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FORM 8 A/A
AMENDMENT NO. 3
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DANA CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Virginia 34-4361040
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(State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio 43615
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which
to be so registered each class is to be registered
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Preferred Share New York Stock Exchange
Purchase Rights Pacific Stock Exchange
International (London) Exchange
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
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(Title of Class)
The Exhibit Index is located at page 5 in the sequential numbering system.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 1. DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.
In accordance with the Rights Agreement dated as of July 14, 1986, and amended
on December 12, 1988 (the "Rights Agreement") between Dana Corporation (the
"Company") and Chemical Bank as successor to Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Company as Rights Agent, the Company has issued one preferred share purchase
right (the "Rights') in connection with each share of the Company's common
stock, par value $1 per share (the "Common Stock" or the "Common Shares")
outstanding on or after July 25, 1986.
Effective June 1, 1994, the Company effected a two-for-one split of the Common
Stock. The following description of the Rights reflects the adjustments
resulting from this stock split.
Pursuant to the Rights Agreement, each Right entitles its holder, until the
earlier of (i) July 25, 1996, or (ii) the redemption of the Rights, to
purchase from the Company one two-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, no par value (the "Junior Preferred Stock") of
the Company at a purchase price of $50 per one two-hundredth of a share (the
"Purchase Price"), subject to adjustment.
The Rights are evidenced by the certificates representing the Common Shares and
are not exercisable or transferable apart from the Common Shares until the
earlier of (i) 10 days following a public announcement that a person or group
of affiliated or associated persons has acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or
more of the outstanding Common Shares or (ii) 10 business days following the
commencement of, or announcement of an intention to make, a tender offer or
exchange offer the consummation of which would result in a person or group of
affiliated or associated persons beneficially owning 20% or more of the
outstanding Common Shares. As of either such date, separate certificates for
the Rights will be mailed to shareholders of record of Common Shares and the
Rights could begin trading separately from the Common Shares.
If (i) 30% or more of the Common Shares are acquired by a person or group of
affiliated or associated persons or (ii) during such time as there is a person
or group of affiliated or associated persons which owns 20% or more of the
Common Shares, certain transactions occur which increase the ownership of such
person or group by more than 1% or such person or group engages in certain
self-dealing activities, then each holder of a Right (other than such person or
group) will have the right to purchase the Junior Preferred Stock or, in lieu
of the Junior Preferred Stock, a number of Common Shares having a market value
equal to twice the Purchase Price of the
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Right. If 30% (but less than 50%) of the Common Shares are acquired by any
person or group of affiliated or associated persons, the Company's Board of
Directors may exchange each Right for one Common Share. In these situations,
the Rights owned by any person or group of affiliated or associated persons
holding 20% or more of the Company's Common Shares become void and cannot be
exercised. If the Company is acquired in a merger or similar transaction, or
if 50% of the Company's assets or earning power is transferred to another
company, the holder of each Right will have the right to purchase a number of
shares of the acquiring company's common stock having a market price equal to
twice the Purchase Price of the Right.
The Company's Articles of Incorporation set forth the terms of the Junior
Preferred Stock. The Junior Preferred Stock, if issued, will be entitled to a
cumulative preferential quarterly dividend per share equal to the greater of
$10 or 200 times the dividend declared on the Company's Common Shares. The
Junior Preferred Stock is redeemable in whole at the Company's option at a cash
price per share of the greater of $200 or 200 times the Current Market Price
(as defined) of the Common Shares. In the event of liquidation, the holders of
the Junior Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive an amount equal to
accrued and unpaid dividends, plus an amount per share equal to the greater of
$200 or 200 times the payment made per share to holders of Common Shares. Each
share of Junior Preferred Stock will be entitled to 200 votes, voting together
with the holders of the Common Shares on all matters submitted to the vote of
stockholders. In the event of any merger, consolidation or other transaction
in which Common Shares are exchanged, the holder of each share of Junior
Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive 200 times the amount and type of
consideration paid per Common Share. The rights of the holders of Junior
Preferred Stock as to dividends and liquidations, their voting rights, and
their rights in the event of mergers and consolidations, are protected by
customary anti-dilution provisions.
The Rights have certain anti-takeover effects. The Rights may cause
substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire the Company
on terms not approved by the Company's Board of Directors, except pursuant to
an offer conditioned on a substantial number of Rights being acquired. The
Rights should not interfere with any merger or other business combination
approved by the Company's Board of Directors prior to the time that any person
or group of affiliated or associated persons has acquired beneficial ownership
of 20% or more of the Common Shares, since until such time the Rights may be
redeemed by the Company at a price of $.025 each.
Copies of the 1986 Rights Agreement, the 1988 Amendment to the Rights
Agreement, the Certificate of Adjustment relating to the Company's stock split,
and the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation, amended effective June 1,
1994, are filed as exhibits to this Form 8-A/A. The foregoing description of
the Rights is qualified by reference to such exhibits.
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ITEM 2. EXHIBITS.
The following items are filed as exhibits to the registration statement:
Exhibit No. Description of Document Location
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1 Rights Agreement dated as of July 14, 1986, between Form 8-A dated July 22, 1986
Dana Corporation and Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Company, as Rights Agent
2 Amendment to the Rights Agreement dated December 12, Amendment No. 2 on Form 8
1988 dated December 12, 1988
3 Certificate of Adjustment to the Rights Agreement Page 6 of this Form 8-A/A
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Dana Corporation, Pages 7-21 of this Form 8-A/A
4 amended effective June 1, 1994
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
DANA CORPORATION (Registrant)
Date: October 4, 1994 By: /s/ Martin J. Strobel
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Martin J. Strobel
Vice President, General Counsel
& Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description of Document Page No.
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1 Rights Agreement dated as of July 14, 1986, between Dana
Corporation and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, as Rights
Agent, incorporated by reference to Form 8-A dated July 22,
1986
2 Amendment to Rights Agreement made on December 12, 1988,
incorporated by reference to Form 8 dated December 12, 1988
3 Certificate of Adjustment to the Rights Agreement 6
4 Restated Articles of Incorporation of Dana Corporation, 7-21
amended effective June 1, 1994
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Exhibit 3
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify to Chemical Bank, pursuant to Section 12 of the
Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") dated as of July 14, 1986, as amended
December 12, 1988, between Dana Corporation (the "Corporation") and Chemical
Bank, Rights Agent, as successor to Manufacturers Hanover, as follows:
1. On April 18, 1994, the Corporation's Board of Directors (the
"Board") approved an amendment to the Corporation's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation, effective June 1, 1994, to increase the number of
authorized shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, $1.00 par value, from 120
million to 240 million shares and to effect a two-for-one split of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock. A true and complete copy of the Board
resolutions with respect to those matters is attached.
2. As a result of this action by the Board, effective at 11:59 p.m.
on June 1, 1994: (i) in accordance with Section 11(n) of the Agreement, the
number of fully paid and nonassessable share of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, without par value (the "Preferred Shares") which may be
purchased by the holder of each Right that has been or will be issued under the
Agreement, upon the proper exercise of same, will be one two-hundredth of a
Preferred Share, at a Purchase Price of $50 per one two-hundredth of a
Preferred Share, and (ii) in accordance with Section 23 of the Agreement, the
Redemption Price of each Right will be $.025 per Right.
Dated: April 29, 1994 Dana Corporation
[Corporate Seal] By: /s/ Martin J. Strobel
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Martin J. Strobel
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
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Exhibit 4
Effective June 1, 1994
RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
DANA CORPORATION
FIRST: The name of the corporation is DANA CORPORATION (hereinafter referred
to as the "Corporation").
SECOND: The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to manufacture
and deal in metal and other products. The Corporation may engage in any other
business except a business that is required to be stated in these articles.
THIRD: The maximum number of shares of stock that may be issued by the
Corporation shall be 240,000,000 shares of Common Stock of the par value of
$1.00 per share and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, without par value.
1. Shares of Preferred Stock may be divided into and issued in one or more
series, each series to be so designated as to distinguish the shares
thereof from the shares of all other series and classes; authority is
hereby expressly vested in the Board of Directors to divide any or all of
the Preferred Stock into series and, within the limitations prescribed by
law and by this Article, to fix and determine the following relative
rights and preferences, as to which there may be variations between
different series:
(a) the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of
such series which shall be such as to distinguish the shares thereof
from the shares of all other series and classes;
(b) the rate of dividend, the time of payment and, if cumulative, the
dates from which dividends shall be cumulative, and the extent of
participation rights, if any;
(c) any right to vote with holders of shares of any other series or class
and any right to vote as a class, either generally or as a condition
to specified corporation action;
(d) in the event the shares of the series are to be redeemable, the price
at and the terms and conditions on which shares may be redeemed;
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(e) the amount payable upon shares in event of involuntary liquidation;
(f) the amount payable upon shares in event of voluntary liquidation;
(g) any sinking fund provisions for the redemption or purchase of shares;
and
(h) the terms and conditions on which shares may be converted, if the
shares of any series are issued with the privilege of conversion.
The shares of all series of Preferred Stock shall be identical except as,
within the limitations set forth above in this Section I, shall have been
fixed and determined by the Board of Directors prior to the issuance
thereof.
2. The holders of shares of Preferred Stock of each series shall be entitled
to receive, when and as declared payable by the Board of Directors,
dividends at the dividend rate fixed by the Board of Directors for such
series and not exceeding such rate except to the extent of any
participation right. Dividends, if cumulative and in arrears, shall not
bear interest. No dividends shall be declared or paid on or set apart for
the Common Stock or for stock of any other class hereafter created ranking
junior the Preferred Stock in respect of dividends or assets (hereinafter
called Junior Stock) unless and until (i) full dividends on the
outstanding Preferred Stock at the dividend rate or rates therefor,
together with the full additional amount required by any participation
right, shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment with
respect to all past dividend periods, to the extent that the holders of
the Preferred Stock are entitled to dividends with respect to any
particular past dividend period, and the current dividend period, and (ii)
all mandatory sinking fund payments that shall have become due in respect
of any series of the Preferred Stock shall have been made. Unless full
dividends with respect to all past dividend periods on the outstanding
Preferred Stock at the dividend rate or rates therefor, to the extent that
holders of the Preferred Stock are entitled to dividends with respect to
any particular past dividend period, together with the full additional
amount required by any participation right, shall have been paid or declared
and set apart for payment and all mandatory sinking fund payments that shall
have become due in respect of any series of the Preferred Stock shall have
been made, no distributions shall be made to the holders of the Preferred
Stock of any series unless distributions are made to the holders of the
Preferred Stock of all series then outstanding in proportion to the aggregate
amounts of the deficiencies in payments due to the respective series, and
all payments shall be applied, first, to dividends accrued and in arrears,
next, to any amount required by any participation right, and, finally, to
mandatory sinking fund payments. The terms "current dividend period" and
"past
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dividend period" mean, if two or more series of Preferred Stock having
different dividend periods are at the time outstanding, the current
dividend period or any past dividend period, as the case may be, with
respect to each such series.
3. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the
Corporation, the holders of the Preferred Stock of each series shall be
entitled to receive, for each share thereof, the fixed liquidation price
for such series, plus, in case such liquidation, dissolution or winding
up shall have been voluntary, the fixed liquidation premium for such
series, if any, together in all cases with a sum equal to all dividends
accrued or in arrears thereon and the full additional amount required by
any participation right, before any distribution of the assets shall be
made to holders of the Common Stock or Junior Stock; but the holders of
the Preferred Stock shall be entitled to no further participation in
such distribution. If, upon any such liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, the assets distributable among the holders of the Preferred
Stock shall be sufficient to permit the payment of the full preferential
amounts aforesaid, then such assets shall be distributed among the
holders of the Preferred Stock then outstanding ratably in proportion to
the full preferential amounts to which they are respectively entitled.
For the purposes of this Section 3, the expression "dividends accrued or
in arrears" meant, in respect of each share of the Preferred Stock of
any series at a particular time, an amount equal to the product of the
rate of dividend per annum applicable to the shares of such series
multiplied by the number of years and any fractional part of a year that
shall have elapsed from the date when dividends on such shares become
cumulative to the particular time in question less the total amount of
dividends actually paid on the shares of such series or declared and set
apart for payment thereon; provided, however, that, if the dividends on
such shares shall not be fully cumulative, such expression shall mean
the dividends, if any, cumulative in respect of such shares for the
period stated in the Articles of Serial Designation creating such shares
less all dividends paid in or with respect to such period.
4. Except as the right to vote generally or as a class may be conferred upon
holders of outstanding shares of Preferred Stock by law or by any Articles
of Serial Designation issued with respect to any series thereof, holders
of issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock shall have the exclusive
right to vote on the Election of Directors and on all other matters
submitted to a vote of stockholders. Such holders of
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Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock
held by them. Subject to the prior rights and preferences of the holders of
Preferred Stock as set forth in these Articles and in any Articles of Serial
Designation issued with respect to any series of Preferred Stock, the holders
of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends,
if, when and as declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally
available for payment thereof, and to receive in pro rata distribution the
assets of the Corporation remaining after payment of all liabilities and all
preferential amounts to which the holders of shares at the time outstanding
of all classes of stock having prior rights thereto shall be entitled upon
voluntary or involuntary liquidation of the Corporation.
5. No holder of any stock of the Corporation of any class now or hereafter
authorized shall, as such, have any preemptive right to acquire any shares
of any stock of the Corporation, of any class now or hereafter authorized,
or any securities convertible into stock of the Corporation, or any
warrants, rights or options granted by the Corporation for the purchase of
any such shares or securities.
6. Series A Junior Preferred Stock:
A. DESIGNATION AND AMOUNT. The shares of such series shall be designated
as a "Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock" (the "Junior
Preferred Stock") and the number of shares constituting such series
shall be 1,000,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased
by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that no decrease
shall reduce the number of shares of Junior Preferred Stock to a number
less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of
shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding rights, options or warrants
or upon conversion of outstanding securities issued by the Corporation.
All shares removed from the Junior Preferred Stock by any such decrease
become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be
reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the
restrictions and conditions set forth herein.
B. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
(i) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any
shares of any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior
to the shares of Junior Preferred Stock with respect to dividends,
the holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock, in preference to
the holders of the Common Stock and of any other junior stock,
shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board
of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose,
quarterly dividends payable on the first day of March, June,
September and December in each
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year (each such date being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date"), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date
after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of Junior
Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent)
equal to the greater of (a) $10.00 (payable in cash) or (b) subject to
the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the
aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the
aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends
or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of
Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
(by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since
the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with
respect to the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first
issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Preferred Stock. In
the event the Corporation shall at any time after the date hereof
declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common
Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise
than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater
or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the
amount to which holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock were
entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the
preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a
fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which
is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.
(ii) The Corporation shall not declare and set aside for payment
a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend
payment in shares of Common Stock) until it shall declare and set aside
for payment a dividend or distribution on the Junior Preferred Stock as
provided in paragraph (i) of this Section. In the event no dividend or
distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the
period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next
subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $10.00 per
share on the Junior Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on
such subsequent Quarterly
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Dividend Payment Date.
(iii) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
shares of Junior Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Junior
Preferred Stock, unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to
the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in
which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the
date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date
for the determination of holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock
entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such Quarterly
Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall
begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest.
Dividends paid on the shares of Junior Preferred Stock in an amount
less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and
payable on such shares shall be allocated pro rate on a
share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding.
The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the determination
of holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock entitled to receive
payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record
date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the
payment thereof.
C. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock shall
have the following voting rights:
(i) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each
share of Junior Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to
100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of
the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time
declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock)
into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in
each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of
shares of Junior Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to
such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction
the numerator of which
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is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately
after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event.
(ii) Except as otherwise provided herein or by law, the holders of shares
of Junior Preferred Stock and the holders of Shares of Common Stock
and any other capital stock of the Corporation having general voting
rights shall vote together as one voting group on all matters
submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.
(iii) The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation shall not be
amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the
powers, preferences or special rights of the Junior Preferred Stock
so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the
holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Junior
Preferred Stock, voting together as a single voting group.
(iv) Except as set forth herein or as otherwise provided by law or by the
Articles of Incorporation, holders of Junior Preferred Stock shall
have no voting rights.
D. CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
(i) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
payable on the Junior Preferred Stock as provided in Section (b) of
this Paragraph 6 are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued
and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on
shares of Junior Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid
in full, the Corporation shall not:
(a) declare or pay, or set apart for payment, dividends on, make
any other distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise
acquire for consideration any shares of stock ranking junior
(either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) to the Junior Preferred Stock;
(b) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on
any shares of stock ranking on a parity
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(either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) with the Junior Preferred Stock, except dividends
paid ratably on the Junior Preferred Stock and all such parity
stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion
to the aggregate amounts of the deficiencies in payments due to
the respective series;
(c) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
Junior Preferred Stock, or any shares of Stock ranking on a
parity with the Junior Preferred Stock, except in accordance
with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as
determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such
shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after
consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other
relative rights and preferences of the respective series and
classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and
equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.
(ii) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation to
purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock
of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (i)
of this Section D purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such
time and in such manner.
E. REACQUIRED SHARES. Any shares of Junior Preferred Stock purchased or
otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be
retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such
shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares
of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred
Stock, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth
herein.
F. LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP. Upon any voluntary or involuntary
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, no distribution
shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking junior (either
as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the
Junior Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of
Junior Preferred Stock shall have received an amount equal to accrued and
unpaid dividends and distribution
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thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment plus an amount
equal to the greater of (a) $100 per share and (b) an aggregate amount per
share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal
to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of
Common Stock, or (2) to the holders of stock ranking on a parity (either as
to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Junior
Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the Junior Preferred
Stock and all other such parity stock in proportion to the full preferential
amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such
liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the Corporation shall
at any time declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser
number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate
amount to which holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock were entitled
immediately prior to such event under the provision in clause (1) of the
preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a
fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event.
G. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, ETC. In case the Corporation shall enter into any
consolidation, merger, share exchange, combination or other transaction in
which the shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other
stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case
the shares of Junior Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly
exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for
adjustment thereinafter set forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount
of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as
the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is
changed or exchanged. In the event the Corporation shall at any time
declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common
Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise) into a
greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then, in each such case
the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange
or change of shares of Junior Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by
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multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event.
H. REDEMPTION; REPURCHASE. The outstanding shares of Junior Preferred Stock
may be redeemed at the option of the Board of Directors, in whole, but not
in part, at any time, or from time to time, at a cash price per share equal
to (i) the greater of (a) $100 or (b) subject to the provision for
adjustment hereinafter set forth, the product of 100 times the Current
Market Price, as such term is hereinafter defined, of the Common Stock,
plus (ii) all dividends which on the redemption date have accrued on the
shares to be redeemed and have not been paid or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, without interest. The
Corporation may, from time to time and to the extent allowed by law,
purchase or otherwise acquire shares of Junior Preferred Stock provided,
however, that if and whenever any quarterly dividend shall have accrued on
the Junior Preferred Stock which has not been paid or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof set apart, the Corporation may not
purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Junior Preferred Stock unless
all shares of such stock at the time outstanding are so purchased or
otherwise acquired. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after
July 25, 1986 pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common
Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than
by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser
number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which
holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior
to such event under subsection (i) of the preceding sentence shall be
adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such
event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
The "Current Market Price" shall be deemed to be the average of the daily
closing prices per share of the Common Stock for the thirty (30)
consecutive Trading Days (as such term is hereinafter defined) immediately
prior to the day before the redemption date; provided, however, that in
the event that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is
determined during a period following the
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announcement by the Corporation of (A) a dividend or distribution on such
Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities
convertible into shares of such Common Stock, or (B) any subdivision,
combination or reclassification of such Common Stock, and prior to the
expiration of the requisite thirty (30) Trading-Day period, as set forth
above, after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the
record date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such
subdivision, combination or reclassification, then, and in each such case,
the Current Market Price shall be properly adjusted to take into account
ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each day shall be the last sale
price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case
as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with
respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock
Exchange or, if the shares of Common Stock are not listed or admitted to
trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed
on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common
Stock are listed or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock
are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange,
the average of the last quoted high bid and low asked prices in the over-
the-counter market, as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System ("NASDAQ") or such other system
then in use, or, if on any such date the shares of Common Stock are not
quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked
prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the
Common Stock selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any
such date no market maker is making a market in the Common Stock, the fair
value of such shares on such date as determined in good faith by the Board
of Directors of the Company shall be used. The term "Trading Day" shall
mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which
the shares of Common Stock are listed or admitted to trading is open for
the transaction of business or, if the shares of the Common Stock are not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a
business day.
I. FRACTIONAL SHARES. The Junior Preferred Stock may be issued in fractions
of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder's
fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends,
participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all
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other rights of holders of shares of Junior Preferred Stock.
J. RANK. Nothing herein contained shall preclude the Board of
Directors from creating or authorizing any class or series of
Preferred Stock ranking on a parity with or prior to the Junior
Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends or the distribution
of assets.
FOURTH: No contract or other transaction between the Corporation and any other
corporation, in the absence of fraud, shall be affected or invalidated by the
fact that any one or more of the directors of the Corporation is or are
interested in, or is a director or officer or are directors or officers of,
such other corporation, and any director or directors, individually or jointly,
may be a party or parties to, or may be interested in, any such contract or
transaction of the Corporation or in which the Corporation is interested and no
contract, act or transaction of the Corporation with any person or persons,
firm or corporation in the absence of fraud shall be affected or invalidated by
the fact that any director or directors of the Corporation is a party, or are
parties to or interested in such contract, act or transaction, or in any way
connected with such person or persons, firm or corporation, and each person and
every person who may become a director of the Corporation is hereby relieved
from any liability that might otherwise exist from thus contracting with the
Corporation for the benefit of himself or any firm, association or corporation
in which he may be in anywise interested.
FIFTH: Unless otherwise changed by the By-Laws, the number of the directors
shall be ten.
SIXTH: 1. In this Article:
"applicant" means the person seeking indemnification pursuant to
this Article.
"expenses" includes counsel fees.
"liability" means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement,
penalty, fine, including any excise tax assessed with respect to
an employee benefit plan, or reasonable expenses incurred with
respect to a proceeding.
"party" includes an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be
made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.
"proceeding" means any threatened, pending, or completed action,
suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative and whether formal or informal.
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2. In any proceeding brought by a shareholder of the Corporation in the
right of the Corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of
the Corporation, no director or officer of the Corporation shall be
liable to the Corporation or its shareholders for monetary damages in
excess of $50,000.00 with respect to any transaction, occurrence or
course of conduct, whether prior or subsequent to the effective date of
this Article, except for liability resulting from such person's having
engaged in willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law
or any federal or state securities law.
3. The Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party to any
proceeding, including a proceeding brought by a shareholder in the right
of the Corporation or brought by or on behalf of shareholders of the
Corporation, by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation against any liability incurred by him in
connection with such proceeding unless he engaged in willful misconduct
or a knowing violation of the criminal law.
4. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to all proceedings
commenced on or after the effective date hereof, arising from any act or
omission, whether occurring before or after such effective date. The
effective date of this Article shall be the date on which the State
Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia issues a
Certificate of Amendment with respect hereto. No amendment or
repeal of this Article shall have any effect on the rights provided
under this Article with respect to any act or omission occurring prior
to such amendment or repeal. The Corporation shall promptly take all
such actions, and make all such determinations, as shall be necessary or
appropriate to comply with its obligation to make any indemnity under
this Article and shall promptly pay or reimburse all reasonable
expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by any such director,
officer, employee or agent in connection with such actions and
determinations or proceedings of any kind arising therefrom.
5. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or upon a plea of NOLO CONTENDERE or its equivalent, shall
not of itself create a presumption that the applicant did not meet the
standard of conduct described in Section 2 or 3 of this Article.
6. Any indemnification under Section 3 of this Article (unless ordered by a
court) shall be made by the Corporation in accordance with the
procedures set forth in Section 13.1-701 of the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act as in effect from time to time, except that in the event
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there has been a change in the composition of a majority of the Board of
Directors after the date of (i) the alleged act or omission or (ii)
commencement of a continuing act or omission with respect to which
indemnification is claimed, any determination as to indemnification and
advancement of expenses with respect to any claim for indemnification made
pursuant to this Article shall be made exclusively by special legal counsel
agreed upon by the Board of Directors and the applicant. If the Board of
Directors and the applicant are unable to agree upon such special legal
counsel, the Board of Directors and the applicant each shall select a
nominee, and the nominees shall select such special legal counsel.
7. (a) The Corporation shall pay for or reimburse the reasonable expenses
incurred by any applicant who is a party to a proceeding in advance
of final disposition of the proceeding or the making of any
determination under Section 3 if the applicant furnishes the
Corporation:
(i) a written statement of his good faith belief that he has met the
standard of conduct described in Section 3; and
(ii) a written undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to
repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that he did not
meet such standard of conduct.
(b) The undertaking required by paragraph (ii) of subsection (a) of this
section shall be an unlimited general obligation of the applicant but
need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial
ability to make repayment.
(c) Authorizations of payments under this section shall be made in
accordance with the procedure specified in Section 6.
8. The Board of Directors is hereby empowered, by majority vote of a quorum
consisting of disinterested Directors, to cause the Corporation to
indemnify, or to agree in advance to indemnify, by Bylaw provision or
agreement any person who was, is or may become a party to any
proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was an employee or agent
of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or
other enterprise, to the same extent as if such person were
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specified as one to whom indemnification is granted in Section 3. The
provisions of Sections 4 through 7 of this Article shall be applicable
to any indemnification provided hereafter pursuant to this Section 8.
9. Every reference herein to directors, officers, employees or agents shall
include former directors, officers, employees and agents and their
respective heirs, executors and administrators. The indemnification
hereby provided and provided hereafter pursuant to the power hereby
conferred by this Article on the Board of Directors shall not be
exclusive of any other rights to which any person may be entitled,
including any right under policies of insurance that may be purchased
and maintained by the Corporation or others, with respect to claims,
issues or matters in relation to which the Corporation would not have
the power to indemnify such person under the provisions of this Article.
Such rights shall not prevent or restrict the power of the Corporation
to make or provide for any further indemnity, or provisions for
determining entitlement to indemnity, pursuant to one or more
indemnification agreements, bylaws, or other arrangements (including,
without limitation, creation of trust funds or security interests funded
by letters of credit or other means) approved by the Board of Directors
(whether or not any of the directors of the Corporation shall be a party
to or beneficiary of any such agreements, bylaws or arrangements);
provided, however, that any provision of such agreements, bylaws or other
arrangements shall not be effective if and to the extent that it is
determined to be contrary to this Article or applicable laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
10. Each provision of this Article shall be severable, and an adverse
determination as to any such provision shall in no way affect the
validity of any other provision.
SEVENTH: Except as expressly otherwise required in these Articles of
Incorporation, an amendment or restatement of these Articles that requires
shareholder approval shall be approved by a majority of the votes entitled to
be cast by each voting group that is entitled to vote on the matter.
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