EXHIBIT 3.1
CERTIFICATE OF RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
AMERCO
The undersigned, being the President and Secretary of AMERCO, a Nevada
corporation, do hereby certify as follows:
1. That on November 5, 1996, the Directors of the
corporation adopted and consented to the adoption of a resolution
setting forth a proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of
the corporation, as hereinafter set forth, declaring the advisability
thereof, and calling a meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of
considering and voting upon the proposed amendments.
2. Said resolution called for the following amendment to
said Articles of Incorporation attached as Exhibit A hereto and by this
reference incorporated herein.
3. That on January 17, 1997, the shareholders of the
corporation at a meeting, by vote of stockholders entitled to exercise
at least two-thirds of the voting power of the corporation, adopted and
consented to the adoption of a resolution setting forth the proposed
amendment to the Articles of Incorporation as hereinabove set forth.
4. That the Articles of Incorporation of AMERCO, are
hereby amended as set forth above and the undersigned make this
certificate pursuant to Sections 78.385 and 78.390 of the Nevada
Revised Statutes.
5. That the President and Secretary of AMERCO have been
authorized to execute the Restated Articles of Incorporation of AMERCO
by resolution of the Directors of the corporation adopted on November
5, 1996.
6. That the Restated Articles of Incorporation of
AMERCO, pursuant to Section 78.403 of the Nevada Revised Statutes,
correctly set forth the text of the Articles of Incorporation as
amended to the date hereof.
Dated: January 23, 1997
AMERCO, a Nevada corporation
By: /s/ Edward J. Shoen By: /s/ Gary V. Klinefelter
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Edward J. Shoen Gary V. Klinefelter
President Secretary
RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
AMERCO
The undersigned President and Secretary of AMERCO, in accordance with
Section 78.403 of the General Corporation Law of Nevada, restate the Articles of
Incorporation and to that end set forth that:
1. The name of the Corporation is AMERCO.
2. The name and address of the resident agent is The Corporation
Trust Company of Nevada, One First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.
3. The nature of the business and the objects and purposes to be
transacted, promoted, or carried on by the Corporation are to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General
Corporation Law of Nevada including but not in any way limited to acting as a
holding company, and acquiring by purchase, merger, or otherwise, wholly or
partially owned subsidiary corporations.
4. The Corporation shall have all the general and specific powers
authorized for corporations in the General Corporation Law of Nevada as now or
hereafter in effect.
5. The total number of shares of common stock which this
corporation is authorized to issue is (i) One Hundred and Fifty Million
(150,000,000) shares of common stock with a par value of Twenty-five Cents
($0.25) per share ("Common Stock"), and (ii) One Hundred and Fifty Million
(150,000,000) shares of common stock ("Serial Common Stock"), with the Board of
Directors having authority to issue shares of Serial Common Stock in one or more
series (the number of shares of each series being determined by the Board of
Directors), with or without par value, and with such voting powers,
designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, and relative rights as
shall be stated or expressed in the resolution regarding such Serial Common
Stock adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the authority expressly
vested in it by this provision of the Articles of Incorporation, or any
amendment thereto. For purposes of these Articles of Incorporation, the term
"common stock" includes Common Stock and Serial Common Stock.
In addition to the common stock authorized to be issued by the
foregoing paragraph, this corporation is authorized to issue Fifty Million
(50,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock, with the Board of Directors having
authority to issue such shares in one or more series (the number of shares of
each series being determined by the Board of Directors), with or without par
value, and with such voting powers, designations, preferences limitations,
restrictions, and relative right as shall be stated or expressed in the
resolution regarding
such preferred stock adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the authority
expressly vested in it by this provision of the Articles of Incorporation, or
any amendment thereto.
6. For the management of the business, and for the conduct of the
affairs of the Corporation, and for the further definition, limitation, and
regulation of the powers of the Corporation and its directors and stockholders,
it is further provided:
A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall consist of
not less than 4 nor more than 8 directors, the exact number of
directors to be determined from time to time solely by a resolution
adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of
Directors. The directors shall be divided into four classes, designated
Class I, Class II, Class III and Class IV. Subject to applicable law,
each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-fourth
of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of
Directors. At the 1990 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Class I
directors shall be elected for a one-year term, Class II directors for
a two-year term, Class III directors for a three-year term, and Class
IV directors for a four-year term. At each succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders, commencing in 1991, successors to the class of directors
whose term expires at the annual meeting shall be elected or reelected
for a four-year term.
If the number of directors is changed, any increase or
decrease shall be apportioned among the classes of directors so as to
maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as
possible, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors
shorten the term of any incumbent director. When the number of
directors is increased by the Board of Directors and any newly created
directorships are filled by the Board of Directors, there shall be no
classification of the additional directors until the next annual
meeting of stockholders.
A director shall hold office until the meeting for the year in
which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be
elected and shall qualify, subject however, to prior death,
resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.
Directors need not be stockholders. The names and addresses of
the current members of the board of Directors are:
NAME ADDRESS
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Edward J. Shoen 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Mark V. Shoen 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
James P. Shoen 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Richard J. Herrera 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
John M. Dodds 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Charles J. Bayer 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
W.E Carty 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Aubrey K. Johnson 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
B. POWERS OF BOARD. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
powers conferred by the laws of the State of Nevada, the Board of
Directors is expressly authorized and empowered:
(i) To make, alter, amend, and repeal the By-Laws, subject to the
power of the Stockholders to amend the By-laws, which power may be
exercised only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all of the
outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation entitled to vote,
which vote must be by ballot at a duly constituted meeting of the
Stockholders, the notice of which meeting must include the proposed
amendment. This Article 6.B(i) may be amended only by the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of all of the outstanding shares of common stock of
the Corporation entitled to vote, which vote must be by ballot at a
duly constituted meeting of the stockholders, the notice of which
meeting must include the proposed amendment.
(ii) Subject to the applicable provisions of the By-Laws then in
effect, to determine, from time to time, whether and to what extent,
and at what times and places, and under what conditions and
regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them,
shall be open to stockholder inspection. No stockholder shall have any
right to inspect any of the accounts, books or documents of the
Corporation, except as permitted by law, unless and until authorized to
do so, by resolution of the Board of Directors or of the Stockholders
of the Corporation;
(iii) To authorize and issue, without stockholder consent,
obligations of the Corporation, secured and unsecured, under such terms
and conditions as the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine, and
to pledge or mortgage, as
security therefor, any real or personal property of the Corporation,
including after-acquired property;
(iv) To determine whether any and, if so, what part, of the earned
surplus of the Corporation shall be paid in dividends to the
stockholders, and to direct and determine other use and disposition of
any such earned surplus;
(v) To fix, from time to time, the amount of the profits of the
Corporation to be reserved as working capital or for any other lawful
purpose;
(vi) To establish bonus, profit-sharing, stock option, or other
types of incentive compensation plans for the employees, including
officers and directors, of the Corporation, and to fix the amount of
profits to be shared or distributed, and to determine the persons to
participate in any such plans and the amount of their respective
participations;
(vii) To designate, by resolution or resolutions passed by a
majority of the whole Board, one or more committees, each consisting of
two or more directors, which, to the extend permitted by law and
authorized by the resolution or the By-Laws, shall have and may
exercise the powers of the Board;
(viii) To provide for the reasonable compensation of its own members
by By-Laws, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which such
compensation will be paid;
(ix) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore, or by
statute, expressly conferred upon it, the Board of Directors may
exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be
exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the
provisions of the laws of the State of Nevada, of these Articles of
Incorporation, and of the By-Laws of the Corporation.
C. A directors or officer of the corporation shall not be
personally liable to this corporation or its stockholders for damages
for beach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, but this article
shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer for
(i) acts of omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a
knowing violation of law or (ii) the unlawful payment of dividends. Any
repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the
Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect
any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of
the corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or
modification.
7. [Intentionally Omitted as provided for in N.R.S. Section
78.403(3)].
8. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, no
holder of any shares of the stock of the Corporation shall have any preemptive
right to purchase, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of
the Corporation of any class now or hereafter authorized, or any securities
exchangeable for or convertible into such shares, or any warrants or other
instruments evidencing rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or otherwise
acquire such shares.
9. No contract or other transaction between this Corporation and
any other Corporation shall be void or voidable because of the fact that any of
the directors of this Corporation are interested in, or are directors of, such
other Corporation, provided that the fact that he or such other Corporation is
so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of
Directors of this Corporation; and any director of the Corporation who is also a
director or officer of such other Corporation, or is so interested, may be
counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation which shall authorize such contract or transaction,
and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction, with like
force and effect as if he were not such director or officer of such other
corporation or not so interested.
10. The duration of this Corporation shall be perpetual.
11. The affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the
outstanding shares of common stock of this corporation entitled to vote shall be
required to approve, adopt or authorize:
(A) Any agreement for the merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
combination of this corporation with or into any other corporation
which is an Interested Stockholder (as hereafter defined);
(B) Any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition to or with this
corporation of any assets of any Interested Stockholder;
(C) Any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition by this
corporation of all or substantially all of the assets of this
corporation to or with an Interested Stockholder;
(D) Any plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of this
corporation if any Shareholder of this corporation is an Interested
Stockholder; or
(E) Any reclassification of securities (including any reverse
stock split) or recapitalization of this corporation which has the
effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share
of the outstanding shares of any class of stock or convertible
securities of this corporation, directly or indirectly owned by an
Interested Stockholder.
As used herein, Interested Stockholder shall mean any person, firm,
corporation or other entity which, as of the record date for the determination
of Shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote on any of the above
transactions, is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than five
percent (5%) of any class of voting stock of this corporation. For the purposes
hereof, any person, firms, corporation or other entity shall be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of any shares of voting stock of this corporation which (i) it
has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or upon exercise of
conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise, or (ii) are owned,
directly or indirectly (including shares deemed owned through the application of
clause (i) above), by any other person, firm, corporation or other entity with
which it has any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the
acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of stock of this corporation, or
which is its "affiliate" or "associate" as those terms are defined in the Rules
and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Board of Directors of this corporation shall have the power and
duly, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole
Board of Directors, to determine (and such determination shall be conclusive)
for the purposes of this Article 11, on the basis of information known to it,
whether (i) any person, firm, corporation or other entity is the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of more than five percent (5%) of any class of
voting stock of this corporation, (ii) any proposed sale, lease, exchange or
other disposition involves all or substantially all of the assets of this
corporation, or (iii) any person, firm, corporation or other entity has any
agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the acquisition,
holding, voting or disposition of stock of this corporation with any other
person, firm, corporation or other entity.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation,
the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding
shares of common stock of this corporation entitled to vote shall be required to
amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with,
this Article 11.
The respective two-thirds voting requirements specified above for any
of the transactions referred to in any one or more of paragraphs A through E
above, or to amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision
inconsistent with, this Article 11, shall not be applicable to a proposed action
which has been approved or recommended by majority of the Disinterested
Directors. As used herein, a "Disinterested Director" means (i) any Director of
the corporation who was a Director as of July 24, 1988, or (ii) was thereafter
elected by the Shareholders or appointed by the Board of Directors of this
corporation and was not at the time of such election or appointment associated
with or an affiliate of an Interested Stockholder directly or indirectly
involved in the transaction or proposal before the Board of Directors, or (iii)
a person designated, before his election or appointment as a Director, as a
Disinterested Director by a majority of Disinterested Directors then on the
Board.
12. Stockholder action by written consent is prohibited. This
Article 12 may be amended only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all of
the outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation entitled to vote,
which vote must be by ballot at a duly constituted meeting of the Stockholders,
the notice of which meeting must include the proposed amendment.
In Witness Whereof, we have executed the foregoing Restated Articles of
Incorporation of AMERCO this 23rd day of January, 1997.
/s/ Edward J. Shoen
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Edward J. Shoen, President
/s/ Gary V. Klinefelter
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Gary V. Klinefelter, Secretary
STATE OF ARIZONA )
) ss.
County of Maricopa )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 23rd day of
January, 1997, by Edward J. Shoen, President of AMERCO, a Nevada corporation, on
behalf of the corporation.
/s/ Nancy Jo Beiley
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Notary Public
My commission expires:
5-22-99
STATE OF ARIZONA )
) ss.
County of Maricopa )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 23rd day of
January, 1997, by Gary V. Klinefelter, Secretary of AMERCO, a Nevada
corporation, on behalf of the corporation.
/s/ Nancy Jo Beiley
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Notary Public
My commission expires:
5-22-99
THIS FORM SHOULD ACCOMPANY AMENDED AND/OR RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION FOR A NEVADA CORPORATION
1. Name of corporation: AMERCO
2. Date of adoption of Amended and/or Restated Articles: January 17, 1997.
3. If the articles were amended, please indicate what changes have been made:
(a) Was there a name change? Yes [ ] No [XX]. If yes, what is the new name?
___________________________________________________________________________
(b) Did you change your resident agent? Yes [ ] No [XX]. If yes, please
indicate new address:
___________________________________________________________________________
(c) Did you change the purposes? Yes [ ] No [XX]. Did you add Banking? [ ],
Gaming? [ ], Insurance? [ ], None of these? [XX].
(d) Did you change the capital stock? Yes [ ] No [XX]. If yes, what is the
new capital stock?
___________________________________________________________________________
(e) Did you change the directors? Yes [ ] No [XX]. If yes, indicate the
change: _______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
(f) Did you add the directors liability provision? Yes [ ] No [XX].
(g) Did you change the period of existence? Yes [ ] No [XX]. If yes, what
is the new existence?
___________________________________________________________________________
(h) If none of the above apply, and you have amended or modified the
articles, how did you change your articles? Deletion of provision
requiring 2/3 shareholder approval to amend Article 6.A of the
Articles.
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Name and Title of Officer
Gary V. Klinefelter, Secretary 1/23/97
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Date
STATE OF Arizona )
) ss.
COUNTY OF Maricopa )
On January 23, 1997 personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, Gary V.
Klinefelter, who acknowledged that he/she executed the above document.
/s/ Nancy Jo Beiley
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Notary Public
CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, PREFERENCES AND RIGHTS
OF SERIES C JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
OF
AMERCO
Pursuant to Section 78.1955 of the General Corporation Law of
the State of Nevada, AMERCO (the "Company"), a corporation organized and
existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Nevada, in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 78.035 and 78.195 thereof, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:
That pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of
Directors by the Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the said
Board of Directors on July 13, 1998, adopted the following resolution amending
and restating that certain Certificate of Designation of Series C Preferred
Stock, and creating a series of Three Million (3,000,000) shares of Preferred
Stock designated as Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board
of directors in accordance with the provisions of its Restated Articles of
Incorporation that certain Certificate of Designation of Series C Preferred
Stock be and it hereby is amended and restated and that the designation and
amount thereof and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional
and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the qualifications,
limitations or restrictions thereof are as follows:
Section 1. Designation and Amount.
There shall be a series of the Preferred Stock which shall be
designated as the "Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock," no par value,
and the number of shares constituting such series shall be 3,000,000. Such
number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of
Directors; provided, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of
Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock to number less than that of the
shares than outstanding plus the number of shares issuable upon exercise of
outstanding rights, options or warrants or upon conversion of outstanding
securities issued by the Company.
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Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.
(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of
any series of preferred stock of the Company ranking prior and superior to the
Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the
holders of shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, in
preference to the holders of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share,
and shares of Serial Common Stock, par value $0.25, of the Company (the "Common
Stock"), and of any other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as
and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the
purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on any regular quarterly dividend
payment date as shall be established by the Board of Directors (each such date
being referred to herein as a "Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on
the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or
fraction of a share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, in an
amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1.00
or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times
the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the
aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other
distributions, other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock or a
subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or
otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the immediately preceding
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of
Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock. In the event the Company shall at
any time after July 13,1998 (the "Rights Declaration Date") declare or pay any
dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a
subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares
of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then
in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series C Junior
Participating Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event
under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such
amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is
the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event.
(B) The Company shall declare a dividend or distribution
on the Series C Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section
immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock
(other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the
event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock
during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next
subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1.00 per share on the
Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on
such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.
(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on
outstanding shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock from the
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares,
unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends on such shares
shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date
of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or is a date after the record date
for the determination of holders of shares of Series C Junior Participating
Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and before such
Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall
begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.
Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the
shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock in an amount less than
the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such
shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis
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among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may, in
accordance with applicable law, fix a record date for the determination of
holders of shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to
receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon, which record
date shall be not more than such number of days prior to the date fixed for the
payment thereof as may be allowed by applicable law.
Section 3. Voting Rights.
The holders of shares of Series C Junior Participating
Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:
(A) Each share of Series C Junior Participating Preferred
Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted to
a vote of the stockholders of the Company. In the event the Company shall at any
time after the Rights Declaration Date declare or pay any dividend on the Common
Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination
or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification
or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a
greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the
number of votes to which holders of shares of Series C Junior Participating
Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the
preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.
(B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Company's
Restated Articles of Incorporation or by law, the holders of shares of Series C
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock, and
the holders of shares of any other capital stock of the Company having general
voting rights, shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a
vote of stockholders of the Company.
(C) Except as otherwise set forth herein or in the
Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation, and except as otherwise provided
by law, holders of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have no
special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except to the
extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth
herein) for taking any corporate action.
Section 4. Certain Restrictions.
(A) Whenever dividends or distributions payable on the
Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in
arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series C Junior
Participating Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the
Company shall not:
(i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other
distributions on, or redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to
dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series
C Junior Participating Preferred Stock;
(ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any
other distributions on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either
as to dividends or upon Equidation, dissolution or winding up) with the
Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except dividends paid
ratably on the Series C Junior Participating Preferred stock and all
such parity stock
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on which dividends are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total
amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;
(iii) except as permitted in Section 4(A)(iv)
below, redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares
of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up)with the Series C Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, provided that the Company may at any
time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such parity
stock in exchange for shares of any stock of the Company ranking junior
(either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up)
to the Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock; and
(iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration any shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred
Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series C
Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a
purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the
Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as
the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual
dividend rates and other relative rights and preference of the
respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will
result in fair and equitable treatment among the respective series or
classes.
(B) The Company shall not permit any subsidiary of the
Company to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock
of the Company unless the Company could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4,
purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.
Section 5. Reacquired Shares.
Any shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company in any manner whatsoever shall
be retired and canceled promptly after the acquisition thereof. The Company
shall cause all such shares upon their cancellation to be authorized but
unissued shares of Preferred Stock which may be reissued as part of a new
series of Preferred Stock, subject to the conditions and restrictions on
issuance set forth herein.
Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of
any series of Preferred Stock of the Company ranking prior and superior to the
Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock with respect to liquidation, upon
any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise ), dissolution or winding up of the
Company, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of stock ranking
junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up)
to the Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the
holders of shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall have
received $100.00 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends
and distribution thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of
such payment (the "Series C Liquidation Preference"). Following the payment of
the full amount of the Series C Liquidation Preference, no additional
distributions shall be made to the holders of shares of Series C Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of
Common Stock shall have received an amount per share (the "Common Adjustment")
equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Series C Liquidation
Preference by (ii) 100 (as appropriately adjusted as set forth in subparagraph C
below to reflect such events as stock dividends, and subdivisions, combinations
and consolidations with respect to the Common Stock) (such number in clause (ii)
being referred to as the "Adjustment Number"). Following the payment of the full
amount of the Series C Liquidation Preference and the Common Adjustment
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in respect of all outstanding shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred
Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series C Junior Participating
Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive their
ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed in the
ratio of the Adjustment Number to 1 with respect to such Series C Junior
Participating Preferred Stock and Common Stock, on a per share basis,
respectively.
(B) In the event there are not sufficient assets
available to permit payment in full of the Series C Liquidation Preference and
the liquidation preference of all other Series of Preferred Stock, if any, which
rank on a parity with the Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock, then
such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity
shares in proportion to their respective liquidation Preferences. In the event
there are not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the
Common Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to
the holders of Common Stock.
(C) In the event the company shall at any time after the
rights Declaration Date declare or pay any dividend on Common Stock payable in
shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation
of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than
by payment of a dividend in of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of
shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the Adjustment Number in effect
immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such Adjustment
Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common
Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is
the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event.
Section 7. Consolidation Merger, etc.
In case the company shall enter into any consolidation merger,
combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common Stock are
exchanged for or changed into other Stock or securities, cash and/or any other
Property, then in any such case the shares of Series C Junior Participating
Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed an
amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set
forth) equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of Stock, securities, cash
and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or
for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the
Company shall at any time after the Rights Declaration Date Declare or pay any
dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a
subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividend in shares
of Common Stock) into a greater of lesser number of shares of Common Stock,
then in each such case the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with
respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series C Junior Participating
Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to such event.
Section 8. Redemption.
The shares of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock
shall not be redeemable.
Section 9. Ranking.
The Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall rank
Junior to all other Series of the Company's Preferred Stock as to the payment of
dividends and the distribution of
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assets, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise.
Section 10. Fractional Shares.
Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be issued in
fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such
holder's fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends,
participate in distributions and to have the benefit of all other rights of
holders of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock."
Pursuant to Section 78.1955(4) of the General Corporation Law
of the State of Nevada, (a) attached is the original designation,(b) no shares
of Series C Junior Participating Preferred Stock have been issued, and (c) set
forth above is the amended and restated designation of the series, the number of
the series, and the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations,
restrictions and relative rights of the series.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed and subscribed this
Certificate and do affirm the foregoing as true under the penalties of perjury
this 4th day of August, 1998.
BY: /s/ Edward J. Shoen
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Name: Edward J. Shoen
Title: President
Attest
By: /s/ Gary V. Klinefelter
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Name: Gary V. Klinefelter
Title: Secretary
State of Arizona )
) SS
County of Maricopa )
This instrument was acknowledged before me on 8-4-98 (date) by
Edward J. Shoen and Gary V. Klinefelter as President and Secretary of AMERCO.
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE]
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Notary
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IMPORTANT READ ATTACHED INSTRUCTION BEFORE COMPLETING FORM
CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
(PURSUANT TO NRS 78, 80, 81, 82, 86, 87, 88, 88A AND 89)
- REMIT IN DUPLICATE -
1. The name of the entity for which correction is being made:
AMERCO
2. Description of the original document for which correction is being made:
Restated Articles of Incorporation
3. Filling date of the original document 2/21/97.
4. Description of the inaccuracy or defect.
See Exhibit A.
5. Correction of the inaccuracy or defect.
AMERCO is filing herewith Amended & Restated Articles of Incorporation to
properly reference the terms of its Series A Common Stock, Series A Common
Stock, Series A Preferred Stock and Series A Preferred Stock.
6. Signature:
/s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY 8/31/2001
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Authorized Signature Title* Date
*If entity is a Corporation, it must be signed by an Officer; a
Limited-Liability Company, by a manager or managing members; a Limited
Partnership, by a General Partner; a Limited-Liability Partnership, by a
Managing Partner; a Business Trust, by a Trustee.
IMPORTANT: Failure to include any of the above information and remit the proper
fees may cause this filing to be rejected.
CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
AMERCO
EXHIBIT A
Response to Item 4.
On February 21, 1997, AMERCO filed Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation which inadvertently failed to reference the terms of its Series A
Common Stock (see Certificate of Designation filed February 4, 1994), Series B
Common Stock (see Certificate of Designation filed August 29, 1996), Series A
Preferred Stock (see Certificate of Designation filed October 15, 1993) and
Series B Preferred Stock (see Certificate of Designation filed August 29, 1996).
RESTATED
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
AMERCO
The undersigned President and Secretary of AMERCO, in accordance with
Section 78.403 of the General Corporation Law of Nevada, restate the Articles of
Incorporation and to that end set forth that:
1. The name of the Corporation is AMERCO.
2. The name and address of the resident agent is The Corporation
Trust Company of Nevada, One First Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.
3. The nature of the business and the objects and purposes to be
transacted, promoted, or carried on by the Corporation are to engage in any
lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General
Corporation Law of Nevada including but not in any way limited to acting as
holding company, and acquiring by purchase, merger, or otherwise, wholly or
partially owned subsidiary corporations.
4. The Corporation shall have all the general and specific powers
authorized for corporations in the General Corporation Law of Nevada as now or
hereafter in effect.
5. The total number of shares of common stock which this
corporation is authorized to issue is (i) One Hundred and Fifty Million
(150,000,000) shares of common stock with a par value of Twenty-five Cents
($0.25) per share ("Common Stock"), and (ii) One Hundred and Fifty Million
(150,000,000) shares of common stock ("Serial Common Stock"), with the Board of
Directors having authority to issue shares of Serial Common Stock in one or more
[ILLEGIBLE] the number of shares of each series being determined by the Board of
Directors), with or without par value, and with such voting powers,
designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, and relative rights as
shall be stated or expressed in the resolution regarding such Serial Common
Stock adopted by the Board of Directors pursuant to the authority expressly
vested in it by this provision of the Articles of Incorporation, or any
amendment thereto. For purposes of these Articles of Incorporation, the term
"common stock" includes Common Stock and Serial Common Stock. The voting powers,
designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, and relative rights of the
Series A Common Stock are described on Exhibit A attached hereto. The voting
powers, designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, and relative
rights of the Series B Common Stock arc described on Exhibit B attached hereto.
In addition to the common stock authorized to be issued by the
foregoing paragraph, this corporation is authorized to issue Fifty Million
(50,000,000) shares of Preferred Stock with the Board of Directors having
authority to issue such shares in one or more series (the number of shares of
each series being determined by the Board of Directors), with or without par
value, and with such voting powers, designations, preferences limitations,
restrictions, and relative right as shall be stated or expressed in the
resolution regarding such preferred stock adopted by the Board of Directors
pursuant to the authority expressly vested in it by this provision of the
Articles of
Incorporation, or any amendment thereto. The voting powers, designations,
preferences, limitations, restrictions, and relative rights of the Series A
Preferred Stock are described on Exhibit C attached hereto. The voting powers,
designations, preferences, limitations, restrictions, and relative rights of the
Series B Preferred Stock are described on Exhibit D attached hereto.
6. For the management of the business, and for the conduct of the
affairs of the Corporation, and for the further definition, limitation, and
regulation of the powers of the Corporation and its directors and stockholders,
it is further provided:
A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The Board of Directors shall consist of
not less than 4 nor more than 8 directors, the exact number of
directors to be determined from time to time solely by a resolution
adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Board of
Directors. The directors shall be divided into four classes, designated
Class I, Class II, Class III and Class IV. Subject to applicable law,
each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-fourth
of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of
Directors. At the 1990 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Class I
directors shall be elected for a one-year term, Class II directors for
a two-year term, Class III directors for a three-year term, and Class
IV directors for a four-year term. At each succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders, commencing in 1991, successors to the class of directors
whose term expires at the annual meeting shall be elected or reelected
for a four-year term.
If the number of directors is changed, any increase or
decrease shall be apportioned among the classes of directors so as to
maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as
possible, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors
shorten the term of any incumbent director. When the number of
directors is increased by the Board of Directors and any newly created
directorships are filled by the Board of Directors, there shall be no
classification of the additional directors until the next annual
meeting of stockholders.
A director shall hold office until the meeting for the year in
which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be
elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death,
resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office.
Directors need not be stockholders. The names and addresses of
the current members of the board of Directors are:
NAME ADDRESS
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Edward J. Shoen 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Mark V. Shoen 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
James P. Shoen 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Richard J. Herrera 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
John M. Dodds 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Charles J. Bayer 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
W.E. Carty 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
Aubrey K. Johnson 2727 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
B. POWERS OF BOARD. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
powers conferred by the laws of the State of Nevada, the Board of
Directors is expressly authorized and empowered:
(i) To make, alter, amend, and repeal the By-Laws, subject to the
power of the Stockholders to amend the By-laws, which power may be
exercised only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all of the
outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation entitled to vote,
which vote must be by ballot at a duly constituted meeting of the
Stockholders, the notice of which meeting must include the proposed
amendment. This Article 6.B(i) may be amended only by the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of all of the outstanding shares of common stock of
the Corporation entitled to vote, which vote must be by ballot at a
duly constituted meeting of the stockholders, the notice of which
meeting must include the proposed amendment.
(ii) Subject to the applicable provisions of the By-Laws then in
effect, to determine, from time to time, whether and to what extent,
and at what times and places, and under what conditions and
regulations, the accounts and books of the Corporation, or any of them,
shall be open to stockholder inspection. No stockholder shall have any
right to inspect any of the accounts, books or documents of the
Corporation, except as permitted by law, unless and until authorized to
do so by resolution of the Board of Directors or of the Stockholders of
the Corporation;
(iii) To authorize and issue, without stockholder consent,
obligations of the Corporation, secured and unsecured, under such terms
and conditions as the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine, and
to pledge or mortgage, as
security therefor, any real or personal property of the Corporation,
including after-acquired property;
(iv) To determine whether any and, if so, what part, of the earned
surplus of the Corporation shall be paid in dividends to the
stockholders, and to direct and determine other use and disposition of
any such earned surplus;
(v) To fix, from time to time, the amount of the profits of the
Corporation to be reserved as working capital or for any other lawful
purpose;
(vi) To establish bonus, profit-sharing, stock option, or other
types of incentive compensation plans for the employees, including
officers and directors, of the Corporation, and to fix the amount of
profits to be shared or distributed, and to determine the persons to
participate in any such plans and the amount of their respective
participations:
(vii) To designate, by resolution or resolutions passed by a
majority of the whole Board, one or more committees, each consisting or
two or more directors, which, to the extend permitted by law and
authorized by the resolution or the By-Laws, shall have and may
exercise the powers of the Board;
(viii) To provide for the reasonable compensation of its own members
by By-Laws, and to fix the terms and conditions upon which such
compensation will be paid;
(ix) In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore, or by
statute, expressly conferred upon it, the Board of Directors may
exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be
exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the
provisions of the laws of the State of Nevada, of these Articles of
Incorporation, and of the By-Laws of the Corporation.
C. A directors or officer of the corporation shall not be
personally liable to this corporation or its stockholders for damages
for beach of fiduciary duty as a director or officer, but this article
shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director or officer for
(i) acts of omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud or a
knowing violation of law or (ii) the unlawful payment of dividends. Any
repeal or modification of this Article by the stockholders of the
Corporation shall be prospective only, and shall not adversely affect
any limitation on the personal liability of a director or officer of
the corporation for acts or omissions prior to such repeal or
modification.
7. [Intentionally Omitted as provided for in N.R.S. Section
78.403(3)].
8. Except as otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, no
holder of any shares of the stock of the Corporation shall have any preemptive
right to purchase, subscribe for, or otherwise acquire any shares of stock of
the Corporation of any class now or hereafter authorized, or any securities
exchangeable for or convertible into such shares, or any warrants or
other instruments evidencing rights or options to subscribe for, purchase or
otherwise acquire such shares.
9. [ILLEGIBLE] or other transaction between this Corporation and
any other Corporation shall be void or voidable because of the fact that any of
the directors of this Corporation are interested in, or are directors of, such
other Corporation, provided that the fact that he or such other Corporation is
so interested shall be disclosed or shall have been known to the Board of
Directors of this Corporation; and any director of the Corporation who is also a
director or officer of such other Corporation, or is so interested, may be
counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation which shall authorize such contract or transaction,
and may vote thereat to authorize any such contract or transaction, with like
force and effect as if he were not such director or officer of such other
corporation or not so interested.
10. The duration of this Corporation shall be perpetual.
11. The affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the
outstanding shares of common stock of this corporation entitled to vote shall be
required to approve, adopt or authorize:
(A) Any agreement for the merger, consolidation, amalgamation or
combination of this corporation with or into any other corporation
which is an Interested Stockholder (as hereafter defined);
(B) Any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition to or with this
corporation of any assets of any Interested Stockholder;
(C) Any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition by this
corporation of all or substantially all of the assets of this
corporation to or with an Interested Stockholder;
(D) Any plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of this
corporation if any Shareholder of this corporation is an Interested
Stockholder; or
(E) Any reclassification of securities (including any reverse
stock split) or recapitalization of this corporation which has the
effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share
of the outstanding shares of any class of stock or convertible
securities of this corporation, directly or indirectly owned by an
Interested Stockholder.
As used herein, Interested Stockholder shall mean any person, firm,
corporation or other entity which, as of the record date for the determination
of Shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote on any of the above
transactions, is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than five
percent (5%) of any class of voting stock of this corporation. For the purposes
hereof, any person, firms, corporation or other entity shall be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of any shares of voting stock of this corporation which (i) it
has the right to acquire pursuant to any
agreement or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or
otherwise, or (ii) are owned, directly or indirectly (including shares deemed
owned through the application of clause (i) above), by any other person, firm,
corporation or other entity with which it has any agreement, arrangement or
understanding with respect to the acquisition, holding, voting or disposition of
stock of this corporation, or which is its "affiliate" or "associate" as those
terms are defined in the Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
The Board of Directors of this corporation shall have the power and
duty, by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole
Board of Directors, to determine (and such determination shall be conclusive)
for the purposes of this Article 11, on the basis of information known to it,
whether (i) any person, firm, corporation or other entity is the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of more than five percent (5%) of any class of
voting stock of this corporation, (ii) any proposed sale, lease, exchange or
other disposition involves all or substantially all of the assets of this
corporation, or (iii) any person, firm, corporation or other entity has any
agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the acquisition,
holding, voting or disposition of stock of this corporation with any other
person, firm, corporation or other entity.
Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation,
the affirmative vote of the holders of two-thirds (2/3) of the outstanding
shares of common stock of this corporation entitled to vote shall be required to
amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with,
this Article 11.
The respective two-thirds voting requirements specified above for any
of the transactions referred to in any one or more of paragraphs A through
E above, or to amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision
inconsistent with, this Article 11, shall not be applicable to a proposed
action which has been approved or recommended by majority of the Disinterested
Directors. As used herein, a "Disinterested Director" means (i) any Director of
the corporation who was a Director as of July 24, 1988, or (ii) was thereafter
elected by the Shareholders or appointed by the Board of Directors of this
corporation and was not at the time of such election or appointment associated
with or an affiliate of an Interested Stockholder directly or indirectly
involved in the transaction or proposal before the Board of Directors, or (iii)
a person designated, before his election or appointment as a Director, as a
Disinterested Director by a majority of Disinterested Directors then on the
Board.
12. Stockholder action by written consent is prohibited. This
Article 12 may be amended only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all of
the outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation entitled to vote,
which vote must be by ballot at a duly constituted meeting of the Stockholders,
the notice of which meeting must include the proposed amendment.
In Witness Whereof, we have executed the foregoing Restated Articles of
Incorporation of AMERCO this 23rd day of January, 1997.
/s/ Edward J. Shoen
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Edward J. Shoen, President
/s/ Gary V. Klinefelter
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Gary V. Klinefelter, Secretary
STATE OF ARIZONA )
) ss.
County of Maricopa )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 23rd day of
January, 1997, by Edward J. Shoen, President of AMERCO, a Navada corporation, on
behalf of the corporation.
/s/ Nancy Jo Beiley
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Notary Public
My commission expires:
5-22-99
STATE OF ARIZONA )
) ss.
County of Maricopa )
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 23rd day of
January, 1997, by Gary V. Klinefelter, Secretary of AMERCO, a Nevada
corporation, on behalf of the corporation.
/s/ Nancy Jo Beiley
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Notary Public
My commission expires:
5-22-99
EXHIBIT A
AMERCO
SERIES A COMMON STOCK
(a) Designation. A series of Serial Common Stock (as defined in the
Articles of Incorporation) is hereby designated "Series A Common Stock." The
number of shares constituting the Series A Common Stock is 10,000,000. Shares of
the Series A Common Stock shall have a par value of $0.25.
(b) Dividends and Distributions. Shares of the Series A Common Stock
shall be entitled to receive such dividends and distributions as may be declared
by the Board of Directors from time to time and shall be payable, when and as
declared by the Board of Directors.
(c) Conversion. The holders of shares of the Series A Common Stock
shall not have any rights to convert such shares into or exchange such shares
for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or
classes of [ILLEGIBLE] Corporation.
(d) Voting. The shares of the Series A Common Stock shall be entitled
to one vote per share.
(e) Liquidation Rights. Upon the dissolution, liquidation, or winding
up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the
Series A Common Stock shall be entitled to distribution of the assets of the
Company on a pari passu basis with the Company's common stock, $0.25 par value.
EXHIBIT B
AMERCO
SERIES B COMMON STOCK
(a) Designation. A series of Serial Common Stock (as defined in the
Articles of Incorporation) is hereby designated "Series B Common Stock." The
number of shares constituting the Series B Common Stock is 10,000,000. Shares of
the Series B Common Stock shall have a par value of $0.25.
(b) Dividends and Distributions. Shares of the Series B Common Stock
shall be entitled to receive such dividends and distributions as may be declared
by the Board of Directors from time to time on a pari passu basis with the
Corporation's Common Stock and Series A Common Stock and shall be payable, when
and as declared by the Board of Directors.
(c) Conversion. The holders of shares of the Series B Common Stock
shall not have any rights to convert such shares into or exchange such shares
for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or
classes of stock of the Corporation.
(d) Voting. The shares of the Series B Common Stock shall be entitled
to one-tenth (1/10) of one vote per share.
(e) Liquidation Rights. Upon the dissolution, liquidation, or winding
up of the affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the
Series B Common Stock shall be entitled to distribution of the assets of the
Corporation on a pari passu basis with the Corporation's Common Stock and Series
A Common Stock.
EXHIBIT C
AMERCO
SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
(a) Designation. A series of preferred stock is hereby designated
"Series A 8 1/2% Preferred Stock." The number of shares constituting the
Series A Preferred Stock is 6,100,000. Shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
shall have a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share and shall have no par
value.
(b) Dividend Rate.
(i) Shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled
to receive dividends at a fixed annual rate of $2.125 per share. Such
dividends shall be cumulative from the date of original issue of such
shares and shall be payable, when and as declared by the Board of
Directors, quarterly for each of the quarters ending February, May,
August, and November of each year, payable in arrears on the first
business day that is not a legal holiday of each succeeding March,
June, September, and December, commencing December 1, 1993. Each such
dividend shall be paid to the holders of record of shares of the Series
A Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock records of the
Corporation on the applicable record date, not exceeding 15 days
preceding the payment date thereof, as shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors. Dividends on account of arrears for any past dividend
periods may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any
regular dividend payment date, to holders of record on such date as may
be fixed by the Board of Directors, which shall not exceed 15 days
preceding such dividend payment date thereof.
(ii) No dividends shall be declared or paid or set apart for
payment on any shares of any class or classes of stock of the
Corporation or any series thereof ranking, as to dividends, on a parity
with or junior to the Series A Preferred Stock for any period unless
full cumulative dividends have been or contemporaneously are declared
and paid, or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set
apart for such payment, on the Series A Preferred Stock for all
dividend payment periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment
of such dividend. When dividends are not paid in full, as aforesaid,
upon the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and any other shares of
any class or classes of stock or series thereof ranking on a parity as
to dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock, all dividends declared
upon shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and any other shares of
such class or classes of series thereof ranking on a parity as to
dividends with the Series A Preferred Stock shall be declared pro rata
so that the amount of dividends declared per share of the Series A
Preferred Stock and such other shares shall in all cases bear to each
other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on the shares of
the Series A Preferred Stock and such other shares bear to each other.
Holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled
to any dividend, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in
excess of full cumulative dividends, as herein provided, on the Series
A Preferred Stock. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest,
shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the
Series A Preferred Stock that may be in arrears.
(iii) So long as any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
are outstanding, no dividend (other than a dividend in common stock or
in any other shares ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as
to dividends and upon Liquidation (as defined in subsection (f) (i) and
other than as provided in paragraph (ii) of this subsection (b)) shall
be
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declared or paid or set aside for payment or other distribution
declared or made upon the shares of any class or classes of stock of
the Corporation or any series thereof ranking junior to or on a parity
with the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon Liquidation
nor shall any of the shares of any class or classes of stock of the
Corporation or any series thereof ranking junior to or on a parity with
the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon Liquidation be
redeemed, purchased, or otherwise acquired or any consideration paid
(or any moneys be paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the
redemption of any such shares) by the Corporation, or any subsidiary
thereof (except by conversion into or exchange for shares of the
Corporation ranking junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to
dividends and upon liquidation), unless, in each case, the full
cumulative dividends on all outstanding shares of the Series
[ILLEGIBLE] Preferred Stock shall have been or contemporaneously are
declared and paid, or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof
is set apart for payment, for all past dividend payment periods.
(iv) Dividends payable on the Series A Preferred Stock for any
period less than a full quarterly dividend period, and for the dividend
period beginning on the date of issuance of the shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock, shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of 12 30-day months. The amount of dividends payable on
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock for each full quarterly dividend
period shall be computed by dividing by 4 the annual rate per share set
forth above in subsection (b) (i).
(c) Redemption.
(i) The shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be
redeemable prior to December 1, 2000. On and after December 1, 2000,
the Corporation, at its option, may redeem shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock, as a whole or in part, for cash, at any time or from
time to time, at a redemption price of $25.00 per share plus, in each
case, accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for
redemption.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding shares
of the Series A Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the number of
shares to be redeemed shall be determined by the Board of Directors and
the shares to be redeemed shall be determined by lot or pro rata as may
be determined by the Board of Directors or by any other method as may
be determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion to be
equitable.
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(iii) In the event the Corporation shall redeem shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock, notice of such redemption shall be given by
first class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the redemption date, to each holder of record of
the shares to be redeemed, at such holder's address as the same appears
on the stock records of the Corporation, or by publishing notice
thereof in The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times, or, if
neither such newspaper is then being published, any other daily
newspaper of national circulation (each, an "Authorized Newspaper"). If
the Corporation elects to provide such notice by publication, it shall
also promptly mail notice of such redemption to each holder of the
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed. Each such mailed
or published notice shall state: (v) the redemption date; (w) the
number of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if
fewer than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the
number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (x) the
redemption price; (y) the place or places where certificates for such
shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and
(z) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on
such redemption date. No defect in the notice of redemption or in the
mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the redemption
proceedings, and the failure to give notice to any holder of shares of
the Series A Preferred Stock to be so redeemed shall not affect the
validity of the notice given to the other holders of shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock to be so redeemed.
(iv) Notice having been mailed as aforesaid, then,
notwithstanding that the certificates evidencing the shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock shall not have been surrendered, from and
after the redemption date (unless default shall be made by the
Corporation in providing money for the payment of the redemption price)
dividends on the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock so called for
redemption shall cease to accrue, and said shares shall no longer be
deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the holders thereof as
stockholders (including dividend and voting rights) of the Corporation
(except the right to receive from the Corporation the redemption price)
shall cease. Upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the
certificates for any shares so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned
for transfer, if the Board of Directors shall so require and the notice
shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at
the redemption price aforesaid. In case fewer than all the shares
represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate
shall be
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issued representing the unredeemed shares without cost to the holder
thereof.
(v) Any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock that shall at
any time have been redeemed shall, after such redemption, in the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the Corporation, be (x) held in
treasury or (y) resume the status of authorized but unissued shares of
preferred stock, without designation as to series, until such shares
are once more designated as part of a particular series by the Board of
Directors.
(vi) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
subsection (c), if any dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are in
arrears, no shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed
unless all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock are
simultaneously redeemed, and the Corporation shall not, and shall not
permit any subsidiary thereof to, purchase or otherwise acquire any
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the
foregoing shall not prevent the purchase or acquisition of shares of
the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer
made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock.
(d) Conversion. The holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
shall not have any rights herein to convert such shares into or exchange such
shares for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any
class or classes of stock of the Corporation.
(e) Voting. The shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not have
any voting powers either general or special, except as required by law and
except that:
(i) So long as any of the shares of the Series A Preferred
Stock are outstanding, the consent of the holders of at least
two-thirds of all the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock at the
time outstanding, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by
a vote at a meeting called for the purpose at which the holders of
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall vote together as a
separate class, shall be necessary for authorizing, affecting or
validating the amendment, alteration, or repeal of any of the
provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or of
any certificate amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto (including
any certificate of amendment or any similar document relating to any
series of preferred stock) that would adversely affect the powers,
preferences, or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock,
including the creation or authorization of any class of stock that
ranks senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends
or upon Liquidation. Any
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amendment or any resolution or action of the Board of Directors that
would create or issue any series of preferred stock out of the
authorized shares of preferred stock, or that would authorize, create,
or issue any shares or class of stock (whether or not already
authorized), ranking junior to or on a parity with the Series A
Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and
distributions and distributions upon any Liquidation, shall not be
considered to affect adversely the powers, preferences, or special
rights of the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock;
(ii) In the event that the Corporation shall have failed to
declare and pay or set apart for payment in full the dividends
accumulated on the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
for any six quarterly dividend payment periods, whether or not
consecutive, and all such preferred dividends remain unpaid (a
"Preferred Dividend Default"), the holders of outstanding shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock, voting together as a class with the holders
of all other series of preferred stock then entitled to vote on the
election of such directors, shall be entitled to elect two directors to
the Board of Directors of the Corporation until the full dividends
accumulated on all outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
have been declared and paid in full. Upon the occurrence of a Preferred
Dividend Default, the Board of Directors shall within 10 business days
(any day other than a day that is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday
on which banks are authorized to close in New York, New York) of such
default call a special meeting of the holders of shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock and all other holders of a series of preferred stock
who are then entitled to participate in the election of such two
directors for the purpose of electing the two directors provided by the
foregoing provisions; provided that, in lieu of holding such meeting,
the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock and all other series of preferred stock who
are then entitled to participate in the election of such two directors
may, by action taken by written consents permitted by law and the
Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation, elect such
two directors. If and when all accumulated dividends on the shares of
the Series A Preferred Stock have been declared and paid or set aside
for payment in full, the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred
Stock shall be divested of the special voting rights provided by this
paragraph, subject to revesting in the event of each and every
subsequent Preferred Dividend Default. Upon termination of such special
voting rights attributable to all holders of shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock and any other series of
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preferred stock, each director elected by the holders of shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of any other series of
preferred stock (hereinafter referred to as a "Preferred Stock
Director") pursuant to such special voting rights shall, without
further action, be deemed to have resigned, subject always to the
election of directors pursuant to the foregoing provisions in case of a
future Preferred Dividend Default. Any Preferred Stock Director may be
removed at any time with or without cause by, and shall not be removed
otherwise than by, the vote of the holders of record of two-thirds of
the outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and all other
series of preferred stock who were entitled to participate in such
Preferred Stock Director's election, voting as a separate class, at a
meeting called for such purpose or by written consent as, and to the
extent, permitted by law and the Articles of Incorporation and the
Bylaws of the Corporation. So long as a Preferred Dividend Default
shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director
shall be filled by written consent of the Preferred Stock Director
remaining in office or, if none remains in office, by vote of the
holders of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Series
A Preferred Stock and all other series of preferred stock who are then
entitled to participate in the election of such Preferred Stock
Directors as provided above. As long as a Preferred Dividend Default
shall continue, holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall
not, as such stockholders, be entitled to vote on the election or
removal of directors other than Preferred Stock Directors, but shall
not be divested of any other voting rights provided to such
stockholders by law with respect to any other matter to be acted upon
by the stockholders of the Corporation. The Preferred Stock Directors
shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter.
(f) Liquidation Rights.
(i) Upon the dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of the
affairs of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary
(collectively, a "Liquidation"), after payment or provision for payment
has been made of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and
payment or provision for payment has been made on all amounts required
to be paid in respect of all outstanding shares of any class or classes
of stock of the Corporation or series thereof ranking senior to the
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, the holders of the shares of
the Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled, subject to paragraph
(iv) of this subsection (f), to receive out of the assets of the
Corporation, before any payment or distribution
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shall be made on common stock or on any other class of stock ranking
junior to preferred stock upon Liquidation, the amount of $25.00 per
share, plus a sum equal to all dividends (whether or not earned or
declared) on such shares accrued and unpaid thereon to the date of
final distribution.
(ii) Neither the sale, transfer, or lease of all or any part
of the property or business of the Corporation, nor the merger or
consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other corporation or
the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with the
Corporation, shall be deemed to be a Liquidation for the purposes of
this subsection (f).
(iii) After the payment to the holders of the shares of the
Series A preferred Stock of the full preferential amounts provided for
in this subsection (f), the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock as
such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the
Corporation and the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall no
longer be deemed to be outstanding or be entitled to any other powers,
preferences, rights, or privileges, including voting rights, and such
shares shall be surrendered for cancellation to the Corporation.
(iv) In the event the assets of the Corporation available for
distribution to the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
upon any Liquidation shall be insufficient to pay in full all amounts
to which such holders are entitled pursuant to paragraph (i) of this
subsection (f), no such distribution shall be made on account of any
shares of any series of preferred stock ranking on a parity with the
shares of the Series A Preferred stock upon such Liquidation unless
proportionate distributive amounts shall be paid on account of the
shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, ratably, in proportion to the
full distributable amounts to which holders of all such parity shares
are respectively entitled upon such Liquidation.
(g) Priority. Any shares of any class or classes of the Corporation or
series thereof shall be deemed to rank:
(i) Prior to the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock,
either as to dividends or upon Liquidation, if the holders of such
class or classes shall be entitled to the receipt of dividends or of
amounts distributable upon Liquidation of the Corporation, in
preference or priority to the holders of shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock;
(ii) On a parity with shares of the Series A Preferred Stock,
either as to dividends or upon
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Liquidation, whether or not the dividend rates, dividend payment
dates, or redemption or Liquidation prices per share or sinking fund
provisions, if any, be different from those of the Series A Preferred
Stock, if the holders of such shares shall be entitled to the receipt
of dividends or of amounts distributable upon Liquidation of the
Corporation, in proportion to their respective dividend rates or
Liquidation prices, without preference or priority, one over the other,
as between the holders of such shares and the holders of shares of the
Series A Preferred Stock; and
(iii) Junior to shares of the Series A Preferred Stock,
either as to dividends or upon Liquidation, if such class is common
stock or if the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall
be entitled to receipt of dividends or of amounts distributable upon
Liquidation of the Corporation, in preference or priority to the
holders of shares of such class or classes.
(h) Sinking or Retirement Fund. The shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking or retirement
fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of such shares.
(i) Miscellaneous.
(i) Subject to paragraph (iii) of subsection (c) above,
all notices referred to herein shall be in writing, and all notices
hereunder shall be deemed to have been given upon the earlier of
receipt thereof or three business days after the mailing thereof if
sent by first class mail with postage prepaid, addressed: if to the
Corporation, to its offices at 1325 Airmotive Way, Suite 100, Reno,
Nevada 89502-3239 (Attention: Secretary); if to a holder, to the
address thereof shown on the security register maintained by the
registrar for the Series A Preferred Stock; or to such other address as
the Corporation or holder, as the case may be, shall have designated by
notice similarly given.
(ii) In the event a holder of shares of the Series A
Preferred Stock shall not by written notice designate the name to whom
payment upon redemption of any shares of the Series A Preferred Stock
should be made or the address to which the certificate or certificates
representing such shares, or such payment, should be sent, the
Corporation shall be entitled to register such shares, and make such
payment, in the name of the holder of such shares as shown on the
records of the Corporation and to send the certificate or certificates
representing such shares, or such payment, to the address of such
holder shown on the records of the Corporation.
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EXHIBIT D
AMERCO
SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK
The Series Designated as Series B Preferred Stock (the "Series B
Preferred"), will consist of 100,000 shares and will have the designations,
preferences, voting powers, relative, participating, optional or other special
rights and privileges, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions
described below. Shares of the Series B Preferred shall have liquidation rights
as provided in Section 2 and shall have no par value. Certain capitalized terms
used below have the meanings given in Section 11.
1. DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
a. REGULAR DIVIDENDS. Subject to the prior rights of the holders
of Senior Shares, if any, the Holder, in preference to the holders of Junior
Shares, shall be entitled, in conjunction with any provision then being made for
the holders of Parity Shares, to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board
of Directors, out of any funds of the Corporation lawfully available for the
payment of dividends, payable on the last day of each Payment Period, cumulative
cash dividends at, but not exceeding, (i) the product of the Conversion Value
times the Floating Rate, plus (ii) any Additional Amounts, payable on the last
day of each Payment Period following the date of this Certificate. If the stated
dividends are not paid in full, the Series B Preferred and all Parity Shares
shall share ratably in the payment of dividends, including accumulations
thereof, if any, on such shares in accordance with the sums that would be
payable on such shares if all dividends were paid in full.
b. NOTICE. The Holder will notify the Corporation of any event
occurring after the date of this Certificate which will entitle the Holder to
receive any Additional Amounts as promptly as practicable after it obtains
knowledge thereof but in any event within thirty (30) days after it obtains
knowledge thereof and determines to request such compensation. Determinations
and allocations by the Holder for purposes hereof of the effect of any
Regulatory Change on its costs of purchasing or holding the Series B Preferred
or on amounts receivable by it in respect of the Series B Preferred and of the
additional amounts required to compensate the Holder in respect of any
Additional Amounts, shall be prima facie valid provided that such determinations
and allocations are made on a reasonable basis.
c. PRIORITY. Any and all dividends payable on the Series B
Preferred shall be paid in preference and in priority to the payment of
dividends or distributions on any Junior Shares. So long as any Series B
Preferred shares are outstanding, no dividends whatever shall be paid or
declared, nor shall any distribution be made, on any Junior Shares, other than a
dividend or distribution payable in Junior Shares, nor shall the Corporation or
any subsidiary of the Corporation purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for a
consideration any Junior Shares, unless full cumulative dividends have been or
contemporaneously are declared and paid, or declared and
a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for such payment, on the
Series B Preferred for all Payment Periods terminating on or prior to the date
of payment of such purchase, redemption or acquisition.
2. LIQUIDATION RIGHTS.
a. GENERALLY. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any
amount shall be paid to the holders of any Junior Shares, the Holder of the
Series B Preferred shall be paid first out of the assets of the Corporation
available for distribution to holders of its capital stock an amount per share
equal to, but not exceeding, (i) the Conversion Value, as appropriately adjusted
to reflect any stock split, stock dividend, combination, recapitalization and
the like of the Series B Preferred, plus (ii) all accrued but unpaid dividends
(including any interest accrued thereon calculated through the date of
liquidation (the "Liquidation Date")). If, upon the occurrence of a liquidation,
dissolution or winding up, the assets and funds thus distributed to the Holder
shall be insufficient to permit the payment to the Holder of its full
liquidation preferences, then the entire assets and funds of the Corporation
legally available for distribution to the holders of capital stock (other than
Senior Shares) shall be distributed ratably to the Holder and the holders of any
Parity Shares.
b. EVENTS DEEMED A LIQUIDATION. For purposes of this Section 2,
the Holder may elect to have treated as a liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Corporation the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into
any other corporation or the sale or other transfer in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation, or any other reorganization of the Corporation, unless the
stockholders of the Corporation immediately prior to any such transaction are
holders of a majority [ILLEGIBLE] voting securities of the surviving or
acquiring corporation immediately thereafter (and for purposes of this
calculation equity securities which any stockholder or the Corporation owned
immediately prior to such merger or consolidation as a stockholder of another
party to the transaction shall be disregarded).
c. PRIORITY. Any amounts payable on the Series B Preferred in the
event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation shall be
paid in preference and in priority to the payment of any amounts payable on
Junior Shares.
3. CONVERSION. The Holder has conversion rights as follows (the
"Conversion Rights"):
a. RIGHT TO CONVERT. Upon each of the following to occur from
time to time: (i) August 31, 1997, and for 10 Business Days thereafter; (ii) the
first day of each fiscal quarter of the Corporation occurring after August 31,
1997, and for 10 Business Days after the first day of each such fiscal quarter;
(iii) the expiration of ten days after the occurrence of an Event of
Noncompliance under the Stock Purchase Agreement that is not then cured, and at
any time thereafter; (iv) any dividends on the Series B Preferred becoming in
arrears, and at any time thereafter; (v) the Corporation no longer holding more
than 50% of the outstanding stock and assets of any of Ponderosa Holdings, Inc.,
Oxford Life Insurance Company or Republic Western Insurance Company, and at any
time thereafter; or (vi) the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries
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completing any Excess Equity Offering, and at any time thereafter, then each
share of Series B Preferred shall be convertible, at the option of the Holder,
into either:
i. the number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Series B Common Stock that results from dividing the Conversion Price per share
in effect at the time of conversion into the per share Conversion Value but no
more than the maximum amount authorized and available for issuance; or
ii. all of the shares of capital stock of Picacho then
outstanding.
Upon conversion, all accrued but unpaid dividends (including interest accrued
thereon calculated as of the Conversion Date) on the Series B Preferred shall be
paid in cash, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
b. CONVERSION PRICE AND CONVERSION VALUE. The initial Conversion
Price of the Series B Preferred shall be $25.00 per share, and the initial
Conversion Value of the Series B Preferred shall be $1,000.00 per share. The
initial Conversion Price of the Series B Preferred shall be subject to
adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 3(d).
c. MECHANICS OF CONVERSION. To convert any shares of Series B
Preferred, the Holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor,
duly endorsed, at the principal office of the Corporation, or notify the
Corporation in writing that such certificates have been lost, stolen or
destroyed and agree to indemnify the Corporation from any loss incurred by it in
connection with such certificates, and shall give written notice (the
"Conversion Notice") to the Corporation at such office that the Holder elects to
convert the same, specifying whether the Series B Preferred shares are to be
converted into Series B Common Stock or shares of Picacho. As soon as
practicable (but not more than one Business Day) after such delivery, or after
such [ILLEGIBLE] the Corporation shall issue and deliver at such office to the
Holder, unless the Corporation shall elect instead to redeem the Series B
Preferred as provided in Section 5:
i. A certificate or certificates for the number of
shares of Series B Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled if the
Holder has elected to convert the Series B Preferred into Series B Common Stock;
or
ii. A certificate or certificates for all of the
outstanding shares of Picacho, if the Holder has elected to convert the Series B
Preferred into Picacho stock;
and, in either case, a check payable to the Holder in the amount of any accrued
or declared but unpaid dividends payable pursuant to Section 1, if any. Such
conversion shall be deemed to have been made immediately prior to the close of
business on the date of such surrender of the shares of Series B Preferred to be
converted or of the notification of lost certificates and the persons entitled
to shares of Series B Common Stock or Picacho stock issuable upon such
conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of
such shares on such date (the "Conversion Date"). In the event of a notice of
redemption of any shares of Series B Preferred pursuant to Section 5, the
Conversion Rights shall terminate at the close of business on the
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Redemption Date, unless default is made in payment of the redemption price, in
which case the Conversion Rights for such shares shall continue until such
payment.
d. ADJUSTMENTS TO CONVERSION PRICE.
i. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE. The Conversion Price
of the Series B Preferred shall be adjusted if the Corporation issues or is
deemed to issue Additional Shares of Common Stock for a consideration per share
that is less than the Conversion Price for the Series B Preferred in effect on
the date of, and immediately prior to, such issue or deemed issue.
ii. DEEMED ISSUE OF ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. If
the Corporation at any time or from time to time after the date of this
Certificate issues any Options or Convertible Securities or shall fix a record
date for the determination of holders of any class of securities entitled to
receive any such Options or Convertible Securities, then the maximum number of
shares, (as set forth in the instrument relating thereto without regard to any
provisions contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such number) of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such Options or, in the case of
Convertible Securities and Options therefor, the exercise of such Options and
conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, shall be deemed to be
Additional Shares of Common Stock issued as of the time of such issue or, in
case such a record date shall have been fixed, as of the close of business on
such record date, provided that Additional Shares of Common Stock shall not be
deemed to have been issued unless the consideration per share (determined
pursuant to Section 3(d)(iv)) of such Additional Shares of Common Stock would be
less than the Conversion Price in effect on the date of and immediately prior to
such issue, or such record date, as the case may be, and provided further that
in any such case in which Additional Shares of Common Stock are deemed to be
issued:
(1) except as provided in Section 3(d)(ii)(2), no further
adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made upon the subsequent issue of
Convertible Securities or shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of such
Options or conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities;
(2) if such Options or Convertible Securities by their
terms provide, with the passage of time or otherwise, for any change in the
consideration payable to the Corporation, or change in the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable, upon the exercise, conversion or exchange thereof (other
than under or by reason of provisions designed to protect against dilution), the
Conversion Price computed upon the original issue thereof (or upon the
occurrence of a record date with respect thereto) and any subsequent adjustments
based thereon, shall, upon any such increase or decrease becoming effective, be
recomputed to reflect such increase or decrease insofar as it affects such
Options or the rights of conversion or exchange under such Convertible
Securities; and
(3) no readjustment pursuant to clause (2) above shall
have the effect of increasing the Conversion Price.
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iii. ADJUSTMENT OF CONVERSION PRICE UPON ISSUANCE OF
ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK. Except as provided by Section 3(d)(ii)(2). In
the event the Corporation shall issue Additional Shares of Common Stock
(including Additional Shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued pursuant to
Section 3(d)(ii)) without consideration or for a consideration per share less
than the Conversion Price of the Series B Preferred in effect on the date of and
immediately prior to such issue, then and in each such event the Conversion
Price of the Series B Preferred shall be reduced to the price (calculated to the
nearest cent) [ILLEGIBLE] which the Additional Shares of Common Stock are
issued.
iv. DETERMINATION OF CONSIDERATION. For purposes of this
Section 3(d), the consideration received by the Corporation for the issue of any
Additional Shares of Common Stock shall be determined after payment of all
commissions paid or discounts given in connection with the issuance or deemed
issuance of the shares and shall be computed as follows:
(1) CASH AND PROPERTY: Such consideration shall:
(a) insofar as it consists of cash, be computed
at the aggregate amount of cash received by the Corporation;
(b) insofar as it consists of property other
than cash, be computed at the fair value thereof at the time of such issue, as
determined by the Board of Directors in the good faith exercise of its
reasonable business judgment: and
(c) in the event Additional Shares of Common
Stock are issued together with other shares or securities or other assets of the
Corporation for consideration that covers both, be the proportion of such
consideration so received for the Additional Shares of Common Stock, computed as
provided in clauses (a) and (b) above, as determined by the Board of Directors
in the good faith exercise of its reasonable business judgment.
(2) OPTIONS AND CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES. The consideration
per share received by the Corporation for Additional Shares of Common Stock
deemed to have been issued pursuant to Section 3(d)(ii), relating to Options and
Convertible Securities, shall be determined by dividing:
(a) the total amount, if any, received or
receivable by the Corporation as consideration for the issue of such Options or
Convertible Securities, plus the minimum aggregate amount of additional
consideration (as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard
to any provision contained therein for a subsequent adjustment of such
consideration) payable to the Corporation upon the exercise of such Options or
the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, or in the case of
Options for Convertible Securities, the exercise of such Options for Convertible
Securities and the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities, by
(b) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock
(as set forth in the instruments relating thereto, without regard to any
provision contained therein for a
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subsequent adjustment of such number) issuable upon the exercise of such Options
or the conversion or exchange of such Convertible Securities.
v. OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.
(a) SUBDIVISIONS, COMBINATIONS, OR
CONSOLIDATIONS OF SERIES B COMMON STOCK. In the event the outstanding shares of
Series B Common Stock shall be subdivided, combined or consolidated, by stock
split, stock dividend, combination or like event, into a greater or lesser
number of shares of Series B Common Stock, the Conversion Price of the Series B
Preferred in effect immediately prior to such subdivision, combination,
consolidation or stock dividend shall, concurrently with the effectiveness of
such subdivision, combination or consolidation, be proportionately adjusted to
achieve the result that, upon conversion of the Series B Preferred into Series B
Common Stock, the Holder shall receive, as nearly as possible, the same
percentage of the outstanding shares of Series B Common Stock that it would have
had the Series B Preferred been converted immediately prior to such subdivision,
combination or consolidation.
(b) RECLASSIFICATIONS. In the case, at any time
after the date of this Certificate, of any capital reorganization or any
reclassification of the stock of the Corporation (other than as a result of a
subdivision, combination or consolidation of shares), or the consolidation or
merger of the Corporation with or into another person (other than a
consolidation or merger (A) in which the Corporation is the continuing entity
and that does not result in any change in the Common Stock or (B) that is
treated as a liquidation pursuant to Section 2(b)), the Conversion Price shall
be adjusted so that the shares of the Series B Preferred shall, after such
reorganization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, be convertible into
the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the
Corporation or otherwise to which the Holder would have been entitled if
immediately prior to such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation or
merger if the Holder had converted the shares of the Series B Preferred into
Series B Common Stock. The provisions of this clause 3(d)(v)(b) shall similarly
apply to [ILLEGIBLE] reorganizations, reclassifications, consolidations or
mergers.
e. NO ADJUSTMENTS TO CONVERSION VALUE. The Corporation shall not
effect any stock split, stock dividend, combination or recapitalization of the
Series B Preferred and, therefore, the Conversion Value of the Series B
Preferred will not be adjusted.
f. CERTIFICATE AS TO ADJUSTMENTS. Upon the occurrence of each
adjustment or readjustment of the Conversion Price of the Series B Preferred
pursuant to this Section 3, the Corporation at its expense shall promptly
compute such adjustment or readjustment in accordance with the terms of this
Certificate and furnish to the Holder a certificate setting forth such
adjustment or readjustment and showing in detail the facts upon which such
adjustment or readjustment is based. The Corporation shall, upon the written
request at any time of the Holder, furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Holder a like certificate setting forth (i) such adjustments and readjustments,
(ii) the Conversion Price of the Series B Preferred at the time in effect, and
(iii) the number of shares of Series B Common Stock and the amount, if any, of
other property which at the time would be received upon the conversion of the
Series B Preferred.
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g. STATUS OF CONVERTED STOCK. In case any shares of Series B
Preferred shall be converted pursuant to Section 3, the shares so converted
shall be canceled, shall not be reissuable and shall cease to be part of the
outstanding capital stock of the Corporation.
h. FRACTIONAL SHARES. In lieu of any fractional shares of Series
B Common Stock to which the Holder would otherwise be entitled upon conversion,
the Corporation shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the fair
market value of one share of Series B Common Stock as determined by the Board
of Directors in the good faith exercise of its reasonable business judgment.
i. Miscellaneous.
i. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made
to the nearest cent or to the nearest one hundredth (1/100) of a share, as the
case may be.
ii. The Holder shall have the right to challenge any
determination by the Board of Directors of fair market value pursuant to this
Section 3, in which case such determination of fair market value shall be made
by an independent appraiser selected jointly by the Board of Directors and the
Holder, the cost of such appraisal to be borne equally by the Corporation and
the Holder.
iii. No adjustment in the Conversion Price of the Series B
Preferred need be made if such adjustment would result in a change in such
Conversion Price of less than $0.01. Any adjustment of less than $0.01 that is
not made shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together
with any subsequent adjustment that, on a cumulative basis, amounts to an
adjustment of $0.01 or more in such conversion Price.
j. RESERVATION OF STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION. The Corporation
shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued
shares of Series B Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the
conversion of the shares of Series B Preferred, such number of its shares of
Series B Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the
conversion of all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred. If at any time the
number of authorized but unissued shares of Series B Common Stock shall not be
sufficient to effect the conversion of all then outstanding shares of Series B
Preferred, the Corporation will take such corporate action as may, in the
opinion of its counsel, be necessary to increase its authorized but unissued
shares of Series B Common Stock to such number of shares as shall be sufficient
for such purpose.
4. VOTING RIGHTS.
a. Except as otherwise required by law and Subsection 4(b), the
Holder shall have no voting rights with respect to the Series B Preferred.
b. So long as any of the shares of Series B Preferred are
outstanding, the written consent of the Holder shall be necessary for
authorizing, affecting or validating the amendment,
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alteration, or repeal of any of the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation
of the Corporation or of any certificate amendatory thereof or supplemental
thereto (including any certificate of amendment or any similar document relating
to any series of preferred stock) that would adversely affect the powers,
preferences, or special rights of the Series B Preferred, including the creation
or authorization of any class of Senior Shares or Parity Shares. Any amendment
or any resolution or action of the Board of Directors that would create or issue
any series of Junior Shares out of the authorized shares of preferred stock, or
that would authorize, create, or issue any other Junior Shares (whether or not
already authorized), shall not be considered to affect adversely the powers,
preferences, or special rights of the outstanding shares of the Series B
Preferred.
5. REDEMPTION.
a. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. If the Holder exercises its Conversion
Rights pursuant to Section 3, then instead of effecting the conversion, the
Corporation may, by giving written notice to the Holder (a "Notice of
Redemption") not later than one Business Day after receiving the Conversion
Notice, elect to redeem all (but not less than all) of the Series B Preferred
outstanding on the Redemption Date.
b. REDEMPTION VALUE. Upon any redemption of the Series B
Preferred, the Corporation shall pay out of funds legally available therefor in
cash a sum per share equal to the Conversion Value, together with (i) all
accrued but unpaid dividends (including any interest accrued thereon) calculated
as of the Redemption Date, (ii) if the Redemption Date is a date other than the
last day of a Payment Period, the Interim Payment; and (iii) all other costs,
fees, expenses, or amounts the Corporation is required to pay Holder pursuant to
the Stock Purchase Agreement, regardless of the reason for such redemption or
such costs, fees, expenses, or amounts (collectively the "Redemption Value").
c. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Any Notice of Redemption given by the
Corporation shall be delivered to the Holder, notifying the Holder of the
redemption to be effected. The Notice of Redemption shall:
i. State that the Series B Preferred is to be redeemed;
ii. Specify the date (the "Redemption Date") on which the
Series B Preferred is to be redeemed, which shall be not more than ten Business
Days following the date the Corporation receives the Conversion Notice from the
Holder;
iii. Request wire transfer or other instructions for the
payment of the Redemption Value.
d. TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS. Not less than one Business Day after
delivery of the Notice of Redemption, the Holder shall provide the Corporation
with instructions for wire or other transfer of the Redemption Value to the
Holder.
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e. COMPLETING THE REDEMPTION. On the Redemption Date:
i. The Holder shall surrender to the Corporation at the
principal offices of the Corporation the Holder's certificate or certificates
representing the shares to be redeemed or provide a notice to the Corporation in
writing that such certificates have been lost, stolen or destroyed and that the
Holder agrees to indemnify the Corporation from any loss incurred by it in
connection with such certificates; and
ii. The Corporation shall pay the Redemption Value to the
Holder by wire or other transfer acceptable to the Holder, and thereupon each
surrendered or lost certificate shall be canceled.
f. LACK OF LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDS. If the funds of the
Corporation legally available for redemption of the Series B Preferred are
insufficient to redeem the total number of shares of Series B Preferred required
to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, then, at the Holder's election in its
sole discretion, the Corporation either shall redeem that number of shares of
Series B Preferred for which the Corporation has funds legally available or
shall not redeem any of the Series B Preferred.
g. EFFECT OF REDEMPTION. From and after the payment of the
Redemption Value, all rights of the Holder shall cease with respect to such
shares, and such shares shall not thereafter be transferred on the books of the
Corporation or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever.
6. NOTICE OF RECORD DATE. In the event of any taking by the Corporation of
a record of the holders of any class of securities for the purpose of
determining the holders thereof who are entitled to receive any dividend or
other distribution, any right to subscribe for [ILLEGIBLE] otherwise acquire
any shares of stock of any class or any other securities or property, or to
receive any other right, the Corporation shall notify the Holder, at least 10
days prior to the date specified therein, a notice specifying the date on which
any such record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or
right, and the amount and character of such dividend, distribution or right.
7. NOTICES. All notices and other communications provided for in this
Certificate shall be given or made in writing and telecopied, mailed by
certified mail return receipt requested or delivered to the intended recipient
at such address as shall be designated by such person in a notice to each other
relevant person given in accordance with this Section, in addition to any other
notices that may be required by law. All such communications shall be deemed to
have been duly given when transmitted by telecopy, subject to telephone
confirmation or receipt, or when personally delivered or, in the case of a
mailed notice, upon receipt, in each case given or addressed as provided herein.
8. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE
CORPORATION HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND EXPRESSLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, OR
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COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THE SERIES B PREFERRED SHARES, THE STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY OR THE ACTIONS OF THE HOLDER IN THE
NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.
9. INTEREST. Any amounts required to be paid under this Certificate that are not
paid on the first day such payment may be made and any dividends in arrears
shall bear interest from that date at the lesser of (a) the Maximum Rate or (b)
the sum of four percent plus the rate per annum publicly announced from time to
time by NationsBank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
10. MAXIMUM RATE. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in
the event the Series B Preferred shall be deemed to be debt instead of equity,
no provisions of this Certificate shall require the payment or permit the
collection of interest in excess of the Maximum Rate. If any excess of interest
in such respect shall be adjudicated to be so provided in this Certificate or
otherwise in connection with the Series B Preferred, the provisions of this
paragraph shall govern and prevail, and neither the Corporation nor the
successor or assigns of the Corporation shall be obligated to pay the excess
amount of such interest, or any other excess sum paid with respect to the Series
B Preferred. If, for any reason, interest in excess of the Maximum Rate shall be
deemed charged, required or permitted by any court of competent jurisdiction,
any such excess shall be applied as a payment and reduction of the principal of
indebtedness deemed to be evidenced by the Series B Preferred; and, if such
principal has been paid in full, any remaining excess shall forthwith be paid to
the Corporation. In determining whether or not the interest paid or payable
exceed the Maximum Rate, the Corporation and the Holder shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, (i) characterize any nonprincipal payment as an
expense, fee, or premium rather than as interest, (ii) exclude voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof [ILLEGIBLE] (iii) amortize, prorate,
allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest
throughout the entire term of the indebtedness deemed to be avidenced by the
Series B Preferred so that the interest for the entire period does not exceed
the Maximum Rate.
11. DEFINITIONS.
a. Capitalized terms used in this Certificate and not otherwise defined
have the meanings given to those terms in the Series B Stock Purchase Agreement
between the Corporation and Blue Ridge Investments, LLC, dated August 30, 1996.
b. "Additional Amounts" means such amounts, if any, as are necessary
to compensate the Holder for any costs incurred by Holder which the Holder
determines are attributable, directly or indirectly, to its purchase or holding
of the Series B Preferred or any reduction in any amount receivable by the
Holder as a holder of the Series B Preferred to the extent such costs and
reductions in amount are not reflected in any dividends, fees, reimbursements or
other amounts received by the Holder hereunder or under the Stock Purchase
Agreement, resulting from (i) an increase (over the dividend rate paid
hereunder) in the cost of funding the purchase of the Series B Preferred, or
(ii) any Regulatory Change which:
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(A) changes the basis of taxation of any amounts payable
generally to NationsBank under Eurodollar loans (other than taxes
imposed on the overall net income of NationsBank or its applicable
lending office for any of such loans by the jurisdiction in which
NationsBank has its principal office or such applicable lending
office);
(B) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit, minimum
capital, capital ratio, or similar requirement relating to any
extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other
liabilities or commitments of, NationsBank (including any of such loans
or any deposits referred to in the definition of "Floating Rate"
herein); or
(C) imposes any other condition generally affecting loans by
NationsBank or any of such extensions of credit or liabilities or
commitments.
c. "Additional Shares of Common Stock" means all shares of Common Stock
issued (or, pursuant to Section 3(d)(ii), deemed to be issued) by the
corporation after the date of this Certificate, other than shares of Common
Stock issued or issuable:
i. upon conversion of shares of Series B Preferred;
ii. as a dividend or distribution on Series B Preferred;
iii. in a transaction described in Section 3(d)(v);
iv. by way of dividend or other distribution on shares of
Common Stock excluded from the definition of Additional Shares of Common Stock.
d. "Affiliate" has the meaning given that term in Rule 405
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act.
e. "Business Day" means (a) any day on which commercial banks are not
authorized or required to close in Charlotte, North Carolina and (b) with
respect to all payments, Conversions, Payment Periods, and notices, any day
which is a Business Day described in clause (a) above and which is also a day on
which dealings in dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank
market.
f. "Common Stock" means shares of the Corporation's common stock, par
value $0.25 per share, serial common stock, or other securities entitled
generally to vote in the election of directors of the Corporation.
g. "Conversion Date" has the meaning given in Section 3(c).
h. "Conversion Notice" has the meaning given in Section 3(c).
i. "Conversion Price" has the meaning given in Section 3(b).
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j. "Conversion Value" has the meaning given in Section 3(b).
k. "Convertible Securities" means any evidences of indebtedness, shares
or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, except
the Series B Preferred.
l. "Corporation" means AMERCO, a Nevada corporation.
m. "Excess Equity Offering" means any offer or sale of equity
securities of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries, whether public or
private, after the date of this Certificate, other than (i) the offer and sale
of Series B Preferred issued to Holder, (ii) the offer and sale by the
Corporation of up to $125,000,000 of equity securities in a single transaction
occurring on or before March 1, 1997, and (iii) issuances of equity securities
to employees of the Corporation or its subsidiaries pursuant to written employee
benefit plans existing on the date of this Certificate in the maximum amount
permitted under such plans or arrangements on the date of this Certificate.
n. "Floating Rate" means, for any Payment Period, the rate per annum
that is the lesser of (x) the sum of (i) two and one-quarter percent (2.25 %),
and (ii) the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
1/100 of 1%) appearing on Telerate Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the
London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately 11:00
a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Payment
Period for a term comparable to such Payment Period, or if for any reason such
rate is not available, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to
the nearest 1/100 of 1%) appearing on Reuters Screen LIBO Page (or any
successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day
of such Payment Period for a term comparable to such Payment Period; provided,
however, if more than one rate is specified on Reuters Screen LIBO Page, the
applicable rate shall be the [ILLEGIBLE] mean of all such rates, or(y)
the Maximum Rate. Dividends shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days
and the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the
last day) during the Payment Period unless such calculation would result in the
dividends exceeding the Maximum Rate, in which case dividends shall be
calculated on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be.
Notwithstanding the first sentence of this paragraph, if at any time the
dividend is limited by the terms of this Certificate to the Maximum Rate, then
any subsequent reduction in the Floating Rate shall not reduce the dividend
below the Maximum Rate until the aggregate amount of dividends accrued
[ILLEGIBLE] the aggregate amount of dividends which would have accrued on
the Series B Preferred if the dividend specified in the first sentence of this
paragraph had at all times been in effect.
o. "Holder" means the holder or holders of record of the Series B
Preferred.
p. "Interim Payment" means such amount or amounts as shall be
sufficient to compensate the Holder for any loss, cost, or expense incurred by
the Holder as a result of any payment or prepayment for any reason on a date
other than the last day of a Payment Period. Without limiting the effect of the
preceding sentence, such compensation shall include an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of (i) the amount of dividends which otherwise would have
accrued
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on the Conversion Value of the Series B Preferred redeemed from the period from
the date of such redemption to the last day of the Payment Period at the
applicable rate of dividends for such Series B Preferred provided for herein,
over (ii) the interest component of the amount the Holder would have bid in the
London interbank market for dollar deposits of leading banks in amounts
comparable to the Conversion Value of the Series B Preferred redeemed and with
the maturities comparable to the applicable Payment Period.
q. "Junior Shares" means all classes and series of shares that, by the
terms of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, or by law, shall be
subordinate to the Series B Preferred with respect to the right of the
holders thereof to receive dividends and to participate in the assets of the
Corporation distributable to shareholders upon any liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Corporation.
r. "Liquidation Date" has the meaning given in Section 2(a).
s. "Maximum Rate" means the maximum rate of [ILLEGIBLE] interest
permitted from day to day by applicable law, and calculated after taking into
account any and all relevant fees, payments, and other charges contracted for,
charged or received which are deemed to be interest under applicable law.
t. "NationsBank" means NationsBank Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
u. "Options" means rights, options or warrants to subscribe for,
purchase or otherwise acquire either Common Stock or Convertible Securities,
other than the Series B Preferred.
v. "Parity Shares" means all classes and series of shares that, by the
terms of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, or by law, shall be
on parity with the Series B Preferred with respect to the right of the holders
thereof to receive dividends and to participate in the [ILLEGIBLE] of the
Corporation distributable to shareholders upon any liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Corporation.
w. "Payment Period" means each period commencing on the date any shares
of Series B Preferred are first issued or, in the case of each subsequent,
successive Payment Period, the last day of the next preceding Payment Period,
and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the first, second or third
calendar month thereafter, as the Holder may select by written notice to the
Corporation at least three days before the commencement of the applicable
Payment Period, except that each such Payment Period which commences on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on any day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar month)
shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month.
Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) each Payment Period which would otherwise end
on a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the next succeeding Business
Day (or, if such succeeding Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar
month, on the next preceding Business Day); (b) any Payment Period which would
otherwise extend beyond a Conversion Date, Redemption Date or Liquidation Date
shall end on the Conversion Date, Redemption Date or Liquidation Date, as
appropriate; and (c) no Payment Period shall have
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a duration of less than one (1) month. If Holder shall fail to give the
Corporation a notice of the length of a Payment Period prior to the end of
the then current Payment Period, such Payment Period shall automatically be
continued on the last day thereof as Payment Period having a term of one month.
x. "Picacho" means Picacho Peak Investment Co., a Nevada corporation.
y. "Redemption Date" has the meaning given in Section 5(c).
z. Regulatory Change" means any change after the date of this
Certificate in United States federal, state or foreign laws or regulations
(including Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time) or the adoption or
making after such date of any interpretations, directives or requests applying
to a class of institutions including NationsBank of or under any United States
federal, state or foreign laws or regulations (whether or not having the force
of law) by any court or governmental or monetary authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof.
aa. "Senior Shares" means all classes and series of shares, including
the Corporation's Series A 8(1/2)% Preferred Stock, that, by the terms of the
Corporation's Articles of Incorporation, or by law, shall be senior to the
Series B Preferred with respect to the right of the holders thereof to receive
dividends and to participate in the assets of the Corporation distributable to
shareholders upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.
bb. "Series B Common Stock" means the Series B common stock, $0.25 par
value per share, of the Corporation.
cc. "Stock Purchase Agreement" means the Series B Stock Purchase
Agreement between the Corporation and Blue Ridge Investments, LLC, dated August
30, 1996.
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