TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
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Section 1. Certain Definitions..........................................................................1
Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent..................................................................6
Section 3. Issue of Right Certificates..................................................................6
Section 4. Form of Right Certificates...................................................................8
Section 5. Countersignature and Registration............................................................9
Section 6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right
Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right
Certificates............................................................................9
Section 7. Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of
Rights.................................................................................10
Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates..........................................12
Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Series A Preferred
Shares; Registration...................................................................12
Section 10. Series A Preferred Shares Record Date......................................................14
Section 11. Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of
Shares or Number of Rights.............................................................14
Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of
Shares.................................................................................21
Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or
Earning Power..........................................................................22
Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares....................................................24
Section 15. Rights of Action...........................................................................25
Section 16. Agreement of Right Holders.................................................................25
Section 17. Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stock................................................26
Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent................................................................26
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