Exhibit 4.1


 


EXECUTION VERSION


 


 


 


CRACKER BARREL OLD

COUNTRY STORE, INC.


 


and


 


AMERICAN STOCK

TRANSFER & TRUST

COMPANY, LLC


 


Rights Agreement


 


Dated as of April 9, 2021


 


 



     


     


    

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS


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	1.   Definitions	1
	2.   Appointment of Rights Agent	6
	3.   Issue of Right Certificates	6
	4.   Form of Right Certificates	7
	5.   Countersignature and Registration	8
	6.   Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates	8
	7.   Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights	9
	8.   Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates	10
	9.   Availability of Preferred Shares	10
	10.   Preferred Shares Record Date	11
	11.   Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights	11
	12.   Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares	17
	13.   Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power	17
	14.   Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares	18
	15.   Rights of Action	19
	16.   Agreement of Right Holders	19
	17.   Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder	19
	18.   Concerning the Rights Agent	19
	19.   Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent	20
	20.   Duties of Rights Agent	21
	21.   Change of Rights Agent	22
	22.   Issuance of New Right Certificates	23
	23.   Redemption	23



 






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	24.   Exchange	24
	25.   Notice of Certain Events	25
	26.   Notices	26
	27.   Supplements and Amendments	26
	28.   Successors	27
	29.   Benefits of this Agreement	27
	30.   Severability	27
	31.   Governing Law	27
	32.   Counterparts	27
	33.   Descriptive Headings	27
	34.   Force Majeure	27


 


Signatures


 


	Exhibit A	-	Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Charter of the Company
	 
	Exhibit B	-	 Form of Right Certificate
	 
	Exhibit C	-	Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares




 






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Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2021, between CRACKER
BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), and AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY,
LLC, a New York limited liability trust company, as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”). This Agreement shall be effective
as of the Effective Time.


 


The Board of Directors of the Company has authorized
and declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each Common Share (as hereinafter defined)
of the Company outstanding on April 19, 2021 (the “Record Date”), each Right representing the right to purchase one
one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (as hereinafter defined), upon the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, and has further
authorized and directed the issuance of one Right with respect to each Common Share that shall become outstanding between the Record Date
and the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date and the Final Expiration Date (as such terms are hereinafter defined).


 


Accordingly, in consideration of the premises and
the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:


 


Section 1.               
Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:


 


(a)               “Acquiring
Person” shall mean any Person who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person, shall be the
Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding, but shall not include the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any entity holding Common
Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan; provided, however, that no Person who Beneficially Owns, as of
the time of the public announcement of this Agreement, 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then outstanding shall become
an Acquiring Person unless such Person shall, after the time of the public announcement of this Agreement, increase its Beneficial
Ownership of the then outstanding Common Shares (other than as a result of an acquisition of Common Shares by the Company) to an
amount equal to or greater than the greater of (x) 20% or (y) the sum of (i) the lowest Beneficial Ownership of such Person as a
percentage of the outstanding Common Shares as of any time from and after the public announcement of this Agreement plus (ii)
0.001%. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person shall become an “Acquiring Person” as the result of an acquisition of
Common Shares by the Company which, by reducing the number of Common Shares of the Company outstanding, increases the proportionate
number of Common Shares of the Company Beneficially Owned by such Person to 20% or more of the Common Shares of the Company then
outstanding; provided, however, that, if a Person shall become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the Common
Shares of the Company then outstanding by reason of share purchases by the Company and shall, after the public announcement of such
share purchases by the Company, become the Beneficial Owner of any additional Common Shares of the Company, then such Person shall
be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Board of Directors of the Company
determines in good faith that a Person who would otherwise be an “Acquiring Person,” as defined pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this paragraph (a), has become such inadvertently, and such Person divests as promptly as practicable a
sufficient number of Common Shares so that such Person would no longer be an “Acquiring Person,” as defined pursuant to
the foregoing provisions of this paragraph (a), then such Person shall not be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” for any
purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a bona fide swaps dealer who would otherwise be an “Acquiring
Person” has become so as a result of its actions in the ordinary course of its business that the Board of Directors of the
Company determines, in its sole discretion, were taken without the intent or effect of evading or assisting any other Person to
evade the purposes and intent of this Agreement, or otherwise seeking to control or influence the management or policies of the
Company, then, and unless and until the Board of Directors shall otherwise determine, such Person shall not be deemed to be an
 “Acquiring Person” for any purposes of this Agreement.


 






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(b)              
“Affiliate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement.


 


(c)              
“Associate” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations
under the Exchange Act as in effect on the date of this Agreement.


 


(d)              
A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of and shall be deemed to “Beneficially Own”
any securities:


 


(i)              
which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates beneficially owns, directly or indirectly;


 


(ii)             
which such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates has (A) the right or the obligation to acquire (whether
such right is exercisable, or such obligation is required to be performed, immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to
any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters and selling group members
with respect to a bona fide public offering of securities), or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights,
rights (other than these Rights), warrants or options, or otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial
Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such Person or any
of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right
to vote pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed the Beneficial
Owner of, or to Beneficially Own, any security if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such security (1) arises solely
from a revocable proxy or consent given to such Person in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to, and in
accordance with, the applicable rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act and (2) is not also then reportable on Schedule
13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report);


 


(iii)            
which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Person with which such Person or any of such Person’s
Affiliates or Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than customary agreements with and between underwriters
and selling group members with respect to a bona  fide public offering of securities) for the purpose of acquiring,
holding, voting (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to Section 1(d)(ii)(B) hereof) or disposing of any securities of the
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(iv)            
which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a Counterparty (or any of such Counterparty’s Affiliates or Associates)
under any Derivatives Contract (without regard to any short or similar position under the same or any other Derivatives Contract) to which
such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates is a Receiving Party (as such terms are defined in the immediately
following paragraph); provided, however, that the number of Common Shares that a Person is deemed to Beneficially Own pursuant
to this clause (iv) in connection with a particular Derivatives Contract shall not exceed the number of Notional Common Shares with respect
to such Derivatives Contract; provided, further, that the number of securities beneficially owned by each Counterparty (including
its Affiliates and Associates) under a Derivatives Contract shall for purposes of this clause (iv) be deemed to include all securities
that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other Counterparty (or any of such other Counterparty’s Affiliates or
Associates) under any Derivatives Contract to which such first Counterparty (or any of such first Counterparty’s Affiliates or Associates)
is a Receiving Party, with this proviso being applied to successive Counterparties as appropriate.


 


A “Derivatives Contract” is
a contract between two parties (the “Receiving Party” and the “Counterparty”) that is designed to
produce economic benefits and risks to the Receiving Party that correspond substantially to the ownership by the Receiving Party of a
number of Common Shares specified or referenced in such contract or, if a number of Common Shares is not so specified or referenced therein,
the number of Common Shares that the Board in its discretion may determine to be the number to which such contract relates (the number
corresponding to such economic benefits and risks, the “Notional Common Shares”), regardless of whether obligations
under such contract are required or permitted to be settled through the delivery of cash, Common Shares or other property, without regard
to any short position under the same or any other Derivatives Contract. For the avoidance of doubt, interests in broad-based index options,
broad-based index futures and broad-based publicly traded market baskets of stocks approved for trading by the appropriate federal governmental
authority shall not be deemed to be Derivatives Contracts.


 


Notwithstanding anything in this definition of
Beneficial Ownership to the contrary, the phrase “then outstanding,” when used with reference to a Person’s Beneficial
Ownership of securities of the Company, shall mean the number of such securities then issued and outstanding together with the number
of such securities not then actually issued and outstanding which are issuable by the Company and which such Person would be deemed to
Beneficially Own hereunder.


 


(e)              
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, or a day on which banking institutions in
the City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.


 


(f)               
“Close of Business” on any given date shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date; provided,
however, that, if such date is not a Business Day, it shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the next succeeding Business
Day.


 



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(g)              
 “Common Shares” when used with reference to the Company shall mean the shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, of the Company. “Common Shares” when used with reference to any Person other than the Company shall mean the capital
stock (or equity interest) with the greatest voting power of such other Person or, if such other Person is a Subsidiary of another Person,
the Person or Persons which ultimately control such first-mentioned Person.


 


(h)              
“Distribution Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.


 


(i)                
“Effective Time” shall mean 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on April 9, 2021.


 


(j)                
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


 


(k)              
“Exchange Ratio” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 24(a) hereof.


 


(l)                
“Exemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 23(c).


 


(m)              
“Final Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.


 


(n)              
“Nasdaq” shall mean The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC.


 


(o)              
“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association,
trust, unincorporated organization or other entity, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity, as well as
any group under Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.


 


(p)              
“Preferred Shares” shall mean shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of the Company having the rights and preferences set forth in the Company’s Articles of Amendment to the Company’s Amended
and Restated Charter attached hereto as Exhibit A.


 


(q)              
“Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4 hereof.


 


(r)               
“Qualifying Offer” shall mean an offer having, to the extent required for the type of offer specified, each
of the following characteristics:


 


(i)               
a fully financed all-cash tender offer or an exchange offer offering Common Shares of the offeror, or a combination thereof, in
each case for all of the Company’s outstanding Common Shares at the same per-share consideration;


 


(ii)              an
offer that shall remain open for not less than 60 Business Days after the offer has commenced within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a)
under the Exchange Act; provided, however, that such offer need not remain open beyond (1) the time for which any
other offer satisfying the criteria for a Qualifying Offer is then required to be kept open, or (2) the expiration date, as such
date may be extended by public announcement (with prompt written notice to the Rights Agent) in compliance with Rule 14e-1 of the
Exchange Act, of any other tender offer for the Company’s Common Shares with respect to which the Board of Directors has
agreed to redeem the Rights immediately prior to acceptance for payment of Common Shares thereunder (unless such other offer is
terminated prior to its expiration without any Common Shares having been purchased thereunder);


 






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(iii)            
an offer that is conditioned on a minimum number of the Company’s Common Shares being tendered and not withdrawn as of the
expiration date as would provide the bidder, upon consummation of the offer, with beneficial ownership of at least a majority of the Company’s
outstanding Common Shares, which condition shall not be waivable;


 


(iv)            
an offer pursuant to which the offeror has made an irrevocable written commitment to provide a “subsequent offering period”
in accordance with Rule 14d-11 of the Exchange Act of 20 Business Days following the consummation of the offer; and


 


(v)             
if the offer includes Common Shares of the offeror, (A) the offeror is a publicly-owned United States corporation, and its Common
Shares are freely tradable and are listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq
Global Select Market, (B) no approval by the shareholders of the offeror is required to issue such Common Shares or, if required, such
approval has already been obtained prior to the commencement of such offer, (C) there must be no Person (including such Person’s
Affiliates and Associates) that Beneficially Owns 20% or more of the Common Shares of the offeror then outstanding at the time of commencement
of the offer or at any time during the term of the offer, and (D) no other class of voting stock of the offeror is outstanding at the
time of the commencement, during the term or upon completion of such offer, and (E) the offeror meets the registrant eligibility requirements
for use of Form S-3 for registering securities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including, without limitation, the filing
of all required Exchange Act reports in a timely manner during the twelve calendar months prior to the date of commencement, and throughout
the term, of the offer within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) under the Exchange Act.


 


For the purposes of the definition of Qualifying
Offer, “fully financed” shall mean that the offeror has sufficient funds for the offer and related expenses which shall be
evidenced by (i) firm, binding written commitments from responsible financial institutions having the necessary financial capacity, accepted
by the offeror, to provide funds for such offer subject only to customary terms and conditions, (ii) cash or cash equivalents then available
to the offeror, set apart and maintained solely for the purpose of funding the offer with an irrevocable written commitment being provided
by the offeror to the Board of Directors of the Company to maintain such availability until the offer is consummated or withdrawn, or
(iii) a combination of the foregoing; which evidence has been provided to the Company prior to, or upon, commencement of the offer. If
an offer becomes a Qualifying Offer in accordance with this definition but subsequently ceases to be a Qualifying Offer as a result of
the failure at a later date to continue to satisfy any of the requirements of this definition, such offer shall cease to be a Qualifying
Offer and the provisions of Section 23(c) shall no longer be applicable to such offer.


 


(s)               
“Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph hereof.


 


(t)                
“Redemption Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.


 


(u)              
“Redemption Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 23(a) hereof.


 



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(v)              
 “Right” shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph hereof.


 


(w)             
“Right Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.


 


(x)              
“Shares Acquisition Date” shall mean the first date of public announcement by the Company or an Acquiring Person
that an Acquiring Person has become such.


 


(y)              
“Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the voting power
of the voting equity securities or equity interest is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person.


 


(z)              
“Summary of Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.


 


(aa)            
“Trading Day” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d) hereof.


 


Section 2.                
Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company in accordance
with the terms and conditions hereof, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Company may from time to time appoint
such co-Rights Agents as it may deem necessary or desirable, upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Rights Agent. The Rights
Agent shall have no duty to supervise, and shall in no event be liable for the acts or omissions of, any such co-Rights Agent.


 


Section 3.                
Issue of Right Certificates.


 


(a)              
Until the tenth day after the Shares Acquisition Date (including any such date which is after the date of this Agreement and prior
to the issuance of the Rights, the “Distribution Date”), (x) the Rights will be evidenced (subject to the provisions
of Section 3(b) hereof) by the certificates for Common Shares of the Company registered in the names of the holders thereof (which certificates
shall also be deemed to be Right Certificates) and not by separate Right Certificates, and (y) the right to receive Right Certificates
will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of Common Shares of the Company. As soon as practicable after the Distribution
Date, the Company will prepare and execute, the Rights Agent will countersign, and the Company will send or cause to be sent (and the
Rights Agent will, if requested, send) by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to each record holder of Common Shares of the Company
as of the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, at the address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, a Right Certificate,
in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (a “Right Certificate”), evidencing one Right for each Common Share so
held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. As of the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced solely by such Right Certificates.


 


(b)               On
the Record Date, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Company will send a copy of a Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred
Shares, in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Summary of Rights”), by first-class, postage-prepaid
mail, to each record holder of Common Shares as of the Close of Business on the Record Date, at the address of such holder shown on
the records of the Company. With respect to certificates for Common Shares of the Company outstanding as of the Record Date, until
the Distribution Date, the Rights will be evidenced by such certificates registered in the names of the holders thereof together
with a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto. Until the Distribution Date (or the earlier of the Redemption Date or the
Final Expiration Date), the surrender for transfer of any certificate for Common Shares of the Company outstanding on the Record
Date, with or without a copy of the Summary of Rights attached thereto, shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated
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(c)              
Certificates for Common Shares which become outstanding (including, without limitation, reacquired Common Shares referred to in
the last sentence of this paragraph (c)) after the Record Date but prior to the earliest of the Distribution Date, the Redemption Date
or the Final Expiration Date shall have impressed on, printed on, written on or otherwise affixed to them the following legend:


 


This certificate also evidences and entitles the
holder hereof to certain rights as set forth in an Agreement between Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. and American Stock Transfer
 & Trust Company, LLC, dated as of April 9, 2021, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Agreement”), the terms of
which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of Cracker Barrel
Old Country Store, Inc. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Agreement, such Rights (as defined in the Agreement) will be
evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. will mail
to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As set forth in
the Agreement, Rights Beneficially Owned by any Person (as defined in the Agreement) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the
Agreement) become null and void.


 


With respect to such certificates containing the
foregoing legend, until the Distribution Date, the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented by such certificates
shall be evidenced by such certificates alone, and the surrender for transfer of any such certificate shall also constitute the transfer
of the Rights associated with the Common Shares of the Company represented thereby. In the event that the Company purchases or acquires
any Common Shares of the Company after the Record Date but prior to the Distribution Date, any Rights associated with such Common Shares
of the Company shall be deemed cancelled and retired so that the Company shall not be entitled to exercise any Rights associated with
the Common Shares of the Company which are no longer outstanding. Notwithstanding this Section 3(c), the omission of a legend shall not
affect the enforceability of any part of this Rights Agreement or the rights of any holder of the Rights.


 


Section 4.                Form
of Right Certificates. The Right Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase Preferred Shares and of assignment to be
printed on the reverse thereof) shall be substantially the same as Exhibit B hereto, and may have such marks of identification or
designation and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any applicable
rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any applicable rule or regulation of any stock exchange or the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 22 hereof, the Right Certificates shall entitle
the holders thereof to purchase such number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as shall be set forth therein at the price
per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share set forth therein (the “Purchase Price”), but the number of such one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share and the Purchase Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided herein.


 






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Section 5.               
Countersignature and Registration. The Right Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, any of its Vice Presidents or its Treasurer, either manually or by facsimile signature,
shall have affixed thereto the Company’s seal or a facsimile thereof, and shall be attested by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. The Right Certificates shall be countersigned, either manually or by facsimile
signature, by the Rights Agent and shall not be valid for any purpose unless countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who shall
have signed any of the Right Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and
issuance and delivery by the Company, such Right Certificates, nevertheless, may be countersigned by the Rights Agent and issued and delivered
by the Company with the same force and effect as though the individual who signed such Right Certificates had not ceased to be such officer
of the Company; and any Right Certificate may be signed on behalf of the Company by any individual who, at the actual date of the execution
of such Right Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Right Certificate, although at the date of the execution
of this Agreement any such individual was not such an officer.


 


Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent
will keep or cause to be kept, at its principal office, books for registration and transfer of the Right Certificates issued hereunder.
Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Right Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its
face by each of the Right Certificates and the date of each of the Right Certificates.


 


Section 6.               
Transfer, Split Up, Combination and Exchange of Right Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Right Certificates.
Subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof, at any time after the Close of Business on the Distribution Date, and at or prior to the
Close of Business on the earlier of the Redemption Date or the Final Expiration Date, any Right Certificate or Right Certificates (other
than Right Certificates representing Rights that have become void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof or that have been exchanged pursuant
to Section 24 hereof) may be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged for another Right Certificate or Right Certificates entitling
the registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as the Right Certificate or Right Certificates
surrendered then entitled such holder to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer, split up, combine or exchange any Right
Certificate or Right Certificates shall make such request in writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Right Certificate
or Right Certificates to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the principal office of the Rights Agent. Thereupon the Rights
Agent shall countersign and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Right Certificate or Right Certificates, as the case may be, as so
requested. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer,
split up, combination or exchange of Right Certificates.


 


Upon receipt by the Company and the Rights
Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Right Certificate, and, in case
of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and, at the Company’s request,
reimbursement to the Company and the Rights Agent of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender to the Rights
Agent and cancellation of the Right Certificate if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Right Certificate of like
tenor to the Rights Agent for delivery to the registered holder in lieu of the Right Certificate so lost, stolen, destroyed or
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Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, the
Company and the Rights Agent may amend this Rights Agreement to provide for uncertificated Rights in addition to or in place of Rights
evidenced by Rights Certificates.


 


Section 7.               
Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights.


 


(a)              
The registered holder of any Right Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise provided herein),
in whole or in part, at any time after the Distribution Date, upon surrender of the Right Certificate, with the form of election to purchase
on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the principal office of the Rights Agent, together with payment of the
Purchase Price for each one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share as to which the Rights are exercised, at or prior to the earliest of (i)
the earlier to occur of (A) the Close of Business on the day following the certification of the voting results of the Company’s
2021 annual meeting of shareholders, if at such shareholder meeting a proposal to approve this Agreement has not received the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the Company’s Common Shares present in person or represented by proxy, entitled to vote and
actually voted on such proposal or (B) Close of Business on April 9, 2024 (such earlier date, the “Final Expiration Date”),
(ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed as provided in Section 23 hereof (the “Redemption Date”), (iii) the
time at which such Rights are exchanged as provided in Section 24 hereof, or (iv) the time at which the Rights expire in connection with
the consummation of a Qualifying Offer as provided in Section 23(d) hereof.


 


(b)              
The Purchase Price for each one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share purchasable pursuant to the exercise of a Right shall initially
be $600, and shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 11 or 13 hereof, and shall be payable in lawful money
of the United States of America in accordance with paragraph (c) below.


 


(c)               Upon
receipt of a Right Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of election to purchase duly executed, accompanied by
payment of the Purchase Price for the shares to be purchased and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax required to be paid
by the holder of such Right Certificate in accordance with Section 9 hereof by cash or by certified check, cashier’s check or
money order payable to the order of the Company, the Rights Agent shall thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from any transfer
agent of the Preferred Shares certificates for the number of Preferred Shares to be purchased and the Company hereby irrevocably
authorizes any such transfer agent to comply with all such requests, or (B) requisition from the depositary agent depositary
receipts representing such number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share as are to be purchased (in which case certificates for
the Preferred Shares represented by such receipts shall be deposited by the transfer agent of the Preferred Shares with such
depositary agent) and the Company hereby directs such depositary agent to comply with such request; (ii) when appropriate,
requisition from the Company the amount of cash to be paid in lieu of issuance of fractional shares in accordance with Section 14
hereof; (iii) after receipt of such certificates or depositary receipts, cause the same to be delivered to or upon the order of the
registered holder of such Right Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder; and (iv) when
appropriate, after receipt, deliver such cash to or upon the order of the registered holder of such Right Certificate.


 






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(d)              
In case the registered holder of any Right Certificate shall exercise less than all the Rights evidenced thereby, a new Right Certificate
evidencing Rights equivalent to the Rights remaining unexercised shall be issued by the Rights Agent to the registered holder of such
Right Certificate or to such holder’s duly authorized assigns, subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.


 


Section 8.                
Cancellation and Destruction of Right Certificates. All Right Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer,
split up, combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or to any of its agents, be delivered to the Rights Agent for cancellation
or in cancelled form, or, if surrendered to the Rights Agent, shall be cancelled by it, and no Right Certificates shall be issued in lieu
thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Agreement. The Company shall deliver to the Rights Agent for cancellation
and retirement, and the Rights Agent shall so cancel and retire, any other Right Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise
than upon the exercise thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver all cancelled Right Certificates to the Company, or shall, at the written
request of the Company, destroy such cancelled Right Certificates, and, in such case, shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof
to the Company.


 


Section 9.                
Availability of Preferred Shares. The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept available
out of its authorized and unissued Preferred Shares or any Preferred Shares held in its treasury the number of Preferred Shares that will
be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Rights in accordance with Section 7 hereof. The Company covenants and
agrees that it will take all such action as may be necessary to ensure that all Preferred Shares delivered upon exercise of Rights shall,
at the time of delivery of the certificates for such Preferred Shares (subject to payment of the Purchase Price), be duly and validly
authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable shares.


 


The Company further covenants and agrees that it
will pay when due and payable any and all federal and state transfer taxes and charges which may be payable in respect of the issuance
or delivery of the Right Certificates or of any Preferred Shares upon the exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required
to pay any transfer tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of Right Certificates to a Person other than, or the
issuance or delivery of certificates or depositary receipts for the Preferred Shares in a name other than that of, the registered holder
of the Right Certificate evidencing Rights surrendered for exercise or to issue or to deliver any certificates or depositary receipts
for Preferred Shares upon the exercise of any Rights until any such tax shall have been paid (any such tax being payable by the holder
of such Right Certificate at the time of surrender) or until it has been established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that
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Section 10.               Preferred
Shares Record Date. Each Person in whose name any certificate for Preferred Shares is issued upon the exercise of Rights shall
for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of the Preferred Shares represented thereby on, and such certificate
shall be dated, the date upon which the Right Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and payment of the Purchase
Price (and any applicable transfer taxes) was made; provided, however, that, if the date of such surrender and payment
is a date upon which the Preferred Shares transfer books of the Company are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the
record holder of such shares on, and such certificate shall be dated, the next succeeding Business Day on which the Preferred Shares
transfer books of the Company are open. Prior to the exercise of the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Right Certificate
shall not be entitled to any rights of a holder of Preferred Shares for which the Rights shall be exercisable, including, without
limitation, the right to vote, to receive dividends or other distributions or to exercise any preemptive rights, and shall not be
entitled to receive any notice of any proceedings of the Company, except as provided herein.


 


Section 11.              
Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number of Shares or Number of Rights. The Purchase Price, the number of Preferred Shares covered
by each Right and the number of Rights outstanding are subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section 11.


 


(a)              
 


 


(i)                
In the event the Company shall at any time after the date of this Agreement (A) declare a dividend on the Preferred Shares payable
in Preferred Shares, (B) subdivide the outstanding Preferred Shares, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred Shares into a smaller number
of Preferred Shares or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Preferred Shares (including any such reclassification
in connection with a share exchange, consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving corporation), except
as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a), the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the effective
date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and kind of shares of capital stock issuable on such date, shall
be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after such time shall be entitled to receive the aggregate number
and kind of shares of capital stock which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a time when the Preferred
Shares transfer books of the Company were open, such holder would have owned upon such exercise and been entitled to receive by virtue
of such dividend, subdivision, combination or reclassification; provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration
to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable
upon exercise of one Right.


 


(ii)              Subject
to Section 24 hereof, in the event any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, each holder of a Right shall thereafter have a right to
receive, upon exercise thereof at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one one-hundredths of
a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in lieu of Preferred
Shares, such number of Common Shares of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (A) multiplying the then current Purchase
Price by the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable and dividing that product by
(B) 50% of the then current per share market price of the Common Shares of the Company (determined pursuant to Section 11 (d)
hereof) on the date of the occurrence of such event. In the event that any Person shall become an Acquiring Person and the Rights
shall then be outstanding, the Company shall not take any action which would eliminate or diminish the benefits intended to be
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From and after the occurrence of such event, any
Rights that are or were acquired or Beneficially Owned by any Acquiring Person (or any Associate or Affiliate of such Acquiring Person)
shall be null and void without any further action, and any holder of such Rights shall thereafter have no right to exercise such Rights
under any provision of this Agreement or otherwise. Neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall have liability to any holder of Right
Certificates or other Person as a result of its failure to make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or its Affiliates,
Associates or transferees hereunder. No Right Certificate shall be issued pursuant to Section 3 hereof that represents Rights Beneficially
Owned by an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence or any Associate or Affiliate thereof; no Right
Certificate shall be issued at any time upon the transfer of any Rights to an Acquiring Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to
the preceding sentence or any Associate or Affiliate thereof or to any nominee of such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate or with
respect to any Common Shares otherwise deemed to be Beneficially Owned by any of the foregoing; and any Right Certificate delivered to
the Rights Agent for transfer to an Acquiring Person or other Person whose Rights would be void pursuant to the preceding sentence shall
be cancelled.


 


(iii)           
In the event that there shall not be sufficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit the
exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with subparagraph (ii) above, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary
to authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exercise of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith effort,
be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional Common Shares, the Company shall substitute, for each
Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon exercise of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or fraction thereof such that the
current per share market price of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal to the current per share market price
of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction thereof.


 


(b)               In
case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or warrants to all holders of Preferred Shares
entitling them (for a period expiring within 45 calendar days after such record date) to subscribe for or purchase Preferred Shares
(or shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the Preferred Shares (“equivalent preferred
shares”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent preferred shares at a price per Preferred Share or
equivalent preferred share (or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Shares or equivalent
preferred shares) less than the then current per share market price of the Preferred Shares (as defined in Section 11(d)) on such
record date, the Purchase Price to be in effect after such record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of Preferred Shares
outstanding on such record date plus the number of Preferred Shares which the aggregate offering price of the total number of
Preferred Shares and/or equivalent preferred shares so to be offered (and/or the aggregate initial conversion price of the
convertible securities so to be offered) would purchase at such current market price and the denominator of which shall be the
number of Preferred Shares outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional Preferred Shares and/or equivalent
preferred shares to be offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially
convertible); provided, however, that in no event shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be
less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock of the Company issuable upon exercise of one Right. In case such
subscription price may be paid in a consideration part or all of which shall be in a form other than cash, the value of such
consideration shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described
in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and holders of the Rights.


 






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Preferred Shares owned by or held for the account
of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment
shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed; and, in the event that such rights, options or warrants are not so issued,
the Purchase Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.


 


(c)              
In case the Company shall fix a record date for the making of a distribution to all holders of the Preferred Shares (including
any such distribution made in connection with a share exchange, consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving
corporation) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend or a dividend payable in Preferred Shares)
or subscription rights or warrants (excluding those referred to in Section 11(b) hereof), the Purchase Price to be in effect after such
record date shall be determined by multiplying the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction, the numerator
of which shall be the then-current per share market price of the Preferred Shares on such record date, less the fair market value (as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the
Rights Agent and shall be binding on the Rights Agent and holders of the Rights) of the portion of the assets or evidences of indebtedness
so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one Preferred Share and the denominator of which shall be
such then-current per share market price of the Preferred Shares on such record date; provided, however, that in no event
shall the consideration to be paid upon the exercise of one Right be less than the aggregate par value of the shares of capital stock
of the Company to be issued upon exercise of one Right. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed;
and, in the event that such distribution is not so made, the Purchase Price shall again be adjusted to be the Purchase Price which would
then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.


 


(d)              
 


 


(i)               For
the purpose of any computation hereunder, the “current per share market price” of any security (a
 “Security” for the purpose of this Section 11(d)(i)) on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily
closing prices per share of such Security for the 30 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date; provided, however,
that, in the event that the current per share market price of the Security is determined during a period following the announcement
by the issuer of such Security of (A) a dividend or distribution on such Security payable in shares of such Security or Securities
convertible into such shares, or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such Security and prior to the expiration
of 30 Trading Days after the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record date for such subdivision,
combination or reclassification, then, and in each such case, the current per share market price shall be appropriately adjusted to
reflect the current market price per share equivalent of such Security. The closing price for each day shall be the last sale price,
regular way, reported at or prior to 4:00 P.M. New York City time or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of
the bid and asked prices, regular way, reported as of 4:00 P.M. New York City time, in either case, as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange
or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the principal consolidated
transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities exchange on which the Security
is listed or admitted to trading or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
last quoted price reported at or prior to 4:00 P.M. New York City time or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low
asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported as of 4:00 P.M. New York City time by Nasdaq or such other system then in
use, or, if on any such date the Security is not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as
furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Security selected by the Board of Directors of the Company. The term
 “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Security is
listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Security is not listed or admitted to trading on
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(ii)             
For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the “current per share market price” of the Preferred Shares shall be
determined in accordance with the method set forth in Section 11(d)(i). If the Preferred Shares are not publicly traded, the “current
per share market price” of the Preferred Shares shall be conclusively deemed to be the current per share market price of the Common
Shares as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof (appropriately adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction occurring after the date hereof), multiplied by one hundred. If neither the Common Shares nor the Preferred Shares are publicly
held or so listed or traded, “current per share market price” shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith
by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent.


 


(e)              
No adjustment in the Purchase Price shall be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least
1% in the Purchase Price; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this Section 11 (e) are not required
to be made shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Section 11 shall
be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one one-millionth of a Preferred Share or one ten-thousandth of any other share or security
as the case may be. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 11(e), any adjustment required by this Section 11 shall be made
no later than the earlier of (i) three years from the date of the transaction which requires such adjustment or (ii) the date of the expiration
of the right to exercise any Rights.


 


(f)                If,
as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become
entitled to receive any shares of capital stock of the Company other than Preferred Shares, thereafter the number of such other
shares so receivable upon exercise of any Right shall be subject to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly
equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to the Preferred Shares contained in Section 11(a) through (c) hereof,
inclusive, and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10 and 13 hereof with respect to the Preferred Shares shall apply on like terms to
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(g)              
All Rights originally issued by the Company subsequent to any adjustment made to the Purchase Price hereunder shall evidence the
right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share purchasable from time to time
hereunder upon exercise of the Rights, all subject to further adjustment as provided herein.


 


(h)              
Unless the Company shall have exercised its election as provided in Section 11(i) hereof, upon each adjustment of the Purchase
Price as a result of the calculations made in Sections 11(b) and (c) hereof, each Right outstanding immediately prior to the making of
such adjustment shall thereafter evidence the right to purchase, at the adjusted Purchase Price, that number of one one-hundredths of
a Preferred Share (calculated to the nearest one one-millionth of a Preferred Share) obtained by (A) multiplying (x) the number of one
one-hundredths of a share covered by a Right immediately prior to this adjustment by (y) the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior
to such adjustment of the Purchase Price and (B) dividing the product so obtained by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after such
adjustment of the Purchase Price.


 


(i)                
The Company may elect, on or after the date of any adjustment of the Purchase Price, to adjust the number of Rights in substitution
for any adjustment in the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share purchasable upon the exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights
outstanding after such adjustment of the number of Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share
for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to such adjustment. Each Right held of record prior to such adjustment of the number
of Rights shall become that number of Rights (calculated to the nearest one ten-thousandth) obtained by dividing the Purchase Price in
effect immediately prior to adjustment of the Purchase Price by the Purchase Price in effect immediately after adjustment of the Purchase
Price. The Company shall make a public announcement of its election to adjust the number of Rights, indicating the record date for the
adjustment, and, if known at the time, the amount of the adjustment to be made. This record date may be the date on which the Purchase
Price is adjusted or any day thereafter, but, if the Right Certificates have been issued, shall be at least 10 days later than the date
of the public announcement. If Right Certificates have been issued, upon each adjustment of the number of Rights pursuant to this Section
11(i), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be distributed to holders of record of Right Certificates on such record
date Right Certificates evidencing, subject to Section 14 hereof, the additional Rights to which such holders shall be entitled as a result
of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in substitution and replacement
for the Right Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company,
new Right Certificates evidencing all the Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Right Certificates so
to be distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein, and shall be registered in the names
of the holders of record of Right Certificates on the record date specified in the public announcement.


 


(j)                 Irrespective
of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or in the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share issuable upon the
exercise of the Rights, the Right Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price and the
number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which were expressed in the initial Right Certificates issued hereunder.


 






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(k)              
Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below one one-hundredth of the then par value,
if any, of the Preferred Shares issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action which may, in the opinion
of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Preferred Shares at
such adjusted Purchase Price.


 


(l)               
In any case in which this Section 11 shall require that an adjustment in the Purchase Price be made effective as of a record date
for a specified event, the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of such event the issuing to the holder of any Right exercised
after such record date of the Preferred Shares and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise
over and above the Preferred Shares and other capital stock or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise on the basis
of the Purchase Price in effect prior to such adjustment; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to such holder
a due bill or other appropriate instrument evidencing such holder’s right to receive such additional shares upon the occurrence
of the event requiring such adjustment.


 


(m)             
Anything in this Section 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall be entitled to make such reductions in the Purchase
Price, in addition to those adjustments expressly required by this Section 11, as and to the extent that it, in its sole discretion, shall
determine to be advisable in order that any consolidation or subdivision of the Preferred Shares, issuance wholly for cash of any Preferred
Shares at less than the current market price, issuance wholly for cash of Preferred Shares or securities which by their terms are convertible
into or exchangeable for Preferred Shares, dividends on Preferred Shares payable in Preferred Shares or issuance of rights, options or
warrants referred to in Section 11(b) hereof, hereafter made by the Company to holders of the Preferred Shares shall not be taxable to
such shareholders.


 


(n)              
In the event that, at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Distribution Date, the Company shall (i) declare
or pay any dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares, or (ii) effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the Common
Shares (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividends in Common Shares) into a greater or lesser number of Common Shares,
then, in any such case, (A) the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share purchasable after such event upon proper exercise of
each Right shall be determined by multiplying the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share so purchasable immediately prior to
such event by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately before such event and the denominator
of which is the number of Common Shares outstanding immediately after such event, and (B) each Common Share outstanding immediately after
such event shall have issued with respect to it that number of Rights which each Common Share outstanding immediately prior to such event
had issued with respect to it. The adjustments provided for in this Section 11(n) shall be made successively whenever such a dividend
is declared or paid or such a subdivision, combination or consolidation is effected.


 



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Section 12.           
Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares. Whenever an adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 or 13 hereof,
the Company shall promptly (a) prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment or describing such event and a brief statement of
the facts accounting for such adjustment or describing such event, (b) file with the Rights Agent and with each transfer agent for the
Common Shares or the Preferred Shares a copy of such certificate and (c) if such adjustment occurs at any time after the Distribution
Date, mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Right Certificate in accordance with Section 25 hereof.


 


Section 13.           
Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets or Earning Power. In the event, directly or indirectly, at any time
after a Person has become an Acquiring Person, (a) the Company shall effect a share exchange, consolidate with, or merge with and into,
any other Person, (b) any Person shall effect a share exchange, consolidate with the Company, or merge with and into the Company and the
Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such share exchange or merger and, in connection with such merger, all or
part of the Common Shares shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person (or the Company) or cash
or any other property, or (c) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise
transfer), in one or more transactions, assets or earning power aggregating 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company
and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person other than the Company or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, then,
and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that (i) each holder of a Right (except as otherwise provided herein) shall thereafter
have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at a price equal to the then current Purchase Price multiplied by the number of one
one-hundredths of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and in lieu
of Preferred Shares, such number of result obtained by (A) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-hundredths
of a Preferred Share for which a Right is then exercisable and dividing that product by (B) 50% of the then current per share market price
of the Common Shares of such other Person (determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) on the date of consummation of such consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer; (ii) the issuer of such Common Shares shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such consolidation,
merger, sale or transfer, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the term “Company”
shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such issuer; and (iv) such issuer shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation
of a sufficient number of its Common Shares in accordance with Section 9 hereof) in connection with such consummation as may be necessary
to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to the Common Shares
of the Company thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights. The Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger,
sale or transfer unless, prior thereto, the Company and such issuer shall have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental
agreement so providing. The Company shall not enter into any transaction of the kind referred to in this Section 13 if at the time of
such transaction there are any rights, warrants, instruments or securities outstanding or any agreements or arrangements which, as a result
of the consummation of such transaction, would eliminate or substantially diminish the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.
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Section 14.           
Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.


 





(a)              
 The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights or to distribute Right Certificates which evidence fractional Rights.
In lieu of such fractional Rights, there shall be paid to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard to which such fractional
Rights would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of a whole Right. For the
purposes of this Section 14(a), the current market value of a whole Right shall be the closing price of the Rights for the Trading Day
immediately prior to the date on which such fractional Rights would have been otherwise issuable. The closing price for any day shall
be the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices,
regular way, in either case, as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed
or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange,
as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed on the principal national securities
exchange on which the Rights are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Rights are not listed or admitted to trading on any national
securities exchange, the last quoted price or, if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter
market, as reported by Nasdaq or such other system then in use or, if on any such date the Rights are not quoted by any such organization,
the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Rights selected by
the Board of Directors of the Company. If on any such date no such market maker is making a market in the Rights, the fair value of the
Rights on such date as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company shall be used.


 


(b)              
The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Preferred Shares (other than fractions which are integral multiples of
one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share) upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Preferred
Shares (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share). Fractions of Preferred Shares in
integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts,
pursuant to an appropriate agreement between the Company and a depositary selected by it; provided that such agreement shall provide
that the holders of such depositary receipts shall have all the rights, privileges and preferences to which they are entitled as beneficial
owners of the Preferred Shares represented by such depositary receipts. In lieu of fractional Preferred Shares that are not integral multiples
of one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of Right Certificates at the time such Rights
are exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market value of one Preferred Share. For
the purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of a Preferred Share shall be the closing price of a Preferred Share (as
determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.


 


(c)              
The holder of a Right, by the acceptance of the Right, expressly waives such holder’s right to receive any fractional Rights
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Section 15.            Rights
of Action. All rights of action in respect of this Agreement, excepting the rights of action given to the Rights Agent under
Section 18 hereof, are vested in the respective registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date,
the registered holders of the Common Shares); and any registered holder of any Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution
Date, of the Common Shares), without the consent of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Right Certificate (or, prior to
the Distribution Date, of the Common Shares), may, in such holder’s own behalf and for such holder’s own benefit,
enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against the Company to enforce, or otherwise act in respect
of, such holder’s right to exercise the Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate in the manner provided in such Right
Certificate and in this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing or any remedies available to the holders of Rights, it is
specifically acknowledged that the holders of Rights would not have an adequate remedy at law for any breach of this Agreement, and
will be entitled to specific performance of the obligations under, and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of
the obligations of any Person subject to, this Agreement.


 


Section 16.           
Agreement of Right Holders. Every holder of a Right, by accepting the same, consents and agrees with the Company and the
Rights Agent and with every other holder of a Right that:


 


(a)              
prior to the Distribution Date, the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the Common Shares;


 


(b)              
after the Distribution Date, the Right Certificates are transferable only on the registry books of the Rights Agent if surrendered
at the principal office of the Rights Agent, duly endorsed or accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer; and


 


(c)              
the Company and the Rights Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name the Right Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution
Date, the associated Common Shares certificate) is registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding
any notations of ownership or writing on the Right Certificate or the associated Common Shares certificate made by anyone other than the
Company or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent shall be affected by any notice
to the contrary.


 


Section 17.           
Right Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Shareholder. No holder, as such, of any Right Certificate shall be entitled to vote,
receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Preferred Shares or any other securities of the Company which may at
any time be issuable on the exercise of the Rights represented thereby, nor shall anything contained herein or in any Right Certificate
be construed to confer upon the holder of any Right Certificate, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right
to vote for the election of directors or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent
to any corporate action, or to receive notice of meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (except as provided in Section 25 hereof),
or to receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by such Right Certificate shall have
been exercised in accordance with the provisions hereof.


 


Section 18.            Concerning
the Rights Agent. The Company agrees to pay to the Rights Agent reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it
hereunder, and, from time to time, on demand of the Rights Agent, its reasonable expenses and counsel fees and other disbursements
incurred in the administration and execution of this Agreement and the exercise and performance of its duties hereunder. The Company
also agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, or expense incurred without
gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Rights Agent, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent
in connection with the acceptance and administration of this Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending against any
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The Rights Agent shall be protected and shall incur
no liability for, or in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in connection with, its administration of this Agreement
in reliance upon any Right Certificate or certificate for the Preferred Shares or Common Shares or for other securities of the Company,
instrument of assignment or transfer, power of attorney, endorsement, affidavit, letter, notice, direction, consent, certificate, statement,
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to be signed, executed and, where necessary, verified or acknowledged, by
the proper person or persons, or otherwise upon the advice of counsel as set forth in Section 20 hereof.


 


Section 19.           
Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent. Any corporation into which the Rights Agent or any successor
Rights Agent may be merged or with which it may effect a share exchange, be converted or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any
merger, share exchange, conversion or consolidation to which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any Person
succeeding to the stock transfer or corporate trust powers of the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent, shall be the successor to
the Rights Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or document or any further act on the part of any of
the parties hereto; provided that such Person would be eligible for appointment as a successor Rights Agent under the provisions
of Section 21 hereof. In case at the time such successor Rights Agent shall succeed to the agency created by this Agreement, any of the
Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of
the predecessor Rights Agent and deliver such Right Certificates so countersigned; and, in case at that time any of the Right Certificates
shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in the name of the predecessor
Rights Agent or in the name of the successor Rights Agent; and, in all such cases, such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided
in the Right Certificates and in this Agreement.


 


In case at any time the name of the Rights Agent
shall be changed and at such time any of the Right Certificates shall have been countersigned but not delivered, the Rights Agent may
adopt the countersignature under its prior name and deliver Right Certificates so countersigned; and, in case at that time any of the
Right Certificates shall not have been countersigned, the Rights Agent may countersign such Right Certificates either in its prior name
or in its changed name; and, in all such cases, such Right Certificates shall have the full force provided in the Right Certificates and
in this Agreement.


 






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Section 20.           
Duties of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent undertakes the duties and obligations imposed by this Agreement upon the following
terms and conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Right Certificates, by their acceptance thereof, shall be bound:


 





(a)              
 The Rights Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be legal counsel for the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall
be full and complete authorization and protection to the Rights Agent as to any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and in accordance
with such opinion.


 


(b)              
Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement the Rights Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact
or matter be proved or established by the Company prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such fact or matter (unless other
evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate
signed by any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary
or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Rights Agent; and such certificate shall be full authorization to the Rights
Agent for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it under the provisions of this Agreement in reliance upon such certificate.


 


(c)              
The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder to the Company and any other Person only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct.


 


(d)              
The Rights Agent shall not be liable for or by reason of any of the statements of fact or recitals contained in this Agreement
or in the Right Certificates (except its countersignature thereof) or be required to verify the same, but all such statements and recitals
are and shall be deemed to have been made by the Company only.


 


(e)              
The Rights Agent shall not be under any responsibility in respect of the validity of this Agreement or the execution and delivery
hereof (except the due execution hereof by the Rights Agent) or in respect of the validity or execution of any Right Certificate (except
its countersignature thereof); nor shall it be responsible for any breach by the Company of any covenant or condition contained in this
Agreement or in any Right Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any change in the exercisability of the Rights (including the Rights
becoming void pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) or any adjustment in the terms of the Rights (including the manner, method or amount
thereof) provided for in Section 3, 11, 13, 23 or 24 hereof, or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such
change or adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Right Certificates after receipt of a certificate pursuant
to Section 12 describing such change or adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty
as to the authorization or reservation of any Preferred Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Right Certificate or as
to whether any Preferred Shares will, when issued, be validly authorized and issued, fully paid and nonassessable.


 


(f)               
The Company agrees that it will perform, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be performed, executed, acknowledged and
delivered all such further and other acts, instruments and assurances as may reasonably be required by the Rights Agent for the carrying
out or performing by the Rights Agent of the provisions of this Agreement.


 


(g)               The
Rights Agent is hereby authorized and directed to accept instructions with respect to the performance of its duties hereunder from
any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company, and to apply to such officers for advice or instructions in
connection with its duties, and it shall not be liable for any action taken or suffered by it in good faith in accordance with
instructions of any such officer or for any delay in acting while waiting for those instructions.


 






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(h)              
The Rights Agent and any shareholder, director, officer or employee of the Rights Agent may buy, sell or deal in any of the Rights
or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or contract
with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely as though it were not Rights Agent under this Agreement. Nothing
herein shall preclude the Rights Agent from acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other Person.


 


(i)                
The Rights Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested in it or perform any duty hereunder either
itself or by or through its attorneys or agents, and the Rights Agent shall not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect
or misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the Company resulting from any such act, default, neglect or misconduct,
provided that reasonable care was exercised in the selection and continued employment thereof.


 


Section 21.            Change
of Rights Agent. The Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may resign and be discharged from its duties under this
Agreement upon 30 days’ notice in writing mailed to the Company and, in the event that the Rights Agent or one of its
Affiliates is not also the transfer agent for the Company, to each transfer agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares by
registered or certified mail. In the event the transfer agency relationship in effect between the Company and the Rights Agent
terminates, the Rights Agent will be deemed to have resigned automatically and be discharged from its duties under this Agreement as
of the effective date of such termination, and the Company shall be responsible for sending any required notice. The Company may
remove the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent (with or without cause) upon 30 days’ notice in writing, mailed to the
Rights Agent or successor Rights Agent, as the case may be, and to each transfer agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares by
registered or certified mail, and to the holders of the Right Certificates by first-class mail. If the Rights Agent shall resign or
be removed or shall otherwise become incapable of acting, the Company shall appoint a successor to the Rights Agent. If the Company
shall fail to make such appointment within a period of 30 days after giving notice of such removal or after it has been notified in
writing of such resignation or incapacity by the resigning or incapacitated Rights Agent or by the holder of a Right Certificate
(which holder shall, with such notice, submit such holder’s Right Certificate for inspection by the Company), then the
registered holder of any Right Certificate may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a new Rights
Agent. Any successor Rights Agent, whether appointed by the Company or by such a court, shall be either (a) a Person organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States or of the State of New York (or of any other state of the United States so long
as such corporation is authorized to do business as a banking institution in such state), in good standing which is authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust or stock transfer powers and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state
authority and which has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million or (b)
an affiliate or direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of such Person or its wholly-owning parent. After appointment, the
successor Rights Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named
as Rights Agent without further act or deed; but the predecessor Rights Agent shall deliver and transfer to the successor Rights
Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder, and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed
necessary for the purpose. Not later than the effective date of any such appointment, the Company shall file notice thereof in
writing with the predecessor Rights Agent and each transfer agent of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares, and mail a notice
thereof in writing to the registered holders of the Right Certificates. Failure to give any notice provided for in this Section 21,
however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of the resignation or removal of the Rights Agent or the
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Section 22.           
Issuance of New Right Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary,
the Company may, at its option, issue new Right Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by the Board of Directors
of the Company to reflect any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price and the number or kind or class of shares or other securities
or property purchasable under the Right Certificates made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.


 


Section 23.           
Redemption.


 


(a)              
The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person,
redeem all but not less than all the then outstanding Rights at a redemption price of $0.01 per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect
any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date hereof (such redemption price being hereinafter referred
to as the “Redemption Price”). The redemption of the Rights by the Board of Directors of the Company may be made effective
at such time, on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors of the Company, in its sole discretion, may establish.


 


(b)              
Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of the Rights pursuant to paragraph
(a) of this Section 23, and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise the Rights will terminate and the
only right thereafter of the holders of Rights shall be to receive the Redemption Price. The Company shall promptly give public notice
of any such redemption; provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice shall not affect
the validity of such redemption. Within 10 days after such action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the redemption of
the Rights, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption to all the holders of the then outstanding Rights at their last addresses as
they appear upon the registry books of the Rights Agent or, prior to the Distribution Date, on the registry books of the transfer agent
for the Common Shares. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives
the notice. Each such notice of redemption will state the method by which the payment of the Redemption Price will be made. Neither the
Company nor any of its Affiliates or Associates may redeem, acquire or purchase for value any Rights at any time in any manner other than
that specifically set forth in this Section 23 or in Section 24 hereof, and other than in connection with the purchase of Common Shares
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(c)              
 In the event the Company receives a Qualifying Offer and, by the end of the 60 Business Days following the commencement (or, if
later, the first existence) of a Qualifying Offer, the Board of Directors has not redeemed the outstanding Rights or exempted such offer
from the terms of the Agreement, the Qualifying Offer shall be deemed exempt from the application of this Agreement to such Qualifying
Offer so long as it remains a Qualifying Offer, such exemption to be effective on the Close of Business on the 60th Business Day following
the commencement (or, if later, the first existence) of a Qualifying Offer (the “Exemption Date”).


 


(d)              
From and after the Close of Business on the Exemption Date, the consummation of the Qualifying Offer shall not cause the offeror
or its affiliates or associates to become an Acquiring Person, and the Rights shall immediately expire and have no further force and effect
upon such consummation.


 


Section 24.           
Exchange.


 


(a)              
The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time after any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, exchange all
or part of the then outstanding and exercisable Rights (which shall not include Rights that have become void pursuant to the provisions
of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof) for Common Shares at an exchange ratio of one Common Share per Right, appropriately adjusted to reflect any
adjustment in the number of Rights pursuant to Section 11(i) (such exchange ratio being hereinafter referred to as the “Exchange
Ratio”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors of the Company shall not be empowered to effect such exchange
at any time after any Person (other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any such
Subsidiary, or any entity holding Common Shares for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan), together with all Affiliates and Associates
of such Person, becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Shares then outstanding.


 


(b)              
Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the exchange of any Rights pursuant to paragraph
(a) of this Section 24 and without any further action and without any notice, the right to exercise such Rights shall terminate and the
only right thereafter of a holder of such Rights shall be to receive that number of Common Shares equal to the number of such Rights held
by such holder multiplied by the Exchange Ratio. The Company shall promptly give public notice of any such exchange; provided,
however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, such notice shall not affect the validity of such exchange. The Company promptly
shall mail a notice of any such exchange to all of the holders of such Rights at their last addresses as they appear upon the registry
books of the Rights Agent. Any notice which is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be deemed given, whether or not the holder receives
the notice. Each such notice of exchange will state the method by which the exchange of the Common Shares for Rights will be effected,
and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights which will be exchanged. Any partial exchange shall be effected pro
rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights which have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof)
held by each holder of Rights.


 


(c)               In
the event that there shall not be sufficient Common Shares issued but not outstanding or authorized but unissued to permit any
exchange of Rights as contemplated in accordance with this Section 24, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary to
authorize additional Common Shares for issuance upon exchange of the Rights. In the event the Company shall, after good faith
effort, be unable to take all such action as may be necessary to authorize such additional Common Shares, the Company shall
substitute, for each Common Share that would otherwise be issuable upon exchange of a Right, a number of Preferred Shares or
fraction thereof such that the current per share market price of one Preferred Share multiplied by such number or fraction is equal
to the current per share market price of one Common Share as of the date of issuance of such Preferred Shares or fraction
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(d)              
The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Common Shares or to distribute certificates which evidence fractional Common
Shares. In lieu of such fractional Common Shares, the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the Right Certificates with regard
to which such fractional Common Shares would otherwise be issuable an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market
value of a whole Common Share. For the purposes of this paragraph (d), the current market value of a whole Common Share shall be the closing
price of a Common Share (as determined pursuant to the second sentence of Section 11(d)(i) hereof) for the Trading Day immediately prior
to the date of exchange pursuant to this Section 24.


 


Section 25.           
Notice of Certain Events.


 


(a)              
In case the Company shall, at any time after the Distribution Date, propose (i) to pay any dividend payable in stock of any class
to the holders of the Preferred Shares or to make any other distribution to the holders of the Preferred Shares (other than a regular
quarterly cash dividend), (ii) to offer to the holders of the Preferred Shares rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any
additional Preferred Shares or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options, (iii) to effect any reclassification
of the Preferred Shares (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding Preferred Shares), (iv) to effect
any share exchange, consolidation or merger into or with, or to effect any sale or other transfer (or to permit one or more of its Subsidiaries
to effect any sale or other transfer), in one or more transactions, of 50% or more of the assets or earning power of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to, any other Person, (v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, or (vi)
to declare or pay any dividend on the Common Shares payable in Common Shares or to effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation
of the Common Shares (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of dividends in Common Shares), then, in each such case, the Company
shall give to each holder of a Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, which shall
specify the record date for the purposes of such stock dividend, or distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on which such share
exchange, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date
of participation therein by the holders of the Common Shares and/or Preferred Shares, if any such date is to be fixed, and such notice
shall be so given in the case of any action covered by clause (i) or (ii) above at least 10 days prior to the record date for determining
holders of the Preferred Shares for purposes of such action, and, in the case of any such other action, at least 10 days prior to the
date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of the Common Shares and/or Preferred Shares,
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(b)              
 In case the event set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall occur, then the Company shall, as soon as practicable thereafter,
give to each holder of a Right Certificate, in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of the occurrence of such event, which notice
shall describe such event and the consequences of such event to holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.


 


Section 26.           
Notices. Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any
Right Certificate to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by overnight delivery service or first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing with the Rights Agent) as follows:


 


Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.


305 Hartmann Drive


Lebanon, TN 37087


Attention: Corporate Secretary


 


Subject to the provisions of Section 21 hereof, any notice or demand
authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or by the holder of any Right Certificate to or on the Rights Agent shall
be sufficiently given or made if sent by overnight delivery service or first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address
is filed in writing with the Company) as follows:


 


American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC


6201 15th Avenue


Brooklyn, New York 11219


Attention: Relationship Manager


 


with a copy (which shall not constitute notice)
to:


 


American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC


6201 15th Avenue


Brooklyn, New York 11219


Attention: General Counsel


 


Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made
by the Company or the Rights Agent to the holder of any Right Certificate shall be sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to such holder at the address of such holder as shown on the registry books of the Company.


 


Section 27.            Supplements
and Amendments. The Company may from time to time supplement or amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of
Right Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provisions herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to the Rights which the Company may deem
necessary or desirable, any such supplement or amendment to be evidenced by a writing signed by the Company and the Rights Agent; provided, however,
that, from and after such time as any Person becomes an Acquiring Person, this Agreement shall not be amended in any manner which
would adversely affect the interests of the holders of Rights. Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer of the
Company which states that the proposed supplement or amendment is in compliance with the terms of this Section 27, the Rights Agent
shall execute such supplement or amendment.


 






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Section 28.           
Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Rights Agent
shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns hereunder.


 


Section 29.           
Benefits of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company, the
Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the Common Shares) any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement; but this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company,
the Rights Agent and the registered holders of the Right Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, the Common Shares).


 


Section 30.           
Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction
or other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.


 


Section 31.           
Governing Law. This Agreement and each Right Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
laws of the State of Tennessee and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such state applicable
to contracts to be made and performed entirely within such state.


 


Section 32.           
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes
be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signature to this
Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect, and enforceability as an original signature.


 


Section 33.           
Descriptive Headings. Descriptive headings of the several Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and
shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.


 


Section 34.           
Force Majeure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the 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, interruptions or malfunctions of computer facilities, or loss of data due to power failures
or mechanical difficulties with information storage or retrieval systems, labor difficulties, war, or civil unrest.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.


 


	 	CRACKER BARREL OLD
    COUNTRY STORE, INC.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/
    Sandra B. Cochran
	 	 	Name: Sandra B. Cochran
	 	 	Title: President and Chief
    Executive Officer
	 	 	 
	 	AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER
    & TRUST COMPANY, LLC
	 	 
	 	By	/s/ Michael A. Nespoli
	 	 	Name: Michael A. Nespoli
	 	 	Title: Executive Director




 


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Exhibit A 


 


ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE

AMENDED AND RESTATED CHARTER


of


CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC.


 


(Pursuant to Section 48-20-102 of the

Tennessee Business Corporation Act)


 


In accordance with Sections 48-20-102 and 48-20-106
of the Tennessee Business Corporation Act, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Articles of Amendment (the “Articles
of Amendment”) to its Amended and Restated Charter (the “Charter”):


 


1.       The
name of this corporation is Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.


 


2.       Article
5 of the Charter is hereby amended, pursuant to the authority granted to the Board of Directors of this corporation by Section 5(c) of
the Charter, by amending and restating subsection (f) to Article 5 of the Charter in its entirety to read as follows:


 


“(f) Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock:


 


(i) Designation and Amount. The shares of
such series shall be designated as “Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” (the “Series A Preferred Stock”)
and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred Stock shall be 300,000. Such number of shares may be increased or decreased
by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided, that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock to a
number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding
options, rights or warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the corporation convertible into Series A Preferred
Stock.


 


(ii) Dividends and Distributions.


 


(A) Subject to the rights of the holders of
any shares of any series of Preferred Stock (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series A Preferred Stock with
respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share, of the corporation, and of any other junior stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the
Board of Directors out of funds legally available for the purpose, quarterly dividends payable in cash on the first day of March,
June, September and December in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a “Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date”), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of
Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $1 or (b) subject to the
provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 100 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 100 times the
aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in
shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on
the Common Stock since the immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the first Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the corporation
shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or
combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a
dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to
which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding
sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
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(B) The corporation shall declare a dividend or
distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this subsection immediately after it declares a dividend
or distribution on the Common Stock (other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock); provided that, in the event no dividend
or distribution shall have been declared on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment Date and the next
subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $1 per share on the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on
such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.


 


(C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative
on outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares,
unless the date of issue of such shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in which case dividends
on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly
dividend and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative
from such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends paid on the shares of Series
A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be allocated
pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time outstanding. The Board of Directors may fix a record date for the
determination of holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon,
which record date shall be not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.


 


(iii) Voting Rights. The holders of shares
of Series A Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:


 


(A) Subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth, each share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 100 votes on all matters submitted
to a vote of the shareholders of the corporation. In the event the corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser
number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is
the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.


 






      


     


    

 


(B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in any
other articles of amendment to this Charter creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock, or by law, the holders of shares
of Series A Preferred Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the corporation having general voting
rights shall vote together as one class on all matters submitted to a vote of shareholders of the corporation.


 


(C) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise
provided by law, holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and their consent shall not be required (except
to the extent they are entitled to vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate action.


 


(iv) Certain Restrictions.


 


(A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends
or distributions payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in subsection 5(f)(ii) are in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued
and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid
in full, the corporation shall not:


 


(1) declare or pay dividends, or make any other
distributions, on any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series
A Preferred Stock;


 


(2) declare or pay dividends, or make any other
distributions, on any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with
the Series A Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock on which dividends
are payable or in arrears in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such shares are then entitled;


 


(3) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series
A Preferred Stock, provided that the corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock
in exchange for shares of any stock of the corporation ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding
up) to the Series A Preferred Stock; or


 


(4) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration any shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, except
in accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such
shares upon such terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other relative rights
and preferences of the respective series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable treatment among
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(B) The corporation shall not permit any subsidiary
of the corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the corporation unless the corporation could,
under paragraph (A) of this subsection 5(f)(iv), purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.


 


(v) Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series
A Preferred Stock purchased or otherwise acquired by the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall be retired and cancelled promptly
after the acquisition thereof. All such shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock
and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein,
or in any other articles of amendment to this Charter creating a series of Preferred Stock or any similar stock or as otherwise required
by law.


 


(vi) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.
Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock
ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up)to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto,
the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall have received $100 per share, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid dividends
and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal
to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of shares of Common Stock, or (2) to the holders of shares of
stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred Stock, except
distributions made ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders
of all such shares are entitled upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up. In the event the corporation shall at any time declare
or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision or combination or consolidation of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into
a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series
A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso in clause (1) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted
by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after
such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.


 


(vii) Consolidation, Merger, Etc. In
case the corporation shall enter into any consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of Common
Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash and/or any other property, then in any such case each share
of Series A Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed into an amount per share, subject to the
provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other
property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the
event the corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect
a subdivision or combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case
the amount set forth in the preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be
adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately
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(viii) No Redemption. The shares of Series
A Preferred Stock shall not be redeemable.


 


(ix) Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock
shall rank, with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, junior to all series of any other class of the corporation’s
Preferred Stock.


 


(x) Amendment. Subsection 5(f) of this Charter
shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred
Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series
A Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.”


 


3.       Except
as amended by these Articles of Amendment, the Charter of the Corporation shall remain in full force and effect.


 


4.       These
Articles of Amendment were duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on April 9, 2012, without shareholder approval as
no such approval was required.


 


5.       These
Articles of Amendment to the Charter of the Corporation will be effective as of 8:00 a.m. Central Time on April 10, 2012.


 









      


     


    

 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, these Articles of Amendment
are executed on behalf of the Corporation this 9th day of April, 2012.


 


	 	CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE,
    INC.
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Michael J. Zylstra      






	 	Name:	Michael J. Zylstra
	 	Title:	Vice President and General Counsel




 






      


     


    

 





Exhibit B 


 


	Form of Right Certificate	 
	Certificate No. R-	__________ Rights




 


NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER April 9, 2024 OR EARLIER
IF

REDEMPTION, EXCHANGE OR TERMINATION OCCURS. THE RIGHTS ARE

SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT $0.01 PER RIGHT AND TO EXCHANGE OR

TERMINATION ON THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT.


 


Right Certificate


 


Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.


 


This certifies that ___________________, or registered
assigns, is the registered owner of the number of Rights set forth above, each of which entitles the owner thereof, subject to the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2021 (the “Agreement”), between Cracker Barrel Old Country
Store, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Rights
Agent”), to purchase from the Company at any time after the Distribution Date (as such term is defined in the Agreement) and prior
to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on April 9, 2024 (or earlier under certain circumstances set forth in the Agreement) at the principal
office of the Rights Agent, or at the office of its successor as Rights Agent, one one-hundredth of a fully paid non-assessable share
of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Shares”), at a
purchase price of $600 per one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share (the “Purchase Price”), upon presentation and surrender
of this Right Certificate with the Form of Election to Purchase duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate
(and the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which may be purchased upon exercise hereof) set forth above, and the Purchase
Price set forth above, are the number and Purchase Price as of _______, 20__, based on the Preferred Shares as constituted at such date.
As provided in the Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number of one one-hundredths of a Preferred Share which may be purchased upon
the exercise of the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening of certain
events.


 


This Right Certificate is subject to all of the
terms, provisions and conditions of the Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereof and to which Agreement reference is hereby made for a full description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations,
duties and immunities hereunder of the Rights Agent, the Company and the holders of the Right Certificates. Copies of the Agreement are
on file at the principal executive offices of the Company and the offices of the Rights Agent.


 


This Right Certificate, with or without other
Right Certificates, upon surrender at the principal office of the Rights Agent, may be exchanged for another Right Certificate or
Right Certificates of like tenor and date evidencing Rights entitling the holder to purchase a like aggregate number of Preferred
Shares as the Rights evidenced by the Right Certificate or Right Certificates surrendered shall have entitled such holder to
purchase. If this Right Certificate shall be exercised in part, the holder shall be entitled to receive upon surrender hereof
another Right Certificate or Right Certificates for the number of whole Rights not exercised.


 






      


     


    

 


Subject to the provisions of the Agreement, the
Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate (i) may be redeemed by the Company at a redemption price of $0.01 per Right or (ii) may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Preferred Shares or shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.


 


No fractional Preferred Shares will be issued upon
the exercise of any Right or Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions which are integral multiples of one one-hundredth of a Preferred
Share, which may, at the election of the Company, be evidenced by depositary receipts), but, in lieu thereof, a cash payment will be made,
as provided in the Agreement.


 


No holder of this Right Certificate shall be entitled
to vote or receive dividends or be deemed for any purpose the holder of the Preferred Shares or of any other securities of the Company
which may at any time be issuable on the exercise hereof, nor shall anything contained in the Agreement or herein be construed to confer
upon the holder hereof, as such, any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company or any right to vote for the election of directors
or upon any matter submitted to shareholders at any meeting thereof, or to give or withhold consent to any corporate action, or to receive
notice of meetings or other actions affecting shareholders (except as provided in the Agreement), or to receive dividends or subscription
rights, or otherwise, until the Right or Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate shall have been exercised as provided in the Agreement.


 


This Right Certificate shall not be valid or obligatory
for any purpose until it shall have been countersigned by the Rights Agent.


 









      


     


    

 


WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers
of the Company and its corporate seal. Dated as of ______________, 20____.


 


	ATTEST:	 	CRACKER
    BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	 	By	       
	Name:	 	Name:
	Title:	 	Title:
	Countersigned:	 	 




 


	AMERICAN
    STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC	 
	 	 
	By	      	 
	Name:	 
	Title:	 




 


Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate





 






      


     


    

 


FORM OF ASSIGNMENT


 


(To be executed by the registered holder if such

holder desires to transfer the Right Certificate.)


 


FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________ hereby
sells, assigns and transfers unto [Please print name and address of transferee] this Right Certificate, together with all right,
title and interest therein, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney, to transfer the within Right Certificate on the
books of the within-named Company, with full power of substitution.


 


	Dated:	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	Signature




 


Signature Guaranteed:


 


Signatures must be guaranteed by a member or participant
in the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, or the Stock Exchange Medallion
Program.


 


The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights
evidenced by this Right Certificate are not Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined
in the Agreement).


 





	 	 
	 	Signature


 


Form of Reverse Side of Right Certificate –
continued


 









      


     


    

 


FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE


 


(To be executed if holder desires to exercise

Rights represented by the Right Certificate.)


 


To: CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC.


 


The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
__________ Rights represented by this Right Certificate to purchase the Preferred Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Rights and
requests that certificates for such Preferred Shares be issued in the name of:


 


Please insert social security

or other identifying number


 


 


(Please print name
and address)


 


If such number of Rights shall not be all the Rights
evidenced by this Right Certificate, a new Right Certificate for the balance remaining of such Rights shall be registered in the name
of and delivered to:


 


Please insert social security

or other identifying number


 


 


(Please print name and address)


 





	Dated:	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	Signature


 


Signature Guaranteed:


 


Signatures must be guaranteed by a member or participant
in the Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, or the Stock Exchange Medallion
Program.


 


The undersigned hereby certifies that the Rights
evidenced by this Right Certificate are not Beneficially Owned by an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate thereof (as defined
in the Agreement).


 


	 	 
	 	Signature


 









      


     


    

 


NOTICE


 


The signature in the Form of Assignment or Form
of Election to Purchase, as the case may be, must conform to the name as written upon the face of this Right Certificate in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.


 


In the event the certification set forth above
in the Form of Assignment or the Form of Election to Purchase, as the case may be, is not completed, the Company and the Rights Agent
will deem the Beneficial Owner of the Rights evidenced by this Right Certificate to be an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate
thereof (as defined in the Agreement) and such Assignment or Election to Purchase will not be honored.


 






      


     


    

 





Exhibit C 


 


SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE

PREFERRED SHARES


 


Introduction 


 


Effective as of April 9, 2021, the Board of Directors
of our Company, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right
(a “Right”) for each outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The dividend is payable on April 19, 2021
to the shareholders of record on April 19, 2021.


 


Our Board has adopted this Rights Agreement to
protect shareholders from coercive or otherwise unfair takeover tactics. In general terms, it works by imposing significant dilution upon
any person or group that acquires 20% or more of our outstanding common stock without the approval of our Board. The Rights Agreement
should not interfere with any merger or other business combination approved by our Board. It also does not apply to any all-cash, fully
financed tender offer or exchange offer offering common stock of the offeror, or a combination thereof, for all the Company’s shares
meeting the requirements that we describe below.


 


For those interested in the specific terms of the
Rights Agreement as made between our Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as the Rights Agent, on April 9, 2021,
we provide the following summary description. Please note, however, that this description is only a summary, and is not complete, and
should be read together with the entire Rights Agreement, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit
to a Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated April 9, 2021. A copy of the agreement is available free of charge from our Company.


 


The Rights. Our Board authorized the issuance
of a Right with respect to each outstanding share of common stock on April 19, 2021. The Rights will initially trade with, and will be
inseparable from, the common stock. The Rights are evidenced only by certificates or book entries that represent shares of common stock.
New Rights will accompany any new shares of common stock we issue after April 19, 2021 until the Distribution Date described below.


 


Exercise Price. Each Right will allow its
holder to purchase from our Company one one-hundredth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (“Preferred Share”)
for $600, once the Rights become exercisable. This portion of a Preferred Share will give the shareholder approximately the same dividend,
voting, and liquidation rights as would one share of common stock. Prior to exercise, the Right does not give its holder any dividend,
voting, or liquidation rights.


 


Exercisability. The Rights will not be exercisable
until 10 days after the public announcement that a person or group has become an “Acquiring Person” by obtaining beneficial
ownership of 20% or more of our outstanding common stock.


 


Certain synthetic interests in securities
created by derivative positions — whether or not such interests are considered to be ownership of the underlying common stock
or are reportable for purposes of Regulation 13D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 — are treated as beneficial ownership
of the number of shares of the company’s common stock equivalent to the economic exposure created by the derivative position,
to the extent actual shares of the company’s common stock are directly or indirectly held by counterparties to the derivatives
contracts. Swaps dealers unassociated with any control intent or intent to evade the purposes of the Rights Plan are excepted from
such imputed beneficial ownership.


 






      


     


    

 


We refer to the date when the Rights become exercisable
as the “Distribution Date.” Until that date, the common stock certificates will also evidence the Rights, and any transfer
of shares of common stock will constitute a transfer of Rights. After that date, the Rights will separate from the common stock and be
evidenced by book-entry credits or by Rights certificates that we will mail to all eligible holders of common stock. Any Rights held by
an Acquiring Person are void and may not be exercised.


 


Consequences of a Person or Group Becoming an Acquiring Person.



 


		·	Flip In. If a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, all holders of Rights except the Acquiring Person may, for $600,
purchase shares of our common stock with a market value of $1,200 based on the market price of the common stock prior to such acquisition.
		·	Flip Over. If our Company is later acquired in a merger or similar transaction after the Rights Distribution Date, all holders
of Rights except the Acquiring Person may, for $600, purchase shares of the acquiring corporation with a market value of $1,200 based
on the market price of the acquiring corporation’s stock, prior to such merger.
		·	Notional Shares. Shares held by Affiliates and Associates of an Acquiring Person, and Notional Shares held by counterparties
to a Derivatives Contract with an Acquiring Person, will be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Acquiring Person.



 


Preferred Share Provisions. 


 


Each one one-hundredth of a Preferred Share, if
issued:


 


		·	will not be redeemable.
		·	will entitle holders to quarterly dividend payments of $0.01 per share, or an amount equal to the dividend paid on one share of common
stock, whichever is greater.
		·	will entitle holders upon liquidation either to receive $1 per share or an amount equal to the payment made on one share of common
stock, whichever is greater.
		·	will have the same voting power as one share of common stock.
		·	if shares of our common stock are exchanged via merger, consolidation, or a similar transaction, will entitle holders to a per share
payment equal to the payment made on one share of common stock.



 


The value of one one-hundredth interest in a Preferred
Share should approximate the value of one share of common stock.


 






      


     


    

 





Expiration. The Rights will expire no later
than April 9, 2024, but will expire immediately following certification of the vote at the 2021 annual shareholders’ meeting if
the rights plan is not approved by shareholders.


 


Redemption. Our Board may redeem the Rights
for $0.01 per Right at any time before any person or group becomes an Acquiring Person. If our Board redeems any Rights, it must redeem
all of the Rights. Once the Rights are redeemed, the only right of the holders of Rights will be to receive the redemption price of $0.01
per Right. The redemption price will be adjusted if we have a stock split or stock dividends of our common stock.


 


Qualifying Offer Provision. The Rights would
also not interfere with any all-cash, fully financed tender offer, exchange offer of common stock of the offeror meeting certain terms
and conditions further described below, or a combination thereof, in each case for all shares of the Company’s outstanding common
stock , remaining open for a minimum of 60 business days, and subject to a minimum condition of acceptance by a majority of the outstanding
shares of the Company’s common stock and providing for a 20 business day “subsequent offering period” after consummation
(such offers are referred to as “qualifying offers”). If an offer includes shares of common stock of the offeror, the Rights
would not interfere with such offer if such consideration consists solely of freely-tradeable common stock of a publicly-owned United
States corporation; such common stock is listed or admitted to trading on the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq Global Select Market or
Nasdaq Global Market; the offeror has already received stockholder approval to issue such common stock prior to the commencement of such
offer or no such approval is or will be required; the offeror has no other class of voting stock outstanding; no person (including such
person’s affiliated and associated persons) beneficially owns twenty percent (20%) or more of the shares of common stock of the
offeror then outstanding at the time of commencement of the offer or at any time during the term of the offer; and the offeror meets the
registrant eligibility requirements for use of a registration statement on Form S-3 for registering securities under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, including the filing of all reports required to be filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
in a timely manner during the twelve (12) calendar months prior to the date of commencement, and throughout the term, of such offer. In
the event our Company receives a qualifying offer and the board of directors has not redeemed the Rights prior to the consummation of
such offer, the consummation of the qualifying offer will not cause the offeror or its affiliates or associates to become an Acquiring
Person, and the Rights will immediately expire upon consummation of the qualifying offer.


 


Exchange. After a person or group becomes
an Acquiring Person, but before an Acquiring Person owns 50% or more of our outstanding common stock, our Board may extinguish the Rights
by exchanging one share of common stock or an equivalent security for each Right, other than Rights held by the Acquiring Person.


 


Anti-Dilution Provisions. Our Board may
adjust the purchase price of the Preferred Shares, the number of Preferred Shares issuable and the number of outstanding Rights to prevent
dilution that may occur from a stock dividend, a stock split, a reclassification of the Preferred Shares or common stock. No adjustments
to the Exercise Price of less than 1% will be made.


 





Amendments. The terms of the Rights Agreement
may be amended by our Board without the consent of the holders of the Rights. After a person or group becomes an Acquiring Person, our
Board may not amend the agreement in a way that adversely affects holders of the Rights.