UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A/A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 (B) OR 12 (G) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
J.D. EDWARDS & COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | | 84-0728700 |
| (State of incorporation or organization) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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| One Technology Way, Denver, Colorado | | 80237 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Name and exchange on which |
| to be so registered | | each class is to be registered |
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None. | | |
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. ¨
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. x
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: Not applicable.
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
PREFERRED STOCK PURCHASE RIGHTS
(Title of Class)
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM 8-A
We hereby amend the following items, exhibits or other portions of our Form 8-A filed on November 15, 2001, related to our Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, as set forth below.
Item 1. Description of Company’s Securities to be Registered
On June 1, 2003, J.D. Edwards & Company (the “Company”) and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (the “Rights Agent”) executed an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Preferred Stock Rights Agreement dated as of October 22, 2001, between the Company and the Rights Agent (the “Rights Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Rights Agreement. Section 27 of the Rights Agreement provides that prior to a Distribution Date, the Company may supplement or amend the Rights Agreement in any respect without the consent of the holders of the Rights.
On June 1, 2003, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) among the Company, PeopleSoft, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“PeopleSoft”), and Jersey Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of PeopleSoft (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which Merger Sub would be merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of PeopleSoft, and with the stockholders of the Company receiving 0.86 of a share of Common Stock of PeopleSoft in exchange for each outstanding share of Common Stock of the Company. In connection with the Merger Agreement and other related transactions contemplated thereby, the Amendment (i) excludes PeopleSoft, Merger Sub and certain stockholders of the Company and any of their respective Affiliates or Associates from the definition of an Acquiring Person for the purposes of the Rights Agreement and (ii) specifies that no Distribution Date or Triggering Event shall be deemed to have occurred by reason of the execution of the Merger Agreement or the Irrevocable Proxy and Voting Agreements between PeopleSoft and certain stockholders of the Company or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.
The Amendment to the Rights Agreement, specifying the terms of the Rights, is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2, and the Rights Agreement, including the form of the Rights Certificate, are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Rights Agreement and the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.
Item 2. Exhibits
4.1 | | Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2001, between J.D. Edwards & Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on November 15, 2001.) |
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4.2 | | First Amendment to the Preferred Stock Rights Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2003, between J.D. Edwards & Company and Computershare Trust Company, Inc. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Amendment to Registration Statement (No. 000-23091) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
J.D. EDWARDS & COMPANY |
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By: | | /s/ RICHARD E. ALLEN
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Name: | | Richard E. Allen |
Title: | | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration |
Dated: June 11, 2003
