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Rights Agreement [Amended and Restated] |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
RIGHTS AGREEMENT
amended and restated as of December 20, 2000
by and between
JACOBS ENGINEERING GROUP INC.
and
MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC
as Rights Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section Page
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1. Certain Definitions.................................................. 1
2. Appointment of Rights Agent.......................................... 5
3. Issuance of Right Certificates....................................... 6
4. Form of Right Certificates........................................... 7
5. Countersignature and Registration.................................... 8
6. Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates;
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates.............. 8
7. Exercise of Rights................................................... 9
8. Cancellation and Destruction Of Right Certificates................... 11
9. Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock........................ 11
10. Securities Record Date............................................... 12
11. Adjustment of Exercise Price, Number of Shares Issuable Upon Exercise
of Rights or Number of Rights........................................ 12
12. Certificate of Adjusted Exercise Price or Number of Shares Issuable
Upon Exercise of Rights.............................................. 17
13. Consolidation, Merger, or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning
Power................................................................ 18
14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.............................. 20
15. Rights Of Action..................................................... 20
16. Agreement of Right Holders........................................... 21
17. Right Holder and Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder... 21
18. Concerning the Rights Agent.......................................... 22
19. Merger or Consolidation or Chance of Name of Rights Agent............ 22
20. Duties of Rights Agent............................................... 23
21. Change of Rights Agent............................................... 25
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22. Issuance of New Right Certificates..................................... 26
23. Redemption of Rights................................................... 26
24. Exchange Of Rights..................................................... 26
25. Notice of Certain Events............................................... 27
26. Notices................................................................ 28
27. Supplements and Amendments............................................. 29
28. Certain Covenants...................................................... 29
29. Successors............................................................. 30
30. Benefits of this Agreement............................................. 30
31. Severability........................................................... 31
32. Governing Law.......................................................... 31
33. Counterparts........................................................... 31
34. Descriptive Headings................................................... 31
35. Determination and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc............... 31
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A Form of Certificate of Designations
Exhibit B Form of Right Certificate
Exhibit C Form of Summary of the Rights
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TABLE OF DEFINED TERMS
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Section Term Defined Page
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1(a).................. Associate.................... 1
1(a).................. Affiliate.................... 1
1(b).................. Beneficial Owner............. 1
1(b).................. Beneficially Own............. 1
1(c).................. Business Day................. 3
1(d).................. Close of Business............ 3
1(e).................. Closing Price................ 3
1(e).................. NASDAQ....................... 3
1(f).................. Common Share................. 3
1(g).................. Current Market Price......... 3
1(h).................. Distribution Date............ 4
1(i).................. Exchange Act................. 4
1(j).................. Exempt Person................ 4
1(k).................. Exercise Price............... 4
1(l).................. Expiration Date.............. 4
1(m).................. Person....................... 4
1(n).................. Preferred Share.............. 4
1(o).................. Record Date.................. 4
1(p).................. Redemption Date.............. 4
1(q).................. Redemption Price............. 4
1(t).................. Securities Act............... 4
1(u).................. Subsidiary................... 4
1(v).................. Trading Day.................. 5
1(w).................. Voting Share................. 5
1(x).................. 15% Ownership Date........... 5
1(y).................. 15% Stockholder.............. 5
11(a)(ii)............. Adjustment Shares............ 13
11(a)(ii)............. Section 11(a)(ii) Event...... 12
11(a)(iii)............ Common Share Equivalent...... 13
11(a)(iii)............ Unavailable Adjustment Shares 13
11(b)................. Preferred Share Equivalents.. 14
13(a)................. Section 13(a) Event.......... 5
13(a)................. Surviving Person............. 18
13(a)(iii)............ Company...................... 19
23(a)................. Redemption Price............. 5
24(a)................. Exchange Ratio............... 26
24(c)................. Unavailable Exchange Shares.. 26
3(a).................. Distribution Date............ 4
7(c).................. Exercise Price............... 4
Introduction.......... Agreement.................... 1
Introduction.......... Company...................... 1
Introduction.......... Rights Agent................. 1
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Recital................. Record Date.................. 5
Recital................. Right........................ 1
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RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Rights Agreement (this "Agreement ") dated as of
the 20th day of December, 1990, is hereby amended and restated as of the 20th
day of December, 2000 by and between Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company "), and Mellon Investor Services LLC, a New Jersey
limited liability company (the "Rights Agent ").
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors")
has authorized and declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase right (a
"Right ") for each Common Share (as hereinafter defined) of the Company, which
dividend was payable on January 4, 1991 (the "Record Date") to the holders of
record of Common Shares as of the Close of Business (as hereinafter defined) on
such date;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has further authorized and
directed the issuance of one (subject to adjustment of such number as provided
in this Agreement) Right for (A) each Common Share that shall be issued by the
Company at any time after the Record Date and prior to the earliest of the date
of the first Section 11(a)(ii) Event, the date of the first Section 13(a) Event,
the Redemption Date or the Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter
defined), and (B) each Common Share that shall be issued by the Company at any
time on or after the earlier of the date of the first Section 11(a)(ii) Event or
the date of the first Section 13(a) Event and prior to the earlier of the
Redemption Date or the Expiration Date pursuant to the exercise of conversion
rights, exchange rights, rights (other than Rights), warrants or options that
shall have been issued or granted prior to the earlier of the date of the first
Section 11(a)(ii) Event or the date of the first Section 13(a) Event, unless the
Board of Directors shall provide otherwise at the time of the issuance or grant
of such conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than Rights), warrants
or options; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the matters referred to herein, the Company
desires to appoint the Rights Agent to act on behalf of the Company and the
Rights Agent is willing so to act;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings indicated:
(a) "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in
effect on the date hereof.
(b)(i) A Person shall be deemed the " of and shall be deemed to ":
"Beneficial Owner "Beneficially Own
(A) any securities that such Person or any of such Person's
Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, for
purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and Rule 13d-3 promulgated
under the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect on the date hereof;
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(B) any securities that such Person or any of such Person's
Affiliates or Associates has the right to acquire (whether such right is
exercisable immediately, or only after the passage of time, compliance with
regulatory requirements, the fulfillment of a condition, or otherwise)
pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the
exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, rights (other than the
Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise, provided that a Person shall
not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, securities
tendered pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer made by or on behalf
of such Person or any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates until such
tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange;
(C) any securities that such Person or any such Person's Affiliates
or Associates has the right to vote, alone or in concert with others,
pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, provided that a
Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial Owner of, or to Beneficially Own,
any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such
security (1) arises solely from a revocable proxy given to such Person or
any of such Person's Affiliates or Associates in response to a public proxy
solicitation made pursuant to and in accordance with the applicable rules
and regulations of the Exchange Act, and (2) is not also then reportable on
Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor
report);
(D) any securities that are Beneficially Owned, directly or
indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such
Person's Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or
understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (other than
voting pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to Section
l(b)(i)(C) hereof) or disposing of any securities of the Company; and
(E) on any day on or after the Distribution Date, all Rights that
prior to such date were represented by certificates for Common Shares that
such Person Beneficially Owns on such day.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section l(b), a
Person engaged in business as an underwriter of securities shall not be deemed
to be the Beneficial Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, any securities acquired
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