-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BOkqMZhIczS1xgV2UpJxbBmpudMaIjMF4dVdhZgjMUaKDHzqccF50c0Six5HZGf+ TSSZrkSTXkZeAOOK1cQbKQ== 0000898430-97-001908.txt : 19970508 0000898430-97-001908.hdr.sgml : 19970508 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898430-97-001908 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 19970506 SROS: NYSE FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000023675 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TRUCKING (NO LOCAL) [4213] IRS NUMBER: 941444798 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-26595 FILM NUMBER: 97596871 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3240 HILLVIEW AVE CITY: PALO A LTO STATE: CA ZIP: 94304 BUSINESS PHONE: 4154942900 S-3 1 FORM S-3 OF CNF TRANSPORTATION, INC. AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 6, 1997. REGISTRATION NO. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------- FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------- CNF TRANSPORTATION INC. DELAWARE 94-1444798 (FORMERLY CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC.) CNF TRUST I DELAWARE APPLIED FOR 3240 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304 (415) 494-2900 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) --------------- EBERHARD G. H. SCHMOLLER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY CNF TRANSPORTATION INC. 3240 HILLVIEW AVENUE, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304 (415) 494-2900 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS) --------------- COPIES TO: ERIC S. HAUETER BROWN & WOOD LLP 555 CALIFORNIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104 (415) 772-1200 --------------- APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by market conditions. --------------- If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [_] If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [X] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [_] If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [_] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [_] --------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
=================================================================================================== PROPOSED PROPOSED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE OFFERING REGISTRATION SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED(1) REGISTERED(1) PER UNIT(1) PRICE(1)(2) FEE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Senior and Subordinated Debt Securities of CNF Transportation Inc. (the "Company")(3)(4)......................... -- Preferred Stock of the Company(5)......... -- Common Stock of the Company(5)(6)......... -- Common Stock Warrants of the Company(7)... (10) -- (10) (10)* Depositary Shares(5)(8)................... -- Preferred Securities of CNF Trust I (the "Trust")(5).............................. -- Guarantee of Preferred Securities(9)...... -- ==================================================================================================
* Paid previously. (Footnotes on next page) --------------- THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE. =============================================================================== Pursuant to Rule 429 under the Securities Act, the prospectus included in this Registration Statement is a combined prospectus relating also to Registration Statement No. 33-29793 and Registration Statement No. 33-60619 previously filed by the Company under the Securities Act. This Registration Statement also con- stitutes post-effective amendment No. 2 to such Registration Statement No. 33- 29793 and post-effective amendment No. 1 to such Registration Statement No. 33- 60619 and such post-effective amendments shall hereafter become effective con- currently with the effectiveness of this Registration Statement and in accor- dance with Section 8(c) of the Securities Act. (Footnotes continued from previous page) (1) Not specified as to each class of securities to be registered pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3. Securities registered hereby may be offered for U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies. Securities registered hereby may be sold separately, together or in units with other securities registered hereby. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o). The proposed maximum offering price will be determined from time to time by the applicable Registrant in connection with the issuance by such Registrant of the securities registered hereunder. (3) If any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, then such greater amount as may be sold for an aggregate initial offering price of up to the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. (4) In addition to any Debt Securities that may be issued directly under this Registration Statement, there is being registered hereunder such indeterminate amount of Debt Securities as may be issued upon conversion or exchange of other Debt Securities, Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares, for which no consideration will be received by the Registrants, and such aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities as may be issued and sold to the Trust in connection with the issuance by the Trust of Preferred Securities. Any Debt Securities sold to the Trust as aforesaid may be distributed, under certain circumstances, to the holders of Preferred Securities for no additional consideration. (5) Such indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock, and such indeterminate number of Depositary Shares and Preferred Securities, as may be issued from time to time at indeterminate prices. In addition to any Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock and Preferred Securities that may be issued directly under this Registration Statement, there are being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock, and such indeterminate number of Depositary Shares, as may be issued upon conversion or exchange of Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or Preferred Securities, as the case may be, for which no separate consideration will be received by the Registrants. (6) The aggregate amount of Common Stock registered hereunder is limited, solely for purposes of any at the market offerings, to that which is permissible under Rule 415(a)(4) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. (7) Common Stock Warrants will represent rights to purchase Common Stock registered hereby. (8) Depositary Shares will represent fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock registered hereby. (9) Includes the rights of holders of the Preferred Securities under the Guarantee and certain back-up undertakings consisting of obligations of the Company with respect to such Preferred Securities under the Trust's Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the "Declaration") and the Company's Indenture relating to subordinated Debt Securities, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time (the "Subordinated Indenture"). No separate consideration will be received for such Guarantee. The obligations of the Company under the subordinated Debt Securities held by the Trust, the Subordinated Indenture, the Declaration and the Guarantee, when taken together, will provide a full and unconditional guarantee, on a subordinated basis, by the Company of the Preferred Securities of the Trust. (10) No additional amount of securities is being registered hereby. As described elsewhere on the cover page of this Registration Statement, $45,000,000 and $105,000,000 proposed maximum aggregate offering price of securities or, if any such securities are issued at an original issue discount, such greater amount as may be sold for an aggregate initial offering price of up to $45,000,000 and $105,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies) are being carried forward from Registration Statement Nos. 33-29793 and 33- 60619, respectively, previously filed by the Company under the Securities Act; filing fees of $9,000 and $36,206.90 were previously paid to register such securities under such prior registration statements. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A + +REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE + +SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY + +OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT + +BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR + +THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE + +SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE + +UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF + +ANY SUCH STATE. + ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ PROSPECTUS Subject to Completion, Dated May 6, 1997 CNF TRANSPORTATION INC. Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock and Common Stock Warrants CNF TRUST I Preferred Trust Securities fully and unconditionally guaranteed as set forth herein by CNF Transportation Inc. CNF Transportation Inc. (the "Company") may from time to time offer and sell (i) its unsecured debt securities, which may be either senior (the "Senior Debt Securities") or subordinated (the "Subordinated Debt Securities" and, together with the Senior Debt Securities, the "Debt Securities"), (ii) shares of its preferred stock, no par value (the "Preferred Stock"), in one or more series; (iii) depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares") evidenced by depositary receipts; (iv) shares of its common stock, par value $.625 per share (the "Common Stock"); and (v) warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (the "Common Stock Warrants"), for an aggregate initial public offering price of up to $150,000,000 (or the equivalent in foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies (each, a "Currency")). CNF Trust I (the "Trust"), a statutory business trust created under the laws of the State of Delaware, may offer preferred securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust ("Trust Preferred Securities"). The payment of periodic cash distributions ("distributions") with respect to Trust Preferred Securities out of moneys held by the Trust, and payment on liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to such Trust Preferred Securities, will be guaranteed by the Company to the extent described herein (the "Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee"). See "Description of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee." The Company's obligations under the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of the Company and will rank pari passu in right of payment with the most senior preferred stock, if any, issued from time to time by the Company. A series of Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued and sold to the Trust, or a trustee of the Trust, in connection with the investment of the proceeds from the offering of Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities (as defined herein, together the "Trust Securities") of the Trust. The Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by the Trust may be subsequently distributed pro rata to holders of Trust Preferred Securities and Trust Common Securities in connection with the dissolution of the Trust upon the occurrence of certain events as may be described in an accompanying supplement to this Prospectus (a "Prospectus Supplement"). The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, when taken together with the Company's other obligations under the Subordinated Debt Securities, the Subordinated Indenture (as defined herein) and the Declaration (as defined herein), including its obligations to pay certain costs, expenses, debts and liabilities of the Trust (other than with respect to the Trust Securities), will provide a full and unconditional guarantee on a subordinated basis by the Company of payments due on the Trust Preferred Securities. The Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Common Stock, Common Stock Warrants and Preferred Securities (collectively, the "Securities") may be offered independently or together in any combination for sale directly to purchasers or through dealers, underwriters or agents to be designated. The Debt Securities, Preferred Stock and Preferred Securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for other Securities. The Securities will be offered to the public at prices and on terms determined at the time of offering. The Securities may be sold for U.S. dollars or other Currencies and any amounts payable by the Company or the Trust, as the case may be, in respect of the Securities may likewise be payable in U.S. dollars or other Currencies. The Senior Debt Securities will rank on a parity in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined herein) of the Company. See "Description of Debt Securities." (continued on following page) THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. The date of this Prospectus is , 1997. (continued from cover page) The Prospectus Supplement to this Prospectus sets forth (where applicable), with respect to the series or issue of Securities (the "Offered Securities") for which such Prospectus Supplement is being delivered: (i) the terms of any Debt Securities offered, including, where applicable, their title, ranking, ag- gregate principal amount, maturity, rate of interest (or method of calculation) and time of payment thereof, any redemption or repayment terms, the Currency or Currencies in which such Debt Securities will be denominated or payable, any index, formula or other method pursuant to which principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, may be determined, any conversion or exchange provisions, the right of the Company, if any, to defer payment of interest on such Debt Securi- ties and the maximum length of any such deferral period, and other specific terms not described in this Prospectus; (ii) the terms of any Preferred Stock offered, including, where applicable, the specific designation, number of shares, dividend rate (or method of calculation) and time of payment thereof, liquidation preference, any redemption or repayment terms, any conversion or exchange provisions, any voting rights, and other specific terms not described in this Prospectus; (iii) the terms of any Depositary Shares offered which are not described in this Prospectus, including the fraction of a share of Pre- ferred Stock represented by each such Depositary Share; (iv) the terms of any Common Stock Warrants offered, including where applicable, the exercise price, detachability, duration and other specific terms not described in this Prospec- tus; (v) the initial public offering price and the net proceeds to the Company and other specific terms related to the Offered Securities; and (vi) the terms of any Trust Preferred Securities offered, including, where applicable, the specific designation, number of Trust Preferred Securities, distribution rate (or method of calculation) and time of payment thereof, liquidation amount, any redemption or repayment terms, any conversion or exchange provisions, any vot- ing rights, the right of the Trust, if any, to defer payment of distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities and the maximum length of any such deferral period, and other specific terms not described in this Prospectus. This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Securities unless accom- panied or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, preceded by a Prospectus Supplement. The Securities may be offered through dealers, underwriters or agents desig- nated from time to time, as set forth in the accompanying Prospectus Supple- ment. Net proceeds from the sale of Securities will be equal to the purchase price in the case of a dealer, the public offering price less discount in the case of an underwriter or the purchase price less commission in the case of an agent in each case, less other expenses attributable to the issuance and dis- tribution of the Securities. The Company may also sell Securities directly to investors on its own behalf. In the case of sales made directly by the Company, no commission will be payable. See "Plan of Distribution" for possible indemni- fication arrangements for dealers, underwriters and agents. 2 AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Ex- change Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance there- with, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securi- ties and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy state- ments and other information may be inspected and copied at the public refer- ence facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Judiciary Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Commission's Re- gional Offices in New York (Seven World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048), and Chicago (Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661). Copies of these materials may be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Wash- ington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Such material may also be accessed electronically by means of the Commission's home page on the Internet at http://www.sec.gov. Reports, proxy statements and other information concerning the Company may also be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Ex- change, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005 and at the offices of the Pacific Stock Exchange, 301 Pine Street, San Francisco, California 94104. This Prospectus constitutes a part of a registration statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company and the Trust with the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This Prospectus omits certain of the information contained in the Reg- istration Statement in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Com- mission. Reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement and related exhibits for further information with respect to the Company, the Trust and the Securities. Statements contained herein concerning the provisions of any document are not necessarily complete and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such document filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or otherwise filed with the Commission. Each such statement is qualified in its entirety by such reference. No separate financial statements of the Trust have been included herein. The Company does not consider that such financial statements would be material to holders of the Trust Preferred Securities because (i) all of the voting secu- rities of the Trust will be owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, a reporting company under the Exchange Act, (ii) the Trust has no independent operations but exists for the sole purpose of issuing securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust and investing the proceeds thereof in Subordinated Debt Securities issued by the Company, and (iii) the Company's obligations described herein and in any accompanying Pro- spectus Supplement under the Declaration, the Trust Preferred Securities Guar- antee, the Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by the Trust and the Subor- dinated Indenture, taken together, constitute a full and unconditional guaran- tee of payments due on the Trust Preferred Securities. See "Description Of Debt Securities" and "Description Of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee." The Trust is not currently subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. The Trust will become subject to such requirements upon the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, although it intends to seek and expects to receive exemptions therefrom. 3 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE The following document has been filed by the Company with the Commission and is incorporated herein by reference: the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996. All documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities shall be deemed to be in- corporated by reference into this Prospectus and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein mod- ifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement or document so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to consti- tute part of this Prospectus. The Company will furnish without charge to each person to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon request, a copy of any and all of the documents described above that are incorporated by reference herein other than exhibits to such documents which are not specifically incorporated by reference in such docu- ments. Written or telephone requests should be directed to: CNF Transportation Inc., Office of the Corporate Secretary, at 3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304 (telephone (415) 494-2900). No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any represen- tations other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this Pro- spectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the securities described in this Prospectus or an offer to sell or the solici- tation of an offer to buy such securities in any jurisdiction where or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement nor any sale made hereunder or thereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company or the Trust since the date hereof or thereof or that the information contained or incorporated by reference herein or therein is correct as of any time subsequent to its date. 4 THE COMPANY CNF Transportation Inc. (the "Company") is a holding company which partici- pates through subsidiaries in domestic and international air cargo delivery services, regional less-than-truckload highway trucking services, truckload and intermodal rail services, ocean forwarding, contract logistics and related transportation activities. These operations are organized into three primary business segments: air freight and ocean forwarding (Emery Worldwide); re- gional trucking and full-service truckload services (Con-Way Transportation Services); and a third segment which is comprised of a third-party contract logistics company (Menlo Logistics), Road Systems, a trailer manufacturer, and VantageParts, a wholesale truck parts distributor. The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1958 as a successor to a business originally established in 1929. The Company's principal executive offices are located at 3240 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94304 (telephone (415) 494-2900). Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise re- quires, all references in this Prospectus to the Company include CNF Transpor- tation Inc. and its subsidiaries. THE TRUST CNF Trust I (the "Trust") is a statutory business trust created under Delaware law pursuant to (i) a trust agreement (as the same may be amended, supple- mented or restated from time to time, the "Declaration") executed by the Com- pany, as sponsor for the trust (the "Sponsor"), and certain of the CNF Trust- ees (as defined herein) for the trust and (ii) the filing of a certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State on May 6, 1997. The Trust exists for the exclusive purposes of (i) issuing the Trust Preferred Securities and common securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (the "Trust Common Securities" and, together with the Trust Pre- ferred Securities, the "Trust Securities"), (ii) investing the gross proceeds of the Trust Securities in a specific series of Subordinated Debt Securities and (iii) engaging in only those other activities necessary or incidental thereto. All of the Trust Common Securities will be directly or indirectly owned by the Company. The Trust Common Securities will rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon pro rata, with the Trust Preferred Securities except that upon an event of default under the Declaration, the rights of the holders of the Trust Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. The Company will, directly or indirectly, acquire Trust Common Securities in an aggregate liquidation amount equal to approximately 3% of the total capital of the Trust. The Trust's business and affairs will be conducted by the trustees (the "CNF Trustees") appointed by the Company, as the direct or indirect holder of all the Trust Common Securities. Except in certain limited circumstances, the holder of the Trust Common Securities will be entitled to appoint, remove or replace any of, and to increase or reduce the number of, the CNF Trustees. The duties and obligations of the CNF Trustees shall be governed by the Declara- tion. A majority of the CNF Trustees (the "Regular Trustees") will be persons who are employees or officers of or affiliated with the Company. One CNF Trustee will be a financial institution which will be unaffiliated with the Company and which shall act as property trustee and as indenture trustee (the "Property Trustee") for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"). In addition, unless the Property Trustee maintains a principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and other- wise meets the requirements of applicable law, one CNF Trustee will have its principal place of business or reside in the State of Delaware (the "Delaware Trustee"). The Company will pay all fees and expenses related to the Trust and the offering of Trust Securities. The payment of periodic distributions with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities out of moneys held by the Trust, and payment on liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to the Trust Pre- ferred Securities, will be guaranteed by the Company to the extent described herein. See "Description of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee." The Company's obligations under the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be subordinate and junior in right of payment to all other liabilities of the Company and rank pari passu in right of payment with the most senior preferred stock, if any, issued from time to time by the Company. The principal place of business of the Trust shall be c/o CNF Transportation Inc., 3240 Hillview Ave- nue, Palo Alto, California 94304 (telephone (415) 494-2900). 5 USE OF PROCEEDS Unless otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities offered hereby for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of indebted- ness, capital expenditures and working capital. Pending such application, such proceeds may be invested in short-term investments and marketable securities or used to temporarily repay indebtedness under credit facilities. The proceeds from the sale of Trust Securities will be invested by the Trust in Subordinated Debt Securities. CONSOLIDATED RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES The Company's consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for each of the periods indicated are as follows:
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------ 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(1)............. 2.3x 2.6x 2.9x 1.7x 0.5x(2) Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends(3)................. 2.3x 2.5x 2.5x 1.5x 0.4x(4)
- -------- (1) The ratio of earnings to fixed charges is unaudited for all periods presented. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was derived by dividing earnings before fixed charges and income taxes by fixed charges. For this purpose, "earnings" represents income from continuing operations before consolidated income taxes and fixed charges (excluding capitalized interest and dividends on all of the Company's preferred stock). "Fixed charges" represents interest on capital leases and short-term and long-term debt, capitalized interest, dividends on shares of the Company's Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock used to pay debt service on notes issued by the Company's Thrift and Stock Plan (the "TASP"), and the applicable portion of the consolidated rent expense which approximates the interest portion of lease payments. All of the outstanding shares of such Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock are held by the TASP. (2) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the period shown; the deficiency was $39.4 million for the year ended December 31, 1992. (3) The ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends is unaudited for all periods presented. The ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends was derived by dividing earnings before fixed charges and income taxes by combined fixed charges and dividends on the Company's Series C Conversion Preferred Stock. For this purpose, earnings and fixed charges are computed as described in note (1) above. The Series C Conversion Preferred Stock was issued in March 1992 and all of the outstanding shares thereof were converted into Common Stock in March 1995. (4) Earnings were inadequate to cover combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for the period shown; the deficiency was $47.8 million for the year ended December 31, 1992. DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES The Company may issue Debt Securities either separately, or together with, or upon the conversion of or in exchange for, other Securities. The Debt Securi- ties are to be either senior unsecured obligations (the "Senior Debt Securi- ties") of the Company issued in one or more series under an Indenture (the "Se- nior Indenture") to be entered into between the Company and a trustee (the "Se- nior Trustee") whose name will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Sup- plement, or subordinated unsecured obligations (the 6 "Subordinated Debt Securities") of the Company issued in one or more series under an Indenture (the "Subordinated Indenture" and, together with the Senior Indenture, the "Indentures") to be entered into between the Company and a trustee (the "Subordinated Trustee" and, together with the Senior Trustee, the "Trustees") whose name will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supple- ment. The forms of the Indentures have been filed as exhibits to the Registra- tion Statement. The terms of any series of Debt Securities will be those set forth in the applicable Indenture and such Debt Securities and those made part of such Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act. The summary of certain provi- sions of the Indentures and the Debt Securities set forth below and the sum- mary of certain terms of a particular series of Debt Securities set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement do not purport to be complete and are subject to and are qualified in their entirety by reference to all of the pro- visions of the Indentures, which provisions of the Indentures (including de- fined terms) are incorporated herein by reference. Certain capitalized terms used herein and not defined are defined in the Indentures. As used in this "Description of Debt Securities," all references to the "Company" shall mean CNF Transportation Inc., excluding, unless the context shall otherwise re- quire, its subsidiaries. In the event that Subordinated Debt Securities are issued to the Trust or a trustee of the Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities, such Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to the Subordinated In- denture and subsequently may be distributed pro rata to the holders of such Trust Securities in connection with the dissolution of the Trust upon the oc- currence of certain events described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Trust Securities. Only one series of Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued to the Trust or a trustee of the Trust in connection with the issuance of Trust Securities by the Trust. The following description of Debt Securities sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the series of Debt Securities to which any Prospectus Sup- plement may relate. Certain other specific terms of any particular series of Debt Securities will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the Debt Securities described in a Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Pro- spectus Supplement. GENERAL The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series of Senior Debt Securities and one or more series of Subordinated Debt Securities. The Indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of Debt Securities which may be issued thereunder and provide that Debt Securities of any series may be issued thereunder up to an aggregate principal amount which may be au- thorized from time to time by the Company. Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to the series of Debt Securities offered thereby for specific terms, including (where applicable): (1) the title or designation of such Debt Securities; (2) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities; (3) the price or prices (expressed as a per- centage of the principal amount thereof) at which such Debt Securities will be issued; (4) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on such Debt Securities will be payable, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates will be determined; (5) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which such Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, or the method or methods, if any, by which such rate or rates are to be determined, the date or dates, if any, from which such interest will accrue, or the method or methods, if any, by which such date or dates are to be deter- mined, and whether and under what circumstances Additional Amounts on such Debt Securities will be payable, and the basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; (6) the dates on which such interest, if any, will be payable and the record dates, if any, therefor; (7) the place or places where the principal of, pre- mium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities will be payable and the place or places where such Debt Securities may be surrendered for reg- istration of transfer and exchange, if other than The City of New York; (8) if applicable, the date or dates on which, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Debt Securities may be 7 redeemed at the option of the Company or are subject to repurchase at the op- tion of the holders; (9) the terms of any sinking fund or analogous provision; (10) if other than U.S. dollars, the Currency for which the Debt Securities may be purchased and the Currency in which the payment of principal thereof and premium, if any, and interest, if any, thereon may be made, and the abili- ty, if any, of the Company or the holders of Debt Securities to have payments made in any Currency other than those in which the Debt Securities are stated to be payable; (11) any addition to, or modification or deletion of, any cove- nant or Event of Default with respect to such Debt Securities; (12) whether any such Debt Securities are to be issuable in registered or bearer form or both and, if in bearer form, the terms and conditions relating thereto and any limitations on issuance of such Bearer Securities (including in exchange for Registered Securities of the same series); (13) whether any such Debt Securi- ties will be issued in temporary or permanent global form and, if so, the identity of the depositary for such global Debt Security; (14) whether and un- der what circumstances the Company will pay Additional Amounts (as contem- plated by the relevant Indenture) on such Debt Securities to any holder who is a United States Alien (as defined in the relevant Indenture, as such defini- tion may be modified) in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Debt Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts; (15) the person to whom any interest on any Registered Securities of the series shall be payable, if other than the person in whose name the Registered Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, or the person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if other than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any inter- est payable on a temporary global Debt Security will be paid if other than in the manner provided in the relevant Indenture; (16) the portion of the princi- pal amount of such Debt Securities which shall be payable upon acceleration thereof if other than the full principal amount thereof; (17) the authorized denominations in which such Debt Securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof (in the case of Reg- istered Securities) or $5,000 (in the case of Bearer Securities); (18) the terms, if any, upon which such Debt Securities may be convertible into or ex- changeable for other Securities; (19) whether such Debt Securities will be Se- nior Debt Securities or Subordinated Debt Securities; (20) whether the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method or methods (any such Debt Securities being hereinafter called "Indexed Securities") and the manner in which such amounts will be determined; and (21) any other terms of such Debt Securities. As used in this Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement relating to the of- fering of any Debt Securities, references to the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Debt Securities will be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, required by the terms of such Debt Securities in such context. Debt Securities may be issued as Original Issue Discount Securities (as de- fined in the Indentures) to be sold at a substantial discount below their principal amount. In the event of an acceleration of the maturity of any Orig- inal Issue Discount Security, the amount payable to the holder thereof upon such acceleration will be determined in the manner described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Material federal income tax and other considerations applicable to Original Issue Discount Securities will be described in the ap- plicable Prospectus Supplement. If the purchase price of any Debt Securities is payable in a Currency other than U.S. dollars or if principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any of the Debt Securities is payable in any Currency other than U.S. dol- lars, the specific terms and other information with respect to such Debt Secu- rities and such foreign Currency will be specified in the Prospectus Supple- ment relating thereto. Under the Indenture, the terms of the Debt Securities of any series may differ and the Company, without the consent of the holders of the Debt Securities of any series, may reopen a previous series of Debt Securities and issue addi- tional Debt Securities of such series or establish additional terms of such series. 8 REGISTRATION, TRANSFER, PAYMENT AND PAYING AGENT Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, each series of Debt Securities will be issued in registered form only, without coupons. The Indentures, however, provide that the Company may also issue Debt Securities in bearer form only, or in both registered and bearer form. Bearer Securities shall not be offered, sold, resold or delivered in connection with their origi- nal issuance in the United States or to any United States person (as defined below) other than offices located outside the United States of certain United States financial institutions. As used herein, "United States person" means any citizen or resident of the United States, any corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any es- tate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or any trust whose administration is subject to the primary supervision of a United States court and which has one or more United States fiduciaries who have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, and "United States" means, except for purposes of the definition of "Restricted Subsidiary" set forth below under "--Certain Covenants of the Company--Definition of Certain Terms," the United States of America (including the states thereof and the District of Columbia), its territories, its posses- sions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction. Purchasers of Bearer Securi- ties will be subject to certification procedures and may be affected by certain limitations under United States tax laws. Such procedures and limitations will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the offering of the Bearer Securities. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Registered Securities will be issued in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and Bearer Securities will be issued in denominations of $5,000. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the princi- pal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, of or on the Debt Securities will be payable, and Debt Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, at an office or agency to be maintained by the Company in the Bor- ough of Manhattan, The City of New York, provided that payments of interest with respect to any Registered Security may be made at the option of the Com- pany by check mailed to the address of the person entitled thereto or by trans- fer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or ex- change of Debt Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum suffi- cient to cover any tax or other governmental charge and any other expenses that may be imposed in connection therewith. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Bearer Securities will be made, subject to any applicable laws and regulations, at such office or agency outside the United States as specified in the Prospectus Supplement and as the Company may designate from time to time. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of interest due on Bearer Securi- ties on any Interest Payment Date will be made only against surrender of the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, no payment of principal, premium or in- terest with respect to any Bearer Security will be made at any office or agency in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that if amounts owing with respect to any Bearer Securities shall be payable in U.S. dollars, payment with respect to any such Bearer Secu- rities may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the applicable Trustee or at any office or agency designated by the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only if) payment of the full amount of such prin- cipal, premium or interest at all offices outside of the United States main- tained for such purpose by the Company is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or similar restrictions. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange Debt Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Debt Securities of that series of like tenor to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of that selection; (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security, or portion thereof, called for redemption, except the unredeemed 9 portion of any Registered Security being redeemed in part; (iii) exchange any Bearer Security called for redemption, except to exchange such Bearer Security for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor that is simultaneously surrendered for redemption; or (iv) issue, register the transfer of or ex- change any Debt Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the op- tion of the holder, except the portion, if any, of such Debt Security not to be so repaid. RANKING OF DEBT SECURITIES; HOLDING COMPANY STRUCTURE The Senior Debt Securities will be unsecured unsubordinated obligations of the Company and will rank on a parity in right of payment with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Subordinated Debt Securi- ties will be unsecured obligations of the Company and will be subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined below) of the Company. See "--Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities." The Debt Securities are obligations exclusively of the Company. The Company is a holding company, substantially all of whose consolidated assets are held by its subsidiaries. Accordingly, the cash flow of the Company and the consequent ability to service its debt, including the Debt Securities, are largely depen- dent upon the results of operations of such subsidiaries. Because the Company is a holding company, the Debt Securities will be effec- tively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, trade payables, guarantees, lease obligations and letter of credit obligations of the Company's subsidiaries. Therefore, the Company's rights and the rights of its creditors, including the holders of the Debt Securities, to participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon the latter's liquidation or reorganization will be subject to the prior claims of such subsidiary's creditors, except to the extent that the Company may itself be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary, in which case the claims of the Company would still be effectively subordinate to any security interest in, or mortgages or other liens on, the assets of such subsidiary and would be subordinate to any in- debtedness of such subsidiary senior to that held by the Company. Although certain debt instruments to which the Company and its subsidiaries are parties impose limitations on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, both the Com- pany and its subsidiaries retain the ability to incur substantial additional indebtedness and lease and letter of credit obligations. GLOBAL SECURITIES The Debt Securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, a depositary (the "Depositary") identified in the Prospectus Supplement relat- ing to such series. Global Debt Securities may be issued in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for individual certificates evidencing Debt Securities in definitive form represented thereby, a global Debt Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such global Debt Security to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of such Depositary or a nominee of such suc- cessor. The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to a series of global Debt Securities and certain limitations and restrictions relating to a series of global Bearer Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supple- ment relating to such series. OUTSTANDING DEBT SECURITIES In determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of out- standing Debt Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direc- tion, notice, consent or waiver under the relevant Indenture, (i) the portion of the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be 10 deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be that portion of the prin- cipal amount thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon a dec- laration of acceleration thereof pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of the date of such determination, (ii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purpose shall be the principal face amount of such Indexed Security determined on the date of its original issuance, (iii) the principal amount of a Debt Se- curity denominated in a Currency other than U.S. dollars shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined on the date of original issue of such Debt Secu- rity, of the principal amount of such Debt Security and (iv) any Debt Security owned by the Company or any obligor on such Debt Security or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be deemed not to be outstanding. REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE The Debt Securities of any series may be redeemable at the option of the Com- pany, may be subject to mandatory redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, or may be subject to repurchase by the Company at the option of the holders, in each case upon the terms, at the times and at the prices set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE The terms, if any, on which Debt Securities of any series are convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares or other Debt Securities will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such terms may include provisions for conversion or exchange, either mandato- ry, at the option of the holders or at the option of the Company. CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY The Indentures do not limit the amount of indebtedness, guarantees or lease obligations that may be incurred by the Company and its subsidiaries. The In- dentures do not contain provisions which would give holders of the Debt Secu- rities the right to require the Company to repurchase their Debt Securities in the event of a decline in the credit rating of the Company's debt securities resulting from a takeover, recapitalization or similar restructuring. Holders of certain of the Company's outstanding indebtedness (including its 9 1/8% Notes due 1999, notes issued by the Company's Thrift and Stock Plan which are guaranteed by the Company, and indebtedness under the Company's $350 million bank credit facility, which is guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of the Com- pany), have the right to require the Company to repurchase or repay such in- debtedness upon the occurrence of certain changes in control of the Company or similar events and/or declines in the credit rating on such indebtedness. Covenant in the Senior Indenture--Limitation on Liens. The following covenant will be applicable to Senior Debt Securities but not to Subordinated Debt Se- curities. In the Senior Indenture, the Company covenants that, so long as any of the Senior Debt Securities remains outstanding, it will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary (as defined below) to, create, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness (as defined below) that is secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other encumbrance (a "Lien") on any prop- erty or shares of capital stock or Indebtedness of the Company or any Re- stricted Subsidiary without in any such case effectively providing, concur- rently with the creation, assumption or guarantee of any such Indebtedness, that the Senior Debt Securities shall, so long as such other Indebtedness is so secured (and, if the Company shall so determine, any other existing Indebt- edness (or Indebtedness thereafter in existence) created, assumed or guaran- teed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary), be secured by any such Lien equally and ratably with or prior to the Indebtedness thereby secured; pro- vided that Indebtedness secured by such Liens may be created, assumed or guar- anteed if immediately after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (not includ- ing Indebtedness described in (i) through (vii) below) does not exceed 15% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (as defined below). 11 The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to Indebtedness secured by (i) Liens on property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the date of the Senior Indenture; (ii) certain Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof; (iii) Liens in favor of the Company or a Re- stricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Sub- sidiary; (iv) Liens created in connection with tax assessments or legal pro- ceedings and mechanics' and materialmens' liens and other similar liens cre- ated in the ordinary course of business; (v) Liens on property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (except Liens on the capital stock or Indebted- ness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any agency or political subdivision of either, or in favor of any other country or agency or political subdivision thereof, in each case to secure payments pursuant to contract or statute or to secure Indebtedness created, incurred or guaranteed for the purpose of financ- ing all or any part of the purchase price or the cost of construction or im- provement of the property subject to such Liens, including Liens incurred in connection with pollution control, industrial revenue bond or other similar financings; (vi) certain purchase money Liens on property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that constitutes a fixed asset or a surface or air transportation vehicle used in the freight business securing or providing for the payment of all or any part of the purchase price thereof, or any Indebted- ness incurred to finance the purchase or the cost of construction or improve- ment thereof for which a written commitment was executed within 180 days after acquisition or the completion of construction or improvement, as the case may be; or (vii) certain permitted extensions, renewals or replacements (or suc- cessive extensions, renewals or replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi), inclusive. Covenant in Both Indentures--Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. The following covenant will be applicable to both Senior Debt Securities and Sub- ordinated Debt Securities. Each Indenture provides that the Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person unless (a) such Person (if other than the Company) is organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Co- lumbia and shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the princi- pal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all the Debt Securities out- standing under such Indenture and the performance of the Company's other obli- gations under such Indenture and the Debt Securities outstanding thereunder; (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default under such Indenture, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default under such Indenture, shall have hap- pened and be continuing; and (c) certain other conditions are met. Definition of Certain Terms. The term "Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" as used in the Senior Indenture means, as of any particular time, the aggregate amount of the Consolidated Assets (less depreciation, amortization and other applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom (i) all current liabilities, and (ii) all goodwill, tradenames, trademarks, patents, debt discount and expense and other intangibles, in each case net of applicable amortization, all as shown on the Company's most recent consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally ac- cepted accounting principles. The term "Consolidated Assets" as used in the Senior Indenture means all amounts that would be shown as assets on a consoli- dated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (as de- fined) prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The term "Restricted Subsidiary" as used in the Senior Indenture means any Subsidiary of the Company (i) that is majority owned or controlled by the Com- pany or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) substantially all of the operating as- sets of which are located or the principal business of which is carried on within the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or Canada; (iii) which was in existence on the date of the Senior Indenture or thereafter becomes a Subsidiary of the Company, unless any such Subsidiary is determined by the Board of Directors not to be a Restricted Subsidiary because in the opinion of the Board of Directors it is not of material importance to the to- tal business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iv) the assets of which have a gross book value (without deducting any depreciation, amortization or other applicable reserves) which exceeds 1% of Consolidated Assets. The term "Indebtedness" as used in the 12 Indentures means, with respect to any Person, (a) any liability of such Person (1) for borrowed money, or under any reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit, or (2) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar in- strument, or (3) for payment obligations arising under any conditional sale or other title retention arrangement (including a purchase money obligation) given in connection with the acquisition of any businesses, properties or as- sets of any kind, or (4) for the payment of money relating to a capitalized lease obligation; (b) any liability of others described in the preceding clause (a) that such Person has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal lia- bility; and (c) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above. EVENTS OF DEFAULT Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of any series is defined in the relevant Indenture as being: (i) default for 30 days in payment of any inter- est with respect to any Debt Security of such series; (ii) default in payment of principal or any premium with respect to any Debt Security of such series when due upon maturity, redemption or otherwise; (iii) default in making any sinking fund payment or payment under any analogous provision when due with respect to any Debt Security of such series; (iv) default by the Company in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty in the relevant Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty included therein solely for the benefit of series of Debt Securities other than that series) or any Debt Secu- rity of such series which shall not have been remedied for a period of 90 days after notice to the Company by the relevant Trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding; (v) acceleration of the maturity of any single outstanding issue of Indebtedness of the Company with an outstanding aggregate principal amount in excess of $35,000,000 (including an acceleration under the relevant Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any other series), as a result of an event of default thereunder, which acceleration is not annulled or which Indebtedness is not discharged within 30 days thereafter or such longer period during which the Company is contesting in good faith such acceleration; (vi) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company; or (vii) any other Event of Default established for the Debt Securities of such series. No Event of Default with respect to any particular series of Debt Se- curities necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any other series of Debt Securities. Each Indenture provides that the Trustee thereunder may withhold notice to the holders of the Debt Securities of any series of the occurrence of a default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series (except a default in payment of principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, or sinking fund payments, if any) if the Trustee considers it in the interest of the holders to do so. Each Indenture provides that if an Event of Default with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder shall have occurred and be continuing, either the relevant Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding may declare the princi- pal amount (or if any Debt Securities of such series are Original Issue Dis- count Securities, such lesser amount as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Debt Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, but upon certain conditions such declaration and its consequences may be re- scinded and annulled by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Debt Securities of such series then outstanding. Subject to the provisions of Trust Indenture Act requiring each Trustee, dur- ing an Event of Default under the relevant Indenture, to act with the requi- site standard of care, a Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the relevant Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of Debt Securities of any series unless such holders have offered such Trustee reasonable indemnity. Subject to the foregoing, holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities of any series issued under an Indenture shall have the right, subject to certain limitations, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee under such Indenture with respect to such series. Each Indenture requires the annual filing by the Company with the relevant Trustee of a certificate as to whether or not the Company is in de- fault under the terms of such Indenture. 13 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indentures, the holder of any Debt Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on such Debt Security on the respective due dates therefor (as the same may be ex- tended in accordance with the terms of such Debt Security) and to institute suit for enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall not be impaired without the consent of such holder. In addition, in the case of a Subordinated Debt Security issued to the Trust, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such Event of Default is attributable to the failure by the Company to pay the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on such Subordinated Debt Security, then a holder of Trust Preferred Securities may directly institute a proceeding against the Company for payment. MODIFICATION, WAIVERS AND MEETINGS Each Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee thereunder, with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of each series issued under such Indenture and affected by a modification or amendment, to modify or amend any of the provisions of such Indenture or of the Debt Securities of such series or the rights of the holders of the Debt Securities of such series under such Inden- ture, provided that no such modification or amendment shall, among other things, (i) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or premium, if any, or any installment of interest, if any, on any Debt Securities issued un- der such Indenture or reduce the principal amount thereof or any redemption premium thereon, or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce the amount of principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of any holder, or change any place where, or the Currency in which, any Debt Securities issued under such Indenture are payable, or impair the holder's right to institute suit to enforce the payment of any such Debt Securities on or after the stated maturity thereof, or make any change that materially adversely affects the right, if any, to convert or exchange such Debt Securities for other securities in accordance with their terms, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Debt Securities of any se- ries issued under such Indenture, the consent of the holders of which is re- quired for any such modification or amendment or the consent of whose holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of such In- denture or certain defaults thereunder and their consequences) or reduce the requirements for a quorum or voting at a meeting of holders of such Debt Secu- rities or (iii) solely in the case of the Subordinated Indenture, modify any of the provisions of Article Sixteen thereof (relating to subordination of the Subordinated Debt Securities) or the definition of Senior Indebtedness in a manner adverse to the holders of the Subordinated Debt Securities, without in each such case obtaining the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Security issued under such Indenture so affected. If the Trust or the Property Trustee holds a series of Subordinated Debt Secu- rities, no such amendment, modification or waiver which requires approval of holders of a certain percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Subor- dinated Debt Securities of such series shall be effective as to such series of Subordinated Debt Securities, without the approval of the holders of at least the same percentage of aggregate liquidation amount of outstanding Trust Secu- rities. Each Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Company and the rele- vant Trustee, without the consent of the holders of any Debt Securities issued thereunder, to modify or amend such Indenture in order to, among other things, (a) add to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company for the bene- fit of the holders of all or any series of Debt Securities issued under such Indenture; (b) to add or change any provisions of such Indenture to facilitate the issuance of Bearer Securities; (c) to establish the form or terms of Debt Securities of any series and any related coupons; (d) to cure any ambiguity or correct or supplement any provision therein which may be inconsistent with other provisions therein, or to make any other provisions with respect to mat- ters or questions arising under such Indenture which shall not adversely af- fect the interests of the holders of any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder in any material respect; or (e) to amend or supplement any provi- sion contained in such Indenture, provided that such amendment or supplement does not apply to any outstanding Debt Securities issued prior to the date of such amendment or supplement and entitled to the benefits of such provision. 14 The holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series may waive compliance by the Company with certain re- strictive provisions of the relevant Indenture, including the covenant de- scribed above under "Certain Covenants of the Company--Covenant in theSenior Indenture-- Limitation on Liens" (which covenant is included only in the Senior Indenture). The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series may, on behalf of all holders of Debt Securities of that series, waive any past default under the applicable Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of that series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or in- terest, if any, on any Debt Securities of such series or in respect of a cove- nant or provision which cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Debt Securities of such series affected. Each Indenture contains provisions for convening meetings of the holders of Debt Securities of a series issued thereunder. A meeting may be called at any time by the relevant Trustee, and also, upon request, by the Company or the holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of such series, in any such case upon notice given in accordance with the pro- visions of such Indenture. Except for any consent which must be given by the holder of each outstanding Debt Security affected thereby, as described above, any resolution presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum (as described below) is present may be adopted by the affirma- tive vote of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series; provided, however, that any resolution with re- spect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which may be made, given or taken by the holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the outstand- ing Debt Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or adjourned meet- ing duly reconvened at which a quorum is present by the affirmative vote of the holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of that series. Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of holders of Debt Securities of any series duly held in accordance with the relevant Indenture will be binding on all holders of Debt Securities of that series and the related coupons. The quorum at any meeting called to adopt a resolution, and at any reconvened meeting, will be persons holding or representing a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of a series, subject to certain exceptions. DISCHARGE, DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Upon the direction of the Company, either Indenture shall cease to be of fur- ther effect with respect to any series of Debt Securities issued thereunder specified by the Company (subject to the survival of certain provisions there- of, including the obligation to pay Additional Amounts to the extent described below) when (i) either (A) all outstanding Debt Securities of such series and, in the case of Bearer Securities, all coupons appertaining thereto, have been delivered to the relevant Trustee for cancellation (subject to certain excep- tions) or (B) all Debt Securities of such series and, if applicable, any cou- pons appertaining thereto, have become due and payable or will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or are to be called for re- demption within one year and the Company has deposited with the Trustee, in trust, funds in U.S. dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Debt Se- curities are payable in an amount sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness on such Debt Securities in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and inter- est, if any, (and, to the extent that (x) the Debt Securities of such series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts upon the occurrence of certain events of taxation, assessment or governmental charge with respect to payments on such Debt Securities and (y) the amount of any such Additional Amounts is at the time of deposit reasonably determinable by the Company (in the exercise of its sole discretion), any such Additional Amounts) to the date of such deposit (if such Debt Securities have become due and payable) or to the Maturity there- of, as the case may be, (ii) the Company has paid all other sums payable under the Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities of such series, and (iii) certain other conditions are met. If the Debt Securities of any such series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company will remain obligat- ed, following such deposit, to pay Additional Amounts on such Debt Securities to the extent that the amount thereof exceeds the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts as aforesaid. 15 Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company may elect with respect to any series of Debt Securities either (a) to defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to such Debt Secu- rities (except for, among other things, the obligation to pay Additional Amounts, if any, upon the occurrence of certain events of taxation, assessment or governmental charge with respect to payments on such Debt Securities to the extent that the amount thereof exceeds the amount deposited in respect of such Additional Amounts as provided below, and the obligations to register the transfer or exchange of such Debt Securities, to replace temporary or mutilat- ed, destroyed, lost or stolen Debt Securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of such Debt Securities, to hold moneys for payment in trust, and, if applicable, to exchange or convert such Debt Securities into other securi- ties in accordance with their terms) ("defeasance"), or (b) to be released from its obligations with respect to such Debt Securities described above under "-- Certain Covenants of the Company-- Covenants in the Senior Indenture--Limita- tion on Liens" (which covenant appears only in the Senior Indenture) and cer- tain other restrictive covenants, if any, in the relevant Indenture and, if in- dicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, its obligations with respect to any other covenant applicable to the Debt Securities of such series, and any omission to comply with such obligations shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities of such series ("covenant defeasance"), in either case upon the irrevocable deposit with the relevant Trustee (or other qualifying trustee), in trust for such purpose, of an amount, in U.S. dollars or in such Foreign Currency in which such Debt Securities are payable at Stated Maturity, and/or Government Obligations (as defined in the relevant Indenture) which through the payment of principal and interest in ac- cordance with their terms will provide money, in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and any interest on (and, to the extent that (x) the Debt Securities of such series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts and (y) the amount of any such Additional Amounts is at the time of de- posit reasonably determinable by the Company (in the exercise of its sole dis- cretion), any such Additional Amounts with respect to) such Debt Securities, and any mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor or the applicable redemption date, as the case may be. Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall only be effective if, among other things, (i) it shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the relevant Indenture or any other material agreement relating to indebtedness for borrowed money to which the Company is a party or is bound, (ii) the Company has delivered to the relevant Trustee an opinion of counsel (as specified in the relevant Indenture) to the effect that the holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred and (iii) if the cash and Government Obli- gations deposited are sufficient to pay the outstanding Debt Securities of such series provided such Debt Securities are redeemed on a particular redemption date, the Company shall have given the applicable Trustee irrevocable instruc- tions to redeem such Debt Securities on such date. It shall also be a condition to the effectiveness of such defeasance (but not covenant defeasance) that no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would be- come an Event of Default with respect to Debt Securities of such series shall have occurred and been continuing on the date of, or, solely in the case of Events of Default described in clause (vi) of the first paragraph under "-- Events of Default" above, during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of, such deposit into trust. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, if after the Company has deposited funds and/or Government Obligations to effect defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to Debt Securities of any series, (a) the holder of a Debt Security of such series is entitled to, and does, elect pursu- ant to the applicable Indenture or the terms of such Debt Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which such deposit has been made in respect of such Debt Security, or (b) a Conversion Event (as defined below) oc- curs in respect of the Foreign Currency in which such deposit has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Debt Security shall be deemed to have been, and 16 will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Debt Security as such Debt Security becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount so deposited in respect of such Debt Security into the Currency in which such Debt Security becomes payable as a result of such election or such Conversion Event based on (x) in the case of payments made pursuant to clause (a) above, the ap- plicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect on the second business day prior to such payment date, or (y) with respect to a Conversion Event, the applicable market exchange rate for such Foreign Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event. "Conversion Event" means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both by the government of the country or the confederation which issued such Foreign Currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other pub- lic institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Union or (iii) any currency unit or composite currency other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established. In the event the Company effects covenant defeasance with respect to any Debt Securities and such Debt Securities are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any Event of Default other than an Event of Default with respect to the covenant described above under "--Certain Covenants of the Company--Cov- enant in the Senior Indenture--Limitation on Liens" (which covenant appears only in the Senior Indenture and which would no longer be applicable to such Debt Securities after such covenant defeasance) or with respect to any other covenant as to which there has been covenant defeasance, the amount of monies and/or Government Obligations deposited with the applicable Trustee to effect such covenant defeasance may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on such Debt Securities at the time of any acceleration resulting from such Event of De- fault. However, the Company would remain liable to make payment of such amounts due at the time of acceleration. The applicable Prospectus Supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, permitting or restricting such defeasance or covenant defeasance with re- spect to the Debt Securities of a particular series. GOVERNING LAW The Indentures and the Debt Securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. REGARDING THE TRUSTEES The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 contains limitations on the rights of a trust- ee, should it become a creditor of the Company, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received by it in respect of any such claims, as security or otherwise. Each Trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions with the Company and its subsidiaries from time to time, provided that if such Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must elimi- nate such conflict upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under the rele- vant Indenture, or else resign. SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Subordinated Debt Securities will be subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Subordinated Indenture, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness which may at any time and from time to time be outstanding. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pro- spectus Supplement with respect to an issue of Subordinated Debt Securities, in the event of any distribution of assets of the Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, (i) all Senior In- debtedness shall first be paid in full, or such payment shall be provided for, before any payment on 17 account of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Subordinated Debt Securities is made, (ii) any payment or distribution of as- sets of the Company to which the holders of the Subordinated Debt Securities would be entitled except for the subordination provisions of the Subordinated Indenture shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or other person making such distribution or directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or on their be- half, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior Indebted- ness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distri- bution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, and (iii) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company is received by the Subordinated Trustee or the holders of any of the Subordinated Debt Securities before all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full, such payment or distribution will be paid over to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or on their behalf for application to the payment of all such Se- nior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full or such payment provided for, after giving effect to any concur- rent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness. Sub- ject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness upon any such distribu- tion of assets of the Company, the holders of the Subordinated Debt Securities will be subrogated to the rights of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Com- pany applicable to Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Subordinated Debt Securities shall be paid in full. By reason of such subordination, in the event of any distribution of assets of the Company upon dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings of the Company, (i) holders of Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to be paid in full before payments may be made on the Subordinated Debt Securities and the holders of Subordinated Debt Securities will be re- quired to pay over their share of such distribution, to the extent made in re- spect of such Subordinated Debt Securities, to the holders of Senior Indebted- ness until such Senior Indebtedness is paid in full and (ii) creditors of the Company who are neither holders of Subordinated Debt Securities nor holders of Senior Indebtedness may recover less, ratably, than holders of Senior Indebted- ness and may recover more, ratably, than the holders of the Subordinated Debt Securities. Furthermore, such subordination may result in a reduction or elimi- nation of payments to the holders of Subordinated Debt Securities. The Subordi- nated Indenture provides that the subordination provisions thereof will not ap- ply to any money and securities held in trust pursuant to the discharge, defea- sance and covenant defeasance provisions of the Subordinated Indenture (see "-- Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance" above). The Subordinated Indenture also provides that no payment on account of the principal of, or premium, if any, sinking funds, if any, or interest, if any, on the Subordinated Debt Securities shall be made unless full payment of amounts then due for the principal of, premium, if any, sinking funds, if any, and interest, if any, on Senior Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for. The Subordinated Indenture defines "Senior Indebtedness" as (a) any liability of the Company (1) for borrowed money or under any reimbursement obligation re- lating to a letter of credit, surety bond or similar instrument, or (2) evi- denced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument, or (3) for obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade ac- counts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, or (4) for the pay- ment of money relating to a capitalized lease obligation, or (5) for the pay- ment of money under any Swap Agreement; (b) any liability of others described in the preceding clause (a) that the Company has guaranteed or that is other- wise its legal liability; and (c) any deferral, renewal, extension or refunding of any liability of the types referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, unless, in the instrument creating or evidencing any such liability referred to in clause (a) or (b) above or any such deferral, renewal, extension or refunding referred to in clause (c) above or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is expressly provided that such liability, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding is subordinate in right of payment to all other Indebtedness of the Company or is not senior or prior in right of payment to the Subordinated Debt Securities or ranks pari passu with or subordinate to the Subordinated Debt Se- curities in right of payment; and provided that the Subordinated Debt Securi- ties shall not constitute Senior Indebtedness. The Subordinated Indenture de- fines 18 "Swap Agreement" as any financial agreement designed to manage the Company's exposure to fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates or commod- ity prices, including without limitation swap agreements, option agreements, cap agreements, floor agreements, collar agreements and forward purchase agree- ments. If this Prospectus is being delivered in connection with the offering of a se- ries of Subordinated Debt Securities, the accompanying Prospectus Supplement or the information incorporated by reference herein will set forth the approximate amount of Senior Indebtedness outstanding as of a recent date. There are no limitations in the Subordinated Indenture on the issuance or incurrence of Se- nior Indebtedness of the Company. 19 DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK The Company may issue shares of its Preferred Stock, in one or more series, ei- ther separately, or together with, or upon the conversion of or in exchange for, other Securities. The summary of certain provisions of the Preferred Stock set forth below and the summary of certain terms of a particular series of Pre- ferred Stock set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement do not purport to be complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by reference to all of the provisions of the Company's certificate of incorporation, as amended (the "Amended Certificate of Incorporation"), and the Company's By- laws, which have been filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement, and the form of certificate of designations relating to such series of Preferred Stock which will be filed as an exhibit to or incorpo- rated by reference in the Registration Statement, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. The following description of Preferred Stock sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the series of Preferred Stock to which any Prospectus Supple- ment may relate. Certain other terms of any particular series of Preferred Stock, including Preferred Stock to be represented by Depositary Shares, will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of any Preferred Stock described in a Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Prospectus Supplement. GENERAL Under the Amended Certificate of Incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, without par value, which may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Subject to limitations pre- scribed by Delaware law and the Amended Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the number of shares constituting each series of Preferred Stock and the designations, preferences and relative, participat- ing, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including the dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (includ- ing sinking fund and purchase fund provisions), redemption prices and dissolu- tion preferences. The Company has issued and outstanding shares of its Series B Cumulative Con- vertible Preferred Stock, no par value (the "Series B Preferred Stock"). Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, any Offered Pre- ferred Stock will rank, as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock. See "--Ranking" and "--Dividend, Repurchase and Re- demption Restrictions" below and "Description of Capital Stock." Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to the se- ries of Preferred Stock offered thereby (the "Offered Preferred Stock") for specific terms, including (where applicable): (1) the title of such Offered Preferred Stock; (2) the number of shares of such Offered Preferred Stock of- fered, the liquidation preference per share and the initial public offering price of such Offered Preferred Stock; (3) the dividend rate or method of cal- culation thereof and the dividend payment dates or periods; (4) the date from which dividends on such Offered Preferred Stock shall accrue and whether divi- dends on such Offered Preferred Stock will be cumulative; (5) the procedures for any auction or remarketing, if any, of such Offered Preferred Stock; (6) the provisions for a sinking fund, if any, for such Offered Preferred Stock; (7) the provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, of such Offered Preferred Stock; (8) any listing of such Offered Preferred Stock on any securi- ties exchange; (9) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which such Offered Preferred Stock will be convertible into or exchangeable for other Securities; (10) whether interests in such Offered Preferred Stock will be represented by Depositary Shares; (11) the preferences of such Offered Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company; and (12) any other specific terms of such Offered Preferred Stock. 20 RANKING Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, any series of Offered Preferred Stock offered thereby will rank, with respect to both the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolu- tion or winding up of the Company, (i) junior to the Series B Preferred Stock, (ii) senior to the Common Stock, and (iii) on a parity with shares of any other outstanding series of Offered Preferred Stock. DIVIDEND, REPURCHASE AND REDEMPTION RESTRICTIONS As described under "Description of Capital Stock--Authorized and Outstanding Preferred Stock--Series B Preferred Stock," and unless otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company will be prohibited (subject to certain limited exceptions) from paying dividends on, and from redeeming or otherwise purchasing, any shares of Offered Preferred Stock if the Company has not paid full cumulative dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock. In addi- tion, certain agreements to which the Company is a party contain covenants which have the effect of restricting the payment of dividends and the redemp- tion or repurchase of capital stock by the Company. In the event of a deterio- ration in the financial condition or results of operations of the Company, such covenants could limit or prohibit the payment of dividends on, or the repur- chase or redemption of, Offered Preferred Stock. In addition, the Company is a holding company substantially all of whose consolidated assets are held by its subsidiaries, and the cash flow of the Company and the consequent ability to pay dividends on and to redeem or repurchase its securities, including, Offered Preferred Stock, are largely dependent upon the results of operations of such subsidiaries. See "Description of Debt Securities--Ranking of Debt Securities; Holding Company Structure." DIVIDENDS Subject to the preferential rights of holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and any other capital stock of the Company ranking prior to any series of the Offered Preferred Stock as to dividends, holders of shares of such Offered Pre- ferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, out of assets of the Company legally avail- able therefor, dividends at such rates and on such dates as will be set forth in, or as are determined by the method described in, the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Such rates may be fixed or variable or both. If variable, the for- mula used for determining the dividend rate for each dividend period will be specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Each such dividend shall be payable to holders of record as they appear on the stock transfer books of the Company on such record dates as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company. Dividends may be paid in the form of cash, Preferred Stock (of the same or a different series), or other securities or property, in each case as specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Dividends on any series of the Offered Preferred Stock may be cumulative or non-cumulative, as provided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Dividends, if cumulative, will be cumulative from and after the date set forth in the ap- plicable Prospectus Supplement. If the Board of Directors of the Company fails to declare a dividend payable on a dividend payment date on any series of the Offered Preferred Stock for which dividends are non-cumulative, then the hold- ers of such series of the Offered Preferred Stock will have no right to receive a dividend in respect of the dividend period ending on such dividend payment date, and the Company will have no obligation to pay the dividend accrued for such period, whether or not dividends on such series are declared payable on any future dividend payment date. No full dividends will be declared or paid or set aside for payment on any Pre- ferred Stock of the Company ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or ju- nior to any outstanding series of Offered Preferred Stock for any period unless full dividends on such series of Offered Preferred Stock (including accumulated dividends on any such series of Offered Preferred Stock on which dividends are cumulative) have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment 21 thereof set aside for payment. When dividends are not paid in full on any se- ries of Offered Preferred Stock and any other Preferred Stock ranking on a par- ity as to dividends with such series of Offered Preferred Stock, all dividends declared or paid upon shares of Offered Preferred Stock of such series and any other Preferred Stock ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Offered Pre- ferred Stock of such series shall be declared and paid pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared and paid per share on the Offered Preferred Stock of such series and such other Preferred Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share (which in the case of non-cumulative Preferred Stock shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods) on shares of such series of Of- fered Preferred stock and such other Preferred Stock bear to each other. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, unless full dividends on all outstanding shares of any series of Offered Preferred Stock (including accumulated divi- dends on any such series on which dividends are cumulative) have been or con- temporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment, no dividends (other than dividends or distributions paid in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase shares of, Common Stock or any other stock of the Company rank- ing junior to the Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company) shall be declared or paid or set aside for payment or any other dis- tribution declared or made upon the Common Stock or any other stock of the Com- pany ranking junior to or on a parity with the Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, nor may any Common Stock or any other stock of the Company ranking junior to or on a parity with the Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (and no moneys shall be paid to or made available for a sink- ing fund for the redemption of any shares of any such junior of parity stock) by the Company (except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Company ranking junior to the Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to dividends and as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company). Holders of shares of any series of Offered Preferred Stock shall not be enti- tled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, in excess of full cumulative (if applicable) dividends on such series. No in- terest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend or payments which may be in arrears. The Company will be prohibited from paying dividends on Offered Preferred Stock of any series in the event of a dividend arrearage on the Series B Preferred Stock and may be prohibited from paying dividends on Offered Preferred Stock of any series as a result of certain other dividend restrictions. See "--Dividend, Repurchase and Redemption Restrictions" above and "Description of Capital Stock-- Authorized and Outstanding Preferred Stock--Series B Preferred Stock" below. REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE The shares of Offered Preferred Stock of any series may be redeemable at the option of the Company, may be subject to mandatory redemption pursuant to a sinking fund or otherwise, or may be subject to repurchase by the Company at the option of the holders, in each case upon the terms, at the times and at the prices set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Offered Preferred Stock redeemed by the Company will be restored to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock. The Prospectus Supplement relating to a series of Offered Preferred Stock which is subject to mandatory redemption will specify the number of shares of such series which shall be redeemed by the Company in each year commencing after a date to be specified, at a redemption price per share to be specified, together with an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon (including ac- cumulated dividends on any such series on which dividends are cumulative) to the date fixed for redemption. The redemption price may be payable in cash, se- curities or other property, as specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series of Offered Preferred Stock. 22 If fewer than all of the outstanding shares of any series of Offered Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed will be determined pro ra- ta, by lot or by any other method deemed equitable by the Company. In the event that full cumulative dividends on any series of Offered Preferred Stock (including accumulated dividends on any such series on which dividends are cumulative) have not been declared and paid or declared and a sum suffi- cient for the payment thereof set apart for payment, the Company shall not re- deem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of such series of Offered Pre- ferred Stock except by conversion into or exchange for capital stock of the Company ranking junior to the Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to div- idends and as to distributions upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or except pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to all holders of such series of Offered Preferred Stock. Notice of redemption shall be given by mailing the same to each record holder of the shares to be redeemed, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption thereof, to the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear in the stock registry of the Company. Each such notice shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares and series of Offered Preferred Stock to be redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) the place or places where certificates for such Offered Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; (v) that dividends on the shares to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date; and (vi) the date upon which the holder's conversion rights as to such shares, if any, shall terminate. If fewer than all shares of any series of the Preferred Stock held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such holder shall also specify the number of shares to be redeemed from such holder. If a notice of redemption has been given, from and after the redemption date for the shares of Offered Preferred Stock called for redemption (unless the Company shall default in providing money for the payment of the redemption price of the shares so called for redemption plus, if applicable, accrued and unpaid dividends), dividends on the shares of Offered Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue and such shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the holders thereof as shareholders of the Company shall cease, except the right to receive the redemption price plus, if applicable, accrued and unpaid dividends upon surrender of the certificates representing the shares to be so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Company shall so require) in accordance with such notice. If fewer than all of the shares represented by any such certificates are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares. The Company will be prohibited from redeeming or repurchasing Offered Preferred Stock of any series in the event of a dividend arrearage on the Series B Pre- ferred Stock and may be prohibited from redeeming or repurchasing Offered Pre- ferred Stock of any series as the result of certain other dividend restric- tions. See "--Dividend, Repurchase and Redemption Restrictions" above and "De- scription of Capital Stock" below. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and after payment of all amounts due upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up to holders of the Series B Preferred Stock and any other capital stock of the Company ranking prior to the Offered Preferred Stock of any series as to the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, and subject to the rights of holders of any capital stock of the Company rank- ing on a parity with the shares of Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Com- pany, the holders of shares of Offered Preferred Stock of such series shall be entitled to receive, out of assets of the Company legally available therefor and before any distribution or payment shall be made to the holders of any Com- mon Stock or any other class or series of capital stock of the Company ranking junior to the Offered Preferred Stock of such series as to distribution of as- sets upon liquidation, 23 dissolution or winding up of the Company, liquidating distributions in the amount of the liquidation preference per share set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, plus accrued and unpaid dividends (including accumu- lated dividends if dividends on such series of Offered Preferred Stock are cu- mulative). After payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Offered Preferred Stock of such se- ries will have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Compa- ny. In the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the legally available assets of the Company are in- sufficient to pay the amount of the liquidating distributions on all outstand- ing shares of Offered Preferred Stock of any series and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of other capital stock of the Company ranking on a parity with the Offered Preferred Stock of such series in the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of the Of- fered Preferred Stock of such series and of such other capital stock shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would otherwise be respectively enti- tled. For such purposes, the consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other person, or the sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substan- tially all or any portion of the property or business of the Company, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. VOTING RIGHTS Holders of Offered Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law or as indi- cated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In the event that the Company issues a series of Offered Preferred Stock with voting rights or the Offered Preferred Stock of any series is entitled pursuant to applicable law to vote on any matter, then, unless otherwise specified in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series, each share of such series will be entitled to one vote on matters on which holders of such shares are entitled to vote. However, as more fully described under "Description of Depositary Shares," if the Com- pany elects to provide for the issuance of Depositary Shares representing fractional interests in shares of any such series of Offered Preferred Stock, the holder of any such Depositary Share will, in effect and subject to certain limitations and conditions, be entitled to such fraction of a vote, rather than a full vote. In the case of any series of Offered Preferred Stock having one vote per share on matters on which holders of such series are entitled to vote, the voting power of such series on matters on which holders of such se- ries and holders of any other series of Preferred Stock or other capital stock of the Company are entitled to vote as a single class will depend on the num- ber of shares in such series, not the aggregate stated value, liquidation preference or initial offering price of the shares of such series. So long as any shares of Offered Preferred Stock remain outstanding, and ex- cept as otherwise set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement or except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Company will not, without the af- firmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the shares of any affected series of Offered Preferred Stock outstanding at the time (voting separately as a single class with all other affected series of Pre- ferred Stock ranking on a parity with the Offered Preferred Stock of such se- ries either as to dividends or as to distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company and upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are then exercisable), given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting, (i) authorize, create or issue, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of capital stock rank- ing prior to such affected series of Offered Preferred Stock with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolu- tion or winding up or reclassify any authorized capital stock of the Company into any such shares, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares; or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Amended Certificate of Incorpora- tion (including the certificate of designations for such affected series of Offered Preferred Stock), whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference or privilege of such affected series of Offered Preferred Stock; provided, however, that any in- crease in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock or the creation or is- suance of any other class or series of capital stock or any other 24 series of Preferred Stock, or any increase in the number of authorized shares of any series of Preferred Stock, in each case, ranking on a parity with or ju- nior to the Preferred Stock of such affected series with respect to payment of dividends and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or wind- ing up, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences or privileges. None of the foregoing voting provisions will apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required shall be effected or occur, all outstanding shares of the relevant series of Offered Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption. Under Delaware law, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, holders of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock will be entitled to vote as a class upon a proposed amendment to the Amended Certificate of Incorpora- tion if the amendment would increase or decrease the aggregate number of autho- rized shares of such class, increase or decrease the par value of the shares of such class, or alter or change the powers, preferences or rights of the shares of such class so as to affect them adversely. However, if any such proposed amendment would change the powers, preferences or rights of one or more series of Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely, but shall not affect all se- ries of Preferred Stock, then only the shares of the series so affected shall be considered a separate class for such purposes. Any such amendment requires the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote thereon, voting as a class. CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE RIGHTS The terms, if any, upon which shares of any series of Preferred Stock are con- vertible into or exchangeable for the Common Stock, another series of Preferred Stock or other Securities will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Sup- plement relating thereto. Such terms may include provisions for conversion or exchange, either mandatory, at the option of the holders or at the option of the Company. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR The transfer agent and registrar for the shares of Preferred Stock will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES The Company may offer Depositary Shares (either separately or together with other Securities) representing fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock of any series. In connection with the issuance of any Depositary Shares, the Company will enter into a deposit agreement (a "Deposit Agreement") with a bank or trust company, as depositary (the "Preferred Stock Depositary"), which will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Depositary Shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts (the "Depositary Receipts") issued pursuant to the related Deposit Agreement. The summary of certain provisions of the De- positary Shares and the Deposit Agreement set forth below and the summary of certain terms of a particular issue of Depositary Shares and the related De- posit Agreement set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement do not pur- port to be complete and are subject to and qualified in their entirety by ref- erence to all the provisions of the form of Deposit Agreement, together with the form of related Depositary Receipt which will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. The following description of Depositary Shares sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Depositary Shares and the related Deposit Agreement to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. Certain other terms of any such De- positary Shares and the related Deposit Agreement will be described in the ap- plicable Prospectus Supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the Depositary Shares or the related Deposit Agreement described in a Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such terms de- scribed herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Prospectus Sup- plement. 25 GENERAL The Company may provide for the issuance by the Preferred Stock Depositary of Depositary Receipts evidencing the related Depositary Shares, each of which Depositary Shares in turn will represent a fractional interest (which will be specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement) in one share of a series of Preferred Stock. Shares of Preferred Stock of any series represented by Depos- itary Shares will be deposited under a separate Deposit Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement, each owner of a Depositary Receipt will be entitled, in proportion to the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock repre- sented by the related Depositary Share, to all the rights, preferences and privileges of, and will be subject to all of the limitations and restrictions on, the Preferred Stock represented thereby (including, if applicable and sub- ject to certain matters discussed below, dividend, voting, conversion, ex- change, redemption and liquidation rights). Depositary Shares may be issued in respect of shares of the Preferred Stock of any series. Immediately following the issuance of any such shares of Preferred Stock by the Company, the Company will deposit such shares of Preferred Stock with the relevant Preferred Stock Depositary and will cause the Preferred Stock Depositary to issue, on behalf of the Company, the related Depositary Receipts. Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to the De- positary Shares offered thereby for specific terms, including (where applica- ble): (1) the terms of the series of Preferred Stock deposited by the Company under the related Deposit Agreement; (2) the number of such Depositary Shares and the fraction of one share of such Preferred Stock represented by one such Depositary Share; (3) whether such Depositary Shares will be listed on any se- curities exchange; (4) whether such Depositary Shares will be sold with any other Securities and, if so, the amount and terms thereof; and (5) any other specific terms of such Depositary Shares and the related Deposit Agreement. Depositary Receipts may be surrendered for transfer or exchange for new Depos- itary Receipts of different authorized denominations at any office or agency of the relevant Preferred Stock Depositary maintained for such purpose, sub- ject to the terms of the related Deposit Agreement. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Depositary Receipts will be issued in denominations evidencing any whole number of Depositary Shares. No service charge will be made for any permitted transfer or exchange of Depositary Re- ceipts, but the Company or the Preferred Stock Depositary may require payment of any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS The Preferred Stock Depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the related Preferred Stock to the record holders of Depositary Receipts in proportion, insofar as possible, to the number of Depositary Receipts owned by such holders on the relevant record date. The Preferred Stock Depositary will distribute only such amount, howev- er, as can be distributed without attributing to any holder of Depositary Re- ceipts a fraction of one cent, and any balance not so distributed will be added to and treated as part of the next sum, if any, received by the Pre- ferred Stock Depositary for distribution to the record holders of Depositary Receipts. In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the Preferred Stock Deposi- tary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of Deposi- tary Receipts entitled thereto in proportion, insofar as possible, to the num- ber of Depositary Receipts owned by such holders on the relevant record date, unless the Preferred Stock Depositary determines that it is not feasible to make such distribution, in which case the Preferred Stock Depositary may, with the approval of the Company, adopt such method as it deems equitable and prac- ticable for the purpose of effecting such distribution, including sale (public or private) of such property and distribution of the net proceeds from such sale to such holders. 26 The Deposit Agreement will also contain provisions relating to the manner in which any subscription or similar rights offered by the Company to holders of the related series of Preferred Stock will be made available to holders of De- positary Receipts. The amount distributed in any of the foregoing cases will be reduced by any amount required to be withheld by the Company or the Preferred Stock Deposi- tary on the account of taxes. WITHDRAWAL OF PREFERRED STOCK Upon surrender of the Depositary Receipts at an office or agency of the Pre- ferred Stock Depositary maintained for such purpose (unless the related shares of Preferred Stock have previously been called for redemption), the holder thereof will be entitled to delivery, at such office or agency, to or upon such holder's order, of the number of whole shares of the related series of Preferred Stock and any money or other property represented by such Depositary Receipts. Shares of Preferred Stock so withdrawn, however, may not be redepos- ited. If the Depositary Receipts delivered by the holder evidence a number of Depositary Shares in excess of the number of whole shares of Preferred Stock to be withdrawn, the Preferred Stock Depositary will deliver to such holder at the same time a new Depositary Receipt evidencing such excess number of Depos- itary Shares. REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF PREFERRED STOCK If a series of Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares is subject to redemption at the option of the Company, then, whenever the Company redeems shares of Preferred Stock of such series held by the Preferred Stock Deposita- ry, the Preferred Stock Depositary will redeem as of the same redemption date the number of Depositary Shares representing the shares of the Preferred Stock so redeemed, provided the Company shall have paid in full to the Preferred Stock Depositary the redemption price of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed plus any other amounts or property payable with respect to the Preferred Stock to be redeemed. The redemption price per Depositary Share will be equal to the redemption price and any other amounts or property per share payable with re- spect to the Preferred Stock multiplied by the fraction of a share of Pre- ferred Stock represented by one such Depositary Share. If less than all of the Depositary Shares are to be redeemed, the Depositary Shares to be redeemed will be selected by the Preferred Stock Depositary by lot or pro rata or other equitable method, in each case as may be determined by the Company. If the De- positary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be redeemed in part only, one or more new Depositary Receipts will be issued for any Depositary Shares not so redeemed. After the date fixed for redemption, the Depositary Shares so called for re- demption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding and all rights of the holders of the Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares so called for redemption will cease, except the right to receive any monies payable upon such redemption and any money or other property to which the holders of such Depositary Receipts were entitled upon such redemption upon surrender of such Depositary Receipts to the Preferred Stock Depositary. Depositary Shares, as such, are not subject to repurchase by the Company at the option of the holders. Nevertheless, if the Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares is subject to repurchase of the option of the holders, the related Depositary Receipts may be surrendered by the holders thereof to the Preferred Stock Depositary with written instructions to the Preferred Stock Depositary to instruct the Company to repurchase the Preferred Stock repre- sented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Depositary Receipts at the applicable repurchase price specified in the related Prospectus Supplement. The Company, upon receipt of such instructions and subject to the Company hav- ing funds legally available therefor, will repurchase the requisite whole num- ber of shares of such Preferred Stock from the Preferred Stock Depositary, who in turn will repurchase such Depositary Receipts. Notwithstanding the forego- ing, holders shall only be entitled to request the repurchase of Depositary Shares representing one or more whole shares of the related Preferred Stock. The repurchase price per Depositary Share will be 27 equal to the repurchase price and any other amounts per share payable with re- spect to the Preferred Stock multiplied by the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock represented by one Depositary Share. If the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be repurchased in part only, one or more new De- positary Receipts will be issued for any Depositary Shares not to be repur- chased. VOTING THE PREFERRED STOCK Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the Preferred Stock of any series represented by Depositary Shares are entitled to vote, the relevant Preferred Stock Depositary will mail the information contained in such notice of meeting to the record holders of the related Depositary Receipts. Each record holder of Depositary Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares on the record date (which will be the same date as the record date for the Preferred Stock) will be entitled to instruct the Preferred Stock Depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of Preferred Stock rep- resented by such holder's Depositary Shares. The Preferred Stock Depositary will endeavor, insofar as practicable, to vote the number of shares of Pre- ferred Stock represented by such Depositary Shares in accordance with such in- structions, and the Company will agree to take all reasonable action which may be deemed necessary by the Preferred Stock Depositary in order to enable the Preferred Stock Depositary to do so. The Preferred Stock Depositary will ab- stain from voting shares of Preferred Stock to the extent it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of Depositary Receipts evidencing the Depositary Shares representing such Preferred Stock. CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF PREFERRED STOCK If the Preferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares is exchangeable at the option of the Company for other Securities, then, whenever the Company exer- cises its option to exchange all or a portion of such shares of Preferred Stock held by the Preferred Stock Depositary, the Preferred Stock Depositary will ex- change as of the same exchange date a number of such Depositary Shares repre- senting the shares of the Preferred Stock so exchanged, provided the Company shall have issued and deposited with the Preferred Stock Depositary the Securi- ties for which such shares of Preferred Stock are to be exchanged. The exchange rate per Depositary Share shall be equal to the exchange rate per share of Pre- ferred Stock multiplied by the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock repre- sented by one Depositary Share. If less than all of the Depositary Shares are to be exchanged, the Depositary Shares to be exchanged will be selected by the Preferred Stock Depositary by lot or pro rata or other equitable method, in each case as may be determined by the Company. If the Depositary Shares evi- denced by a Depositary Receipt are to be exchanged in part only, a new Deposi- tary Receipt or Receipts will be issued for any Depositary Shares not to be ex- changed. Depositary Shares, as such, are not convertible or exchangeable at the option of the holders into other Securities or property. Nevertheless, if the Pre- ferred Stock represented by Depositary Shares is convertible into or exchange- able for other Securities at the option of the holders, the related Depositary Receipts may be surrendered by holders thereof to the Preferred Stock Deposi- tary with written instructions to the Preferred Stock Depositary to instruct the Company to cause conversion or exchange, as the case may be, of the Pre- ferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Depositary Receipts into a whole number of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, a whole number of Common Stock Warrants, or Debt Securities in authorized denomi- nations, as specified in the related Prospectus Supplement. The Company, upon receipt of such instructions and any amounts payable in respect thereof, will cause the conversion or exchange, as the case may be, and will deliver to the holders such number of whole shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, a whole number of Common Stock Warrants, or a principal amount of Debt Securities in authorized denominations (and cash in lieu of any fractional Security). The ex- change or conversion rate per Depositary Share shall be equal to the exchange or conversion rate per share of Preferred Stock multiplied by the fraction of a share of Preferred Stock represented by one Depositary Share. If the Depositary Shares evidenced by a Depositary Receipt are to be converted or exchanged in part only, a new Depositary Receipt or Receipts will be issued for any Deposi- tary Shares not to be converted or exchanged. 28 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT The Depositary Receipts evidencing Depositary Shares and any provision of the related Deposit Agreement may at any time be amended by agreement between the Company and the Preferred Stock Depositary. However, any amendment that mate- rially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of Depositary Receipts issued under any Deposit Agreement will not be effective unless such amendment has been approved by the holders of at least a majority of such Depositary Re- ceipts then outstanding (or such greater proportion as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the related Depositary Shares may be listed). In no event may any such amendment impair the right of any holder of Depositary Receipts, subject to the conditions specified in the Deposit Agree- ment, to receive the related Preferred Stock upon surrender of such Depositary Receipts as described above under "--Withdrawal of Preferred Stock." The Deposit Agreement may be terminated by the Company upon not less than 60 days' notice to the Preferred Stock Depositary. In any such case, the Pre- ferred Stock Depositary shall deliver or make available to each holder of the related Depositary Receipts, upon surrender of such Depositary Receipts, such number of whole shares of the related series of Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary Shares evidenced by such Depositary Receipts, together with cash in lieu of any fractional shares (to the extent the Company has deposited such cash with the Preferred Stock Depositary). The Deposit Agreement will au- tomatically terminate if all of the shares of Preferred Stock deposited there- under shall have been withdrawn, redeemed, converted or exchanged or if there shall have been a final distribution in respect of such Preferred Stock in connection with any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. CHARGES OF PREFERRED STOCK DEPOSITARY The Company will pay the fees and expenses of the Preferred Stock Depositary in connection with the performance of its duties under the Deposit Agreement, and will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the Deposit Agreement. Holders of Depositary Re- ceipts will be required to pay all other transfer and other taxes and govern- mental charges (including taxes and other governmental charges in connection with the transfer, exchange, surrender or conversion of Depositary Receipts) and such other charges as are expressly provided in the Deposit Agreement. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY The Preferred Stock Depositary may resign at any time by delivering to the Company notice of its election to do so, and the Company may at any time re- move the Preferred Stock Depositary, any such resignation or removal to take effect upon the appointment of a successor Preferred Stock Depositary. MISCELLANEOUS The Preferred Stock Depositary will forward to holders of Depositary Receipts any reports and communications from the Company which are received by the Pre- ferred Stock Depositary with respect to the related Preferred Stock. Neither the Preferred Stock Depositary nor the Company will be liable if ei- ther is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstances beyond its control in performing its obligations under the Deposit Agreement. The obligations of the Company and the Preferred Stock Depositary under the Deposit Agreement will be limited to performing their duties thereunder without gross negligence or willful misconduct, and the Company and the Preferred Stock Depositary will not be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any Depositary Shares or any related shares of Preferred Stock or Depositary Re- ceipts unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished. The Company and the Pre- ferred Stock Depositary may rely on advice of counsel, accountants or other advisors, and information provided by persons presenting shares of Preferred Stock for deposit, holders of Depositary Receipts or other persons believed to be authorized or competent and on documents believed to be genuine. 29 In the event that the Preferred Stock Depositary shall receive conflicting claims, requests or instructions from any holders of Depositary Receipts, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, the Preferred Stock Deposi- tary shall be entitled to act on such claims, requests or instructions received from the Company. DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK The Company may issue (either separately or together with other Securities) shares of its Common Stock. Under its Amended Certificate of Incorporation, the Company is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Refer- ence is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement relating to Common Stock offered thereby for the terms relevant thereto, including the number of shares offered and the initial public offering price. For a summary of certain terms of the Common Stock, see "Description of Capital Stock" below. DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK WARRANTS The Company may issue (either separately or together with other Securities) warrants for the purchase of Common Stock ("Common Stock Warrants"). The Common Stock Warrants are to be issued under warrant agreements (each a "Common Stock Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between the Company and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent ("Common Stock Warrant Agent"), all as set forth in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the particular issue of Common Stock War- rants. The form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement, including the form of cer- tificates representing the Common Stock Warrants ("Common Stock Warrant Certif- icates"), that will be entered into with respect to a particular offering of Common Stock Warrants will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by refer- ence in the Registration Statement. The following summary of certain provisions of the Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the Common Stock Warrants and the summary of certain terms of the particular Common Stock Warrant Agreement and Common Stock Warrants set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement do not purport to be complete and are subject to, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the particular Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the related Common Stock Warrant Certificates, all of which are incorporated herein by reference. The following description of the Common Stock Warrants sets forth certain gen- eral terms and provisions of the Common Stock Warrants and the related Common Stock Warrant Agreement to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. Certain other terms of any Common Stock Warrants and the related Common Stock Warrant Agreement will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. To the ex- tent that any particular terms of the Common Stock Warrants or the related Com- mon Stock Warrant Agreement described in a Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms described herein, then such terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Prospectus Supplement. GENERAL Reference is made to the applicable Prospectus Supplement for the terms of the Common Stock Warrants offered thereby, including (where applicable): (1) the title and aggregate number of such Common Stock Warrants; (2) the number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased upon exercise of each such Common Stock Warrant; the price, or the manner of determining the price, at which such shares may be purchased upon such exercise; if other than cash, the property and manner in which the exercise price may be paid; and any minimum number of such Common Stock Warrants that are exercisable at any one time; (3) the time or times at which, or period or periods during which, such Common Stock War- rants may be exercised and the expiration date of such Common Stock Warrants; (4) the terms of any right of the Company to redeem such Common Stock Warrants; (5) the terms of any right 30 of the Company to accelerate the exercise of such Common Stock Warrants upon the occurrence of certain events; (6) whether such Common Stock Warrants will be sold with any other Securities, and the date, if any, on and after which such Common Stock Warrants and any such other Securities will be separately transferable; and (7) any other terms of such Common Stock Warrants. Common Stock Warrant Certificates may be surrendered for transfer or exchange for new Common Stock Warrant Certificates of authorized denominations at any office or agency of the relevant Common Stock Warrant Agent maintained for such purpose, subject to the terms of the related Common Stock Warrant Agree- ment. Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Com- mon Stock Warrant Certificates will be issued in denominations evidencing any whole number of Warrants. No service charge will be made for any permitted transfer or exchange of Common Stock Warrant Certificates, but the Company or the Common Stock Warrant Agent may require payment of any tax or other govern- mental charge payable in connection therewith. EXERCISE OF WARRANTS Each Common Stock Warrant will entitle the holder to purchase such number of shares of Common Stock at such exercise price as shall in each case be set forth in, or be determinable from, the Prospectus Supplement relating to such Common Stock Warrants, by payment of such exercise price in the Currency and in the manner specified in the Prospectus Supplement. Common Stock Warrants may be exercised at any time up to the date and time specified in the applica- ble Prospectus Supplement for the expiration thereof. After the specified ex- piration time on the specified date of expiration, unexercised Common Stock Warrants will become void. Upon receipt at an office or agency indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement of (i) payment of the exercise price and (ii) the Common Stock War- rant Certificate properly completed and duly executed, the Company will, as soon as practicable, forward a certificate or certificates representing the whole number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon such exercise. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, fractional shares of Common Stock will not be issued upon the exercise of Warrants and, in lieu thereof, the Company will make a cash payment in an amount determined as pro- vided in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. If less than all of the Common Stock Warrants represented by such Common Stock Warrant Certificate are exer- cised, a new Common Stock Warrant Certificate will be issued for the remaining number of Common Stock Warrants. The holder of a Common Stock Warrant will be required to pay any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer involved in the issuance of the Common Stock pur- chased upon such exercise. MODIFICATIONS Any Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the terms of the related Common Stock Warrants may be modified or amended by the Company and the applicable Common Stock Warrant Agent, without the consent of any holder of the related Common Stock Warrants, for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, cor- recting or supplementing any defective or inconsistent provision contained therein, or in any other manner that the Company deems necessary or desirable and that will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the holders of the related Common Stock Warrants. The Company and the applicable Common Stock Warrant Agent may also modify or amend the applicable Common Stock Warrant Agreement and the terms of the re- lated Common Stock Warrants with the consent of the holders of not less than a majority in number of the then outstanding unexercised Common Stock Warrants affected thereby; provided that no such modification or amendment that accel- erates the expiration date, increases the exercise price, or reduces the num- ber of outstanding Common Stock Warrants the consent of whose holders is re- quired for any such amendment or modification, may be made without the consent of each holder affected thereby. 31 NO RIGHTS AS STOCKHOLDERS Holders of Common Stock Warrants are not entitled, by virtue of being such holders, to vote, consent or receive notice as stockholders of the Company in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter, or to exercise any other rights whatsoever as stockholders of the Company, or to receive any dividends or distributions, if any, on the Common Stock. DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.625 per share, and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of Pre- ferred Stock, no par value. As of December 31, 1996, (i) 51,595,827 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding and an additional 7,029,917 shares of Common Stock were issued and held in the Company's treasury and (ii) 1,100,000 shares of the Company's Se- ries B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") had been authorized and 875,191 such shares were outstanding. The following summary of certain provisions of the Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, and the Company's Amended Certificate of In- corporation and By-laws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation (includ- ing the certificate of designations establishing the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock) and By-laws, copies of which have been incorporated by refer- ence or filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement. COMMON STOCK The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters voted on by stockholders, including elections of directors, and, except as otherwise required by law or provided by the express provisions of any series of Preferred Stock of the Company, the holders of such shares will exclusively possess all voting power of the Company. In that regard, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to vote with the Common Stock as a single class on all matters upon which the Common Stock is entitled to vote. See "--Pre- ferred Stock" below. There is no cumulative voting in the election of direc- tors, and no holder of Common Stock is entitled as such, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock. Subject to the preferential rights of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive ratably such divi- dends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors from funds legally available therefor. In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, holders of Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment or provision for liabilities and amounts owing in respect of any outstanding Preferred Stock. Certain agreements to which the Company is a party contain covenants which have the effect of restricting the payment of dividends on capital stock by the Company. In the event of a deterioration in the financial condition or re- sults of operations of the Company, such covenants could limit or prohibit the payment of dividends on Common Stock. In addition, the Company is a holding company substantially all of whose consolidated assets are held by its subsid- iaries, and the cash flow of the Company and the consequent ability to pay dividends on Common Stock are largely dependent upon the results of operations of such subsidiaries. See "Description of Debt Securities--Ranking of Debt Se- curities; Holding Company Structure." The transfer agent for the Common Stock is First Chicago Trust Company of New York. 32 PREFERRED STOCK Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Subject to limitations prescribed by Delaware law and the Amended Certificate of Incor- poration, the Board of Directors is authorized to fix the number of shares con- stituting each series of Preferred Stock and the designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, the divi- dend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, exchange rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking and purchase fund provi- sions), the redemption prices and the dissolution preferences. The issuance of Preferred Stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acqui- sitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, adversely, af- fect the voting power of the holders of Common Stock and, under certain circum- stances, make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of the Com- pany and could have the effect of delaying or preventing a merger, tender offer or other attempted takeover of the Company. No Holder of Preferred Stock shall be entitled, as a matter of right, to subscribe for or purchase any shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock. Series B Preferred Stock. In 1989, the Board of Directors amended the Company's TASP. As part of this amendment, the Board designated a series of 1,100,000 preferred shares as Series B Preferred Stock. As of December 31, 1996, 875,191 shares of Series B Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. The Series B Preferred Stock is convertible into Common Stock at the option of the holder. At December 31, 1996, the Series B Preferred Stock was convertible into Common Stock at the rate of 4.71 shares of Common Stock for each share of Series B Preferred Stock, subject to antidilution adjustments in certain circumstances (which include, but are not limited to, issuances of Common Stock at less than fair market value), subject to the matters described in the following para- graph. As of December 31, 1996, all of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock were held for the benefit of the TASP participants by a trustee (the "TASP Trustee"). In the event of any transfer of Series B Preferred Stock to a person other than a trustee for an employee stock ownership or other employee benefit plan of the Company, the shares of Series B Preferred Stock so trans- ferred shall be automatically converted into shares of Common Stock on the terms then in effect for such conversion. However, in the event that shares of Series B Preferred Stock are automatically converted upon transfer to a partic- ipant in an employee stock ownership plan of the Company in connection with the termination of the transferee's participation in the plan, each such share shall be converted into a number of shares of Common Stock which is the greater of (i) 4.71 shares of Common Stock (the conversion rate at December 31, 1996), subject to antidilution adjustments in certain circumstances, and (ii) the num- ber of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing $152.10 by the then fair market value (as defined) of a share of Common Stock. Holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to vote with the Common Stock as a single class on all matters upon which the Common Stock is entitled to vote and each share of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to a number of votes in such circumstances equal to the product of 1.3 times the number of shares of Common Stock into which each share of the Series B Preferred Stock is then convertible on the record date for such vote. The approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class, is required for certain actions, including, with- out limitation, the authorization of any additional class of capital stock, or any increase in the authorized amount of any class of capital stock, ranking prior to or on parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Com- pany, except an increase in the authorized amount of any class of stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock to be used for the purpose of transferring such stock to an employee stock ownership plan or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any subsidiary; any amendment to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation or any other certificate filed pursuant to law which would adversely affect any of the rights, powers or preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock; or any consolidation, merger, sale or other transfer of more than 50% of the "assets" or "earning power" (as defined) of the Company which, in the determination of 33 a majority of the Company's independent directors (as defined), can reasonably be expected to jeopardize the Company's financial ability to meet its divi- dend, redemption or liquidation payment obligations to the holders of the Se- ries B Preferred Stock. The TASP Trustee is required to vote the allocated shares of Series B Preferred Stock based upon instructions from the TASP par- ticipants; unallocated shares are voted in proportion to the voting instruc- tions received from the participants with allocated shares. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends in the amount of $12.93 per annum, payable semi-an- nually. In the event that full cumulative dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid or set apart for payment when due, the Company shall not declare or pay or set apart for payment any dividends, or make any other distributions on, or make any payment on account of the pur- chase, redemption or other retirement of, any other class or series of stock of the Company ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the Common Stock and the Preferred Stock offered hereby), until full cumulative dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (i) any dividend payable solely in shares of stock ranking, as to dividends and as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock, or (ii) the acquisition of shares of any stock ranking, as to dividends or as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock either (A) pursuant to any existing or future employee or director bene- fit plan of the Company or any subsidiary, or (B) in exchange solely for shares of any other stock ranking as to dividends and as to distributions in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, junior to the Series B Preferred Stock. No dividend may be declared or paid on any shares of capital stock ranking on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividends unless there are also declared and paid or set apart for pay- ment on the Series B Preferred Stock dividends for all dividend payment peri- ods ending on or before the dividend payment date for such parity stock, rata- bly in proportion to the respective amounts of dividends accrued and unpaid on the Series B Preferred Stock and such parity stock. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive out of assets legally avail- able therefor and subject to the rights of any stock ranking senior to or on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock in respect of distributions upon liq- uidation, dissolution or winding up, an amount equal to $152.10 per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends, before any amount shall be paid or distributed to the holders of shares of capital stock ranking junior to the Series B Pre- ferred Stock with respect to distributions upon liquidation, dissolution and winding up, including the Preferred Stock offered hereby and the Common Stock. If, upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, amounts payable in respect of the Series B Preferred Stock and any other capital stock ranking as to such distribution on a parity with the Series B Preferred Stock are not paid in full, the holders of Series B Preferred Stock and such parity stock shall share ratably in any distribution of assets in proportion to the full respective preferential amounts to which they are entitled. Neither the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other corporation, nor the sale, transfer, exchange or lease of all or any portion of the assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, liquidation or winding up for the foregoing purposes. The Series B Preferred Stock is redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company's option at a redemption price of $155.98 per share if redeemed during the twelve months ending July 1, 1997, declining annually to $152.10 per share if redeemed after July 1, 1999, and the Company may also redeem the Series B Preferred Stock at any time at $152.10 under certain limited circumstances re- lating to federal income tax matters, plus in each case accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption. The Company, at its option, may make payment of the redemption price in cash or shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof. The Series B Preferred Stock is also subject to mandatory redemption for cash or, at the Company's option, for shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, at a price 34 of $152.10 per share, plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption, upon notice from the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock to the Company, if and to the extent necessary (i) for the holder of Series B Pre- ferred Stock to make required distributions to, or to satisfy an investment election provided to, participants in an employee stock ownership plan of the Company for which it is holding the Series B Preferred Stock, or (ii) for such employee stock ownership plan to pay principal, interest or premium on its in- debtedness. Upon consummation of any consolidation, merger, reclassification or similar transaction involving the Company in which the outstanding Common Stock is by operation of law exchanged solely for or changed solely into stock of any suc- cessor or resulting company (including the Company) which stock constitutes "qualifying employer securities" (within the meaning of certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) with respect to a holder of Series B Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock shall become preferred stock of such successor or resulting company having, insofar as possible, the same terms as the Series B Preferred Stock and shall be convertible into the number and kind of "qualifying em- ployer securities" receivable by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock could have been con- verted immediately prior to such transaction. Upon consummation or any consol- idation, merger, reclassification or similar transaction involving the Company pursuant to which the outstanding Common Stock is by operation of law ex- changed for or changed into other securities, cash or other property other than "qualifying employer securities," holders of shares of Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive the same securities, cash or other property re- ceivable by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such shares of Series B Preferred Stock could have been converted immediately prior to such transaction or, at the election of each holder of the Series B Pre- ferred Stock, cash in an amount equal to the amount that would then be payable to such holder in respect of such Series B Preferred Stock upon liquidation of the Company. The certificate of designations establishing the Series B Preferred Stock pro- vides that it shall rank senior to the Common Stock as to the payment of divi- dends and the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution and winding up of the Company and, unless otherwise approved by holders of at least two- thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock, senior to all other series of Preferred Stock (including the Preferred Stock offered hereby) as to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets on liquidation, dissolution or winding up. SECTION 203 OF THE DELAWARE LAW The Company is subject to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"). Generally, Section 203 prohibits a publicly held Delaware corpo- ration from engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested stock- holder" for a period of three years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless (i) prior to such time either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder be- coming an interested stockholder is approved by the board of directors of the corporation, (ii) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owns at least 85 percent of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of shares outstanding those shares owned by (A) persons who are both directors and officers and (B) employee stock plans in which employee partici- pants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or (iii) on or after such time the business combination is approved by the board of di- rectors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3 percent of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder. A "business combination" includes certain mergers or consolidations with an interested stockholder, certain asset sales and transfers to an interested stockholder, certain issuances of capital stock to an interested stockholder and certain other transactions resulting in financial benefit to an interested stockholder. An 35 "interested stockholder" is, in general, a person who, together with "affili- ates" and "associates" (as defined), owns 15% or more of the corporation's outstanding voting stock or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the corporation's outstanding voting stock at any time during the prior three years, subject to certain exceptions. Al- though a corporation's certificate of incorporation may exclude such corpora- tion from the restrictions imposed by Section 203, the Amended Certificate of Incorporation does not exclude the Company from those restrictions. According- ly, Section 203 could make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of the Company and could have the effect of delaying or preventing a merger, tender offer, or other attempted takeover of the Company, and therefore may discourage attempts to acquire the Company. CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS Several provisions of the Company's Amended Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws may have the effect of deterring a takeover of the Company. These pro- visions include: (i) certain advance notice and content requirements for busi- ness to be brought before the annual stockholders' meeting by a stockholder or for nomination by any stockholder of persons for election to the Board of Di- rectors; (ii) a requirement that stockholder action taken without a meeting be by the affirmative vote of at least 80% of the voting power of the stockhold- ers entitled to vote thereon; (iii) a requirement for the written request of stockholders holding at least a majority of the voting power of all stockhold- ers to call a special meeting of the stockholders; and (iv) the classification of Company's Board of Directors into three classes serving staggered three- year terms and the prohibition of any amendment, change or repeal of this structure without the favorable vote, at a stockholders meeting, of at least 80% of the then outstanding shares of the Company's capital stock entitled to vote. In addition, the approval of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock is required, under certain cir- cumstances, for a consolidation or merger of the Company or the sale or other transfer of certain assets by the Company. See "--Preferred Stock--Series B Preferred Stock" above. The foregoing provisions could make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of the Company, and could have the effect of delaying or prevent- ing a merger, tender offer or other attempted takeover of the Company. DESCRIPTION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES The Trust may issue only one series of Trust Preferred Securities which shall have terms described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. The Decla- ration of the Trust will authorize the Regular Trustees to issue on behalf of the Trust one series of Trust Preferred Securities. The Declaration will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The form of Declara- tion has been or will be filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. The terms of the Declaration will be those set forth in the Declaration and those made part of the Declaration by the Trust Indenture Act. The summary of certain provisions of the Trust Preferred Secu- rities and the Declaration set forth below and in any Prospectus Supplement do not purport to be complete and are subject to and are qualified in their en- tirety by reference to all of the provisions of the Declaration and the Trust Securities, which provisions (including defined terms) are incorporated herein by reference. The following description of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Declara- tion sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Declaration to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. Certain other specific terms of the Trust Preferred Securities and the Decla- ration will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. To the ex- tent that any particular terms of any Trust Preferred Securities or the Decla- ration described in a Prospectus Supplement differ from any of the terms de- scribed herein, then such terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Prospectus Supplement. 36 The Trust Preferred Securities will have such terms, including distributions, redemption, voting, liquidation, conversion rights and such other preferred, deferred or other special rights or such restrictions as shall be set forth in the Declaration or made part of the Declaration by the Trust Indenture Act, and which will generally mirror the terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Trust and described in the Prospectus Supplement related thereto. Reference is made to the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Trust Preferred Securities for specific terms, including (i) the designation of such Trust Preferred Securities; (ii) the number of Trust Preferred Securities; (iii) the annual distribution rate (or method of determining such rate) for the Trust Preferred Securities and the date or dates upon which such distributions shall be payable; (iv) whether distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities shall be cumulative, and, in the case of Trust Preferred Securities having such cu- mulative distribution rights, the date or dates or method of determining the date or dates from which distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities shall be cumulative; (v) the amount or amounts which shall be paid out of the assets of the Trust to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities upon voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust; (vi) the right or obligation, if any, of the Trust to purchase or redeem the Trust Pre- ferred Securities and the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, the Trust Preferred Se- curities shall or may be purchased or redeemed, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (vii) the voting rights, if any, of the Trust Preferred Securities in addition to those required by law, including the number of votes per Trust Preferred Security and any requirement for the approval by the hold- ers of the Trust Preferred Securities, as a condition to specified action or amendments to the Declaration; (viii) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Trust Preferred Securities may be converted into or exchanged for shares of Common Stock or other Securities, including the conversion price per share or conversion rate and the circumstances, if any, under which any such conversion right shall expire; (ix) the terms and conditions, if any, upon which the Subordinated Debt Securities may be distributed to holders of the Trust Preferred Securities; (x) if applicable, any securities exchange upon which the Trust Preferred Securities shall be listed; and (xi) any other rele- vant rights, preferences, privileges, limitations or restrictions of the Trust Preferred Securities. All Trust Preferred Securities offered hereby will be guaranteed by the Company to the extent set forth below under "Description of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee." Certain United States federal income tax considerations applicable to any offering of Trust Preferred Securities will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. In connection with the issuance of Trust Preferred Securities, the Trust will issue one series of Trust Common Securities. The Declaration will authorize the Regular Trustees to issue on behalf of the Trust one series of Trust Com- mon Securities having such terms including distributions, redemption, voting and liquidation rights or such restrictions as shall be set forth therein. The terms of the Trust Common Securities will be substantially identical to the terms of the Trust Preferred Securities, and the Trust Common Securities will rank pari passu, and payments will be made thereon pro rata, with the Trust Preferred Securities except that, upon an event of default under the Declara- tion, the rights of the holders of the Trust Common Securities to payment in respect of distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and other- wise will be subordinated to the rights of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. Except in certain limited circumstances, the Trust Common Securi- ties will also carry the right to vote to appoint, remove or replace any of the Trustees. All of the Trust Common Securities will be directly or indi- rectly owned by the Company. ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN RIGHTS BY HOLDERS OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES If an event of default under the Declaration occurs and is continuing, then the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities would rely on the enforcement by the Property Trustee of its rights as a holder of the Subordinated Debt Secu- rities against the Company. In addition, the holders of a majority in liquida- tion amount of the Trust Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy avail- able to the Property Trustee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under the Declaration, including the right to 37 direct the Property Trustee to exercise the remedies available to it as a holder of the Subordinated Debt Securities. If the Property Trustee fails to enforce its rights under such Subordinated Debt Securities, a holder of the Trust Preferred Securities, to the fullest extent permitted by law, may insti- tute a legal proceeding directly against the Company to enforce the Property Trustee's rights under such Subordinated Debt Securities without first insti- tuting any legal proceeding against the Property Trustee or any other person or entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an event of default under the Declaration has occurred and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Company to pay the principal of or premium or interest, if any, on such Subordinated Debt Securities on the date such principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, is otherwise payable (or in the case of re- demption, on the redemption date), then a holder of the Trust Preferred Secu- rities may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such holder of the principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, on such Sub- ordinated Debt Securities having a principal amount equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securities of such holder (a "Direct Action") on or after the respective due date specified in the Subordinated Debt Securities. In connection with such Direct Action, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of such holder of the Trust Preferred Securities un- der the Declaration to the extent of any payment made by the Company to such holder of Trust Preferred Securities in such Direct Action. DESCRIPTION OF TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE Set forth below is a summary of information concerning the Trust Preferred Se- curities Guarantee which will be executed and delivered by the Company for the benefit of the holders from time to time of Trust Preferred Securities. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be qualified as an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. A trustee whose name will be set forth in the appli- cable Prospectus Supplement will act as the trustee under the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee (the "Preferred Guarantee Trustee") for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act. The form of Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee has been or will be filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registra- tion Statement. The terms of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be those set forth in the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and those made part of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee by the Trust Indenture Act. The summary of certain provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee set forth below and in any Prospectus Supplement does not purport to be com- plete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, which provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee (including defined terms) are in- corporated herein by reference. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be held by the Preferred Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities. The following description of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee to which any Prospectus Supplement may relate. Certain other spe- cific terms of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. To the extent that any particular terms of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee described in a Prospectus Supple- ment differ from any of the terms described herein, then such terms described herein shall be deemed to have been superseded by such Prospectus Supplement. GENERAL Pursuant to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, the Company will agree, to the extent set forth therein, to pay in full, to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities, the Guarantee Payments (as defined herein) (except to the extent paid by the Trust), as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of setoff or counterclaim which the Trust may have or assert. The fol- lowing payments with respect to the Trust Preferred Securities to the extent not paid by the Trust (the "Guarantee Payments"), will be subject to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee thereof (without duplication): (i) any accrued and 38 unpaid distributions which are required to be paid on such Trust Preferred Se- curities, to the extent the Trust shall have funds available therefor; (ii) the redemption price (if any) set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supple- ment (the "Redemption Price"), which will not be lower than the liquidation amount, and all accrued and unpaid distributions, to the extent the Trust has funds available therefor, with respect to any Trust Preferred Securities called for redemption by the Trust and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust (other than in connection with the distribution of Subordinated Debt Securities to the holders of Trust Preferred Securities or the conversion or redemption of all of the Trust Pre- ferred Securities), the lesser of (a) the aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accrued and unpaid distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities to the date of payment, to the extent the Trust has funds available therefor, and (b) the amount of assets of the Trust remaining available for distribution to holders of the Trust Preferred Securities in liquidation of the Trust. The Company's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Company to the holders of Trust Pre- ferred Securities or by causing the Trust to pay such amounts to such holders. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will not apply to any payment of dis- tributions on the Trust Preferred Securities except to the extent the Trust shall have funds available therefor. If the Company does not make interest payments on the Subordinated Debt Securities purchased by the Trust, the Trust will not pay distributions on the Trust Preferred Securities issued by the Trust and will not have funds available therefor. The Trust Preferred Securi- ties Guarantee, when taken together with the Company's obligations under the Subordinated Debt Securities, the Subordinated Indenture and the Declaration, including its obligations to pay certain costs, expenses, debts and liabili- ties of the Trust (other than with respect to the Trust Securities), will pro- vide a full and unconditional guarantee on a subordinated basis by the Company of payments due on the Trust Preferred Securities. The Company has also agreed separately to guarantee the obligations of the Trust with respect to the Trust Common Securities (the "Trust Common Securi- ties Guarantee") to the same extent as the Trust Preferred Securities Guaran- tee, except that upon an event of default under the Subordinated Indenture, holders of Trust Preferred Securities shall have priority over holders of Trust Common Securities with respect to distributions and payments on liquida- tion, redemption or otherwise. Certain covenants of the Company to be set forth in the Trust Preferred Secu- rities Guarantee will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. MODIFICATION OF THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE; ASSIGNMENT Except with respect to any changes which do not materially adversely affect the rights of holders of Trust Preferred Securities (in which case no vote will be required), the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee may be amended only with the prior approval of the holders of not less than a majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding Trust Preferred Securities. The manner of obtaining any such approval of holders of such Trust Preferred Securities will be as set forth in an accompanying Prospectus Supplement. All guarantees and agreements contained in the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and representatives of the Company and shall inure to the benefit of the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities then outstanding. TERMINATION The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will terminate (a) upon full payment of the Redemption Price of all Trust Preferred Securities, (b) upon distribu- tion of the Subordinated Debt Securities held by the Trust to the holders of the Trust Preferred Securities or the conversion or redemption, if applicable, of all of the Trust Preferred Securities or (c) upon full payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration upon liquidation of the Trust. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will continue to 39 be effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Trust Preferred Securities must restore payment of any sums paid un- der the Trust Preferred Securities or the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee. EVENTS OF DEFAULT An event of default under the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will occur upon (a) the failure of the Company to perform any of its payment or other ob- ligations thereunder or (b) if applicable, the failure by the Company to de- liver Common Stock or other applicable securities upon an appropriate election by the holder or holders of Trust Preferred Securities to convert the Trust Preferred Securities into shares of Common Stock or other applicable securi- ties, as the case may be. The holders of a majority in liquidation amount of the Trust Preferred Securi- ties have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any pro- ceeding for any remedy available to the Preferred Guarantee Trustee in respect of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee or to direct the exercise of any trust or power conferred upon the Preferred Guarantee Trustee under such Trust Preferred Securities. If the Preferred Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce such Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, any holder of Trust Preferred Securities may institute a legal proceeding directly against the Company to enforce the Preferred Guarantee Trustee's rights under such Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal proceeding against the Trust, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity. The Company will waive any right or remedy to require that any action be brought first against the Trust or any other person or entity before proceeding directly against the Company. STATUS OF THE TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES GUARANTEE The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute an unsecured obliga- tion of the Company and will rank (i) subordinate and junior in right of pay- ment to all other liabilities of the Company, (ii) pari passu in right of pay- ment with the most senior preferred or preference stock now or hereafter issued by the Company, if any, and with any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Company in respect of any preferred or preference stock of any affiliate of the Company and (iii) senior to Common Stock. The terms of the Trust Preferred Securities provide that each holder of Trust Preferred Securities by acceptance thereof agrees to the subordination provisions and other terms of the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee relating thereto. The Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee will constitute a guarantee of payment and not of collection (that is, the guaranteed party may institute a legal pro- ceeding directly against the guarantor to enforce its rights under the guaran- tee without instituting a legal proceeding against any other person or entity). INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PREFERRED GUARANTEE TRUSTEE The Preferred Guarantee Trustee, prior to the occurrence of a default with re- spect to the Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee, undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in such Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee and, after default, shall exercise the same degree of care as a pru- dent individual would exercise in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Sub- ject to such provisions, the Preferred Guarantee Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by a Trust Preferred Securities Guarantee at the request of any holder of the Trust Preferred Securities, un- less offered reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred thereby. 40 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION The Company, or the Trust, as the case may be, may sell Securities to one or more underwriters for public offering and sale by them or may sell Securities through agents which solicit or receive offers on behalf of the Company or the Trust, as the case may be, or through dealers or through a combination of any such methods of sale, and the Company may also sell Securities directly to in- vestors. Any such underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of Secu- rities will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters may offer and sell the Securities at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or from time to time at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negoti- ated prices. The Company or the Trust, as the case may be, may, from time to time, authorize agents acting on a best or reasonable efforts basis to solicit or receive offers to purchase the Securities upon the terms and conditions as are set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. In connection with the sale of Securities, underwriters or agents may be deemed to have received com- pensation from the Company or the Trust, as the case may be, in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions or other underwriting compensation and may also receive commissions from purchasers of Securities for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters may sell Securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent. Any compensation paid by the Company or the Trust to underwriters or agents in connection with the offering of Securities, and any discounts, concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers, will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Underwriters, dealers and agents participating in a distribution of the Securities (including agents only soliciting or receiving offers to purchase Securities on behalf of the Company or the Trust) may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts, commissions or other underwriting compensation received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of Securities may be deemed to be underwriting dis- counts and commissions. Under agreements which may be entered into by the Company or the Trust, as the case may be, underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribu- tion of Securities may be entitled to indemnification against certain liabili- ties, including liabilities under the Securities Act. If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Company may au- thorize underwriters or other persons acting as the Company's agents to so- licit offers by certain institutions to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. In- stitutions with which such contracts may be made include commercial and sav- ings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educa- tional and charitable institutions and others, but in all cases such institu- tions must be approved by the Company. The obligations of any institutional purchaser under any such contract will not be subject to any conditions except (i) the purchase by such institution of the Securities covered by such con- tract shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which such institution is subject, and (ii) if such Securities are being sold to underwriters, the Company shall have sold to such underwrit- ers the total principal amount of such Securities less the principal amount thereof covered by delayed delivery contracts. Certain of the underwriters, dealers or agents and their affiliates may engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company in the ordinary course of business. 41 LEGAL MATTERS Certain legal matters in connection with the offering made hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Eberhard G.H. Schmoller, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, and by Brown & Wood llp, San Francisco, California. As of March 31, 1997, Mr. Schmoller owned approximately 4,391 shares of Common Stock, held options to acquire approximately 185,033 ad- ditional shares of Common Stock, and beneficially owned approximately 99.84 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, which, on such date, were convertible into approximately 470 shares of Common Stock. The validity of the Trust Preferred Securities will be passed upon for the Company and the Trust by Richards, Lay- ton & Finger, Wilmington, Delaware. EXPERTS The audited consolidated financial statements and schedule incorporated by ref- erence in this Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration Statement have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their reports with respect thereto, and are incorporated herein and therein by reference in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports. 42 PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION The following table sets forth the expenses (all of which will be paid by the Company) to be incurred in connection with the registration and sale of the Securities: Securities and Exchange Commission filing fee................... $ 45,207 Blue Sky fees and expenses...................................... 5,000 Rating agency fees.............................................. Legal fees and expenses......................................... 250,000 Accounting fees and expenses.................................... 30,000 Trustees' fees and expenses..................................... 10,000 Printing and engraving.......................................... 40,000 Miscellaneous................................................... -------- Total......................................................... $ ========
All of the above amounts, other than the Securities and Exchange Commission filing fee, are estimates. Such filing fee was previously paid in connection with certain prior registration statements to which this Registration State- ment constitutes a post-effective amendment. ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS As authorized by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), the Company's Certificate of Incorporation eliminates to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law the personal liability of its direc- tors to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The Company's Bylaws provide that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or of another en- terprise, serving as such at the request of the Company, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL; provided, however, that except as to actions to enforce indemnification rights, the Company shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) was au- thorized by the Board of Directors of the Company. When indemnification is au- thorized by the Company's Bylaws, the director, officer, employee or agent shall be indemnified for expenses, liabilities and losses (including attor- neys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. The Company's Bylaws also provide that expenses incurred by an of- ficer or director (acting in his or her capacity as such) in defending a pro- ceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of final disposition of the proceeding; provided, however, that if required by the DGCL, the officer or director shall deliver to the Company an undertaking by the officer or direc- tor to repay such expenses if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The Company's Bylaws also pro- vide that in other circumstances, expenses may be advanced upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. The Company's Bylaws further provide that the right to indemnification granted thereunder shall be a contract right for the benefit of the Company's direc- tors, officers, employees and agents. The Company's Bylaws also authorize ac- tions against the Company to enforce the indemnification rights provided by the II-1 Bylaws, subject to the Company's right to assert a defense in any such action that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissi- ble under the DGCL for the Company to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, and the Company shall bear the burden of proving any such defense. Under Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation may provide indemnification to directors, officers, employees and agents against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in the defense or settlement of a third party action, or against reasonable ex- penses (including attorneys' fees) in the defense or settlement of a deriva- tive action, provided there is a determination by a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors, a committee of directors, independent legal coun- sel, or a majority vote of stockholders that a person seeking indemnification acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not op- posed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of a criminal proceeding, with no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlaw- ful. However, Section 145 also states that no indemnification may be made in derivative actions where such person is adjudged liable to the corporation, unless, and only to the extent, that a court determines upon application that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court deems proper. Section 145 of the DGCL also permits indemnifi- cation of expenses which the court deems proper and provides that indemnifica- tion of expenses actually and reasonably incurred shall be provided when the individual being indemnified has successfully defended the action on the merits or otherwise in any action, suit or proceeding. The indemnification rights provided by statute in Delaware are not deemed to be exclusive of any other rights which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by- law, agreement or otherwise. The Company's Bylaws also authorize the Company to purchase and maintain in- surance to protect itself and any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company against any liability, expense or loss in- curred by or asserted against such persons, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify any such person against such liability, expense or loss under applicable law or the Company's Bylaws. The Company presently main- tains a directors' and officers' liability insurance policy which insures di- rectors and officers of the Company and those of certain of its subsidiaries. Reference is made to the form of Underwriting Agreement included or incorpo- rated by reference or to be included or incorporated by reference herein as an exhibit to the Registration Statement for provisions regarding indemnification of the Company's officers, directors and controlling persons against certain liabilities. ITEM 16. EXHIBITS 1(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions for Debt Securities(d) Form of Underwriting Agreement for the other Securities registered 1(b) hereby(a) 4(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company(b) 4(b) By-Laws of the Company, as amended(e) 4(c) Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation(e) 4(d) Form of Senior Indenture(d) 4(e) Form of Subordinated Indenture(d) 4(f) Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement(a) 4(g) Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock(a) 4(h) Form of Senior Debt Security(d) 4(i) Form of Subordinated Debt Security(d) 4(j) Form of Deposit Agreement including form of Depositary Receipt(a)
II-2 4(k) Declaration of Trust of the Trust(a) 4(l) Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, including form of Trust Preferred Security(a) Form of Guarantee Agreement with respect to Trust Preferred 4(m) Securities(a) 5(a) Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP as to the validity of the Securities other than the Trust Preferred Securities(a) Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger as to the validity of the Trust 5(b) Preferred Securities(a) 12(a) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(e) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred 12(b) Stock Dividends(e) 23(a) Consent of Independent Public Accountants(e) 23(b) Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included in Exhibit 5(a)) 23(c) Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger (included in Exhibit 5(b)) Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors (included as part of 24 the signature pages hereof) 25(a) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Senior Trustee (to be filed or incorporated by reference in connection with a particular offering of securities) 25(b) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Subordinated Trustee (to be filed or incorporated by reference in connection with a particular offering of securities) 25(c) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of trustee with respect to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust (to be filed or incorporated by reference in connection with a particular offering of securities) 25(d) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of trustee with respect to the Preferred Securities Guarantee (to be filed or incorporated by reference in connection with a particular offering of securities)
- -------- (a) To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. (b) Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1987. (c) Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Report on Form 8-A dated October 27, 1986. (d) Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (no. 33-60619). (e) Filed herewith. ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post- effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospec- tus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any acts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement; (iii) to include any ma- terial information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously dis- closed in this registration statement or any material change to such informa- tion in this registration statement; provided, however, that subparagraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post- effective amendment by those subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securi- ties Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registra- tion statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or II-3 decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securi- ties offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement. (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that: (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective. (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regula- tions prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Inden- ture Act. II-4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant cer- tifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the re- quirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration state- ment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Palo Alto, State of California, on May 6, 1997. CNF Transportation Inc. /s/ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller By: _________________________________ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this Regis- tration Statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Gregory L. Quesnel, Eberhard G.H. Schmoller and R. Guy Kraines, or any one or more of them, as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, with exhibits thereto, any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 and other documents filed in connection with such filings, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the prem- ises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute therefor, may lawfully do or cause to be done by vir- tue thereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 6, 1997.
SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ Donald E. Moffitt Chairman of the Board, President and ____________________________________ Chief Executive Officer (Principal Donald E. Moffitt Executive Officer) /s/ Gregory L. Quesnel Executive Vice President and Chief ____________________________________ Financial Officer (Principal Financial Gregory L. Quesnel and Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ Robert Alpert Director ____________________________________ Robert Alpert /s/ Earl F. Cheit Director ____________________________________ Earl F. Cheit /s/ Richard A. Clarke Director ____________________________________ Richard A. Clarke
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SIGNATURE TITLE --------- ----- /s/ Margaret G. Gill ____________________________________ Director Margaret G. Gill /s/ Robert Jaunich II ____________________________________ Director Robert Jaunich II /s/ W. Keith Kennedy, Jr. ____________________________________ Director W. Keith Kennedy, Jr. ____________________________________ Director Richard B. Madden /s/ Michael J. Murray ____________________________________ Director Michael J. Murray /s/ Robert D. Rogers ____________________________________ Director Robert D. Rogers /s/ William J. Schroeder ____________________________________ Director William J. Schroeder /s/ Robert P. Wayman ____________________________________ Director Robert P. Wayman
II-6 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, CNF Trust I certi- fies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the require- ments for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Palo Alto, State of California on May 6, 1997. CNF Trust I By:CNF Transportation Inc., as Sponsor /s/ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller By: _________________________________ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary II-7 EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION ------- ----------- 1(a) Form of Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions for Debt Securities(d) 1(b) Form of Underwriting Agreement for the other Securities registered hereby(a) 4(a) Certificate of Incorporation of the Company(b) 4(b) By-Laws of the Company, as amended(e) 4(c) Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation(e) 4(d) Form of Senior Indenture(d) 4(e) Form of Subordinated Indenture(d) 4(f) Form of Common Stock Warrant Agreement(a) 4(g) Form of Certificate of Designations for Preferred Stock(a) 4(h) Form of Senior Debt Security(d) 4(i) Form of Subordinated Debt Security(d) 4(j) Form of Deposit Agreement including form of Depositary Receipt(a) 4(k) Declaration of Trust of the Trust(a) 4(l) Form of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust, including form of Trust Preferred Security(a) 4(m) Form of Guarantee Agreement with respect to Trust Preferred Securities(a) 5(a) Opinion of Brown & Wood LLP as to the validity of the Securities other than the Trust Preferred Securities(a) 5(b) Opinion of Richards, Layton & Finger as to the validity of the Trust Preferred Securities(a) 12(a) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges(e) 12(b) Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends(e) 23(a) Consent of Independent Public Accountants(e) 23(b) Consent of Brown & Wood LLP (included in Exhibit 5(a)) 23(c) Consent of Richards, Layton & Finger (included in Exhibit 5(b)) 24 Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors (included as part of the signature pages hereof) 25(a) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Senior Trustee (to be filed or incorporated by reference in connection with a particular offering of securities) 25(b) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Subordinated Trustee (to be filed or incorporated by reference in connection with a particular offering of securities) 25(c) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of trustee with respect to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Trust (to be filed or incorporated by reference in connection with a particular offering of securities) 25(d) Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of trustee with respect to the Preferred Securities Guarantee (to be filed or incorporated by reference in connection with a particular offering of securities)
- -------- (a) To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. (b) Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1987. (c) Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's Report on Form 8-A dated October 27, 1986. (d) Incorporated by reference from the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (no. 33-60619). (e) Filed herewith. EX-4.B 2 BY-LAWS OF THE COMPANY, AS AMENDED EXHIBIT 4(b) CNF TRANSPORTATION INC. BYLAWS As Amended May 3, 1997 ARTICLE I OFFICES SECTION 1. Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. SECTION 2. Other Offices. The Corporation shall also have and maintain a principal office or place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, and may also have other offices at such other places both within and without the State of Delaware as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS SECTION 1. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or, if not so designated, then at the principal office of the Corporation. SECTION 2. Annual Meetings. The annual meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for the purpose of election of directors and for such other business as may lawfully come before the meetings shall be held on a date and at a time designated from time to time by the Board of Directors, or, if not so designated, then at 10:00 a.m. on the last Monday in April in each year, if not a legal holiday, or, if a legal holiday at the same hour and place on the next succeeding day not a holiday. No business may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof), (b) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (c) otherwise properly brought before the annual meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting and (ii) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2. In addition to any other applicable requirement, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs. To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter such stockholder proposes to bring before this annual meeting (i) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (ii) the name and record address of such stockholder, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iv) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder and any material interest of such stockholder in business and (v) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to bring such business before the meeting. Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2. The Chairman of an annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2, and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and any such business shall not be transacted. SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, by the Chief Executive Officer or the Board of Directors at any time. Upon written request of any stockholder or stockholders holding in the aggregate a majority of the voting power of all stockholders, the Secretary shall call a special meeting of stockholders to be held at a place in San Francisco, California specified in the request for call, at such time as the Secretary may fix, such meeting to be held not less than ten nor more than 60 days after the receipt of the request, and if the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to call the meeting, the stockholder or stockholders making the request may do so. 2 SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, written notice of each meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than ten nor more than 50 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat, directed to his address as it appears upon the books of the Corporation; said notice to specify the place, date and hour and purpose or purposes of the meeting. When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken unless the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or unless after the adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, in which event a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Notice of the time, place and purpose of any meeting of stockholders may be waived in writing, either before or after such meeting, and will be waived by any stockholder by his attendance thereat in person or by proxy. Any stockholder so waiving notice of such meeting shall be bound by the proceedings of any such meeting in all respects as if due notice thereof had been given. SECTION 5. Quorum. At all meetings of stockholders, except where otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation, or by the Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy duly authorized, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Shares, the voting of which at said meeting has been enjoined, or which for any reason cannot be lawfully voted at such meeting shall not be counted to determine a quorum at said meeting. In the absence of a quorum any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned, from time to time, by vote of the holders of a majority of the shares represented thereat, but no other business shall be transacted at such meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. The stockholders present at a duly called or convened meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, all action taken by the holders of a majority of the voting power represented at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation. SECTION 6. Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by law, only persons in whose names shares entitled to vote stand on the stock records of the Corporation on the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting shall be entitled to vote at such meeting. Shares standing in the names of two or more persons shall be voted or represented in accordance with the determination of the majority of such persons, or, if only one of such persons is present in person or represented by proxy, such person shall have the right to vote such shares and such shares shall be deemed to be represented for the purpose of determining a quorum. Every person entitled to vote or execute consents shall have the right to do so either in person or by an agent or agents authorized by a written proxy executed by such person or his duly authorized agent, which proxy shall be filed with the Secretary of the Corporation at or before the meeting at which it is to be used. Said proxy so 3 appointed need not be a stockholder. No proxy shall be voted on after three years from its date unless the proxy provides for a longer period. SECTION 7. List of Stockholders. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at said meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the address of and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held and which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not specified, at the place where said meeting is to be held, and the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. SECTION 8. Action Without Meeting. Whenever the vote of stockholders at a meeting thereof is required or permitted to be taken in connection with any corporate action by any provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, the meeting and vote of stockholders may be dispensed with: (1) if all of the stockholders who would have been entitled to vote upon the action if such meeting were held shall consent in writing to such corporate action being taken; or (2) if the Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the action to be taken with the written consent of the holders of less than all of the stock who would have been entitled to vote upon the action if a meeting were held, then on the written consent of the stockholders having not less than such percentage of the number of votes as may be authorized in the Certificate of Incorporation; provided that in no case shall the written consent be by the holders of stock having less than the minimum percentage of the vote required by statute for the proposed corporate action, and provided that prompt notice must be given to all stockholders of the taking of corporate action without a meeting and by less than unanimous written consent. SECTION 9. Rules of Conduct. The Board of Directors of the Company shall be entitled to make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Directors, if any, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chairman, are necessary, appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, establishing an agenda or order of business for the meeting, rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present, limitations on participation in such meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation and their duly authorized and constituted proxies, and such other persons as the chairman shall permit, restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless, and to the extent, determined by the Board of Directors or the 4 chairman of the meeting, meetings of shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with rules of parliamentary procedure. ARTICLE III DIRECTORS SECTION 1. Powers. The powers of the Corporation shall be exercised, its business conducted and its property controlled by the Board of Directors. SECTION 2. Number, Qualifications and Classification. (a) A majority of the directors holding office may by resolution increase or decrease the number of directors, provided, however, that the number thereof shall never be less than twelve nor greater than fifteen. A director need not be a stockholder. The directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III, as nearly equal in number as the then total number of directors permits. At the 1985 annual meeting of stockholders, Class I directors shall be elected for a one-year term, Class II directors for a two-year term and Class III directors for a three-year term. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders beginning in 1986, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional directors of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. A director shall hold office until the annual meeting for the year in which his term expires and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors, including any vacancy that results from an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall have the same remaining term as that of his predecessor. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto, and such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to these Bylaws unless expressly provided by such terms. (c) Any amendment, change or repeal of this Section 2 of Article III, or any other amendment to these Bylaws that will have the effect of permitting circumvention of or modifying this Section 2 of Article III, shall require the favorable vote, at a stockholders' meeting, of the holders of at least 80% of the then-outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote. 5 SECTION 3. Special Elections. If, for any cause, the Board of Directors shall not have been elected at an annual meeting, it may be elected as soon thereafter as is convenient at a special meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose in the manner provided in these Bylaws. SECTION 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist in the case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, or if the number of directors constituting the whole Board be increased, or if the stockholders, at any meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected, fail to elect the number of directors then constituting the whole Board. SECTION 5. Resignations. Any director may resign at any time by delivering his written resignation to the Secretary, such resignation to specify whether it will be effective at a particular time, upon receipt by the Secretary or at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If no such specification is made, it shall be deemed effective at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. SECTION 6. Meetings. (a) The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as the Board may determine. No notice of the annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be necessary if such meeting is held immediately after the annual stockholders' meeting and at the place where such stockholders' meeting is held. If the annual meeting of the Board of Directors is held on a different date, or at a different time or place, notice of the date, time and place of such annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be furnished to each director in accordance with the procedures of Article III, Section 6(c) of these Bylaws. The annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held for the purpose of electing officers and transacting such other business as may lawfully come before it. (b) Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such place within or without the State of Delaware, and at such times as the Board may from time to time determine, and if so determined no notice thereof need be given. (c) Special meetings may be called at any time and place within or without the State of Delaware upon the call of the Chief Executive Officer or Secretary or any two directors. Notice of the date, time, place and purposes of each special meeting, and notice of the date, time and place of each annual and regular meeting for which notice is required to be given, shall be sent by mail at least seventy-two hours in advance of the time of the meeting, or by telegram at least forty-eight hours in advance of the time of the meeting, or by facsimile at least twenty-four hours in advance of the time of the meeting, to the address or facsimile number (as applicable) of each director. Notice of any special meeting may be waived in writing at any time before or after the meeting and will be waived by any director by attendance thereat. SECTION 7. Quorum and Voting. (a) A majority of the whole Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for all purposes, provided, however, at any meeting whether a quorum be present or otherwise, a majority of the directors present may adjourn from time to 6 time and place to place, within or without the State of Delaware, without notice other than by announcement at the meeting. (b) At each meeting of the Board at which a quorum is present all questions and business shall be determined by a vote of a majority of the directors present, unless a different vote be required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation. SECTION 8. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board or of such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and such writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. SECTION 9. Fees and Compensation. Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors, but, by resolution of the Board, compensation in a reasonable amount may be fixed by the Board, including, without limitation, compensation in the form of an annual retainer, a fee for each Board or Board Committee meeting attended, reimbursement for expenses of attendance at any such meeting, or any combination of any of the foregoing. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity as an officer, agent, employee, or otherwise, and receiving compensation therefor. SECTION 10. Maximum Age of Directors. Directors who have attained the age of 72 years shall be ineligible to stand for election or reelection as a director. Except as may otherwise be determined by the Board of Directors, a director who has attained the age of 72 years whose term as a director continues beyond the annual meeting of shareholders next following attainment of 72 years shall retire and resign as a director at the first directors' meeting following such annual meeting of shareholders. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with the preceding sentence, for this purpose such resignation will be automatic and need not meet the requirements for resignation set forth in Section 5 of this Article III. SECTION 11. Nominations of Persons for Election to the Board of Directors. Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures set forth in these Bylaws shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors may be made at any annual meeting of stockholders (a) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or (b) by any stockholder of the Corporation (i) who is a stockholder of record on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 11 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote and (II) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 11. 7 In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder in order to be timely must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs. To be in proper written form, a stockholder's notice to the Secretary must set forth (a) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (i) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (ii) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (iii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (iv) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and record address of such stockholder, (ii) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned beneficially or of record by such stockholder, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder, (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the annual meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (v) any other information relating to such stockholder that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to be named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected. The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish any other information that may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the qualifications of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation. No person shall be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth herein. These provisions shall not apply to nomination of any persons entitled to be separately elected by holders of Preferred Stock. The Chairman of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the foregoing procedures, 8 and if he should so determine, he shall so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be disregarded. ARTICLE IV OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES SECTION 1. Officers Designated. The executive officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be the Chairman of the Board, the President, one or more Vice Presidents, the Secretary, one or more Assistant Secretaries, the Treasurer, one or more Assistant Treasurers, and such other executive officers as the Board of Directors from time to time may designate. The Board of Directors shall designate either the Chairman of the Board or the President as the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The officer so designated shall have charge of the actual conduct and operation of the business of the Corporation, subject to the control and direction of the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall, with the consent of the Board of Directors, assign such additional titles to Vice Presidents as he shall deem appropriate and designate the succession of officers to act in his stead in his absence or disability. He may appoint additional Vice Presidents who shall not, however, be executive officers. He shall assign all duties not otherwise specified by these Bylaws to all officers and employees of the Corporation. SECTION 2. Election, Qualification, Tenure of Office, and Duties of Executive Officers and Other Officers. (a) At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors following their election by the stockholders, the directors shall elect all executive officers of the Corporation. Any one person may hold any number of offices of the Corporation at any one time unless specifically prohibited therefrom by law. The Chairman of the Board shall be a director but no other officer need be a director. (b) Each executive officer shall hold office from the date of his election either until the date of his voluntary resignation, or death, or until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors and until a successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, whichever shall first occur; provided that any such officer may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the Corporation will be served thereby, and the Board may elect another in the place and stead of the person so removed. (c) Chairman of the Board: The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders, of the Board of Directors, and of the Executive Committee. He shall have the responsibility of keeping the directors informed on all policy matters, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board. (d) President: The President shall, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board preside at all meetings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. He shall exercise all of the powers and discharge all of the other duties of the Chairman of the Board in the absence of the Chairman of the Board. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chairman of the Board. 9 (e) Vice Presidents: The Vice Presidents shall have such duties and have such other powers as shall be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer. Such Vice President as may be designated by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders. (f) Secretary: The Secretary shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the directors in a book or books kept for that purpose. He shall attend to the giving and serving of all notices on behalf of the Corporation. He shall have the custody of the corporate seal and affix the same to such instruments as may be required. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer. (g) Assistant Secretaries: Assistant Secretaries shall assist the Secretary in the performance of his duties and any one of the Assistant Secretaries may perform all of the duties of the Secretary if at any time he shall be unable to act. Assistant Secretaries shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer. (h) Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have charge of the custody, control and disposition of all funds of the Corporation and shall account for same. He shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer. (i) Assistant Treasurers: Assistant Treasurers shall assist the Treasurer in the performance of his duties and any one of the Assistant Treasurers may perform all of the duties of the Treasurer if at any time he shall be unable to act. Assistant Treasurers shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer. SECTION 3. Committees. (a) Executive Committee. The Board of Directors shall, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, appoint an Executive Committee of not less than three members, all of whom shall be directors. The Executive Committee, to the extent permitted by law, shall have and may exercise when the Board of Directors is not in session all powers of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Corporation to record the minutes of all actions of the Executive Committee. (b) Other Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, from time to time appoint such other committees as may be permitted by law. The Chief Executive Officer may appoint such other committees as he finds necessary to the conduct of the Corporation's business. Such other committees appointed by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be prescribed by the body or person appointing such committee. 10 (c) Term; Number of Committee Members. The members of all committees of the Board of Directors shall serve a term coexistent with that member 's remaining term as a member of the Board of Directors, or until such time as the Board of Directors shall replace that member on such committee or ask that member to accept another committee assignment in its stead. The Board, subject to the provisions of subsection (a) and (b) of this Section 3, may at any time increase or decrease the number of members of a committee or terminate the existence of a committee; provided, that no committee, while it exists, shall consist of less than three members. The membership of a committee member shall terminate on the date of his death or voluntary resignation, but the Board may at any time for any reason remove any individual committee member and the Board may fill any committee vacancy created by death, resignation, removal or increase in the number of members of the committee. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, to replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. If the qualified members of a committee, in attendance at a committee meeting, believe that the absence or disqualification of one or more members of that committee seriously impairs the function of that committee, such remaining qualified members, whether or not constituting a quorum, may by unanimous action appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act as a committee member at that meeting. (d) Notice of Committee Meetings. Notice of the date, time and place of each committee meeting shall be sent to each committee member by mail at least seventy-two hours in advance of the time of the meeting, or by telegram at least forty-eight hours in advance of the time of the meeting, or by facsimile at least twenty-four hours in advance of the time of the meeting, to the address or facsimile number (as applicable) of each committee member. ARTICLE V CAPITAL STOCK SECTION 1. Form and Execution of Certificates. Certificates for the shares of stock of the Corporation shall be in such form as are consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President and by the Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. Where such certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent other than the Corporation or its employee, or by a registrar other than the Corporation or its employee, any other signature on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. 11 SECTION 2. Lost Certificates. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate or certificates, the Board of Directors may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost or destroyed certificate or certificates, or his legal representative, to advertise the same in such manner as it shall require and/or to give the Corporation a bond in such sum as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. SECTION 3. Transfers. Transfers of record of shares of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be made upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by attorney duly authorized, and upon the surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by a properly endorsed stock power. SECTION 4. Fixing Record Dates. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (1) the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held; and (2) the record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. SECTION 5. Registered Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware. ARTICLE VI OTHER SECURITIES OF THE CORPORATION 12 All bonds, debentures and other corporate securities of the Corporation, other than stock certificates, may be signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, and the corporate seal impressed thereon or a facsimile of such seal imprinted thereon and attested by the signature of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that where any such bond, debenture or other corporate security shall be authenticated by a trustee under an indenture pursuant to which such bond, debenture or other corporate securities shall be issued, the signatures of the persons signing and attesting the corporate seal on such bond, debenture or other corporate security may be the imprinted facsimile of the signatures of such persons. Interest coupons appertaining to any such bond, debenture or other corporate security, authenticated by a trustee as aforesaid, shall be signed by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, or such other person as may be authorized by the Board of Directors, or bear imprinted thereon the facsimile signature of such person. In case any person who shall have signed or attested any bond, debenture or other corporate security, or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon or on any such interest coupon, shall have ceased to be an officer before the bond, debenture or other corporate security so signed or attested shall have been delivered, such bond, debenture or other corporate security nevertheless may be adopted by the Corporation and issued and delivered as though the person who signed the same or whose facsimile signature shall have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII SECURITIES OWNED BY THE CORPORATION Power to Vote. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, or any officer designated in writing by the Chief Executive Officer, shall have full power and authority in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to vote and to act either in person or by proxy at any meeting of the holders of stock or securities in any corporation upon and in respect of any securities therein which the Corporation may hold, and shall possess and may exercise in the name of the Corporation any and all rights and powers incident to the ownership of such stock or securities which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation shall possess and might exercise including the right to give written consents in respect to action taken or to be taken. The Board of Directors may from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons. ARTICLE VIII CORPORATE SEAL The corporate seal shall consist of a die bearing the inscription, CNF Transportation Inc. Corporate Seal Delaware. 13 ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS These Bylaws may be repealed, altered or amended or new Bylaws adopted by written consent of stockholders in the manner authorized by Section 8 of Article II or at any meeting of the stockholders, either annual or special, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote at such meeting. The Board of Directors shall also have the authority to repeal, alter or amend these Bylaws or adopt new Bylaws by unanimous written consent or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board at any annual, regular, or special meeting subject to the power of the stockholders to change or repeal such Bylaws. ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 1. Definitions. As used in these Bylaws and wherever the context shall require, the word "person" shall include associations, partnerships and corporations as well as individuals; words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine and associations, partnerships and corporations; words in the singular shall include the plural and words in the plural may mean only the singular, and words "additional compensation" shall mean and include all bonus, profit sharing, retirement, deferred compensation, and all other additional compensation plans or arrangements affecting persons individually or as a group. SECTION 2. Notices. Whenever, under any provisions of these Bylaws, notice is required to be given to any stockholder, the same shall be given in writing, timely and duly deposited in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, and addressed to his last known post office address as shown by the stock record of the Corporation or its transfer agent. Any notice required to be given to any director may be given by the method hereinabove stated, by personal delivery, or by telegram, except that such notice, other than one which is delivered personally, shall be sent to such address as such director shall have filed in writing with the Secretary of the Corporation, or, in the absence of such filing, to the last known post office address of such director. If no address of a stockholder or director be known, such notice may be sent to the principal office of the Corporation. An affidavit of mailing, executed by a duly authorized and competent employee of the Corporation or its transfer agent appointed with respect to the class of stock affected, specifying the name and address or the names and addresses of the stockholder or stockholders, director or directors, to whom any such notice or notices was or were given, and the time and method of giving the same, shall be conclusive evidence of the statements therein contained. All notices given by mail, as above provided, shall be deemed to have been given as at the time of mailing and all notices given by telegram shall be deemed to have been given as at the sending time recorded by the telegraph company transmitting the same. It shall not be necessary that the same method of giving be employed in respect of all directors, but one permissible method may be employed in respect 14 of any one or more, and any other permissible method or methods may be employed in respect of any other or others. The period or limitation of time within which any stockholder may exercise any option or right, or enjoy any privilege or benefit, or be required to act, or within which any directors may exercise any power or right, or enjoy any privilege, pursuant to any notice sent him in the manner above provided, shall not be affected or extended in any manner by the failure of such stockholder or such director to receive such notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or of the Certificate of Incorporation, or of these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto. Whenever notice is required to be given, under any provision of law or of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Corporation, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting which shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate under any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful. SECTION 3. Indemnification of Officers, Directors, Employees and Agents. (a) Right to Indemnification. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (hereinafter a "Proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he, or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of the Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior to amendment) against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties, and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith; provided, however, that except as to actions to enforce indemnification rights pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to 15 indemnification conferred in this Article shall be a contract right for the benefit of the Corporation's directors, officers, employees, and agents. (b) Authority to Advance Expenses. Expenses incurred (including attorneys' fees) by an officer or director (acting in his capacity as such) in defending a Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding, provided, however, that if required by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, such expenses shall be advanced only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation as authorized in this Article or otherwise. Such expenses incurred by other employees or agents of the Corporation (or by the directors or officers not acting in their capacity as such, including service with respect to employee benefit plans) may be advanced upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. (c) Right of Claimant to Bring Suit. If a claim under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section is not paid in full by the Corporation within sixty days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense (including attorneys' fees) of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. The burden of proving such a defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct. (d) Provisions Nonexclusive. The rights conferred on any person by this Section shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. (e) Authority to Insure. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise 16 against any liability, expense, or loss asserted against or incurred by such person, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability, expense, or loss under applicable law or the provisions of this Article. (f) Survival of Rights. The rights provided by this Section shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee, or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person. (g) Effect of Amendment. Any amendment, repeal, or modification of this Section shall not (a) adversely affect any right or protection of any director, officer, employee, or agent existing at the time of such amendment, repeal, or modification, or (b) apply to the indemnification of any such person for liability, expense, or loss stemming from actions or omissions occurring prior to such amendment, repeal, or modification. 17 EX-4.C 3 AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION EXHIBIT 4(c) CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ***** Consolidated Freightways, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: FIRST: That its Board of Directors adopted certain resolutions proposing and declaring advisable a particular amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation; and that such amendment, which is set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto, was approved by the Shareholders of the corporation at their Annual Meeting held on April 28, 1997. SECOND: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Consolidated Freightways, Inc., has caused this certificate to be signed by Eberhard G.H. Schmoller, its Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, this 28th day of April, 1997. CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS, INC. By: /s/ Eberhard G.H. Schmoller --------------------------------- Eberhard G.H. Schmoller Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary STATE OF DELAWARE SECRETARY OF STATE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED 09:00 AM 04/28/1997 971136742 - 0526809 EXHIBIT 4(c) Consolidated Freightways, Inc. Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation ----------------------------------------- We are amending the corporation's Certificate of Incorporation by changing Article FIRST to read as follows: FIRST: The name of the corporation is CNF Transportation Inc. EX-12.A 4 COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES EXHIBIT 12(a) CNF TRANSPORTATION INC. COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
------------------------------------------------ YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------------------------------ 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (dollars in thousands) Fixed Charges: Interest Expense $ 39,766 $ 33,407 $ 27,065 $ 29,890 $ 33,023 Capitalized Interest 2,092 731 793 531 4 Preferred Dividends 12,645 12,419 12,475 12,551 12,618 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total Interest 54,503 46,557 40,333 42,972 45,645 Interest Component of Rental Expense 48,704 43,202 41,416 34,464 32,219 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Fixed Charges 103,207 89,759 81,749 77,436 77,864 Less: Capitalized Interest 2,092 731 793 531 4 Preferred Dividends 12,645 12,419 12,475 12,551 12,618 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Net Fixed Charges $ 88,470 $ 76,609 $ 68,481 $ 64,354 $ 65,242 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Earnings: Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes $147,132 $152,942 $165,129 $ 66,202 $(26,783) Add: Net Fixed Charges 88,470 76,609 68,481 64,354 65,242 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total Earnings Before Fixed Charges $235,602 $229,551 $233,610 $130,556 $ 38,459 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges: Total Earnings $235,602 $229,551 $233,610 $130,556 $ 38,459 Fixed Charges(1) 103,207 89,759 81,749 77,436 77,864 Ratio 2.3x 2.6x 2.9x 1.7x 0.5x(2)
- ------- (1) Fixed charges represent interest on capital leases and short-term and long- term debt, capitalized interest, dividends on shares of the Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock used to pay debt service on notes issued by the Company's Thrift and Stock Plan (the "TASP"), and the applicable portion of the consolidated rent expense which approximates the interest portion of lease payments. (2) Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges for the period shown; the deficiency was $39.4 million for the year ended December 31, 1992. EX-12.B 5 COMPUTATION OF RATIO - COMBINED FIXED CHARGES EXHIBIT 12(b) CNF TRANSPORTATION INC. COMPUTATION OF RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
------------------------------------------------ YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, ------------------------------------------------ 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- (dollars in thousands) Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends: Interest Expense $ 39,766 $ 33,407 $ 27,065 $ 29,890 $ 33,023 Capitalized Interest 2,092 731 793 531 4 Preferred Dividends 12,645 14,626 23,102 23,178 20,968 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total Interest 54,503 48,764 50,960 53,599 53,995 Interest Component of Rental Expense 48,704 43,202 41,416 34,464 32,219 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends: 103,207 91,966 92,376 88,063 86,214 Less: Capitalized Interest 2,092 731 793 531 4 Preferred Dividends 12,645 14,626 23,102 23,178 20,968 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Net Fixed Charges $ 88,470 $ 76,609 $ 68,481 $ 64,354 $ 65,242 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Earnings: Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes $147,132 $152,942 $165,129 $ 66,202 $(26,783) Add: Net Fixed Charges 88,470 76,609 68,481 64,354 65,242 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total Earnings Before Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends $235,602 $229,551 $233,610 $130,556 $ 38,459 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends: Total Earnings $235,602 $229,551 $233,610 $130,556 $ 38,459 Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends(1) 103,207 91,966 92,376 88,063 86,214 Ratio 2.3x 2.5x 2.5x 1.5x 0.4x(2)
- ------- (1) Fixed charges represent interest on capital leases and short-term and long-term debt, capitalized interest, dividends on shares of the Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock used to pay debt service on notes issued by the Company's Thrift and Stock Plan (the "TASP"), and the applicable portion of the consolidated rent expense which approximates the interest portion of lease payments. Preferred stock dividends represent dividends on the Series C Conversion Preferred Stock, all of which was converted into Common Stock in March 1995. (2) Earnings were inadequate to cover combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends for the period shown; the deficiency was $47.8 million for the year ended December 31, 1992. EX-23.A 6 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS EXHIBIT 23(a) CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement, in Registration Statement No. 33- 29793 and in Registration Statement No. 33-60619 of our reports dated January 24, 1997 included and incorporated by reference in CNF Transportation Inc.'s (formerly Consolidated Freightways, Inc.) Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 and to all references to our Firm included in such Registration State- ments. /s/ Arthur Andersen LLP San Francisco, California, May 5, 1997 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----