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(xii) "Record Date" -- Preamble.
(xiii) "Redemption Date" -- Section 7(a).
(xiv) "Redemption Price" -- Section 23(a).
(xv) "Rules" -- Section 1(c).
(xvi) "Separation Date" -- Section 3(a).
(xvii) "Series A Preferred Stock" -- Preamble.
(xviii) "Spread" -- Section 11(a)(iii).
(xix) "Substitution Period" -- Section 11(a)(iii).
(xx) "Summary of Rights" -- Section 3(b).
(xxi) "Trading Day" -- Section 11(d)(i).
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the
Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment and
agrees to act as Rights Agent under this Agreement. The Company may from time to
time appoint such co-rights agents as it may deem necessary or desirable. The
Rights Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and in no event shall be liable
for, the acts or omissions of any such Co-Rights Agent.
Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates.
(a) Until the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth
Business Day following the Shares Acquisition Date or (ii) the Close of Business
on the fifteenth (15th) Business Day (or such later date as may be determined by
action of the Board prior to the time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person)
after the date on which a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company
or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person or entity organized,
appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any such
plan) is first commenced within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the Rules, if
upon consummation thereof, such Person would be the Beneficial Owner of 15% or
more of the Common Shares then outstanding (the earlier of (i) and (ii) being
herein referred to as the "Separation Date"), (x) the Rights will be evidenced
(subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3) by the
certificates for Common Shares registered in the names of the holders