Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Person. All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon. (b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company.
Appears in 3 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Caterpillar Inc), Rights Agreement (Caterpillar Inc), Rights Agreement (Caterpillar Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, including the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or exchange or not to redeem or exchange the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Independent Directors Committee (as defined below) of the Board of Directors of the Company shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three yearsyear, or sooner than that if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any such other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Independent Directors Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Independent Directors Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Independent Directors Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates independent of the Companymanagement of the Company and free from any relationship that, in the opinion of its Board of Directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment as a member of the Independent Director Committee provided that any director who is an Affiliate of the Company or any officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries shall not qualify for membership in the Independent Director Committee; provided, however, that a director who was formerly an officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries may qualify for membership even though he or she may be receiving pension or deferred compensation payments from the Company if, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, such person will exercise independent judgment and will materially assist the function of the Independent Director Committee; provided, however, that a majority of the Independent Director Committee shall, at all times, consist of directors who were not formerly officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Chubb Corp), Rights Agreement (Chubb Corp), Rights Agreement (Chubb Corp)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised appointed by the Board of Directors of the members of the Nominating Company and Governance Committee of the Board, composed shall be comprised of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Penney J C Co Inc), Rights Agreement (Penney J C Co Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company Corporation shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the CompanyCorporation, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Person). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the CompanyCorporation, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Independent Directors Committee (as defined below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the CompanyCorporation, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the CompanyCorporation, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the CompanyCorporation, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Independent Directors Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Independent Directors Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Independent Directors Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of the Company Corporation who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the CompanyCorporation.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Vitalworks Inc), Rights Agreement (Vitalworks Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (aFor all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock or Special Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock or Special Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with, as the Board of Directors deems to be applicable, the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act or the provisions of Section 382 of the Code, or any successor provision or replacement provision. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a including, without limitation, any determination contemplated by the definition of “Acquiring Person” or any determination as to whether particular Rights shall have become void and any determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, parties and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company to any liability to any Person, including without limitation the Rights Agent and the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall is entitled always be entitled to assume that the Company's ’s Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.”
(b) It 7. Exhibit B to the Rights Agreement is understood that the TIDE Committee (hereby deemed amended in a manner consistent with this Amendment.
8. Capitalized terms used without other definition in this Amendment will be used as defined below) in the Rights Agreement.
9. This Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the Board State of Directors Delaware and for all purposes shall review be governed by and evaluate this construed in accordance with the laws of such State applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such State, provided, however, that all provisions regarding the rights, duties and obligations of the Rights Agent shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.
10. The Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance will not otherwise be supplemented or amended by virtue of this Rights Agreement continues Amendment, but will remain in full force and effect.
11. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be in an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the interests same instrument.
12. The undersigned officer of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies being duly authorized on behalf of the Company, at least every three years, hereby certifies in his or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become her capacity as an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors officer on behalf of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates to the Rights Agent that (a) this Amendment is in compliance with the terms of Section 27 of the CompanyRights Agreement, and (b) this Amendment does not change or increase the Rights Agent’s duties, liabilities or obligations.
13. By its execution and delivery hereof, the Company directs the Rights Agent to execute this Amendment.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Kb Home), Rights Agreement (Kb Home)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations and calculations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) A committee of the Board of Directors of the Company comprised entirely of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company (the "Rights Plan Committee") shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, its shareholders stockholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three yearsother year, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Rights Plan Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Rights Plan Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Geoworks /Ca/), Rights Agreement (Geoworks /Ca/)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (aFor ---------------------------------------------------------- all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(l)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that for all purposes ----------------- of this Agreement any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time shall also include all shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding at the applicable time. The Board of Directors (with, where specifically provided for herein, the concurrence of the Company Continuing Directors) shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board (with, where specifically provided for herein, the concurrence of Directors the Continuing Directors) or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights Rights, to declare that a Person is an Adverse Person or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board (with, where specifically provided for herein, the concurrence of Directors the Continuing Directors) in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject any member of the Board of Directors or any Continuing Director to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled Notwithstanding anything to assume that the Company's Board contrary in this Agreement, from and after the election of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) directors of the Board Company at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Company called after the time a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, all provisions of this Agreement that require the action or concurrence of the Continuing Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether no longer require the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests action or concurrence of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies Continuing Directors but instead shall require only the action of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Marcam Corp), Rights Agreement (Marcam Corp)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Person. All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company.
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Rights Agreement (Madden Steven LTD), Rights Agreement (Madden Steven LTD)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company Directors, except as otherwise specifically provided for herein, shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, limitation the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall faith, (x) shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders of the Common Stock) and all other parties, and (y) shall not subject the Board of Directors or any member of the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled Any provision in this Agreement to assume that the Company's Board contrary notwithstanding, for a period of Directors acted in good faith one-hundred eighty (180) days from and shall be fully protected after the date hereof, and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
for a period of one- hundred eighty (b180) It is understood that days from and after the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of time at which any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order not be empowered to consider whether take or approve any action or exercise any rights or powers hereunder, including without limitation causing the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues Company to be in redeem Rights, unless at the interests of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, time such action is approved or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause or such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if rights or powers are exercised by the Board of Directors a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors are Continuing Directors and the action or exercise is approved by a majority of such Continuing Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company.
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Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Company Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the Company, its shareholders stockholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, Company at least once every three years, or sooner than that if any Person shall have made a proposal to the CompanyCompany or its stockholders, or taken any other action, action that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will shall communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the CompanyCompany and shall be the Nominating, Governance and Review Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor committee) as long as the members of such committee meet such requirements.
(c) The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the power to set their own agenda and to retain at the expense of the Company their choice of legal counsel, investment bankers and other advisors. The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed.
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Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of Common Shares outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding Common Shares of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors Directors, or to the Company, Company or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights Certificates and all other parties, parties and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of appointed by the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company and shall be comprised of members of the Board of Directors who are not officers, employees or Affiliates officers of the CompanyCompany or of any of its Subsidiaries who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates or Associates of an Acquiring Person.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Arris Group Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of any class or series of Voting Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Voting Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner (aor the particular percentage of Voting Power if such shares of Voting Stock represented by shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person), shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) The of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Rights Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the Company, its shareholders stockholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, Company at least every three yearsannually, or sooner than that if any Person shall have made a proposal to the CompanyCompany or its stockholders, or taken any other action, action that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Rights Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Rights Committee will shall communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Rights Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company. The Rights Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the power to set their own agenda and to retain at the expense of the Company their choice of legal counsel, investment bankers and other advisors. The Rights Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23 or the effectiveness of such redemption pursuant to Section 29(d) (or, if the resolution of the Board of Directors electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23(d) states that the redemption will not be effective until the occurrence of a specified future time or event, upon the occurrence of such future time or event), without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and each Right, whether or not previously exercised, will thereafter represent only the right to receive the Redemption Price in cash or securities, as determined by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that such resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 23 may be revoked, rescinded or otherwise modified at any time prior to the time and date of effectiveness set forth in such resolution, in which event the right to exercise will not terminate at the time and date originally set for such termination by the Board of Directors of the Company. Promptly after the Rights are redeemed, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice in accordance with Section 26.
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Sources: Preferred Stock Rights Agreement (Nexity Financial Corp)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Company Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Agreement, and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including including, without limitation, a determination whether to redeem or not redeem the Rights rights or to amend the Rights this Agreement and a determination whether any proposed amendment adversely affects the interest of whether there is an Acquiring Personthe holders of Rights Certificates. All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) An independent committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) (as described below) shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the CompanyCompany and its stockholders, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies following the fifth anniversary of the Company, at least every three yearsdate hereof, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. .
(c) The TIDE members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company. The Committee shall have the power to set its own agenda and to retain, at the expense of the Company, independent legal, accounting or other professional consultants selected by the Committee, for any matters relating to the purpose of the Committee. The Company shall cause its employees to make themselves available to cooperate with the Committee for any matters related to its purpose. The Committee shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether to maintain or modify the Agreement or redeem the Rights.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Digimarc Corp)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of any class or series of Voting Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Voting Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner (or the particular percentage of Voting Power if such shares of Voting Stock represented by shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person), shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the Company, its shareholders stockholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, Company at least every three yearsannually, or sooner than that if any Person shall have made a proposal to the CompanyCompany or its stockholders, or taken any other action, action that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will shall communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company and shall be the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor committee) as long as the members of such committee meet such requirements.
(c) The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the power to set their own agenda and to retain at the expense of the Company their choice of legal counsel, investment bankers and other advisors. The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed.
(d) In the event the Company, not earlier than 90 Business Days nor later than 120 Business Days following the commencement of a Qualified Offer, which has not been terminated prior thereto and which continues to be a Qualified Offer, receives a written notice complying with the terms of this Section 29(d) (the “Special Meeting Notice”) that is properly executed by the holders of record (or their duly authorized proxy) of ten percent (10%) of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding directing the Board of Directors of the Company to submit to a vote of stockholders at a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company (a “Special Meeting”) a resolution authorizing the redemption of all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price (the “Redemption Resolution”), then the Board of Directors of the Company shall take such actions as are necessary or desirable to cause the Redemption Resolution to be submitted to a vote of stockholders, by including a proposal relating to adoption of the Redemption Resolution in the proxy materials of the Company for the Special Meeting. For purposes of a Special Meeting Notice, the record date for determining eligible holders of record shall be the 90th Business Day following the commencement of a Qualified Offer. Any Special Meeting Notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive offices of the Company and must set forth as to the stockholders of record executing the request (x) the name and address of such stockholders, as they appear on the Company’s books and records, (y) the class and number of shares of Common Stock which are owned of record by each of such stockholders, and (z) in the case of Common Stock that is owned beneficially by another Person, an executed certification by the holder of record that such holder has executed such Special Meeting Notice only after obtaining instructions to do so from such beneficial owner. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Board of Directors of the Company may take a position in favor of or opposed to the adoption of the Redemption Resolution, or no position with respect to the Redemption Resolution, as it determines to be appropriate in the exercise of its duties. In the event that no Person has become an Acquiring Person prior to the redemption date referred to in this Section, and the Qualified Offer continues to be a Qualified Offer and either (i) the Special Meeting is not held on or prior to the 90th Business Day following receipt of the Special Meeting Notice, or (ii) if, at the Special Meeting, the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the record date for the Special Meeting selected by the Board of Directors of the Company shall vote in favor of the Redemption Resolution, then all of the Rights shall be deemed redeemed by such failure to hold the Special Meeting or as a result of such stockholder action, as the case may be, at the Redemption Price, or the Board of Directors shall take such other action as would prevent the existence of the Rights from interfering with the consummation of the Qualified Offer, effective either (i) as of the Close of Business on the 90th Business Day following receipt of the Special Meeting Notice if a Special Meeting is not held on or prior to such date or (ii) as of the date on which the results of the vote on the Redemption Resolution at the Special Meeting are certified as official by the appointed inspectors of election for the Special Meeting, as the case may be. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23 or the effectiveness of such redemption pursuant to Section 29(d) (or, if the resolution of the Board of Directors electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23(d) states that the redemption will not be effective until the occurrence of a specified future time or event, upon the occurrence of such future time or event), without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and each Right, whether or not previously exercised, will thereafter represent only the right to receive the Redemption Price in cash or securities, as determined by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that such resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 23 may be revoked, rescinded or otherwise modified at any time prior to the time and date of effectiveness set forth in such resolution, in which event the right to exercise will not terminate at the time and date originally set for such termination by the Board of Directors of the Company. Promptly after the Rights are redeemed, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice in accordance with Section 26.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Kellwood Co)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of any class or series of Voting Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Voting Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner (or the particular percentage of Voting Power if such shares of Voting Stock represented by shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person), shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Agreement, and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the Company, its shareholders stockholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, Company at least every three yearsannually, or sooner than that if any Person shall have made a proposal to the CompanyCompany or its stockholders, or taken any other action, action that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will shall communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company and shall be the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor committee) as long as the members of such committee meet such requirements.
(c) The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the power to set their own agenda and to retain at the expense of the Company their choice of legal counsel, investment bankers and other advisors. The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed.
(d) In the event the Company, not earlier than ninety (90) Business Days nor later than one hundred twenty (120) Business Days following the commencement of a Qualified Offer, which has not been terminated prior thereto and which continues to be a Qualified Offer, receives a written notice complying with the terms of this Section 29(d) (the “Special Meeting Notice”) that is properly executed by the holders of record (or their duly authorized proxy) of ten percent (10%) of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding directing the Board of Directors to submit to a vote of stockholders at a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company (a “Special Meeting”) a resolution authorizing the redemption of all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price (the “Redemption Resolution”), then the Board of Directors shall take such actions as are necessary or desirable to cause the Redemption Resolution to be submitted to a vote of stockholders, by including a proposal relating to adoption of the Redemption Resolution in the proxy materials of the Company for the Special Meeting. For purposes of a Special Meeting Notice, the record date for determining eligible holders of record shall be the ninetieth (90th) Business Day following the commencement of a Qualified Offer. Any Special Meeting Notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive offices of the Company and must set forth as to the stockholders of record executing the request (x) the name and address of such stockholders, as they appear on the Company’s books and records, (y) the class and number of shares of Common Stock which are owned of record by each of such stockholders, and (z) in the case of Common Stock that is owned beneficially by another Person, an executed certification by the holder of record that such holder has executed such Special Meeting Notice only after obtaining instructions to do so from such beneficial owner. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Board of Directors may take a position in favor of or opposed to the adoption of the Redemption Resolution, or no position with respect to the Redemption Resolution, as it determines to be appropriate in the exercise of its duties. In the event that no Person has become an Acquiring Person prior to the redemption date referred to in this Section, and the Qualified Offer continues to be a Qualified Offer and either (i) the Special Meeting is not held on or prior to the ninetieth (90th) Business Day following receipt of the Special Meeting Notice, or (ii) if, at the Special Meeting, the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the record date for the Special Meeting selected by the Board of Directors shall vote in favor of the Redemption Resolution, then all of the Rights shall be deemed redeemed by such failure to hold the Special Meeting or as a result of such stockholder action, as the case may be, at the Redemption Price, or the Board of Directors shall take such other action as would prevent the existence of the Rights from interfering with the consummation of the Qualified Offer, effective either (i) as of the Close of Business on the 90th Business Day following receipt of the Special Meeting Notice if a Special Meeting is not held on or prior to such date or (ii) as of the date on which the results of the vote on the Redemption Resolution at the Special Meeting are certified as official by the appointed inspectors of election for the Special Meeting, as the case may be. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23 or the effectiveness of such redemption pursuant to Section 29(d) (or, if the resolution of the Board of Directors electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23 states that the redemption will not be effective until the occurrence of a specified future time or event, upon the occurrence of such future time or event), without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and each Right, whether or not previously exercised, will thereafter represent only the right to receive the Redemption Price in cash or securities, as determined by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that such resolution of the Board of Directors pursuant to Section 23 may be revoked, rescinded or otherwise modified at any time prior to the time and date of effectiveness set forth in such resolution, in which event the right to exercise will not terminate at the time and date originally set for such termination by the Board of Directors. Promptly after the Rights are redeemed, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice in accordance with Section 26.
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Sources: Preferred Stock Rights Agreement (Impax Laboratories Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (aFor all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(l)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) 14. Section 30 of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether is amended by adding the maintenance following as the last sentence of this Rights Agreement continues to be in Section 30: Without limiting the interests of the Companyforegoing, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made provision requiring a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed specific group of Directors of the Company who are not officersto act is held to by any court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, employees void or Affiliates unenforceable, such determination shall then be made by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with applicable law and the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws.
15. The Form of Rights Certificate attached to the Rights Agreement as Exhibit B is hereby amended by deleting such Exhibit in its entirety and inserting in replacement thereof Exhibit B attached hereto.
16. The Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock attached to the Rights Agreement as Exhibit C is hereby amended by deleting such Exhibit in its entirety and inserting in replacement thereof Exhibit C attached hereto.
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Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (aFor all purposes of this Rights Plan, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company (where specifically provided for herein, by the requisite vote and/or with the approval of Independent Directors (where a Majority Director Vote is required)) shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement Plan and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board (with, where specifically provided for herein, the approval of Independent Directors (where a Majority Director Vote is required)) or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights AgreementPlan, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Plan and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement Plan (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights, to exchange the Rights or to amend the or supplement this Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonPlan). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board (with, where specifically provided for herein, the approval of Independent Directors (where a Majority Director Vote is required)) in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, parties and (y) not subject the Board of or the Independent Directors (if applicable) to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent Board may at any time and from time to time (and upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event shall always be entitled to assume that forthwith) establish and set aside one or more funds (in such amount or amounts as the Board shall deem necessary or desirable), whether in trust, escrow or other segregated accounts (regardless of whether any such fund is combined for administrative purposes with any other fund or funds established by the Company's Board , for the purpose of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood assuring that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of adequate resources are available to the Board of Directors shall review (or Independent Directors, as the case may be), to enable them to carry out their prescribed functions, and evaluate to maintain their authority and powers, under this Rights Agreement in order Agreement, or to consider whether fulfill their fiduciary obligations to the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests shareholders of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies . Without limiting the generality of the Companystatement of purposes contained in the next preceding sentence, at least every three yearsthe fund or funds so established shall, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if on demand of a majority of the members Board or Independent Directors, be made available to the Board (including Independent Directors) for the purposes of (i) seeking affirmatively to establish, or to defend, the validity of this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 28, and (ii) seeking affirmatively to establish, or to defend, the validity and/or propriety of any action taken (or omitted to be taken) by the Board (including Independent Directors) pursuant to this Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws or applicable provisions of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemedDelaware General Corporation Law. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of establishment by the Board, composed and utilization by the Board of Directors (or Independent Directors, as the case may be), of any fund or funds established pursuant to this paragraph shall be separate and apart from, and shall not detract from, diminish or otherwise affect adversely, any rights or protections afforded, conferred or given to the Company who are not officers, employees Company's Directors (including the Independent Directors) pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation or Affiliates Bylaws of the Company.
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Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (aFor all purposes of this Rights Plan, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company (where specifically provided for herein, by the requisite vote and/or with the approval of Independent Directors (where a Majority Director Vote is required)) shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement Plan and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board (with, where specifically provided for herein, the approval of Independent Directors (where a Majority Director Vote is required)) or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights AgreementPlan, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Plan and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement Plan (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights, to exchange the Rights or to amend the or supplement this Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonPlan). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board (with, where specifically provided for herein, the approval of Independent Directors (where a Majority Director Vote is required)) in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, parties and (y) not subject the Board of or the Independent Directors (if applicable) to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent Board may at any time and from time to time (and upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event shall always be entitled to assume that forthwith) establish and set aside one or more funds (in such amount or amounts as the Board shall deem necessary or desirable), whether in trust, escrow or other segregated accounts (regardless of whether any such fund is combined for administrative purposes with any other fund or funds established by the Company's Board , for the purpose of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood assuring that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of adequate resources are available to the Board of Directors shall review (or Independent Directors, as the case may be), to enable them to carry out their prescribed functions, and evaluate to maintain their authority and powers, under this Rights Agreement in order Agreement, or to consider whether fulfill their fiduciary obligations to the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests shareholders of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies . Without limiting the generality of the Companystatement of purposes contained in the next preceding sentence, at least every three yearsthe fund or funds so established shall, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if on demand of a majority of the members Independent Directors, be made available to the Independent Directors for the purposes of (i) seeking affirmatively to establish, or to defend, the validity of this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 28, and (ii) seeking affirmatively to establish, or to defend, the validity and/or propriety of any action taken (or omitted to be taken) by the Independent Directors pursuant to this Agreement, the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws or applicable provisions of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemedFlorida Business Corporation Act. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of establishment by the Board, composed and utilization by the Board of Directors (or Independent Directors, as the case may be), of any fund or funds established pursuant to this paragraph shall be separate and apart from, and shall not detract from, diminish or otherwise affect adversely, any rights or protections afforded, conferred or given to the Company who are not officers, employees Company's Directors (including the Independent Directors) pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation or Affiliates Bylaws of the Company.
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Sources: Preferred Share Purchase Rights Plan (Pediatrix Medical Group Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of any class or series of Voting Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Voting Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner (or the particular percentage of Voting Power if such shares of Voting Stock represented by shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person), shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the Company, its shareholders stockholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, Company at least once every three years, or sooner than that if any Person shall have made a proposal to the CompanyCompany or its stockholders, or taken any other action, action that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will shall communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the CompanyCompany and shall be the Nominating, Governance and Review Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor committee) as long as the members of such committee meet such requirements.
(c) The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the power to set their own agenda and to retain at the expense of the Company their choice of legal counsel, investment bankers and other advisors. The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed.
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Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (aFor all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of Company Securities outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the amount of any Person’s Beneficial Ownership, shall be made in accordance with, as the Board of Directors deems to be applicable, the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act or the provisions of Section 382 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, including the right and power to (ia) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (iib) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or exchange or not to redeem or exchange the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, parties and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Company Securities or the Rights.”
8. Exhibit C of the Agreement (Summary of Terms) is hereby amended such that (A) in paragraphs (1) and (2) of footnote 2 (i) references to 15% are changed to “5%” and (ii) references to “Company’s Common Stock” or “Company’s Stock” are changed to “Company Securities”; and (B) the first paragraph under the heading “Flip-In” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows: “If any person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an “Acquiring Person”) becomes the beneficial owner of 5% or more of the Company Securities outstanding as of the opening of business on the Amendment Date (other than as a result of repurchases of stock by the Company or certain inadvertent actions and excluding certain holders of more than 5% of the Company Securities as of the opening of business on the Amendment Date who do not acquire any additional Company Securities after that date that would cause such holders to exceed their percentage ownership of Company Securities as of the opening of business on the Amendment Date), then, after the Distribution Date, each Right (other than Rights beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person and certain affiliated persons) will entitle the holder to purchase, for the Purchase Price, a number of shares of the Common Stock having a market value of twice the Purchase Price.”
9. A new Exhibit D (Divestiture Guidelines) shall be added to the Agreement in the form attached hereto.
10. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith terms and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance provisions of this Rights Agreement continues to Amendment shall terminate and be in of no further force and effect on the interests earlier of (i) the date immediately following the date of the Company’s 2009 annual meeting of stockholders and (ii) August 31, its shareholders 2009.
11. This Amendment shall be governed by and any other relevant constituencies construed in accordance with the laws of the CompanyState of Delaware applicable to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such State.
12. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed an original, at least every three yearsand all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
13. Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment shall not by implication or sooner if otherwise alter, modify, amend or in any Person way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Agreement, all of which are ratified and affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect.
14. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have made a proposal the meanings given to them in the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the CompanyAgreement.
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Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of Common Shares outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding Common Shares of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors Board, or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights Certificates and all other parties, parties and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the The TIDE Committee (as defined below) of the Company’s Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, Company and its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the stockholders. The TIDE Committee shall deem conduct such review and evaluation appropriate periodically when, as and in such manner as the TIDE Committee deems appropriate, after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances; provided, however, that the TIDE Committee shall take such action at least once every three years. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The “TIDE Committee Committee” shall be a committee comprised of the members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not not, and have never been, officers, employees or Affiliates of the CompanyCompany or any of its subsidiaries, and who are selected by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors, and may be the full Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors so long as all of its members are not, and have never been, officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The TIDE Committee shall have the power to set its own agenda and to retain such legal counsel, financial advisors and other advisors as the TIDE Committee deems appropriate in order to assist the committee in carrying out its foregoing responsibilities under this Agreement. The TIDE Committee shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether to maintain or modify the Agreement or redeem the Rights.
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Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (aFor all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of Common Shares of the Company or any other class of capital stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding Common Shares or other shares of Voting Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) The of the Exchange Act Regulations. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject Persons. Immediately upon the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) action of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the CompanyCompany electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23 (or, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies if the resolution of the CompanyBoard of Directors electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23 states that the redemption will not be effective until the occurrence of a specified future time or event, at least every three yearsupon the occurrence of such future time or event), or sooner if without any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken further action and without any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such reviewnotice, the TIDE Committee right to exercise the Rights will communicate its conclusions terminate and each Right, whether or not previously exercised, will thereafter represent only the right to receive the full Redemption Price in cash or securities, as determined by the Board of Directors; provided, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised however, that such resolution of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are pursuant to Section 23 may be revoked, rescinded or otherwise modified at any time prior to the time and date of effectiveness set forth in such resolution, in which event the right to exercise will not officers, employees or Affiliates terminate at the time and date originally set for such termination by the Board of Directors of the Company. Promptly after the Rights are redeemed, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice in accordance with Section 26.
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Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Person. All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Supervalu Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of any class or series of Voting Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Voting Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner (or the particular percentage of Voting Power if such shares of Voting Stock represented by shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person), shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the Company, its shareholders stockholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, Company at least once every three years, or sooner than that if any Person shall have made a proposal to the CompanyCompany or its stockholders, or taken any other action, action that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will shall communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the CompanyCompany and shall be the Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor committee) as long as the members of such committee meet such requirements.
(c) The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the power to set their own agenda and to retain at the expense of the Company their choice of legal counsel, investment bankers and other advisors. The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Kellwood Co)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Company Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Agreement, and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including including, without limitation, a determination whether to redeem or not redeem the Rights rights or to amend the Rights this Agreement and a determination whether any proposed amendment adversely affects the interest of whether there is an Acquiring Personthe holders of Rights Certificates). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE The Three-Year Independent Director Evaluation Committee (the “TIDE Committee”) (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the Company, Company and its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Companystockholders, at least once every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. .
(c) The members of the TIDE Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company. The TIDE Committee shall have the power to set its own agenda and to retain, at the expense of the Company, independent legal, accounting or other professional consultants selected by the TIDE Committee, for any matters relating to the purpose of the TIDE Committee. The Company shall cause its employees to make themselves available to cooperate with the TIDE Committee for any matters related to its purpose. The TIDE Committee shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether to maintain or modify the Agreement or redeem the Rights.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Sourcefire Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of any class or series of Voting Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Voting Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner (or the particular percentage of Voting Power if such shares of Voting Stock represented by shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person), shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, at least every three years, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full The Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to when considering whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee , shall be comprised of have the members of power to set its own agenda and to retain at the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors expense of the Company who are not officersits choice of legal counsel, employees investment bankers and other advisors. The Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or Affiliates the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the authority to review all information of the CompanyCompany and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Castle a M & Co)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (aFor all purposes of this Rights Plan, any calculation of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement Plan and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights AgreementPlan, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Plan and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement Plan (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights, to exchange the Rights or to amend the or supplement this Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonPlan). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, parties and (y) not subject the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent Board may at any time and from time to time (and upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event shall always be entitled to assume that forthwith) establish and set aside one or more funds (in such amount or amounts as the Board shall deem necessary or desirable), whether in trust, escrow or other segregated accounts (regardless of whether any such fund is combined for administrative purposes with any other fund or funds established by the Company's Board , for the purpose of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood assuring that the TIDE Committee (as defined below) of adequate resources are available to the Board of Directors shall review to enable them to carry out their prescribed functions, and evaluate to maintain their authority and powers, under this Rights Agreement in order Agreement, or to consider whether fulfill their fiduciary obligations to the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests shareholders of the Company, its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies . Without limiting the generality of the Companystatement of purposes contained in the next preceding sentence, at least every three yearsthe fund or funds so established shall, or sooner if any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, or taken any other action, that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if on demand of a majority of the members Directors, be made available to the Board for the purposes of (i) seeking affirmatively to establish, or to defend, the validity of this Agreement, including, without limitation, this Section 28, and (ii) seeking affirmatively to establish, or to defend, the validity and/or propriety of any action taken (or omitted to be taken) by the Board pursuant to this Agreement, the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws or applicable provisions of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review Delaware General Corporation Law. The establishment by the Board, and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, utilization by the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including of any recommendation in light thereof as fund or funds established pursuant to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee paragraph shall be comprised separate and apart from, and shall not detract from, diminish or otherwise affect adversely, any rights or protections afforded, conferred or given to the Company's Directors pursuant to the Certificate of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors Incorporation of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Companyits Bylaws.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Ameripath Inc)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) The For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of any class or series of Voting Stock outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Voting Stock of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner (or the particular percentage of Voting Power if such shares of Voting Stock represented by shares of Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person), shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the Exchange Act Regulations as in effect on the date hereof. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors of the Company or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) to interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement and (ii) to make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring Personthis Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which that are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board of Directors of the Company or any member thereof to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the best interests of the Company, its shareholders stockholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Company, Company at least every three yearsannually, or sooner than that if any Person shall have made a proposal to the CompanyCompany or its stockholders, or taken any other action, action that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an Acquiring Person hereunder, if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will shall communicate its conclusions to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be comprised of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed Board of Directors of the Company who are not officers, employees or Affiliates of the Company and shall be the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor committee) as long as the members of such committee meet such requirements.
(c) The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the power to set their own agenda and to retain at the expense of the Company their choice of legal counsel, investment bankers and other advisors. The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed, shall have the authority to review all information of the Company and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed.
(d) In the event the Company, not earlier than ninety (90) Business Days nor later than one hundred twenty (120) Business Days following the commencement of a Qualified Offer, which has not been terminated prior thereto and which continues to be a Qualified Offer, receives a written notice complying with the terms of this Section 29(d) (the “Special Meeting Notice”) that is properly executed by the holders of record (or their duly authorized proxy) of ten percent (10%) of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding directing the Board of Directors of the Company to submit to a vote of stockholders at a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company (a “Special Meeting”) a resolution authorizing the redemption of all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price (the “Redemption Resolution”), then the Board of Directors of the Company shall take such actions as are necessary or desirable to cause the Redemption Resolution to be submitted to a vote of stockholders, by including a proposal relating to adoption of the Redemption Resolution in the proxy materials of the Company for the Special Meeting. For purposes of a Special Meeting Notice, the record date for determining eligible holders of record shall be the ninetieth (90th) Business Day following the commencement of a Qualified Offer. Any Special Meeting Notice must be delivered to the Secretary of the Company at the principal executive offices of the Company and must set forth as to the stockholders of record executing the request (x) the name and address of such stockholders, as they appear on the Company’s books and records, (y) the class and number of shares of Common Stock which are owned of record by each of such stockholders, and (z) in the case of Common Stock that is owned beneficially by another Person, an executed certification by the holder of record that such holder has executed such Special Meeting Notice only after obtaining instructions to do so from such beneficial owner. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Board of Directors of the Company may take a position in favor of or opposed to the adoption of the Redemption Resolution, or no position with respect to the Redemption Resolution, as it determines to be appropriate in the exercise of its duties. In the event that no Person has become an Acquiring Person prior to the redemption date referred to in this Section, and the Qualified Offer continues to be a Qualified Offer and either (i) the Special Meeting is not held on or prior to the ninetieth (90th) Business Day following receipt of the Special Meeting Notice, or (ii) if, at the Special Meeting, the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock outstanding as of the record date for the Special Meeting selected by the Board of Directors of the Company shall vote in favor of the Redemption Resolution, then all of the Rights shall be deemed redeemed by such failure to hold the Special Meeting or as a result of such stockholder action, as the case may be, at the Redemption Price, or the Board of Directors shall take such other action as would prevent the existence of the Rights from interfering with the consummation of the Qualified Offer, effective either (i) as of the Close of Business on the 90th Business Day following receipt of the Special Meeting Notice if a Special Meeting is not held on or prior to such date or (ii) as of the date on which the results of the vote on the Redemption Resolution at the Special Meeting are certified as official by the appointed inspectors of election for the Special Meeting, as the case may be. Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23 or the effectiveness of such redemption pursuant to Section 29(d) (or, if the resolution of the Board of Directors electing to redeem the Rights pursuant to Section 23(d) states that the redemption will not be effective until the occurrence of a specified future time or event, upon the occurrence of such future time or event), without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and each Right, whether or not previously exercised, will thereafter represent only the right to receive the Redemption Price in cash or securities, as determined by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that such resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company pursuant to Section 23 may be revoked, rescinded or otherwise modified at any time prior to the time and date of effectiveness set forth in such resolution, in which event the right to exercise will not terminate at the time and date originally set for such termination by the Board of Directors of the Company. Promptly after the Rights are redeemed, the Company shall give notice of such redemption to the Rights Agent and the holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice in accordance with Section 26.
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Sources: Preferred Stock Rights Agreement (Providence Service Corp)
Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc. (a) For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of Common Shares or other securities outstanding at any particular time, including for purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to administer this Rights Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board of Directors or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this Rights Agreement Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of this Rights Agreement (including a determination to redeem or exchange or not to redeem or exchange the Rights or to supplement or amend the Rights Agreement and a determination of whether there is an Acquiring PersonAgreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) which are done or made by the Board of Directors in good faith faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject any member of the Board of Directors to any liability to the holders of the Rights. The Rights Agent shall always be entitled to assume that the Company's Board of Directors acted in good faith and shall be fully protected and incur no liability in reliance thereon.
(b) It is understood that the TIDE Committee (as defined described below) of the Board of Directors shall review and evaluate this Rights Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Rights Agreement continues to be in the interests best interest of the Company, Company and its shareholders and any other relevant constituencies of the Companyshareholders, at least every three years, or sooner if (i) any Person shall have made a proposal to the Company, Company or taken any other action, action that, if effective, could cause such Person to become an a Acquiring Person hereunder, and (ii) if a majority of the members of the TIDE Committee shall deem such review and evaluation appropriate after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances. Following each such review, the TIDE Committee will communicate its conclusions conclusion to the full Board of Directors, including any recommendation in light thereof as to whether this Rights Agreement should be modified or the right should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Directors to fulfill the foregoing duties and shall be comprised of members of the Board of Directors who are Independent Directors. The Board of Directors may designate an existing committee of the Board of Directors to serve as the TIDE Committee provided that members of such committee satisfy the foregoing requirements. The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the rights should be redeemed, shall have the power to set their own agenda and to retain at the expense of the Company their choice of legal counsel, investment bankers and other advisors. The TIDE Committee and the Board of Directors, when considering whether this Agreement should be modified or the Rights should be redeemed. The TIDE Committee , shall be comprised of have the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee of the Board, composed of Directors of authority to review all information in the Company who are not officers, employees and to consider any and all factors they deem relevant to an evaluation of whether this Agreement should be modified or Affiliates of the Companyrights should be redeemed.
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Sources: Rights Agreement (Equifax Inc)