UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 16, 2011
Orchid Cellmark Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 000-30267 | 22-3392819 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||
4390 US Route One, Princeton, New Jersey | 08540 | |||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code (609) 750-2200
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Item 3.03. | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
At the close of business on May 16, 2011, the Rights Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2001, as amended, by and between Orchid Cellmark Inc. (the Company) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent (the Rights Agreement), and the related rights (the Rights) to purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, expired pursuant to their terms. As a result, each outstanding share of the Companys common stock, par value $0.001 per share (Common Stock), is no longer accompanied by a Right. The holders of Common Stock were not entitled to any payment as a result of the expiration of the Rights Agreement and the Rights issued thereunder.
As a result of the expiration of the Rights Agreement, the Company will revise the certificate for shares of its Common Stock to delete the legend included on the reverse side thereof relating to the Rights Agreement. The revised specimen is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
4.1 | Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Orchid Cellmark Inc. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ORCHID CELLMARK INC. | ||||||
Date: May 20, 2011 | By: | /s/ William J. Thomas | ||||
Name: | William J. Thomas | |||||
Title: | Vice President and General Counsel |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. |
Description | |
4.1 | Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Orchid Cellmark Inc. |
Exhibit 4.1
[CERTIFICATE]
COMMON STOCK
Number | Common Shares | |||
[GRAPHIC] | ||||
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE |
CUSIP 68571P 10 0 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS | |||
ORCHID |
ORCHID CELLMARK INC.
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
IS THE HOLDER OF
FULLY-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE OF $0.001 PER SHARE, of [GRAPHIC] ORCHID CELLMARK INC.
transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof or by its duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed or assigned. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to the laws of the State of Delaware and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Corporation, as amended from time to time to which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the transfer Agent and Registrar.
WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures, of its duly authorized officers.
[ORCHID CELLMARK INC. SEAL] | ||||||||
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: | ||||||||
Dated: |
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR | |||||||
BY | ||||||||
[ILLEGIBLE SIGNATURE] | [ILLEGIBLE SIGNATURE] | AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE | ||||||
Secretary | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer |
ORCHID CELLMARK INC.
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a statement of the designations, powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such request may be made to the Corporation or the Transfer Agent.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM | - | as tenants in common | UNIF GIFT MIN ACT= |
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Custodian |
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TEN ENT | - | as tenants by the entireties | (Cust) | (Minor) | ||||||||
JT TEN | - | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common | under Uniform Gifts to Minors | |||||||||
Act |
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Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
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Shares of the stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint |
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Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. | |
Dated,
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANCE WHATEVER.
Signature(s) Guaranteed:
THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.