To: blake1 who wrote (881 ) 1/24/1998 7:10:00 PM From: JanyBlueEyes Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 5736
Preferred Stock Modifications to be voted on at the Feb Shareholder Meeting Class A Preferred Stock set forth in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation currently provides that holders of the outstanding shares of Class A Preferred Stock will be entitled to convert their shares of Class A Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock when the first of the following events occur:Current Status: (i)The Earnings Test : The Company's pre-tax net operating income (before interest expense) exceeds $20,000,000 for 2 consecutive years . The $20,000,000 figure does not include any "Extraordinary Revenues or Earnings" generated by: -businesses acquired by the Company -by merger, -consolidation, -asset or stock acquisition -or similar transaction -OR- (ii) Trigger Price : The closing bid quotation of the Common Stock on the NASDAQ, or any other national exchange, being at least $46.67 on 30 consecutive trading days at any time prior to December 31, 1998 (the "Stock Test"). ==========Changes To Be Voted On At The Feb. Shareholder Meeting: Earnings Test : In December 1997,........ recognizing the potential benefits to the Company......and in order to properly incentivize Mrs. Macfarlane, the holder of the Class A Preferred Stock ...... the Earnings Test should be modified......to delete from the Earnings Test the exclusion of Extraordinary Revenues and Earnings for purposes of calculating the Company's pre-tax net operating income .Trigger Price : Trigger Price should be adjusted so that it shall equal the price determined (by multiplying the Trigger Price by a fraction) if any of the following occur : (A) declare a dividend or make a distribution on the outstanding shares of Common Stock in shares of Common Stock, (B) subdivide or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, by stock split or otherwise, or (C) combine or reclassify the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, by reverse stock split or otherwise Jane