EX-4 2 ex4_1.txt AMENDED RIGHTS AGREEMENT EXHIBIT 4.1 AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT AMENDMENT NO. 6 (this "Amendment No. 6"), dated as of June 15, 2005, to the Rights Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2000, as amended, by and between EOG Resources, Inc. (the "Company") and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. (as Rights Agent) (the "Rights Agreement"). Terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Rights Agreement. WHEREAS, the Company and the Rights Agent have heretofore executed and entered into the Rights Agreement; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 27 of the Rights Agreement, the Company may from time to time supplement or amend the Rights Agreement in accordance with the provisions of such Section 27; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that it is in the best interest of the Company and its stockholders to amend the Rights Agreement to provide that any "Person" that is a "Qualified Institutional Investor" (as defined herein) will not be deemed an "Acquiring Person" (as defined in the Rights Agreement). NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Rights Agent hereby amend the Rights Agreement as follows: The definition of "Qualified Institutional Investor" that appears in Section 1 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: "Qualified Institutional Investor" shall mean, as of any time of determination, a Person that is described in Rule 13d-l(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act (as such Rule is in effect on the date hereof) and is eligible to report (and, if such Person is the Beneficial Owner of greater than 5% of the Common Shares of the Company, does in fact report) beneficial ownership of Common Shares of the Company on Schedule 13G, and such Person (i) is not required to file a Schedule 13D (or any successor or comparable report) with respect to its beneficial ownership of Common Shares of the Company, and (ii) shall be the Beneficial Owner of less than 15% of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding; provided, however, that a Person which would constitute a Qualified Institutional Investor except for its failure to satisfy clause (ii) of this definition shall nonetheless constitute a Qualified Institutional Investor if (A) such Person or an Affiliate of such Person shall have, as of December 31, 2004, reported beneficial ownership of greater than 5% of the Common Shares of the Company for a period of two consecutive years and shall thereafter continuously beneficially own greater than 5% of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding prior to the time of determination, (B) such Person shall be the Beneficial Owner of less than 15% of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding (including in such calculation the holdings of all of such Person's Affiliates and Associates other than those which, under published interpretations of the SEC or its Staff, are eligible to file separate reports on Schedule 13G with respect to their beneficial ownership of the Common Shares of the Company), and (C) such Person shall be the Beneficial Owner of less than 30% of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding." Section 18 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph to the end of such section: "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Rights Agent shall not be liable for any delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God, terrorist acts, shortage of supply, breakdowns or malfunctions, power failures or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest." Section 21 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following after the first sentence thereof: "In the event the transfer agency relationship in effect between the Company and the Rights Agent is terminated by the Company, the Rights Agent will be deemed to resign automatically on the effective date of such termination, and any notice required under the immediately preceding sentence will be sent by the Company rather than the Rights Agent." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment No. 6 has been duly executed by the Company and the Rights Agent as of the day and year first written above. EOG RESOURCES, INC. By: /s/ PATRICIA EDWARDS Name: Patricia Edwards Title: Vice President, Human Resources, Administration & Corporate Secrtary EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (as Rights Agent) By: /s/ KEVIN LAURITA Name: Kevin Laurita Title: Managing Director