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as Common Shares (such preferred shares being referred to as “Common Share Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has been,
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to shareholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (a "Qualified Offer"), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the Purchase Price for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof per share of Common Stock) on the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which ) or the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 prohibited by its articles of incorporation from issuing Common Stock upon the exercise of the Virginia Stock Corporation ActRights, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenand
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, as such may be amended and/or restated from time to time, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted material agreements then in effect to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Actparty, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beennot
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Common Stock payable in shares of Preferred Common Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Common Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock or the number and kind of shares of (and/or other capital stocksecurities, as the case may be, ) issuable on such date, as the case may be, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the aggregate adjusted Purchase Price then in effecteffect necessary to exercise a Right in full, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of Common Stock (and/or other capital stocksecurities, as the case may be, ) that, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Common Stock (and/or other securities, as the case may be) transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofof this Agreement, in the event that any Person becomes (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, thenunless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that promptly following the Redemption Period (as defined in Section 23(a) hereof), each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for and payment of an amount equal to the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units shares of Preferred Common Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number shares of Units of Preferred Common Stock for which a Right is was or would have been exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable exercisable, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement except to the extent set forth in Section 13 hereof) by 50% of the current market price of a per share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles ’s Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding outstanding, or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Board shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under by any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted agreements or instruments then in effect to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Actparty, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1x) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2y) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable some or all of the Adjustment Shares, upon exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock (such shares of equity securities being herein called “common stock equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, assets or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized an investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) hereof expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) ), and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If If, upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, then if the 30 Board so elects, the thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences preceding provisions of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such the first sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii) and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any “common stock equivalent” shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date. The Board may, but shall not be required to, establish procedures to allocate the right to receive shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Rights among holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(a)(iii).
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Common Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Common Stock (“equivalent stock”)) or securities convertible into Common Stock or “equivalent stock” at a price per share of Common Stock or per share of “equivalent stock” (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Common Stock or “equivalent stock”) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock or “equivalent stock” outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Common Stock or “equivalent stock” which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock and/or “equivalent stock” so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock or “equivalent stock” outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock and/or “equivalent stock” to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the share of capital stock of the Company issuable on the exercise of one Right. 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, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall conclusive for all purposes. Shares of Common Stock or “equivalent stock” owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Common Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Common Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Common Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall again be adjusted to be the Purchase Price would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(d) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) and Section 24(c) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as defined below) immediately prior to but not including such date; for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following but not including such date; and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 24(c) hereof, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be the closing price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of exchange pursuant to Section 24; provided, however, that in the event the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and prior to the expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or 10 Trading-Day period, as set forth above, 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 “current market price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 American Stock Exchange or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on the American 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted sale price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board shall be used.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by the Board of Directors, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a “Qualified Offer”), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles ’s Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock ( “Equivalent Preferred Stock”) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Sources: Rights Agreement
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof), the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof).
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof24, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that then each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof)) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence shall thereafter be referred to as the "“Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such number of shares, the “Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have substantially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares or units of shares of preferred stock, “common stock equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof), that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect (with prompt notice of such announcements to the Rights Agent). For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any “common stock equivalent” shall be deemed to equal the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights (other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“equivalent preferred stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of equivalent preferred stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or equivalent preferred stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or equivalent preferred stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular periodic cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b)), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to but not including such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii), the “current market price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following but not including such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Aptargroup Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement Effective Date (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Common Stock payable in shares of Preferred Common Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Common Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and in Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stockstock issuable on such date, as the case may be, issuable 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 the aggregate adjusted Purchase Price then in effecteffect necessary to exercise a Right in full, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Common Stock (or other capital stock, as the case may be) transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination combination, or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event that any Person becomes (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, shall become an Acquiring Person, thenunless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, then proper provision shall be made by the Company so that promptly following the Redemption Period (as defined in Section 23(a)), each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for and payment of an amount equal to the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units shares of Preferred Common Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one-half shares of Preferred Common Stock for which a Right is was or would have been exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, whether or not such Right was then exercisable exercisable, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement except to the extent set forth in Section 13 hereof) by 50% of the current per share market price of a share of the Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's articles ’s Amended and Restated Articles of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding outstanding, or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Board shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under by any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted agreements or instruments then in effect to which the Company is a party party, and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: Act (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable some or all of the Adjustment Shares, upon exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board has deemed to have the same value as shares of Common Stock) (such shares of equity securities being herein called “common stock equivalents”), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized an investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) hereof expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If If, upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, then if the Board so elects, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences preceding provisions of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such the first sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii) and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of the Common Stock shall be the current per share market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any “common stock equivalent” shall be deemed to have the same value as the Common Stock on such date. The Board may, but shall not be required to, establish procedures to allocate the right to receive shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Rights among holders of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(a)(iii).
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Common Stock entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Common Stock (“equivalent common stock”) or securities convertible into Common Stock at a price per share of Common Stock or per share of “equivalent common stock” (or having a conversion price per share of Common Stock, if a security convertible into Common Stock) less than the current per share market price of the Common Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock and/or equivalent common stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current per share market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock and/or equivalent common stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially 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, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. Shares of Common Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend of the Company in compliance with Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act), assets (other than a dividend payable in Common Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Common Stock), 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current per share market price of the Common Stock (as defined in Section 11(d)) on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Common Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price of the Common Stock. Such adjustment 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 under this Agreement, the “current per share market price” of the Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to, but not including, such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current per share market price of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (i) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (ii) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and prior to the expiration of the requisite 30 Trading Day period, as set forth above, 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 “current per share market price” shall be appropriately adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 Bulletin Board, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 shares of Common Stock selected by the Board.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Shenandoah Telecommunications Co/Va/)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Common Stock payable in shares of Preferred Common Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Common Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Common Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Common Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Common Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Common Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board of Directors deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (provided, however, that no such determination shall be made during the Special Period) (a "Qualified Offer") then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option a number of the Company and to the extent availableshares of Common Stock for which a Right was theretofore exercisable, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units shares of Preferred Common Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such result being hereinafter first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the "Adjustment Shares").Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Certificate of incorporation Incorporation, as amended, but which are not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is Rights, are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock which the Board of Directors has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyDirectors; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need is to be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Current Value of the Common Stock shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares securities covered by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 1113.
(ia) In the event that the Company shall shall, at any time after the date of this Agreement Agreement, (Ai) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (Bii) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (Ciii) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preferred Shares or (Div) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a13(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of Preferred Shares or other shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such datedate upon exercise of the Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of Preferred Shares or other shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares (or following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, other securities of the Company) transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i11(a) and Section 11(a)(ii13(a) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i13(a) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii11(a) hereof.
(iib) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each shall fix a record holder date for the issuance of each Right rights (except other than the Rights), options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) Preferred Shares (or shares having substantially the same rights, privileges and preferences as provided in Section 7(ethe Preferred Shares (“Equivalent Preferred Shares”)) hereofor securities convertible into Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares at a price per Preferred Share or Equivalent Preferred Share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares) shall thereafter have less than the right to receiveCurrent Market Price per share of the Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares on such record date, upon exercise thereof for the Purchase Price to be in accordance with terms of this Agreement, effect after such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as record date shall equal the result obtained be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which is shall be the sum of the number of Units Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Stock for Shares which a Right is then exercisable the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or Equivalent Preferred Shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which is 50% shall be the number of Preferred Shares and/or Equivalent Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or Equivalent Preferred Shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. In the event such subscription price may be paid by delivery of 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, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(c) In the event that the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Shares but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Shares) or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 13(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Preferred Shares on such record date, less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights) of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Preferred Share, and the denominator of which shall be such current market price per share of the Preferred Shares; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. 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) 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 one percent (1%) of the Purchase Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 13(d) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 13 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-millionth (0.000001) of a Preferred Share or ten-thousandth (0.0001) of any other share or security, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of Common Stock this Section 13(e), any adjustment required by this Section 13 shall be made no later than the earlier of (determined pursuant to Section 11(di) hereof) on three years from the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(iitransaction which requires such adjustment or (ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares")Expiration Date.
(iiie) To If, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a) or Section 13(a) hereof, the extent that holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than Preferred Shares, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of any Rights and the Purchase Price thereof shall be subject to adjustment from to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Preferred Stock that are authorized Shares contained in Sections 13(a), (b) and (c), and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 12 and 14 hereof with respect to the Preferred Shares shall apply on like terms to any such other shares.
(f) All Rights originally issued by the Company's articles 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 incorporation but not outstanding one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share (or reserved for issuance for purposes other than securities or amount of cash or combination thereof) purchasable from time to time hereunder upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient Rights, all subject to permit further adjustment as provided herein.
(g) Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as provided in Section 13(h) hereof, upon each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the calculations made in Section 13(b) and (c) hereof, each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share (calculated to the nearest one one-millionth (0.000001) of a Preferred Share) obtained by (i) multiplying (x) the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share 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 the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Purchase Price.
(h) The Company may elect on or after the date of any adjustment of the Purchase Price to adjust the number of Rights, in lieu of any adjustment in the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share purchasable upon the exercise in full of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after the adjustment in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share 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 (iicalculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of its election 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. This record date may be the date on which the Purchase Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Rights Certificates have been issued, shall be at least 10 days later than the date of the public announcement. If Rights Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section 11(a13(h), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine , as promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of Rights Certificates on such record date Rights Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14 hereof, the excess additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result of (1) such adjustment, or, at the value option of the Adjustment Shares Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the Rights Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Rights Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Rights 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 Rights Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement.
(i) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value")Rights, over (2) the Rights Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share and the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which were expressed in the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder.
(such excess being hereinafter referred to as j) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment Purchase Price below one one-hundredth of the applicable then par value, if any, of the Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall taken 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 Preferred Shares at such adjusted Purchase Price.
(k) In any case in which this Section 13 shall require that an adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date of a specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuance to the holder of any Right exercised after such record date of the Preferred Shares and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the Preferred Shares and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable 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 ▇▇▇▇ or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional Preferred Shares or other capital stock or securities upon the occurrence of the event requiring such adjustment.
(1l) cashAnything in this Section 13 to the contrary notwithstanding, (2) a reduction the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Purchase Price, (3) other equity securities of the Companyin addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 13, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, an aggregate value equal as and to the Current Valueextent it, where such aggregate value has been determined by in the Board good faith judgment of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company, shall determine to be advisable in order that any (i) consolidation or subdivision of the Preferred Shares, (ii) issuance wholly for cash of any of Preferred Shares at less than the Current Market Price, (iii) issuance wholly for cash of Preferred Shares or securities which by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for Preferred Shares, (iv) stock dividends on Preferred Shares, or (v) issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to in this Section 13, hereafter made by the Company to holders of its Preferred Shares, shall not be taxable to such stockholders.
(m) The Company shall not, at any time after the Distribution Date, (i) consolidate with any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 13(o) hereof), (ii) merge with or into any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 13(o) hereof), or (iii) sell or transfer (or permit any Subsidiary to sell or transfer), in one transaction, or a series of 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) to any other Person or Persons (other than the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 13(o) hereof), if at the time of or immediately after such consolidation, merger or sale there are any rights, warrants or other instruments or securities outstanding or agreements in effect which would substantially diminish or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights; provided, however, if the Company that this Section 13(m) shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following affect the first occurrence ability of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock any Subsidiary of the Company to consolidate with, merge with or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and theninto, if necessaryor sell or transfer assets or earning power to, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors any other Subsidiary of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of Company.
(n) After the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspensionDistribution Date, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating not, except as permitted by Section 23, 24, 26 or 27 hereof, take (or permit any Subsidiary to take) any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will diminish substantially or otherwise eliminate the exercisability of benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights has beenRights.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event that:
(A) any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price which is fair to stockholders and not inadequate (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board of Directors of the Company deem relevant including, without limitation, prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a "Qualifying Offer"); or
(B) The Board of Directors of the Company shall declare any Person to be an Adverse Person, upon a determination that such Person, alone or together with its Affiliates and Associates, has, at any time after this Agreement has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to a filing under the Exchange Act, become the Beneficial Owner of a number of shares of Common Stock which the Board of Directors of the Company determines to be substantial (which number of shares shall in no event represent less than 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock) and a determination by the Board of Directors of the Company, after reasonable inquiry and investigation, including consultation with such persons as such directors shall deem appropriate and consideration of such factors as are permitted by applicable law, that (a) such Beneficial Ownership by such Person is intended to cause the Company to repurchase the shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such Person or to cause pressure on the Company to take action or enter into a transaction or series of transactions intended to provide such Person with short-term financial gain under circumstances where the Board of Directors of the Company determines that the best long-term interests of the Company would not be served by taking such action or entering into such transaction or series of transactions at the time or (b) such Beneficial Ownership is causing or reasonably likely to cause a material adverse impact (including, but not limited to, impairment of relationships with customers or impairment of the Company's ability to maintain its competitive position) on the business or prospects of the Company; then, promptly following the occurrence of any event described in Section 11(a)(ii)(A) or (B) hereof, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as "Common Stock Equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date"), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term "Spread" shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Health Net Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding outstanding, subscribed for or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: shall (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the CompanyBoard; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the Purchase Price. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine determines in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder stockholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, is herein called the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x1) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any such stockholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable upon exercise of one Right. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of
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Sources: Section 382 Rights Agreement (Beazer Homes Usa Inc)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by securities purchasable upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such datedate upon exercise of the Rights, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were opendate, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon the exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, other than pursuant to any transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, then, immediately upon the occurrence of such event (a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event"), proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall shall, subject to Section 34 hereof, thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for of such Right at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) as shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable and the denominator of which is 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant immediately prior to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (whether or not such Right was then exercisable), such number of Units of Preferred Stock as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the then number of Units of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (whether or not such Right was then exercisable) (such product thereafter being, for all purposes of this Agreement, other than Section 13 hereof, the "Purchase Price"), and (y) dividing that product by 50% of the then current market price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Unit of Preferred Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such Units of Preferred Stock being hereinafter referred to as the "Adjustment Shares"); provided, however, that the Purchase Price and the number of Units of Preferred Stock so receivable upon exercise of a Right shall, following the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, be subject to further adjustment as appropriate in accordance with Section 11 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Rights shall not be exercisable pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii) until the time period during which the Rights may be redeemed pursuant to Section 23 hereof shall have expired.
(iii) To The Company, by the extent vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, may at its option substitute for a Unit of Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii), shares of Company Common Stock or fractions thereof having a current market price (as determined by Section 11(d) hereof) equal to the current market price of a Unit of Preferred Stock on the date of the Section 11(a)(ii) Event. In the event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation Incorporation but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Company, by the vote of a majority of the Board of Directors, shall to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted material agreements then in effect to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shallor by which it is bound: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), ) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to Section 7(e)), make adequate provision to substitute substitute, in whole or in part, for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) shares of Company Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock (such other shares being "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, havinghaving an aggregate value which, together with when added to the Adjustment Shares value of the Units of Preferred Stock actually issued upon exercise of such Right, shall have an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in such Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the Directors, after receiving advice of from a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Companyfirm; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company's right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the "Section 11(a)(iii) Trigger Date"), then then, subject to Section 34 hereof, the Company shall be obligated (to the extent permitted by applicable law and any material agreements then in effect to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound) to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares Units of preferred stock of the Company or Common Preferred Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cashshares (or fractions of shares, at the discretion of the Board of Directors) of Company Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof, which securities Units of Preferred Stock, shares (or fractions of shares) of Company Common Stock and/or assets in the cash shall have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If ; further provided, however, that if the Board of Directors of Company is unable to comply with the immediately foregoing provision within such thirty day period, then the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient (to the extent permitted by law) take all such action as may be necessary to comply with such provision, including the calling of a meeting of stockholders to authorize additional shares of preferred stock of the Preferred Stock or Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period")Stock. To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences sentence of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of a Unit of Preferred Stock or share of Company Common Stock shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Unit of Preferred Stock or share of Company Common Stock, as the case may be, on the Section 11(a)(iii) Trigger Date and the value of any common stock equivalent shall be deemed to have the same value as the Preferred Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five calendar days after such record date) shares of Preferred Stock (or shares having substantially the same rights, privileges and preferences as shares of Preferred Stock ("Equivalent Preferred Stock")) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase (y) or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may suspend be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may be in a form other than cash, the exercisability value of such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by a majority of the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights until Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or any Subsidiary shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed, and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of shares of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend paid out of funds legally available therefor), assets (other than a dividend payable in shares of Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or subscription rights, options 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by a majority of the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holder of the Rights) of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights, options or warrants distributable in respect of a share of Preferred Stock and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "current market price" per share of Company Common Stock or Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such shares for the ten consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date; provided, however, if prior to the expiration of such requisite ten Trading Day period the Substitution Period issuer announces either (A) a dividend or distribution on such shares payable in order such shares or securities convertible into such shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such shares, then, following the ex-dividend date for such dividend or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification, as the case may be, the "current market price" shall be properly adjusted to seek take into account such event. The closing price for each day shall be, if the shares are listed and admitted to trading on a national securities exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if such shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any authorization national securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of additional the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market ("Nasdaq") or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date such shares and/or are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as 16 furnished by a professional market maker making a market in such shares selected by a majority of the Board of Directors. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in such shares, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by a majority of the Board of Directors shall be used. If such shares are not publicly held or not so listed or traded, "current market price" per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by a majority of the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes. The term "Trading Day" shall mean, if such shares are listed or admitted to decide trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which the appropriate form principal national securities exchange on which such shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of distribution business or, if such shares are not so listed or admitted, a Business Day.
(ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the "current market price" per share of Preferred Stock shall be determined in the same manner as set forth above for Company Common Stock in clause (i) of this Section 11(d) (other than the fourth sentence thereof). If the current market price per share of Preferred Stock cannot be determined in the manner provided above or if the Preferred Stock is not publicly held or listed or traded in a manner described in clause (i) of this Section 11(d), the "current market price" per share of Preferred Stock shall be conclusively deemed to be made pursuant an amount equal to 100 (as such first sentence amount may be appropriately adjusted for such events as stock splits, stock dividends and recapitalizations with respect to determine Company Common Stock occurring after the value thereofdate of this Agreement) multiplied by the current market price per share of Company Common Stock. In the event of any such suspension, the If neither Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenCommo
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine consolidate the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation consolidation, merger or merger scheme of arrangement in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination consolidation or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock Shares or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other Preferred Shares or capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Share transfer books of the Company were open, he would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination consolidation or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing the 15% threshold to be crossed is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of Ordinary Shares pursuant to a tender, exchange or takeover offer for all outstanding Ordinary Shares at a price and on terms determined by at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Continuing Directors, to be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders (a “Qualifying Offer”), then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShare, such number of shares Ordinary Shares of Common Stock) the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one-hundredths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the occurrence of the Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Ordinary Share on the date of the first such occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that Ordinary Shares which are authorized by the Company's articles ’s Memorandum of incorporation Association but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is are not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each RightRight (subject to Section 7(e) hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of such Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, preferred shares or units of preferred shares which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have the same value as Ordinary Shares (such preferred shares, “common share equivalents”)), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value, where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally an internationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the first occurrence of a the Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent (being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Ordinary Shares (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock Ordinary Shares could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Ordinary Share on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any “common share equivalent” shall be deemed to be equal to the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) of the Ordinary Shares on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Shares (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares (“equivalent preferred shares”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a price per Preferred Share or per equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares) less than the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Preferred Share on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of Preferred Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Shares (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation, merger or scheme of arrangement in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of evidences of indebtedness, cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Shares, but including any dividend payable in shares other than Preferred Shares) 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Preferred Share 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be such current market price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per Preferred Share. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per Ordinary Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Ordinary Shares for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “current market price” per Ordinary Share on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Ordinary Shares for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current market price per Ordinary Share is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Ordinary Shares of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Ordinary Shares payable in Ordinary Shares or securities convertible into such Ordinary Shares (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, consolidation or reclassification of such Ordinary Shares, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution or the record date for such subdivision, consolidation or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the “current market price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 Ordinary 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
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind 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.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that then each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units one one- thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator "Purchase Price" for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by 50% of the current market price of a share of Common Stock (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result being hereinafter referred to as number of shares, the "Adjustment Shares").
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that which are authorized by the Company's articles certificate of incorporation incorporation, as amended, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have substantially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares of preferred stock, "common stock equivalents")), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenthe
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by each Right Right, and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a)) and Section 7(e) hereof, the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatwhich, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in In the event any Person becomes shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person (unless the event causing such Person to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof, or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors, who are not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more nationally recognized investment banking firms selected by the Board, to be (a) at a price which is fair and adequate to shareholders (taking into account all factors which such members of the Board of Directors of the Company deem relevant including, without limitation, the long-term prospects and value of the Company and prices which could reasonably be achieved if the Company or its assets were sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise in the best interests (including the possibility that these interests may best be served by the continued independence of the Company) of the Company and its shareholders (a “Qualified Offer”)), then, promptly following the occurrence of any such event, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such in lieu of a number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableFractions, such number of shares of Common Stock) Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the then number of Units of Preferred Stock Fractions for which a Right is then was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y) dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be referred to as the denominator “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of which is this Agreement) by fifty percent (50% %) of the current market price of a share of Common Stock Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of the such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (such result number of shares being hereinafter referred to herein as the "“Adjustment Shares"”).
(iii) To In the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Common Stock that are which is authorized by the Company's ’s articles of incorporation incorporation, but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights Rights, is not sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the "“Current Value"), ”) over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as excess, the "“Spread"”), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable the Adjustment Shares, upon the exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of the CompanyCompany (including, without limitation, shares, or units or fractions of shares, of preferred stock), which the Board of Directors of the Company has deemed to have essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such shares being referred to herein as “Common Stock Equivalents”), (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, having an aggregate value equal to the Current ValueValue (less the amount of any reduction to the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon the advice of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 thirty (30) days following the later of (x) the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventEvent and (y) the date on which the Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x) and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities shares and/or assets in the cash have an aggregate are value equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 thirty (30) day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 ninety (90) days following after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) EventTrigger Date, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day period, as it may be extended, being referred to herein as the "“Substitution Period"”). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need should be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, Rights and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any shareholder approval for such authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenbeen temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.
(b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock (“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)), or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock, at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock which the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such Current Market Price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of additional shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock so to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may 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 and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. Shares of Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment 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 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 fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation) of cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in Preferred Stock, but including any dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock), or evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the cash, assets or evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date, and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the “Current Market Price” per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period, as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the “Current Market Price” shall be properly adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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 the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“Nasdaq”) or such other system then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not quoted 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 Common Stock selected by the Board. If on any such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be conclusive for all purposes.
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Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by or other assets issuable upon exercise of each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the earlier to occur of the Redemption Date, the Exchange Date or the Final Expiration Date (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine or consolidate the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including without limitation any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination combination, consolidation or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he it would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination combination, consolidation or reclassification. If an ; provided, however, that (A) in no event occurs that would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, shall the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall consideration to be in addition topaid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right, and (B) if the dividend declared on the Preferred Shares is cancelled without payment of the dividend, such adjustment to the Purchase Price shall also be reversed as of such date. Such adjustment shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereofsuccessively whenever such a record date or effective date is fixed or occurs.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereofthe immediately succeeding paragraph, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, thenand the Redemption Date, proper provision the Exchange Date or the Final Expiration Date shall be made by the Company so that not have occurred within ten Business Days thereafter, each record holder of each a Right (except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the a right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, Agreement and in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent available, Shares such number of shares of Common Stock) Shares as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units one one-thousandths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is then exercisable and the denominator of which is dividing that product by (y) 50% of the then current per share market price of a share of the Common Stock Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of a such event. From and after the occurrence of an event specified in Section 13(a) hereof, any Rights that theretofore had not been exercised shall thereafter by exercisable only in accordance with Section 13 and not pursuant to this Section 11(a)(ii). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, (A) Event from and after the occurrence of such event, any Rights that are or were acquired or are thereafter acquired or Beneficially Owned by any Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate of such result being hereinafter referred Acquiring Person) shall be null and void without any further action by any Person and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no right whatsoever with respect to as such Rights, under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise (whether or not such holder is an Acquiring Person or an Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person); (B) no Right Certificate or other evidence of issuance shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 or Section 6 hereof that represents Rights Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to the "Adjustment Shares"preceding clause (A) or any Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person or nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate (with respect to the Rights of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate); (C) no Right Certificate or other evidence of issuance shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to clause (A) above or any Associate or Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate (with respect to the Rights of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate); and (D) any Right Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be null and void pursuant to clause (A) above or any Associate or Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate (with respect to the Rights of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate) shall be cancelled. Promptly after it becomes aware of the existence of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person, or the nominee of any of the foregoing, the Company shall give the Rights Agent written notice of the identity of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person, or the nominee of any of the foregoing, and the Rights Agent may rely on such notice in carrying out its duties under this Agreement and shall be deemed not to have any knowledge of the identity of any such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, or the nominee of any of the foregoing unless and until it shall have received such notice.
(iii) To Subject to Section 24, in the extent event that the number of shares of Preferred Stock that are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation there shall not be sufficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient authorized but unissued to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph clause (ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment shall promptly take all such action as may be necessary to authorize additional Common Shares issuable for issuance as soon as possible upon the exercise of the Rights, or the Company shall uniformly substitute, for all or a Right (portion of the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Common Shares that would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of a Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) cash or other debt or equity securities of the Company, Company or fractions thereof (4including without limitation Preferred Shares) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, that have an aggregate value equal to the Current Valuecurrent per share market price of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such securities or fraction thereof.
(b) If the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, where options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such aggregate value has been record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares (“Equivalent Preferred Shares”) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares at a price per Preferred Share or Equivalent Preferred Share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security is convertible into Preferred Shares or Equivalent Preferred Shares) less than the then current per share market price of the Preferred Shares (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on such record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Board Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of Directors which shall be the number of Preferred Shares and Equivalent Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Shares which the aggregate subscription price of the total number of Preferred Shares and/or Equivalent Preferred Shares so to be offered to shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on the record date (plus the aggregate initial conversion price of any such convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price, and the denominator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares and Equivalent Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or Equivalent Preferred Shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the Purchase Price to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company based issuable upon exercise of one Right. If such subscription price may be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the advice value of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected such consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and binding on the Rights Agent and the holders of Rights. Preferred Shares and Equivalent Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account of the Company shall not have be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment shall be made adequate provision successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to deliver value pursuant to clause be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(Bc) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then If the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon fix a record date for the surrender for exercise making of a Right and without requiring payment distribution to all holders of the Preferred Shares (including without limitation any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation) of securities (including evidences of indebtedness) or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in Preferred Shares) or rights, options or warrants (excluding those for which adjustments are made pursuant to Sections 11(a) or (b) hereof), the Purchase PricePrice to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, shares the numerator of preferred stock which shall be the then current per share market price of the Company or Common Stock Preferred Shares on such record date, less the fair market value (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets as determined in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company Company, whose determination shall determine be described in good faith a statement filed with the Rights Agent) of the portion of the securities or assets or of such rights, options or warrants so to be distributed applicable to one Preferred Share, and the denominator of which shall be such current per share market price of the Preferred Shares; provided, however, that it is likely that sufficient additional in no event shall the Purchase Price to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of preferred capital stock of the Company or Common Stock could to be authorized for issuance issued upon exercise of one Right. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and in full of the Rightsevent that such distribution is not so made, the 30 day period set forth above may Purchase Price shall again be extended adjusted to be the extent necessaryPurchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.
(i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence “current per share market price” of any security (a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval “Security” for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences purpose of this Section 11(a)(iii11(d)(i)) on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such Security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days (as hereinafter defined) immediately prior to but not including such date; provided, however, that in the event that the current per share market price of the Security is determined during a period following the announcement by the issuer of such Security of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Security payable in shares of such Security or securities convertible into such Security, or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Security, then, and in each such case, the Company (x) current per share market price shall providebe appropriately adjusted to reflect the current market price per share equivalent of such Security taking into account such dividend or distribution, subject to Section 7(e) hereofor subdivision, that combination or reclassification. The closing price for each day shall be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rightssale takes place on such day, and (y) may suspend the exercisability average of the Rights until closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the expiration of principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide New York Stock Exchange or, if the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beenSecurity is not listed or
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Emulex Corp /De/)
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, and the number and kind of shares covered by and obtainable upon exercise of each Right Right, and the number of Rights outstanding outstanding, are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 1111 and Section 13 hereof.
(i) In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Stock Shares payable in shares of Preferred StockShares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred StockShares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Stock Shares into a smaller number of shares, Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Stock Shares (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, stock issuable 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 the Purchase Price then in effect, receive the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number and kind of shares of other capital stock, as the case may be, thatstock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred Stock Shares transfer books of the Company were open, he such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. If an event occurs that which would require an adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to, any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.
(ii) Subject to Section 23 and Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes shall become an Acquiring Person, then, proper provision shall be made by the Company so that each record holder of each a valid Right (except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof) shall thereafter have the a right to receive, upon exercise thereof for at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-thousandths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, and in lieu of Preferred Stock, at the option of the Company and to the extent availableShares, such number of shares Common Shares of Common Stock) the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Units one one-thousandths of a Preferred Stock Share for which a Right is then exercisable exercisable, and the denominator of which is dividing that product by (y) 50% of the then current per share market price of a share of the Company's Common Stock Shares (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of the first occurrence of the event described above. In the event that any Person shall become an Acquiring Person and the Rights shall then be outstanding, the Company shall not take any action which would eliminate or diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights. From and after the time when a Person becomes an Acquiring Person (a "Section 11(a)(ii) Event Event") any Rights that are or were acquired or beneficially owned by (i) any Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate of such result being hereinafter referred Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person became an Acquiring Person or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming an Acquiring Person and receives such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the 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, whether written or oral, regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer which the Board of Directors has determined in good faith is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral, which has as a primary purpose or effect the "Adjustment Shares"avoidance of this second paragraph of this Section 11(a)(ii), shall each be void and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no exercise or any other rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. No Rights Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3, this Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 24 that represents Rights beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence; no Rights Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person or any Associate or Affiliate thereof whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate; and any Rights Certificate delivered to the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate thereof whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be canceled.
(iii) To In lieu of issuing Common Shares of the extent Company in accordance with Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the Company may, in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, elect to (and, in the event that the number Board of shares of Preferred Stock that Directors has not exercised the exchange right contained in Section 24 hereof and there are authorized by the Company's articles of incorporation not sufficient issued but not outstanding or reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights is not sufficient and authorized but unissued Common Shares to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the foregoing subparagraph (iiSection 11(a)(ii) of this Section 11(a), and subject to such limitations as are necessary to prevent a default under any agreement for money borrowed as presently constituted to which the Company is a party and subject to any limitations contained in Section 13.1-653 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Acthereof, the Company shall: (A) determine the excess of (1) the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable take all such action as may be necessary to authorize, issue or pay, upon the exercise of a Right the Rights, cash (the "Current Value"), over (2) the Purchase Price (such excess being hereinafter referred to as the "Spread"), and (B) with respect to each Right, make adequate provision to substitute for such unavailable Adjustment Shares, upon payment including by way of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a reduction in of the Purchase Price), (3) property, other equity securities of the Company, (4) debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the foregoing, having, together with the Adjustment Shares issued upon exercise of such Right, thereof having an aggregate value equal to the Current Valuevalue of the Common Shares of the Company which otherwise would have been issuable pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii), where such which aggregate value has been shall be determined by the Board of Directors Directors. For purposes of the Company based upon preceding sentence, the advice value of a nationally recognized investment banking firm selected by the Common Shares shall be determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof and the value of any equity securities which the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value pursuant to clause (B) above within 30 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, then the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a Right and without requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock (to the extent such securities are available) and then, if necessary, cash, which securities and/or assets in the aggregate are equal to the Spread. If the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine in good faith that it is likely that sufficient additional shares of preferred stock of the Company or Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon exercise in full of the Rights, the 30 day period set forth above may be extended to the extent necessary, but not more than 90 days following the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, in order that the Company may seek shareholder approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such period, as it may be extended, the "Substitution Period"). To the extent that the Company determines that some action need be taken pursuant to the first and/or second sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (x) shall provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to all outstanding Rights, and (y) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek any authorization of additional shares and/or to decide the appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights has beena
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Anicom Inc)