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Exhibit 4.1



EXECUTION COPY


RIGHTS AGREEMENT




between




GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC.




and




COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,



as Rights Agent




Dated as of December 11, 2007




 









 





TABLE OF CONTENTS




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Page
	Section 1.

	 	Certain Definitions
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 2.

	 	Appointment of Rights Agent
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 3.

	 	Issuance of Rights Certificates
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 4.

	 	Form of Rights Certificates
	 	 	8	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 5.

	 	Countersignature and Registration
	 	 	9	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 6.

	 	Transfer, Split-Up, Combination and Exchange of
Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or
Stolen Rights Certificates
	 	 	10	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 7.

	 	Exercise of Rights; Purchase Price; Expiration Date of Rights
	 	 	11	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 8.

	 	Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 9.

	 	Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock
	 	 	13	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 10.

	 	Preferred Stock Record Date
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 11.

	 	Adjustment of Purchase Price, Number and Kind of
Shares or Number of Rights
	 	 	15	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 12.

	 	Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares
	 	 	23	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 13.

	 	Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets
Cash Flow or Earning Power
	 	 	24	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 14.

	 	Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares
	 	 	26	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 15.

	 	Rights of Action
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 16.

	 	Agreement of Rights Holders
	 	 	28	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 17.

	 	Rights Certificate Holder Not Deemed a Stockholder
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 18.

	 	Concerning the Rights Agent
	 	 	29	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 19.

	 	Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 20.

	 	Duties of Rights Agent
	 	 	30	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 21.

	 	Change of Rights Agent
	 	 	32	 






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	Section 22.

	 	Issuance of New Rights Certificates
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 23.

	 	Redemption and Termination
	 	 	33	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 24.

	 	Exchange
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 25.

	 	Notice of Certain Events
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 26.

	 	Notices
	 	 	36	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 27.

	 	Supplements and Amendments
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 28.

	 	Successors
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 29.

	 	Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc.
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 30.

	 	Force Majeure
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 31.

	 	Benefits of this Agreement
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 32.

	 	Severability
	 	 	38	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 33.

	 	Governing Law
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 34.

	 	Counterparts
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Section 35.

	 	Descriptive Headings
	 	 	39	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	EXHIBITS	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit A — Form of Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit B — Form of Rights Certificates
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Exhibit C — Form of Summary of Rights






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RIGHTS AGREEMENT




          RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of December 11, 2007 (the “Agreement”), between Guaranty Financial
Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a
national banking association (the “Rights Agent”).




W I T N E S S E T H




          WHEREAS, on December 11, 2007 (the “Rights Dividend Declaration Date”), the Board of Directors
of the Company authorized and declared a dividend distribution of one Right (as hereinafter
defined) for each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Common
Stock”) outstanding at the close of business on December 14, 2007 (the “Record Date”), and has
authorized the issuance of one Right (as such number may hereinafter be adjusted pursuant to the
provisions of Section 11(p) hereof) for each share of Common Stock of the Company issued between
the Record Date (whether originally issued or delivered from the Company’s treasury) and the
Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined), each Right initially representing the right to purchase
one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company (the
“Preferred Stock”) having the rights, powers and preferences set forth in the form of Amended and
Restated Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights attached hereto as Exhibit A, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth (the “Rights”);




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




          Section 1. Certain 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 shares of Common
Stock then outstanding, but shall not include (i) the Company, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company,
(iii) any employee benefit plan of the Company, or of any Subsidiary of the Company, or any Person
or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant to the terms of any
such plan, or (iv) any Person who becomes the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the shares of
Common Stock then outstanding as a result of a reduction in the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding due to the repurchase of shares of Common Stock by the Company unless and until such
Person, after becoming aware that such Person has become the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the
then outstanding shares of Common Stock, acquires beneficial ownership of additional shares of
Common Stock representing one percent (1%) or more of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding,
(v) any such Person who has reported or is required to report such ownership (but less than 20%) on
Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report) or on
Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor report) which Schedule 13D
does not state any intention to or reserve the right to control or influence



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the management or policies of the Company or engage in any of the actions specified in Item 4 of
such schedule (other than the disposition of the Common Stock) and, within 10 Business Days of
being requested by the Company to advise it regarding the same, certifies to the Company that such
Person acquired shares of Common Stock in excess of 19.9% inadvertently or without knowledge of the
terms of the Rights and who or which, together with all Affiliates and Associates, thereafter does
not acquire additional shares of Common Stock while the Beneficial Owner of 20% or more of the
shares of Common Stock then outstanding; provided, however, that if the Person
requested to so certify fails to do so within 10 Business Days or breaches or violates such
certification, then such Person shall become an Acquiring Person immediately after such
10-Business-Day period or such breach or violation, or (vi) until the completion of the spin-off
distribution of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock by Temple-Inland Inc. to its
stockholders, Temple-Inland Inc. or any of its subsidiaries.




               (b) “Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



               (c) “Affiliate” and “Associate” shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in
Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.



               (d) A Person shall be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, and shall be deemed to “beneficially
own,” any securities:




                    (i) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates,
directly or indirectly, owns or has the right to acquire (whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or upon the satisfaction
of one or more conditions (whether or not within the control of such Person),
compliance with regulatory requirements or otherwise) pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) or upon the exercise of
conversion rights, exchange rights, other rights, warrants or options, or
otherwise; provided, however, that a Person shall not be deemed
the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially own,” (A) securities tendered
pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such Person or any of such Person’s
Affiliates or Associates until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase
or exchange, (B) securities issuable upon exercise of Rights at any time prior to
the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as hereinafter defined), or (C) securities
issuable upon exercise of Rights from and after the occurrence of a Triggering
Event which Rights were acquired by such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates
or Associates prior to the Distribution Date (as hereinafter defined) or pursuant
to Section 3(a) or Section 22 hereof (the “Original Rights”) or pursuant to
Section 11(i) hereof in connection with an adjustment made with respect to any
Original Rights;



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                    (ii) that such Person or any of such Person’s Affiliates or Associates,
directly or indirectly, has the right to vote or dispose of or has “beneficial
ownership” of (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and
Regulations under the Exchange Act), including pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing; provided,
however, that a Person shall not be deemed the “Beneficial Owner” of, or
to “beneficially own,” any security under this subparagraph (ii) as a result of an
agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in writing) to vote such
security if such agreement, arrangement or understanding: (A) arises solely from
a revocable proxy given in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made
pursuant to, and in accordance with, the applicable provisions of the General
Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, and (B) is not reportable by such
Person on Schedule 13D under the Exchange Act (or any comparable or successor
report); or




                    (iii) that are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any other
Person (or any Affiliate or Associate thereof) with which such Person (or any of
such Person’s Affiliates or Associates) has any agreement, arrangement or
understanding (whether or not in writing), for the purpose of acquiring, holding,
voting (except pursuant to a revocable proxy as described in the proviso to
subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph (d)) or disposing of any voting securities of
the Company;


provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph (d) shall cause a Person engaged
in business as an underwriter of securities to be the “Beneficial Owner” of, or to “beneficially
own,” any securities acquired through such Person’s participation in good faith in a firm
commitment underwriting until the expiration of forty days after the date of such acquisition, and
then only if such securities continue to be owned by such Person at such expiration of forty days.




               (e) “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking
institutions in the State of 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.



               (g) “Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company, or
any other shares of capital stock of the Company into which such stock shall be reclassified or
changed, except that “Common Stock” when used with reference to any Person other than the Company
shall mean the capital stock of such Person with the greatest voting power, or the equity
securities or other equity interest having power to control or direct the management, of such
Person.



               (h) “Common Stock Equivalents” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.



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               (i) “Current Market Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(d)(i) hereof.



               (j) “Current Value” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.



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



               (l) “Equivalent Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b) hereof.



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



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



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



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



               (q) “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, trust, association, syndicate or other entity and includes, without limitation, an
unincorporated group of persons who, by formal or informal agreement or arrangement (whether or not
in writing), have embarked on a common purpose or act.



               (r) “Preferred Stock” shall mean shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Company, and, to the extent that there are not a sufficient number of
shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock authorized to permit the full exercise of
the Rights, any other series of preferred stock of the Company designated for such purpose
containing terms substantially similar to the terms of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock.



               (s) “Principal Party” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(b) hereof.



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



               (u) “Qualified Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.



               (v) “Record Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.



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               (w) “Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.



               (x) “Rights Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in the parties clause at the beginning of
this Agreement.



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



               (z) “Rights Dividend Declaration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of
this Agreement.



               (aa) “Section 11(a)(ii) Event” shall mean any event described in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.



               (bb) “Section 13 Event” shall mean any event described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) of Section
13(a) hereof.



               (cc) “Spread” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.



               (dd) “Stock Acquisition Date” shall mean the first date of public announcement (which, for
purposes of this definition, shall include, without limitation, a report filed or amended pursuant
to Section 13(d) under the Exchange Act) by the Company or an Acquiring Person that an Acquiring
Person has become such other than pursuant to a Qualified Offer.



               (ee) “Subsidiary” shall mean, with reference to any Person, any corporation or other entity of
which an amount of voting securities sufficient to elect at least a majority of the directors (or
members of a similar governing body) of such corporation or other entity is beneficially owned,
directly or indirectly, by such Person, or otherwise controlled by such Person.



               (ff) “Substitution Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(a)(iii) hereof.



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



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



               (ii) “Triggering Event” shall mean any Section 11(a)(ii) Event or any Section 13 Event.



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          Section 2. Appointment of Rights Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as
rights agent for the Company and the holders of the Rights (who, in accordance with Section 3
hereof, shall prior to the Distribution Date also be the holders of the Common Stock) 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. Issuance of Rights Certificates.



               (a) Until the earlier of (i) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such
specified or unspecified later date as may be determined by the Board before the occurrence of the
Distribution Date) after the Stock Acquisition Date (or, if the tenth Business Day (or such later
date) after the Stock Acquisition Date occurs before the Record Date, the close of business on the
Record Date), or (ii) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such specified or
unspecified later date as may be determined by the Board before the occurrence of the Distribution
Date) after the date that a tender or exchange offer by any Person (other than the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company, any employee benefit plan of the Company or of any Subsidiary of the
Company, or any Person or entity organized, appointed or established by the Company for or pursuant
to the terms of any such plan) is first commenced within the meaning of Rule 14d-2(a) of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act if, upon consummation thereof, such Person
would become an Acquiring Person, in either instance other than pursuant to a Qualified Offer (the
earlier of (i) and (ii) being herein referred to as the “Distribution Date”), (x) the Rights will
be evidenced (subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 3) by the balance
indicated in the book entry account system of the transfer agent for the Common Stock registered in
the names of the holders of the Common Stock (which shares of Common Stock shall also be deemed to
represent certificates for Rights) or, in the case of certificated shares, the certificates for the
Common Stock registered in the names of the holders of the Common Stock (which certificates for
Common Stock shall also be deemed to be certificates for Rights), and not by separate certificates,
and (y) the Rights will be transferable only in connection with the transfer of the underlying
shares of Common Stock (including a transfer to the Company). As soon as practicable after the
Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will send by first-class, insured, postage-prepaid mail, to
each record holder of the Common Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date, at the
address of such holder shown on the records of the Company, one or more rights certificates, in
substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (the “Rights Certificates”), evidencing one Right for
each share of Common Stock so held, subject to adjustment as provided herein. In the event that an
adjustment in the number of Rights per share of Common Stock has been made pursuant
to Section 11(p) hereof, at the time of distribution of the Rights Certificates, the Company
shall make the necessary and appropriate rounding adjustments (in accordance with Section 14(a)
hereof) so that Rights Certificates representing only whole numbers of Rights are distributed and
cash is paid in lieu of any fractional Rights. As of and after the Distribution Date, the Rights
will be evidenced solely by such Rights Certificates.



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               (b) The Company will make available, as promptly as practicable following the Record Date, a
copy of a Summary of Rights, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Summary
of Rights”) to any holder of Rights who may so request from time to time prior to the Expiration
Date (as such term is defined in Section 7(a) hereof). With respect to the Common Stock
outstanding as of the Record Date, or issued subsequent to the Record Date, unless and until the
Distribution Date shall occur, the Rights will be evidenced by the balances indicated in the book
entry account system of the transfer agent for the Common Stock or, in the case of certificated
shares, such certificates for the Common Stock and the registered holders of the Common Stock shall
also be the registered holders of the associated Rights. Until the earlier of the Distribution
Date or the Expiration Date, the transfer of any shares of Common Stock in respect of which Rights
have been issued shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated with such shares of
Common Stock.



               (c) Rights shall be issued in respect of all shares of Common Stock that are issued (whether
originally issued or from the Company’s treasury) after the Record Date but prior to the earlier of
the Distribution Date or the Expiration Date and shall bear the following legends:




       (i) Confirmation and account statements sent to holders of shares of Common
Stock in book-entry form (which shares of Common Stock shall also be deemed to
represent certificates for Rights) shall bear the following legend:




     The shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of
Guaranty Financial Group Inc. (the “Company”) entitles the holder
hereof to certain Rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement
between the Company and the Rights Agent thereunder (the “Rights
Agent”), dated as of December 11, 2007, as it may be amended,
restated, renewed or extended from time to time (the “Rights
Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices
of the Rights Agent. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in
the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate
certificates and will no longer be evidenced by the shares to
which this statement relates. The Rights Agent will mail to the
holder of shares to which this statement relates a copy of the
Rights Agreement, as in effect on the date of mailing, without
charge, promptly after receipt of a written request therefor.
Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement,
Rights beneficially owned (as such term is defined in the Rights
Agreement) by any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring
Person or any Affiliate or Associate thereof (as such terms are
defined in the Rights Agreement), whether currently held by or on
behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, may become null and void.



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With respect to shares of Common Stock in book-entry form for which there has been sent a
confirmation or account statement containing the foregoing legend, until the earlier of (i) the
Distribution Date or (ii) the Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock
represented by such shares of Common Stock shall be evidenced by such shares of Common Stock alone
and registered holders of Common Stock shall also be the registered holders of the associated
Rights, and the transfer of any of such shares of Common Stock shall also constitute the transfer
of the Rights associated with such shares of Common Stock.





          (ii) In the case of certificated shares, certificates representing shares of
Common Stock (which certificates shall also be deemed to be certificates for
Rights) shall bear the following legend if such certificates are issued after the
Record Date but prior to the earlier of the Distribution Date or the Expiration
Date:




     This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain
Rights as set forth in the Rights Agreement between Guaranty Financial Group Inc.
(the “Company”) and the Rights Agent thereunder (the “Rights Agent”), dated as of
December 11, 2007 (the “Rights Agreement”), the terms of which are hereby
incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal
offices of the Company. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights
Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no
longer be evidenced by this certificate. The Company will mail to the holder of
this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in effect on the date of
mailing, without charge, promptly after receipt of a written request therefor.
Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to,
or held by, any Person who is, was or becomes an Acquiring Person or any Affiliate
or Associate thereof (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), whether
currently held by or on behalf of such Person or by any subsequent holder, may
become null and void.



     With respect to such certificates containing the foregoing legend, until the earlier of (i)
the Distribution Date or (ii) the Expiration Date, the Rights associated with the Common Stock
represented by such certificates shall be evidenced by such certificates alone and registered
holders of Common Stock shall also be the registered holders of the associated Rights, and the
transfer of any of such certificates shall also constitute the transfer of the Rights associated
with the Common Stock represented by such certificates.



          Section 4. Form of Rights Certificates.




               (a) The Rights Certificates (and the forms of election to purchase and of assignment to be
printed on the reverse thereof) shall each be substantially in the
form set forth in Exhibit B hereto and may have such marks of identification or designation
and such legends, summaries or endorsements printed thereon as the



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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 rule or regulation made pursuant
thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Rights may from time to
time be listed, or to conform to usage. Subject to the provisions of Section 11 and Section 22
hereof, the Rights Certificates, whenever distributed, shall be dated as of the Record Date and on
their face shall entitle the holders thereof to purchase such number of one one-thousandths of a
share of Preferred Stock as shall be set forth therein at the price set forth therein (such
exercise price per one one-thousandth of a share, the “Purchase Price”), but the amount and type of
securities purchasable upon the exercise of each Right and the Purchase Price thereof shall be
subject to adjustment as provided herein.




               (b) Any Rights Certificate issued pursuant to Section 3(a), Section 11(i) or Section 22 hereof
that represents Rights beneficially owned by: (i) an Acquiring Person or any Associate or
Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such
Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes such, or (iii)
a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a
transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives such
Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring
Person to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom such
Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether or not in
writing) regarding the transferred Rights or (B) a transfer that the Board of Directors of the
Company has determined is part of a plan, arrangement or understanding that has as a primary
purpose or effect the avoidance of Section 7(e) hereof, and any Rights Certificate issued pursuant
to Section 6 or Section 11 hereof upon transfer, exchange, replacement or adjustment of any other
Rights Certificate referred to in this sentence, shall contain (to the extent feasible) the
following legend:




The Rights represented by this Rights Certificate are or were beneficially owned
by a Person who was or became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of
an Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement).
Accordingly, this Rights Certificate and the Rights represented hereby may become
null and void in the circumstances specified in Section 7(e) of the Rights
Agreement.



          Section 5. Countersignature and Registration.



               (a) The Rights Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive
Officer, President or any Vice President, either manually or by facsimile signature, and shall have
affixed thereto the Company’s seal or a facsimile thereof that shall be attested by the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, either manually or by facsimile signature. The Rights
Certificates shall be countersigned by the Rights Agent, either manually or by facsimile signature
and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. In case any officer of the Company who
shall have signed any of the Rights Certificates shall cease to be such officer of the



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Company before countersignature by the Rights Agent and issuance and delivery by the Company, such
Rights 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 person who signed such Rights
Certificates had not ceased to be such officer of the Company; and any Rights Certificates may be
signed on behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution of such
Rights Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign such Rights Certificate,
although at the date of the execution of this Rights Agreement any such person was not such an
officer.




               (b) Following the Distribution Date, the Rights Agent will keep, or cause to be kept, at its
principal office or offices designated as the appropriate place for surrender of Rights
Certificates upon exercise or transfer, books for registration and transfer of the Rights
Certificates issued hereunder. Such books shall show the names and addresses of the respective
holders of the Rights Certificates, the number of Rights evidenced on its face by each of the
Rights Certificates and the date of each of the Rights Certificates.



          Section 6. Transfer, Split-Up, Combination and Exchange of Rights Certificates; Mutilated, Destroyed,
Lost or Stolen Rights Certificates.




               (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 4(b), Section 7(e) and 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 Expiration Date, any Rights Certificate or Certificates (other than Rights Certificates
representing Rights that may have been exchanged pursuant to Section 24 hereof) may be transferred,
split up, combined or exchanged for another Rights Certificate or Certificates, entitling the
registered holder to purchase a like number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock
(or, following a Triggering Event, Common Stock, other securities, cash or other assets, as the
case may be) as the Rights Certificate or Certificates surrendered then entitles such holder (or
former holder in the case of a transfer) to purchase. Any registered holder desiring to transfer,
split up, combine or exchange any Rights Certificate or Certificates shall make such request in
writing delivered to the Rights Agent, and shall surrender the Rights Certificate or Certificates
to be transferred, split up, combined or exchanged at the principal office or offices of the Rights
Agent designated for such purpose. Neither the Rights Agent nor the Company shall be obligated to
take any action whatsoever with respect to the transfer of any such surrendered Rights Certificate
until the registered holder shall have completed and signed the certificate contained in the form
of assignment on the reverse side of such Rights Certificate and shall have provided such
additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial Owner) or
Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request. Thereupon the Rights
Agent shall, subject to Section 4(b), Section 7(e), Section 14 and Section 24 hereof, countersign
and deliver to the Person entitled thereto a Rights Certificate or Rights Certificates, as the case
may be, as so requested. The Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, split up, combination or
exchange of Rights Certificates.



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               (b) Upon receipt by the Company and the Rights Agent of evidence reasonably satisfactory to
them of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of a Rights Certificate, and, in case of loss,
theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to them, and 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 Rights Certificate if mutilated, the Company
will execute and deliver a new Rights Certificate of like tenor to the Rights Agent for
countersignature and delivery to the registered owner in lieu of the Rights Certificate so lost,
stolen, destroyed or mutilated.



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




               (a) Subject to Section 7(e) hereof, at any time after the Distribution Date the registered
holder of any Rights Certificate may exercise the Rights evidenced thereby (except as otherwise
provided herein including, without limitation, the restrictions on exercisability set forth in
Section 9(c), Section 11(a)(iii) and Section 23(a) hereof) in whole or in part upon surrender of
the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to purchase and the certificate on the reverse
side thereof duly executed, to the Rights Agent at the principal office or offices of the Rights
Agent designated for such purpose, together with payment of the aggregate Purchase Price with
respect to the total number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or other
securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) as to which such surrendered Rights are then
exercisable, at or prior to the earlier of (i) 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on December 11, 2017
(the “Final Expiration Date”) or (ii) the time at which the Rights are redeemed or exchanged as
provided in Section 23 and Section 24 hereof (the earlier of (i) and (ii) being herein referred to
as the “Expiration Date”).



               (b) The Purchase Price for each one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock pursuant to
the exercise of a Right initially shall be $115, and shall be subject to adjustment from time to
time as provided in Section 11 and Section 13(a) hereof and shall be payable in accordance with
paragraph (c) below.



               (c) Upon receipt of a Rights Certificate representing exercisable Rights, with the form of
election to purchase and the certificate duly executed, accompanied by payment, with respect to
each Right so exercised, of the Purchase Price per one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock
(or other shares, securities, cash or other assets, as the case may be) to be purchased as set
forth below and an amount equal to any applicable transfer tax, the Rights Agent shall, subject to
Section 20(k) hereof, thereupon promptly (i) (A) requisition from any transfer agent of the shares
of Preferred Stock (or make available, if the Rights Agent is the transfer agent for such shares)
certificates for the total number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock to be
purchased and the Company hereby irrevocably authorizes its transfer agent to comply with all such
requests, or (B) if the Company shall have elected to deposit the total number of shares of
Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of the Rights hereunder with a depositary agent, requisition
from the depositary agent depositary receipts representing
such number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock as are to be purchased (in
which case certificates for the shares of Preferred Stock represented by such receipts



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shall be deposited by the transfer agent with the depositary agent) and the Company will direct the
depositary agent to comply with such request, (ii) requisition from the Company the amount of cash,
if any, to be paid in lieu 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 Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may
be designated by such holder, and (iv) after receipt thereof, deliver such cash, if any, to or upon
the order of the registered holder of such Rights Certificate. The payment of the Purchase Price
(as such amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof) shall be made in cash or by
certified bank check or bank draft payable to the order of the Company. In the event that the
Company is obligated to issue other securities (including Common Stock) of the Company, pay cash
and/or distribute other property pursuant to Section 11(a) hereof, the Company will make all
arrangements necessary so that such other securities, cash and/or other property are available for
distribution by the Rights Agent, if and when appropriate. The Company reserves the right to
require prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event that, upon any exercise of Rights, a number
of Rights be exercised so that only whole shares of Preferred Stock would be issued.




               (d) In case the registered holder of any Rights Certificate shall exercise less than all the
Rights evidenced thereby, a new Rights Certificate evidencing the Rights remaining unexercised
shall be issued by the Rights Agent and delivered to, or upon the order of, the registered holder
of such Rights Certificate, registered in such name or names as may be designated by such holder,
subject to the provisions of Section 14 hereof.



               (e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, from and after the first
occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, any Rights beneficially owned by (i) an Acquiring Person
or an Associate or Affiliate of an Acquiring Person, (ii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or
of any such Associate or Affiliate) who becomes a transferee after the Acquiring Person becomes
such, or (iii) a transferee of an Acquiring Person (or of any such Associate or Affiliate) who
becomes a transferee prior to or concurrently with the Acquiring Person becoming such and receives
such Rights pursuant to either (A) a transfer (whether or not for consideration) from the Acquiring
Person to holders of equity interests in such Acquiring Person or to any Person with whom the
Acquiring Person has any continuing agreement, arrangement or understanding regarding the
transferred Rights or (B) a transfer that the Board of Directors of the Company has determined is
part of a plan, arrangement or understanding that has as a primary purpose or effect the avoidance
of this Section 7(e), shall become null and void without any further action and no holder of such
Rights shall have any rights whatsoever with respect to such Rights, whether under any provision of
this Agreement or otherwise. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts to insure that the
provisions of this Section 7(e) and Section 4(b) hereof are complied with, but shall have no
liability to any holder of Rights Certificates or any other Person as a result of its failure to
make any determinations with respect to an Acquiring Person or any of its Affiliates, Associates or
transferees hereunder.



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               (f) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Rights Agent nor
the Company shall be obligated to undertake any action with respect to a registered holder upon the
occurrence of any purported exercise as set forth in this Section 7 unless such registered holder
shall have (i) completed and signed the certificate contained in the form of election to purchase
set forth on the reverse side of the Rights Certificate surrendered for such exercise, and (ii)
provided such additional evidence of the identity of the Beneficial Owner (or former Beneficial
Owner) or Affiliates or Associates thereof as the Company shall reasonably request.



               (g) A committee of the Board of Directors of the Company shall periodically review this
Agreement in order to consider whether the maintenance of this Agreement continues to be in the
best interests of the Company and its stockholders. The committee shall consist of independent
directors of the Company and shall conduct such review when, as and in such manner as the committee
deems appropriate, after giving due regard to all relevant circumstances; provided, however, that
the committee shall take such action at least once every three years. Following each such review,
the committee will report its conclusions to the Board, including any recommendation in light
thereof as to whether this Agreement should be maintained, modified, terminated or the Rights
redeemed. The committee is authorized to retain such legal counsel, financial advisors and other
advisors as the committee deems appropriate in order to assist the committee in carrying out its
foregoing responsibilities under this Agreement.



          Section 8. Cancellation and Destruction of Rights Certificates.




          All Rights Certificates surrendered for the purpose of exercise, transfer, split-up,
combination or exchange shall, if surrendered to the Company or 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 Rights 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 Rights Certificate purchased or acquired by the Company otherwise than upon the exercise
thereof. The Rights Agent shall deliver all cancelled Rights Certificates to the Company, or
shall, at the written request of the Company, destroy such cancelled Rights Certificates, and in
such case shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the Company.




          Section 9. Reservation and Availability of Capital Stock.




               (a) The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be reserved and kept available out
of its authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a
Triggering Event, out of its authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock and/or other securities
or out of its authorized and issued shares held in its treasury), the number of shares of Preferred
Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, Common Stock and/or other securities) that, as provided in
this Agreement including Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, will be sufficient to permit the exercise in
full of all outstanding Rights.



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               (b) So long as the shares of Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of a Triggering
Event, Common Stock and/or other securities) issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of the
Rights may be listed on any national securities exchange, the Company shall use its best efforts to
cause, from and after such time as the Rights become exercisable, all shares reserved for such
issuance to be listed on such exchange upon official notice of issuance upon such exercise.



               (c) The Company shall use its best efforts to (i) file, as soon as practicable following the
earliest date after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event on which the consideration to
be delivered by the Company upon exercise of the Rights has been determined in accordance with
Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, a registration statement under the Act, with respect to the securities
purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an appropriate form, (ii) cause such registration
statement to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing, and (iii) cause such
registration statement to remain effective (with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements
of the Act) until the earlier of (A) the date as of which the Rights are no longer exercisable for
such securities, and (B) the date of the expiration of the Rights. The Company will also take such
action as may be appropriate under, or to ensure compliance with, the securities or “blue sky” laws
of the various states in connection with the exercisability of the Rights. The Company may
temporarily suspend, for a period of time not to exceed ninety (90) days after the date set forth
in clause (i) of the first sentence of this Section 9(c), the exercisability of the Rights in order
to prepare and file such registration statement and permit it to become effective. Upon any such
suspension, the Company shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the
Rights has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as the
suspension has been rescinded. In addition, if the Company shall determine that a registration
statement is required following the Distribution Date, the Company may temporarily suspend the
exercisability of the Rights until such time as a registration statement has been declared
effective. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not
be exercisable in any jurisdiction if the requisite qualification in such jurisdiction shall not
have been obtained, the exercise thereof shall not be permitted under applicable law, or a
registration statement shall not have been declared effective.



               (d) The Company covenants and agrees that it will take all such action as may be necessary to
ensure that all one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (and, following the occurrence of
a Triggering Event, Common Stock and/or other securities) delivered upon exercise of Rights shall,
at the time of delivery of the certificates for such shares (subject to payment of the Purchase
Price), be duly and validly authorized and issued and fully paid and nonassessable.



               (e) The Company further covenants and agrees that it will pay when due and payable any and all
federal and state transfer taxes and charges that may be payable in respect of the issuance or
delivery of the Rights Certificates and of any certificates for a number of one one-thousandths of
a share of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) upon the
exercise of Rights. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any transfer tax that may
be payable in respect of any transfer or delivery of Rights Certificates to a Person other than, or
the




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issuance or delivery of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock (or
Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) in respect of a name other than that of
the registered holder of the Rights Certificates evidencing Rights surrendered for exercise, nor
shall the Company be required to issue or deliver any certificates (or make any entries in the book
entry account system of the transfer agent) for a number of one one-thousandths of a share of
Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) in a name other than
that of the registered holder upon the exercise of any Rights until such tax shall have been paid
(any such tax being payable by the holder of such Rights Certificates at the time of surrender) or
until it has been established to the Company’s satisfaction that no such tax is due.




          Section 10. Preferred Stock Record Date. Each person in whose name any certificate or
entry in the book entry account system of the transfer agent for a number of one one-thousandths of
a share of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) is issued
upon the exercise of Rights shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of
such fractional shares of Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may
be) represented thereby on, and such certificate or entry in the book account system shall be
dated, the date upon which the Rights Certificate evidencing such Rights was duly surrendered and
payment of the Purchase Price (and all applicable transfer taxes) was made; provided,
however, that if the date of such surrender and payment is a date upon which the Preferred
Stock (or Common Stock and/or other securities, as the case may be) transfer books of the Company
are closed, such Person shall be deemed to have become the record holder of such shares (fractional
or otherwise) on, and such certificate or entry in the book entry account system shall be dated,
the next succeeding Business Day on which the Preferred Stock (or Common Stock and/or other
securities, as the case may be) transfer books of the Company are open. Prior to the exercise of
the Rights evidenced thereby, the holder of a Rights Certificate shall not be entitled to any
rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to 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 and Kind of Shares or Number of
Rights. The Purchase Price, the number and kind of 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 Stock payable in shares of Preferred Stock, (B)
subdivide the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, (C) combine the outstanding Preferred
Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (D) issue any shares of its capital stock in a
reclassification of the Preferred Stock (including any such reclassification in connection
with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing or surviving
corporation), except as otherwise provided in this Section 11(a) and Section 7(e) hereof,
the Purchase Price in effect at the time of the record date for such dividend or of the
effective



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date of such subdivision, combination or reclassification, and the number and
kind of shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case may be, issuable on such
date, shall be proportionately adjusted so that the holder of any Right exercised after
such time shall be entitled to receive, upon payment of the Purchase Price then in effect,
the aggregate number and kind of shares of Preferred Stock or capital stock, as the case
may be, which, if such Right had been exercised immediately prior to such date and at a
time when the Preferred Stock 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. If an event occurs that would require an
adjustment under both this Section 11(a)(i) and Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, the adjustment
provided for in this Section 11(a)(i) shall be in addition to, and shall be made prior to,
any adjustment required pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) hereof.




               (ii) In the event any Person shall, at any time after the Rights Dividend
Declaration Date, become an Acquiring Person, unless the event causing such Person
to become an Acquiring Person is a transaction set forth in Section 13(a) hereof,
or is an acquisition of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a tender offer or an
exchange offer for all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price and on terms
determined by at least a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are
not officers of the Company and who are not representatives, nominees, Affiliates
or Associates of an Acquiring Person, after receiving advice from one or more
investment banking firms, to be (a) at a price that is fair to stockholders and
not inadequate (taking into account all factors that such members of the Board
deem relevant, including, without limitation, prices that could reasonably be
achieved if the Company or its assets were
sold on an orderly basis designed to realize maximum value) and (b) otherwise
in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders (a “Qualified Offer”)
then, promptly following the occurrence of such event, proper provision shall be
made so that each holder of a Right (except as provided below and in Section 7(e)
hereof) shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise thereof at the
then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in
lieu of a number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock, such number
of shares of Common Stock of the Company as shall equal the result obtained by (x)
multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the then number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right was exercisable
immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, and (y)
dividing that product (which, following such first occurrence, shall thereafter be
referred to as the “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of this
Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) per share of Common Stock on the date of such first occurrence (such
number of shares, the “Adjustment Shares”).



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               (iii) In the event that the number of shares of Common Stock authorized by
the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, but not outstanding or
reserved for issuance for purposes other than upon exercise of the Rights, is not
sufficient to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in accordance with the
foregoing subparagraph (ii) of this Section 11(a), the Company shall (A) determine
the value of the Adjustment Shares issuable upon the exercise of a Right (the
“Current Value”), and (B) with respect to each Right (subject to Section 7(e)
hereof), make adequate provision to substitute for the Adjustment Shares, upon the
exercise of a Right and payment of the applicable Purchase Price, (1) cash, (2) a
reduction in the Purchase Price, (3) Common Stock or other equity securities of
the Company (including, without limitation, shares, or units of shares, of
preferred stock, such as the Preferred Stock, that the Board has deemed to have
essentially the same value or economic rights as shares of Common Stock (such
shares of preferred stock being referred to as “Common Stock Equivalents”)), (4)
debt securities of the Company, (5) other assets, or (6) any combination of the
foregoing, having an aggregate value equal to the Current Value (less the amount
of any reduction in the Purchase Price), where such aggregate value has been
determined by the Board based upon the advice of a nationally recognized
investment banking firm selected by the Board; provided, however,
that if the Company shall not have made adequate provision to deliver value
pursuant to clause (B) above within thirty (30) days following the later of (x)
the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event and (y) the date on which the
Company’s right of redemption pursuant to Section 23(a) expires (the later of (x)
and (y) being referred to herein as the “Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date”), then
the Company shall be obligated to deliver, upon the surrender for exercise of a
Right and without
requiring payment of the Purchase Price, shares of Common Stock (to the
extent available) and then, if necessary, cash, which shares and/or cash have an
aggregate value equal to the Spread. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the
term “Spread” shall mean the excess of (i) the Current Value over (ii) the
Purchase Price. If the Board determines in good faith that it is likely that
sufficient additional shares of Common Stock could be authorized for issuance upon
exercise in full of the Rights, the thirty (30) day period set forth above may be
extended to the extent necessary, but not more than ninety (90) days after the
Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date, in order that the Company may seek stockholder
approval for the authorization of such additional shares (such thirty (30) day
period, as it may be extended, is herein called the “Substitution Period”). To
the extent that the Company determines that action should be taken pursuant to the
first and/or third sentences of this Section 11(a)(iii), the Company (1) shall
provide, subject to Section 7(e) hereof, that such action shall apply uniformly to
all outstanding Rights, and (2) may suspend the exercisability of the Rights until
the expiration of the Substitution Period in order to seek such stockholder
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and/or to decide the
appropriate form of distribution to be made pursuant to such first sentence and to
determine the value thereof. In the event of any such suspension, the Company
shall issue a public announcement stating that the exercisability of the Rights
has been temporarily suspended, as well as a public announcement at such time as
the suspension is no longer in effect. For purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii),
the value of each Adjustment Share shall be the Current Market Price per share of
the Common Stock on the Section 11(a)(ii) Trigger Date and the per share or per
unit value of any Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed to equal the Current
Market Price per share of the Common Stock on such date.



               (b) In case the Company shall fix a record date for the issuance of rights, options or
warrants to all holders of Preferred Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase (for a
period expiring within forty-five (45) calendar days after such record date) Preferred Stock (or
shares having the same rights, privileges and preferences as the shares of Preferred Stock
(“Equivalent Preferred Stock”)) or securities convertible into Preferred Stock or Equivalent
Preferred Stock at a price per share of Preferred Stock or per share of Equivalent Preferred Stock
(or having a conversion price per share, if a security convertible into Preferred Stock or
Equivalent Preferred Stock) less than the Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to Section
11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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 shares of
Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the number of shares of Preferred Stock that
the aggregate offering price of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent
Preferred Stock 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 shares of Preferred Stock outstanding on such record date, plus the
number of additional shares of
Preferred Stock and/or Equivalent Preferred Stock to be offered for subscription or purchase
(or into which the convertible securities so to be offered are initially convertible). In case
such subscription price may be paid by delivery of consideration, part or all of which may 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 the holders of the Rights. Shares of
Preferred Stock owned by or held for the account 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 or warrants are not so issued, the Purchase
Price shall be adjusted to be the Purchase Price that would then be in effect if such record date
had not been fixed.



               (c) In case the Company shall fix a record date for a distribution to all holders of Preferred
Stock (including any such distribution made in connection with a consolidation or merger in which
the Company is the continuing corporation), cash (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out
of the earnings or retained earnings of the Company), assets (other than a dividend payable in
Preferred Stock, but including any



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dividend payable in stock other than Preferred Stock) or
evidences of indebtedness, or of 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 Current Market Price (as determined pursuant to
Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock 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) of the portion of the cash, assets or
evidences of indebtedness so to be distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants
applicable to a share of Preferred Stock, and the denominator of which shall be such Current Market
Price (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d) hereof) per share of Preferred Stock. 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 be adjusted to be the Purchase Price
that would have been in effect if such record date had not been fixed.





          (d) (i) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, other than computations made
pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock
on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily closing prices per share of such
Common Stock for the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to such date,
and for purposes of computations made pursuant to Section 11(a)(iii) hereof, the Current
Market Price per share of Common Stock on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the
daily closing prices per share of such Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading
Days immediately following such date; provided, however, that in the event
that the Current Market Price per share of the Common Stock is determined during a period
following the announcement by the issuer of such Common Stock of (A) a dividend or
distribution on such Common Stock payable in shares of such Common Stock or securities
convertible into shares of such Common Stock (other
than the Rights), or (B) any subdivision, combination or reclassification of such
Common Stock, and the ex-dividend date for such dividend or distribution, or the record
date for such subdivision, combination or reclassification shall not have occurred prior to
the commencement of the requisite thirty (30) Trading Day or ten (10) Trading Day period,
as set forth above, then, and in each such case, the Current Market Price shall be properly
adjusted to take into account ex-dividend trading. The closing price for each 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock are listed
or admitted to trading or, if the shares of Common Stock 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
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such other system then in use, or, if on any such
date the shares of Common Stock 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 Common Stock selected by the Board. If on any such date no market maker is making a
market in the Common Stock, the fair value of such shares on such date as determined in
good faith by the Board shall be used. The term “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which
the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed
or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the shares of Common
Stock are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, a Business
Day. If the Common Stock is not publicly held or not so listed or traded, Current Market
Price per share shall mean the fair value per share as determined in good faith by the
Board, whose determination shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent
and shall be conclusive for all purposes.




               (ii) For the purpose of any computation hereunder, the Current Market Price
per share of Preferred Stock shall be determined in the same manner as set forth
above for the Common Stock in clause (i) of this Section 11(d) (other than the
last sentence thereof). If the Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock
cannot be determined in the manner provided above or if the Preferred Stock is not
publicly held or listed or traded in a manner described in clause (i) of this
Section 11(d), the Current Market Price per share of Preferred Stock shall be
conclusively deemed to be an amount equal to 1,000 (as such number may be
appropriately adjusted for such events as stock splits, stock dividends and
recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock occurring after the date of
this Agreement) multiplied by the Current Market Price per share of the Common
Stock. If neither the Common Stock nor the Preferred Stock is publicly held or so
listed or traded,
Current Market Price per share of the Preferred Stock shall mean the fair
value per share as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination
shall be described in a statement filed with the Rights Agent and shall be
conclusive for all purposes.



               (e) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no adjustment in the Purchase Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent
(1%) in the Purchase Price; provided, however, that any adjustments that 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 ten-thousandth of a share of Common Stock or other share or one
ten-millionth of a share of Preferred Stock, 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) two years from the date of the transaction that mandates such adjustment,
or (ii) the Expiration Date.



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               (f) If as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 11(a)(ii) or Section 13(a)
hereof, the holder of any Right thereafter exercised shall become entitled to receive any shares of
capital stock other than Preferred Stock, thereafter the number of such other shares so receivable
upon exercise of any Right and the Purchase Price thereof 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 Stock contained in Sections 11(a), (b), (c), (e), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (m),
and the provisions of Sections 7, 9, 10, 13 and 14 hereof with respect to the Preferred Stock shall
apply on like terms to any such other shares.



               (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-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock 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), upon
each adjustment of the Purchase Price as a result of the calculations made in Sections 11(b) and
(c), 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-thousandths
of a share of Preferred Stock (calculated to the nearest one ten-millionth) obtained by (i)
multiplying (x) the number of one one-thousandths 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 (ii) 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 lieu of any adjustment in the number of one one-thousandths of a
share of Preferred Stock purchasable upon the
exercise of a Right. Each of the Rights outstanding after the adjustment in the number of
Rights shall be exercisable for the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock 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 Rights Certificates have been issued, shall be at
least ten (10) days later than the date of the public announcement. If Rights 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 Rights
Certificates on such record date Rights 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,



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shall cause to be distributed to such holders of record in substitution
and replacement for the Rights Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment,
and upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Rights Certificates evidencing all the
Rights to which such holders shall be entitled after such adjustment. Rights Certificates so to be
distributed shall be issued, executed and countersigned in the manner provided for herein (and may
bear, at the option of the Company, the adjusted Purchase Price) and shall be registered in the
names of the holders of record of Rights Certificates on the record date specified in the public
announcement.



               (j) Irrespective of any adjustment or change in the Purchase Price or the number of one
one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights, the Rights
Certificates theretofore and thereafter issued may continue to express the Purchase Price per one
one-thousandth of a share and the number of one one-thousandths of a share that were expressed in
the initial Rights Certificates issued hereunder.



               (k) Before taking any action that would cause an adjustment reducing the Purchase Price below
the then stated value, if any, of the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock
issuable upon exercise of the Rights, the Company shall take any corporate action that may, in the
opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully
paid and nonassessable such number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock 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 issuance to the holder of any Right exercised after such
record date the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock and other capital stock
or securities of the Company, if any, issuable upon such exercise over and above the number of one
one-
thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock 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 (fractional or otherwise) or securities 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 in their good faith judgment the Board of Directors
of the Company shall determine to be advisable in order that any (i) consolidation or subdivision
of the Preferred Stock, (ii) issuance wholly for cash of any shares of Preferred Stock at less than
the Current Market Price, (iii) issuance wholly for cash of shares of Preferred Stock or securities
that by their terms are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Preferred Stock, (iv) stock
dividends or (v) issuance of rights, options or warrants referred to in this Section 11,
hereafter
made by the Company to holders of its Preferred Stock shall not be taxable to such stockholders.



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               (n) The Company covenants and agrees that it shall not, at any time after the Distribution
Date, (i) consolidate with any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a
transaction that complies with Section 11(o) hereof), (ii) merge with or into any other Person
(other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction that complies with Section 11(o) hereof),
or (iii) other than pursuant to a pro rata dividend and/or distribution to all of the then current
holders of Common Stock, sell or transfer (or permit any Subsidiary to sell or transfer), in one
transaction, or a series of related transactions, assets, cash flow or earning power aggregating
more than 50% of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken
as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries
in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), if (x) at the time
of or immediately after such consolidation, merger or sale there are any rights, warrants or other
instruments or securities outstanding or agreements in effect that would substantially diminish or
otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights or (y) prior to,
simultaneously with or immediately after such consolidation, merger or sale, the stockholders of
the Person who constitutes, or would constitute, the “Principal Party” for purposes of Section
13(a) hereof shall have received a distribution of Rights previously owned by such Person or any of
its Affiliates and Associates.



               (o) The Company covenants and agrees that, after the Distribution Date, it will not, except as
permitted by Section 23, Section 24 or Section 27 hereof, take (or permit any Subsidiary to take)
any action if at the time such action is taken it is reasonably foreseeable that such action will
diminish substantially or otherwise eliminate the benefits intended to be afforded by the Rights.



               (p) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that the Company
shall at any time after the Rights Dividend Declaration Date and prior to the Distribution Date (i)
declare a dividend on the outstanding shares of
Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding shares of
Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares, the number of Rights associated with each share of Common Stock then outstanding, or issued
or delivered thereafter but prior to the Distribution Date, shall be proportionately adjusted so
that the number of Rights thereafter associated with each share of Common Stock following any such
event shall equal the result obtained by multiplying the number of Rights associated with each
share of Common Stock immediately prior to such event by a fraction the numerator of which shall be
the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of the
event and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately following the occurrence of such event.



          Section 12. Certificate of Adjusted Purchase Price or Number of Shares. Whenever an
adjustment is made as provided in Section 11 and Section 13 hereof, the Company shall (a) promptly
prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment and a brief statement of the facts accounting
for such adjustment, (b) promptly file with the Rights




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Agent, and with each transfer agent for the
Preferred Stock and the Common Stock, a copy of such certificate and (c) if a Distribution Date has
occurred, mail a brief summary thereof to each holder of a Rights Certificate in accordance with
Section 25 hereof. The Rights Agent shall be fully protected in relying on any such certificate
and on any adjustment therein contained.




          Section 13. Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets Cash Flow or Earning
Power.




               (a) In the event that, following the Stock Acquisition Date, directly or indirectly, (x) the
Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary
of the Company in a transaction that complies with Section 11(o) hereof), and the Company shall not
be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, (y) any Person (other
than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction that complies with Section 11(o) hereof) shall
consolidate with, or merge with or into, the Company, and the Company shall be the continuing or
surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger and, in connection with such consolidation or
merger, all or part of the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged
for stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other property, or (z) the Company
shall, other than pursuant to pro rata dividend and/or distribution to all of the then current
holders of Common Stock, sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell
or otherwise transfer), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, assets, cash flow
or earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company
and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person or Persons (other than the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o)
hereof), then, and in each such case (except as may be contemplated by Section 13(d) hereof),
proper provision shall be made so that: (i) each holder of a Right, except as provided in Section
7(e) hereof, shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at
the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of
validly authorized and issued, fully paid, non-assessable and freely tradable shares of Common
Stock of the Principal Party (as such term is hereinafter defined), not subject to any liens,
encumbrances, rights of first refusal or other adverse claims, as shall be equal to the result
obtained by (1) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandths of
a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is exercisable immediately prior to the first
occurrence of a Section 13 Event (or, if a Section 11(a)(ii) Event has occurred prior to the first
occurrence of a Section 13 Event, multiplying the number of such one one-thousandths of a share for
which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii)
Event by the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such first occurrence of a Section
11(a)(ii) Event), and (2) dividing that product (which, following the first occurrence of a Section
13 Event, shall be referred to as the “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of this
Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per
share of the Common Stock of such Principal Party on the date of consummation of such Section 13
Event; (ii) such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of
such Section 13 Event, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement;
(iii) the term “Company” shall



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thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party, it being
specifically intended that the provisions of Section 11 hereof shall apply only to such Principal
Party following the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event; (iv) such Principal Party shall take
such steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its
Common Stock) in connection with the consummation of any such transaction as may be necessary to
assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be,
in relation to its shares of Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights;
and (v) the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall be of no effect following the first
occurrence of any Section 13 Event.




               (b) “Principal Party” shall mean:




               (i) in the case of any transaction described in clause (x) or (y) of the
first sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the issuer of any securities
into which shares of Common Stock of the Company are converted in such merger or
consolidation, and if no securities are so issued, the Person that is the other
party to such merger or consolidation; and




               (ii) in the case of any transaction described in clause (z) of the first
sentence of Section 13(a), the Person that is the party receiving the greatest
portion of the assets, cash flow or earning power transferred pursuant to such
transaction or transactions;


provided, however, that in any such case, (1) if the Common Stock of such Person is
not at such time and has not been continuously over the preceding twelve (12) month period
registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and such Person is a direct or indirect Subsidiary
of another Person the Common Stock of which is and has been so registered, “Principal Party” shall
refer to such other Person; and (2) in case such Person is a
Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, of more than one Person, the Common Stock of two or more of
which are and have been so registered, “Principal Party” shall refer to whichever of such Persons
is the issuer of the Common Stock having the greatest aggregate market value.




               (c) The Company shall not consummate any such consolidation, merger, sale or transfer unless
the Principal Party shall have a sufficient number of authorized shares of its Common Stock that
have not been issued or reserved for issuance to permit the exercise in full of the Rights in
accordance with this Section 13 and unless prior thereto the Company and such Principal Party shall
have executed and delivered to the Rights Agent a supplemental agreement providing for the terms
set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 13 and further providing that, as soon as
practicable after the date of any consolidation, merger or sale of assets mentioned in paragraph
(a) of this Section 13, the Principal Party will:




               (i) prepare and file a registration statement under the Act, with respect to
the Rights and the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights on an
appropriate form, and will use its best efforts



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to cause such registration
statement to (A) become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and (B)
remain effective (with a prospectus at all times meeting the requirements of the
Act) until the Expiration Date;




               (ii) take all such other action as may be necessary to enable the Principal
Party to issue the securities purchasable upon exercise of the Rights, including
but not limited to the registration or qualification of such securities under all
requisite securities laws of jurisdictions of the various states and the listing
of such securities on such exchanges and trading markets as may be necessary or
appropriate; and




               (iii) deliver to holders of the Rights historical financial statements for
the Principal Party and each of its Affiliates that comply in all respects with
the requirements for registration on Form 10 under the Exchange Act.


The provisions of this Section 13 shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations or
sales or other transfers. In the event that a Section 13 Event shall occur at any time after the
occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event, the Rights that have not theretofore been exercised shall
thereafter become exercisable in the manner described in Section 13(a).




               (d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Section 13 shall not be
applicable to a transaction described in subparagraphs (x) and (y) of Section 13(a) if (i) such
transaction is consummated with a Person or Persons who acquired shares of Common Stock pursuant to
a Qualified Offer (or a wholly owned subsidiary of any such Person or Persons), (ii) the price per
share of Common Stock offered in such transaction is not less than the price per share of Common
Stock paid to all holders of shares of Common Stock whose shares were purchased pursuant to the
Qualified Offer and (iii) the form of consideration being offered to the remaining holders of
shares of Common Stock pursuant to such transaction is the same as the form of consideration paid
pursuant to the Qualified Offer. Upon consummation of any such transaction contemplated by this
Section 13(d), all Rights hereunder shall expire.



          Section 14. Fractional Rights and Fractional Shares.




               (a) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Rights, except prior to the
Distribution Date as provided in Section 11(p) hereof, or to distribute Rights Certificates that
evidence fractional Rights. In lieu of such fractional Rights, the Company shall pay to the
registered holders of the Rights 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 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 of the Rights 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



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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 the Nasdaq Global
Market 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 shares of Preferred Stock (other
than fractions that are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock)
upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates that evidence fractional shares of
Preferred Stock (other than fractions that are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share
of Preferred Stock). In lieu of fractional shares of Preferred Stock that are not integral
multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock, the Company may pay to the
registered holders of Rights 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 one-thousandth of a
share of Preferred Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(b), the current market value of one
one-thousandth of a share of Preferred Stock shall be one one-thousandth of the closing price
of a share of Preferred Stock (as determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(ii) hereof) for the
Trading Day immediately prior to the date of such exercise.



               (c) Following the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the Company shall not be required to issue
fractions of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Rights or to distribute certificates that
evidence fractional shares of Common Stock. In lieu of fractional shares of Common Stock, the
Company may pay to the registered holders of Rights 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 (1) share of Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 14(c), the current market
value of one share of Common Stock shall be the closing price per share of Common Stock (as
determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) on the Trading Day immediately prior to the date of
such exercise.



               (d) The holder of a Right by the acceptance of the Rights expressly waives such holder’s right
to receive any fractional Rights or any fractional shares upon exercise of a Right, except as
permitted by this Section 14.



          Section 15. Rights of Action. All rights of action in respect of this Agreement are
vested in the respective registered holders of the Rights Certificates (and, prior to the
Distribution Date, the registered holders of the Common Stock); and any




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registered holder of any
Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, of the Common Stock), without the consent
of the Rights Agent or of the holder of any other Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution
Date, of the Common Stock), may, in the holder’s own behalf and for the 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, the holder’s right to exercise the Rights evidenced by
such Rights Certificate in the manner provided in such Rights 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 shall be entitled to specific performance of the obligations
hereunder and injunctive relief against actual or threatened violations of the obligations
hereunder of any Person subject to this Agreement.




          Section 16. Agreement of Rights 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 shares of Common Stock;



               (b) after the Distribution Date, the Rights Certificates are transferable only on the registry
books of the Rights Agent if surrendered at the principal office or offices of the Rights Agent
designated for such purposes, duly endorsed or
accompanied by a proper instrument of transfer and with the appropriate forms and certificates
fully executed;



               (c) subject to Section 6(a) and Section 7(f) hereof, the Company and the Rights Agent may deem
and treat the person in whose name a Rights Certificate (or, prior to the Distribution Date, the
associated balance indicated in the book entry account system of the transfer agent for the Common
Stock or, in the case of certificated shares, the associated Common Stock certificate) is
registered as the absolute owner thereof and of the Rights evidenced thereby (notwithstanding any
notations of ownership or writing on the Rights Certificates or the associated balance indicated in
the book entry account system of the transfer agent for the Common Stock or, in the case of
certificated shares, the associated Common Stock certificate made by anyone other than the Company
or the Rights Agent) for all purposes whatsoever, and neither the Company nor the Rights Agent,
subject to the last sentence of Section 7(e) hereof, shall be required to be affected by any notice
to the contrary; and



               (d) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the Company nor the
Rights Agent shall have any liability to any holder of a Right or other Person as a result of its
inability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement by reason of any preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order, decree or ruling issued by a court of competent jurisdiction
or by a governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or commission, or any statute, rule,
regulation or executive order promulgated or enacted by any governmental authority, prohibiting or
otherwise restraining performance of such obligation; provided, however, the
Company must use its best efforts to have any such order, decree or ruling lifted or otherwise
overturned as soon as possible.



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




          Section 18. Concerning the Rights Agent.




               (a) 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 disbursements 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, each as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, 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 or the performance of the Rights Agent’s duties hereunder, including the costs and
expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises.



               (b) 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 or
the performance of the Rights Agent’s duties hereunder in reliance upon any Rights Certificate or
the balance indicated in the book entry account system of the transfer agent for the Common Stock
or, in the case of certificated shares, certificate for Common Stock 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.



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          Section 19. Merger or Consolidation or Change of Name of Rights Agent.




               (a) Any Person into which the Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent may be merged or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the
Rights Agent or any successor Rights Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the
corporate trust, stock transfer or other stockholder services business 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 any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; but
only if 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 Rights Certificates shall have been countersigned
but not delivered, any such successor Rights Agent may adopt the countersignature of a predecessor
Rights Agent and deliver such Rights Certificates so countersigned; and in case at that time any of
the Rights Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any successor Rights Agent may
countersign such Rights Certificates either in the name of the predecessor or in the name of the
successor Rights Agent; and in all such cases such Rights Certificates shall have the full force
provided in the Rights Certificates and in this Agreement.



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



          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 Rights 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 advice or 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 advice or 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 (including, without limitation, the identity of
any Acquiring Person and the determination of Current Market Price) 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 the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the
Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant 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.



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               (c) The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct, each as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.



               (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 Rights Certificates or be required to verify the
same (except as to its countersignature on such Rights Certificates), 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 Rights 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
Rights Certificate; nor shall it be responsible for any adjustment required under the provisions of
Section 11, Section 13 or Section 24 hereof or responsible for the manner, method or amount of any
such adjustment or the ascertaining of the existence of facts that would require any such
adjustment (except with respect to the exercise of Rights evidenced by Rights Certificates after
actual notice of any such adjustment); nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any
representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any shares of Common Stock or
Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Rights Certificate or as to whether
any shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock will, when so 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 the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief
Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any
Assistant Secretary 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 to be taken
by it in good faith in accordance with instructions of any such officer.



               (h) The Rights Agent and any stockholder, 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 legal entity.



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               (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, however, reasonable care was exercised in the
selection and continued employment thereof.



               (j) No provision of this Agreement shall require the Rights Agent to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder
(other than internal costs incurred by the Rights Agent in providing services to the Company in the
ordinary course of its business as Rights Agent) or in the exercise of its rights if there shall be
reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnification against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.



               (k) If, with respect to any Rights Certificate surrendered to the Rights Agent for exercise or
transfer, the certificate attached to the form of assignment or form of election to purchase, as
the case may be, has either not been completed or indicates an affirmative response to clause 1
and/or 2 thereof, the Rights Agent shall not take any further action with respect to such requested
exercise or transfer without first consulting with the Company.



          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 thirty (30) days’ notice in
writing mailed to the Company, and to each transfer agent of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock,
by registered or certified mail, and, if such resignation occurs after the Distribution Date, to
the registered holders of the Rights Certificates by first-class 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
upon thirty (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 Stock and Preferred Stock, by registered
or certified mail, and, if such removal occurs after the Distribution Date, to the holders of the
Rights 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 thirty (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 Rights Certificate (who shall,
with such notice, submit his Rights Certificate for inspection by the Company), then any registered
holder of any Rights 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 (a) a legal business entity organized and doing business under the laws
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State thereof, in good standing, having an office in the State of New
York, that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust, stock transfer or stockholder
services powers and that has at the time of its appointment as Rights Agent a combined capital and
surplus of at least $50,000,000 or (b) an affiliate of a legal business entity described in clause
(a) of this sentence. 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 Stock and the Preferred
Stock, and, if such appointment occurs after the Distribution Date, mail a notice thereof in
writing to the registered holders of the Rights 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 appointment of the successor Rights Agent,
as the case may be.




          Section 22. Issuance of New Rights Certificates. Notwithstanding any of the
provisions of this Agreement or of the Rights to the contrary, the Company may, at its option,
issue new Rights Certificates evidencing Rights in such form as may be approved by the Board of
Directors 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 Rights Certificates made in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. In addition, in connection with the issuance or
sale of shares of Common Stock following the Distribution Date and prior to the redemption or
expiration of the Rights, the Company (a) shall, with respect to shares of Common Stock so issued
or sold pursuant to the exercise of stock options or under any employee plan or arrangement,
granted or awarded as of the Distribution Date, or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of
securities hereinafter issued by the Company, and (b) may, in any other case, if deemed necessary
or appropriate by the Board of Directors of the Company, issue Rights Certificates representing the
appropriate number of Rights in connection with such issuance or sale; provided,
however, that (i) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that,
the Company shall be advised by counsel that such issuance would create a significant risk of
material adverse tax consequences to the Company or the Person to whom such Rights Certificate
would be issued, and (ii) no such Rights Certificate shall be issued if, and to the extent that,
appropriate adjustment shall otherwise have been made in lieu of the issuance thereof.




          Section 23. Redemption and Termination.




               (a) The Board of Directors of the Company may, at its option, at any time prior to the earlier
of (i) the close of business on the tenth Business Day (or such specified or unspecified later date
as may be determined by the Board before the Rights cease to be redeemable) following the Stock
Acquisition Date (or, if the Stock Acquisition Date shall have occurred prior to the Record Date,
the close of business on the tenth Business Day following the Record Date), or (ii) the Final
Expiration Date,




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redeem all but not less than all of the then outstanding Rights at a
redemption price of $.001 per Right, as such amount may be 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”).
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Rights shall not be
exercisable after the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event until such time as the Company’s
right of redemption hereunder has expired. The Company may, at its option, pay the Redemption Price in
cash, shares of Common Stock (based on the Current Market Price, as defined in Section 11(d)(i)
hereof, of the Common Stock at the time of redemption) or any other form of
consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. The redemption of the
Rights by action of the Board of Directors may be made effective at such time,
on such basis and with such conditions as the Board of Directors
in its sole discretion may establish.




          (b) Immediately upon the effectiveness of the action of the Board of Directors of the Company
ordering the redemption of the Rights (or, if the resolution of the Board of Directors electing to
redeem the Rights states that the redemption will not be effective until the occurrence of a
specified future time or event, upon the occurrence of such future time or event), 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 for each Right
so held. The Company shall promptly give notice of any such redemption to the Rights Agent and the
holders of the then outstanding Rights by mailing such notice to all such holders at each holder’s
last address as it appears 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 Stock;
provided, however, that the failure to give, or any defect in, any such notice
shall not affect the validity of such redemption. Any notice that 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.




     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 7(e)
hereof) for Common Stock at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock per Right, appropriately
adjusted to reflect any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction occurring after the date
hereof (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 Stock for or pursuant to the terms of any such plan, or, until the completion of the
spin-off distribution of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock by Temple-Inland, Inc. to
its stockholders, Temple-Inland Inc.), together with all Affiliates and Associates of such Person,
becomes the Beneficial Owner of 50% or more of the Common Stock then outstanding.




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          (b) Immediately upon the action of the Board of Directors of the Company ordering the exchange
of any Rights pursuant to subsection (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 shares of Common Stock 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 that 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 Stock for Rights will
be effected and, in the event of any partial exchange, the number of Rights that will be exchanged.
Any partial exchange shall be effected pro rata based on the number of Rights (other than Rights
that have become void pursuant to the provisions of Section 7(e) hereof) held by each holder of
Rights.




          (c) In any exchange pursuant to this Section 24, the Company, at its option, may substitute
Preferred Stock (or Equivalent Preferred Stock, as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of Section
11 hereof) for Common Stock exchangeable for Rights, at the initial rate of one one-thousandth of a
share of Preferred Stock (or Equivalent Preferred Stock) for each share of Common Stock, as
appropriately adjusted to reflect stock splits, stock dividends and other similar transactions
after the date hereof.




          (d) In the event that there shall not be sufficient shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock for issuance upon exchange of the Rights.




          (e) The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of shares of Common Stock or, in the
case of certificated shares, to distribute certificates that evidence fractional shares of Common
Stock. In lieu of such fractional shares of Common Stock, there shall be paid to the registered
holders of the Rights Certificates with regard to which such fractional shares of Common Stock
would otherwise be issuable, an amount in cash equal to the same fraction of the current market
value of a whole share of Common Stock. For the purposes of this subsection (e), the current
market value of a whole share of Common Stock shall be the closing price of a share of Common Stock
(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.




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     Section 25. Notice of Certain Events.



          (a) In case the Company shall propose, at any time after the Distribution Date, (i) to pay any
dividend payable in stock of any class to the holders of Preferred Stock or to make any other
distribution to the holders of Preferred Stock (other than a regular quarterly cash dividend out of
earnings or retained earnings of the Company), or (ii) to offer to the holders of Preferred Stock
rights or warrants to subscribe for or to purchase any additional shares of Preferred Stock or
shares of stock of any class
or any other securities, rights or options, or (iii) to effect any reclassification of its
Preferred Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision of outstanding shares
of Preferred Stock), or (iv) to effect any consolidation or merger into or with any other Person
(other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction that complies with Section 11(o) hereof),
or, other than pursuant to a pro rata dividend and/or distribution to all of the then current
holders of Common Stock, 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 transaction or a series of related
transactions, of more than 50% of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any other Person or Persons (other than the Company and/or any
of its Subsidiaries in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof),
or (v) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, then, in each such
case, the Company shall give to each holder of a Rights Certificate, to the extent feasible and in
accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of such proposed action, that shall specify the record
date for the purposes of such stock dividend, distribution of rights or warrants, or the date on
which such 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 shares of
Preferred Stock, 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 twenty (20) days prior to the record date
for determining holders of the shares of Preferred Stock for purposes of such action, and in the
case of any such other action, at least twenty (20) days prior to the date of the taking of such
proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of the shares of Preferred
Stock, whichever shall be the earlier.




          (b) In case any of the events set forth in Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall occur, then, in any
such case, (i) the Company shall as soon as practicable thereafter give to each holder of a Rights
Certificate, to the extent feasible and in accordance with Section 26 hereof, a notice of the
occurrence of such event, which shall specify the event and the consequences of the event to
holders of Rights under Section 11(a)(ii) hereof, and (ii) all references in the preceding
paragraph to Preferred Stock shall be deemed thereafter to refer to Common Stock and/or, if
appropriate, other securities.




     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 Rights Certificate to or on the Company shall be
sufficiently given or made if sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed (until another
address is filed in writing by the Rights Agent with the Company) as follows:


Guaranty Financial Group Inc.

1300 MoPac Expressway South




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Austin, Texas 78746

Attention: Corporate Secretary




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


Computershare Trust Company, N.A.

250 Royall Street

Canton, MA 02021

Attention: Client Services




     Notices or demands authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Company or the
Rights Agent to the holder of any Rights Certificate (or, if prior to the Distribution Date, to the
holder of shares of Common Stock) 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. Prior to the Distribution Date, the Company
and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or amend any provision of this
Agreement without the approval of any holders of shares of Common Stock. From and after the
Distribution Date, the Company and the Rights Agent shall, if the Company so directs, supplement or
amend this Agreement without the approval of any holders of Rights Certificates in order (i) to
cure any ambiguity, (ii) to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein, (iii) to shorten or lengthen any time
period hereunder or (iv) to change or supplement the provisions hereunder in any manner that the
Company may deem necessary or desirable and that shall not adversely affect the interests of the
holders of Rights Certificates (other than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an
Acquiring Person); provided, this Agreement may not be supplemented or amended to lengthen,
pursuant to clause (iii) of this sentence (A) a time period relating to when the Rights may be
redeemed at such time as the Rights are not then redeemable, or (B) any other time period unless
such lengthening is for the purpose of protecting, enhancing or clarifying the rights of, and/or
the benefits to the holders of the Rights (other than an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or
Associate of an Acquiring Person). Upon the delivery of a certificate from an appropriate officer
of the Company that 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. Prior to
the Distribution Date, the interests of the holders of Rights shall be deemed coincident with the
interests of the holder of Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this
Agreement may not be amended (other than pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of the first sentence of
this Section 27) at a time when the Rights are not redeemable.



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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. Determinations and Actions by the Board of Directors, etc.



          (a) For all purposes of this Agreement, any calculation of the number of shares of Common
Stock or any other class of capital stock outstanding at any particular time, including for
purposes of determining the particular percentage of such outstanding shares of Common Stock of
which any Person is the Beneficial Owner, shall be made in accordance with the last sentence of
Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.




          (b) The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the exclusive power and authority to
administer this Agreement and to exercise all rights and powers specifically granted to the Board
or to the Company, or as may be necessary or advisable in the administration of this Agreement,
including, without limitation, the right and power to (i) interpret the provisions of this
Agreement, and (ii) make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable for the administration of
this Agreement (including a determination to redeem or not redeem the Rights or to amend the
Agreement). All such actions, calculations, interpretations and determinations (including, for
purposes of clause (y) below, all omissions with respect to the foregoing) that are done or made by
the Board in good faith, shall (x) be final, conclusive and binding on the Company, the Rights
Agent, the holders of the Rights and all other parties, and (y) not subject the Board, or any of
the directors on the Board, to any liability to the holders of the Rights.




       Section 30. 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 malfunction 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.



     Section   31. 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
Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders of the Common Stock)
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
Rights Certificates (and, prior to the Distribution Date, registered holders of the Common Stock).



       Section 32. 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
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affected, impaired or invalidated; provided, however,
that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any such term, provision,
covenant or restriction is held by such court or authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable and
the Board of Directors of the Company determines in its good faith judgment that severing the
invalid language from this Agreement would adversely affect the purpose or effect of this
Agreement, the right of redemption set forth in Section 23 hereof shall be reinstated and shall not
expire until the close of business on the tenth Business Day following the date of such
determination by the Board of Directors. Without limiting the foregoing, if any provision
requiring a specific group of directors to act is held to by any court of competent jurisdiction or
other authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, such determination shall then be made by the
Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with applicable law and the Company’s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws.




     Section 33. Governing Law. This Agreement, each Right and each Rights Certificate
issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of Delaware and
for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State
applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within such State.



     Section 34. 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.



     Section 35. 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.



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



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By

	 	/s/ Scott A. Almy
	 	By
	 	/s/ Michael D. Calcote	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Scott A. Almy
	 	 	 	 

Name:  Michael D. Calcote
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:   Secretary
	 	 	 	Title:   Executive Vice President and Treasurer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By

	 	/s/ Colleen Shea Keating 	 	By	 	/s/ Dennis V. Noccia 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Name: Colleen Shea Keating
	 	 	 	 

Name: Dennis V. Noccia
	 	 
	 

	 	Title: Director
	 	 	 	Title: Managing Director	 	 






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Exhibit A




FORM OF

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, PREFERENCES AND

RIGHTS OF SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK




OF




GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC.




Pursuant to Section 151 of the General Corporation Law

of the State of Delaware




     We, Kenneth R. Dubuque, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Scott A. Almy, Secretary,
of Guaranty Financial Group Inc. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), a corporation organized
and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the
provisions of Section 103 thereof, DO HEREBY CERTIFY:



     That pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, the Board of Directors on November 28,
2007, adopted the following resolution establishing the terms of a series of shares of Preferred
Stock designated as Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (none of which were outstanding
at such time):




     RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority vested in the Board in accordance
with the provisions of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, the Board does hereby create, authorize and provide for the
issuance, upon the exercise of the Rights, of the Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, having the designation and relative rights, preferences and
limitations that are set forth in the Certificate of Designation concerning the
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit A to the Rights Agreement, which Certificate of Designation is hereby
approved



     The designation and amount thereof and the voting powers, preferences and relative,
participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series, and the
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof are hereby fixed as follows:



     Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be designated as
“Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock” and the number of shares constituting such series
shall be 200,000.



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     Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.



               (A) Subject to the prior and superior rights of the holders of any shares of
any series of Preferred Stock ranking prior and superior to the shares of Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred 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 fifteenth
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 Junior Participating Preferred Stock, in an amount
per share (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the greater of (a) $.10 or (b)
subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the
aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and 1,000 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, par value $1.00 per share, of the
Corporation (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
Junior Participating Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation shall at any
time after December 11, 2007 (the “Rights Dividend Declaration Date”) (i) declare
any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the
outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common Stock into a
smaller number of shares, then in each such case the amount to which holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock were entitled immediately
prior to such event under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted
by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.



               (B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in Paragraph (A) above
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 $.10 per share on the
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall
nevertheless be payable on such subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.



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               (C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding shares
of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date next preceding the date of issue of such shares of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, 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
Junior Participating Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend and
before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such
dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends
paid on the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock in an amount
less than the total amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on
such shares shall be allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis 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 Junior Participating Preferred
Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or distribution declared thereon,
which record date shall be no more than 30 days prior to the date fixed for the
payment thereof.



     Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock shall have the following voting rights:



               (A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each share
of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof
to 1,000 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the
Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights
Dividend Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii)
combine the outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each
such case the number of votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A
Junior Participating 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 or by law, the holders of shares of
Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock and the holders of shares of Common Stock shall vote together as one
class on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.



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               (C) (i) If at any time dividends on any Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock shall be in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly
dividends thereon, the occurrence of such contingency shall mark the beginning of
a period (herein called a “default period”) that shall extend until such time when
all accrued and unpaid dividends for all previous quarterly dividend periods and
for the current quarterly dividend period on all shares of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock then outstanding shall have been declared and paid
or set apart for payment. During each default period, all holders of Preferred
Stock (including holders of the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock)
with dividends in arrears in an amount equal to six (6) quarterly dividends
thereon, voting as a class, irrespective of series, shall have the right to elect
two (2) directors.



                    (ii) During any default period, such voting right of the holders of
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be exercised initially at a
special meeting called pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of this Section 3(C) or
at any annual meeting of stockholders, and thereafter at annual meetings of
stockholders, provided that neither such voting right nor the right
of the holders of any other series of Preferred Stock, if any, to increase,
in certain cases, the authorized number of directors shall be exercised
unless the holders of ten percent (10%) in number of shares of Preferred
Stock outstanding shall be present in person or by proxy. The absence of a
quorum of the holders of Common Stock shall not affect the exercise by the
holders of Preferred Stock of such voting right. At any meeting at which the
holders of Preferred Stock shall exercise such voting right initially during
an existing default period, they shall have the right, voting as a class, to
elect directors to fill such vacancies, if any, in the Board of Directors as
may then exist up to two (2) directors or, if such right is exercised at an
annual meeting, to elect two (2) directors. If the number that may be so
elected at any special meeting does not amount to the required number, the
holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the right to make such increase in
the number of directors as shall be necessary to permit the election by them
of the required number. After the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have
exercised their right to elect directors in any default period and during the
continuance of such period, the number of directors shall not be increased or
decreased except by vote of the holders of Preferred Stock as herein provided
or pursuant to the rights of any equity securities ranking senior to or
pari passu with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock.



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                    (iii) Unless the holders of Preferred Stock shall, during an existing
default period, have previously exercised their right to elect directors, the
Board of Directors may order, or any stockholder or stockholders owning in
the aggregate not less than ten percent (10%) of the total number of shares
of Preferred Stock outstanding, irrespective of series, may request, the
calling of a special meeting of the holders of Preferred Stock, which meeting
shall thereupon be called by the President, a Vice President or the Secretary
of the Corporation. Notice of such meeting and of any annual meeting at
which holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote pursuant to this
Paragraph (C)(iii) shall be given to each holder of record of Preferred Stock
by mailing a copy of such notice to him at his last address as the same
appears on the books of the Corporation. Such meeting shall be called for a
time not earlier than 20 days and not later than 60 days after such order or
request or in default of the calling of such meeting within 60 days after
such order or request, such meeting may be called on similar notice by any
stockholder or stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than ten percent
(10%) of the total number of shares of Preferred Stock outstanding.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Paragraph (C)(iii), no such special
meeting shall be called during the period within 60 days immediately
preceding the date fixed for the next annual meeting of the stockholders.



                    (iv) In any default period, the holders of Common Stock, and other
classes of stock of the Corporation if applicable, shall continue to be
entitled to elect the whole number of directors until the holders of
Preferred Stock shall have exercised their right to elect two (2) directors
voting as a class, after the exercise of which right (x) the directors so
elected by the holders of Preferred Stock shall continue in office until
their successors shall have been elected by such holders or until the
expiration of the default period, and (y) any vacancy in the Board of
Directors may (except as provided in Paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3) be
filled by vote of a majority of the remaining directors theretofore elected
by the holders of the class of stock that elected the director whose office
shall have become vacant. References in this Paragraph (C) to directors
elected by the holders of a particular class of stock shall include directors
elected by such directors to fill vacancies as provided in clause (y) of the
foregoing sentence.



                    (v) Immediately upon the expiration of a default period, (x) the right
of the holders of Preferred Stock as a class to elect directors shall cease,
(y) the term of any directors elected by the holders of Preferred Stock as a
class shall terminate, and (z) the number of directors shall be such number
as may be provided for in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws
irrespective



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of any increase made pursuant to the provisions of
Paragraph (C)(ii) of this Section 3 (such number being subject, however, to
change thereafter in any manner provided by law or in the certificate of
incorporation or by-laws). Any vacancies in the Board of Directors effected
by the provisions of clauses (y) and (z) in the preceding sentence may be
filled by a majority of the remaining directors.




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



     Section 4. Certain Restrictions.



               (A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions payable
on the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are
in arrears, thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and
distributions, whether or not declared, on shares of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock outstanding shall have been paid in full, the Corporation shall
not:



                    (i) declare or pay dividends on, make any other distributions on, or
redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock
ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock;



                    (ii) declare or pay dividends on or make any other distributions on any
shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A
Junior Participating 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;



                    (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration shares
of any stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase or
otherwise acquire shares of any such parity 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 Junior Participating Preferred Stock; or



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                    (iv) purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of
Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking
on a parity with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, except in
accordance with a purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as
determined by the Board of Directors) to all holders of such shares upon such
terms as the Board of Directors, after consideration of the respective annual
dividend rates and other relative rights and preferences of the respective
series and classes, shall determine in good faith will result in fair and
equitable treatment among the respective series or classes.



               (B) The 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 Section 4,
purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.



     Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Junior Participating 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 to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of
Directors, subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein.



     Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.



               (A) Upon any liquidation (voluntary or otherwise), dissolution or winding up
of the Corporation, no distribution shall be made to the holders of shares of
stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up) to the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock unless, prior
thereto, the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
shall have received an amount equal to $1,000 per share of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to accrued and unpaid
dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not declared, to the date of such
payment (the “Series A Liquidation Preference”). Following the payment of the
full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference, no additional distributions
shall be made to the holders of shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall have
received an amount per share (the “Common Adjustment”) equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing (i) the Series A Liquidation Preference by (ii) 1,000 (as
appropriately adjusted as set forth in subparagraph (C) below to reflect such
events as stock splits, stock
dividends and recapitalizations with respect to the Common Stock) (such
number in clause (ii), the “Adjustment Number”). Following the payment of the
full amount of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the Common




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Adjustment in respect of all outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock and Common Stock, respectively, holders of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock and holders of shares of Common Stock shall receive
their ratable and proportionate share of the remaining assets to be distributed in
the ratio of the Adjustment Number to 1 with respect to such Preferred Stock and
Common Stock, on a per share basis, respectively.




               (B) In the event, however, that there are not sufficient assets available to
permit payment in full of the Series A Liquidation Preference and the liquidation
preferences of all other series of preferred stock, if any, that rank on a parity
with the Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, then such remaining assets
shall be distributed ratably to the holders of such parity shares in proportion to
their respective liquidation preferences. In the event, however, that there are
not sufficient assets available to permit payment in full of the Common
Adjustment, then such remaining assets shall be distributed ratably to the holders
of Common Stock.




               (C) In the event the Corporation shall at any time after the Rights Dividend
Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the
outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case
the Adjustment Number in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted
by multiplying such Adjustment Number by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding
immediately prior to such event.



          Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. In case the 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 the shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall at the same time be
similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share (subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth) equal to 1,000 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 after the
Rights Dividend Declaration Date (i) declare any dividend on Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, (ii) subdivide the outstanding Common Stock, or (iii) combine the outstanding Common
Stock into a smaller number of shares, 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 Junior Participating
Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction the numerator of which
is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the



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number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event.




          Section 8. No Redemption. The shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
shall not be redeemable.




          Section 9. Ranking. The Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock shall rank
junior to all other series of the Corporation’s Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and
the distribution of assets, unless the terms of any such series shall provide otherwise.




          Section 10. Amendment. At any time when any shares of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock are outstanding, neither the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Corporation nor this Certificate of Designation shall be amended in any manner that would
materially alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority or more of the outstanding shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock, voting separately as a class.




          Section 11. Fractional Shares. Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock may be
issued in fractions of a share that shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such holder’s
fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends, participate in distributions and
to have the benefit of all other rights of holders of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock.




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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed and subscribed this Certificate and do affirm the
foregoing as true under the penalties of perjury this ___ day of                     , 2007.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:
	 	 

Kenneth R. Dubuque
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	President and Chief Executive Officer	 	 
	Attest:
	 	 	 	 	 	 






	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 
	Name:

	 	 

Scott A. Almy
	 	 
	Title:

	 	Secretary	 	 






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Exhibit B




[Form of Rights Certificate]




			
	     	 	 
	Certificate No. R-
	 	                     Rights





NOT EXERCISABLE AFTER DECEMBER 11, 2017 OR EARLIER IF REDEMPTION OR EXCHANGE OCCURS AS PROVIDED IN
THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. THE RIGHTS ARE SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION AT $.001 PER RIGHT AND TO EXCHANGE ON
THE TERMS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT. IF THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED BY THIS RIGHTS CERTIFICATE
ARE OR WERE BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY A PERSON WHO WAS OR BECAME AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR AN AFFILIATE OR
ASSOCIATE OF AN ACQUIRING PERSON (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), THIS RIGHTS
CERTIFICATE AND THE RIGHTS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES
SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7(e) OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT.




Rights Certificate




GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP 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 Rights Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2007 (the “Rights
Agreement”), between Guaranty Financial Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a New York corporation (the “Rights Agent”), to purchase from
the Company at any time prior to 5:00 P.M. New York City time on December 11, 2017 at the office or
offices of the Rights Agent designated for such purpose, or its successors as Rights Agent, one
one-thousandth of a fully paid, non-assessable share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Company, at a purchase price of $115 per one one-thousandth of
a share (the “Purchase Price”), upon presentation and surrender of this Rights Certificate with the
Form of Election to Purchase and related Certificate duly executed. The number of Rights evidenced
by this Rights Certificate (and the number of shares that may be purchased upon exercise thereof)
set forth above, and the Purchase Price per share set forth above, are the number and Purchase
Price as of December 11, 2007, based on the Preferred Stock as constituted at such date. The
Company reserves the right to require prior to the occurrence of a Triggering Event (as such term
is defined in the Rights Agreement) that a number of Rights be exercised so that only whole shares
of Preferred Stock will be issued.




          Upon the occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event (as such term is defined in the Rights
Agreement), if the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate are beneficially owned by (i) an
Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such



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Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined in the Rights Agreement), (ii) a transferee of any
such Acquiring Person, Associate or Affiliate, or (iii) under certain circumstances specified in
the Rights Agreement, a transferee of a person who, after such transfer, became an Acquiring
Person, or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person, such Rights shall become null and void
and no holder hereof shall have any right with respect to such Rights from and after the occurrence
of such Section 11(a)(ii) Event.




          As provided in the Rights Agreement, the Purchase Price and the number and kind of shares of
Preferred Stock or other securities, that may be purchased upon the exercise of the Rights
evidenced by this Rights Certificate are subject to modification and adjustment upon the happening
of certain events, including Triggering Events.




          This Rights Certificate is subject to all of the terms, provisions and conditions of the
Rights Agreement, which terms, provisions and conditions are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and made a part hereof and to which Rights 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 Rights Certificates, which limitations of
rights include the temporary suspension of the exercisability of such Rights under the specific
circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement. Copies of the Rights Agreement are on file at the
above-mentioned office of the Rights Agent and are also available upon written request to the
Rights Agent.




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




          Subject to the provisions of the Rights Agreement, the Rights evidenced by this Certificate
(i) may be redeemed by the Company at a redemption price of $.001 per Right subject to adjustment,
payable, at the election of the Company, in cash or shares (including fractional shares) of Common
Stock or such other consideration as the Board of Directors may determine or (ii) may be exchanged,
in whole or in part, for shares of the Common Stock, or shares of preferred stock of the Company
having essentially the same value or economic rights as such shares.




          No fractional shares of Preferred Stock will be issued upon the exercise of any Right or
Rights evidenced hereby (other than fractions that are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of
a share of Preferred Stock, 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 Rights Agreement.
The Company, at its election, may



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require that a number of Rights be exercised so that only whole shares of Preferred Stock
would be issued.




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




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




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          WITNESS the facsimile signature of the proper officers of the Company.



Dated as of                     , ___.






	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	ATTEST:	 	 	 	GUARANTY FINANCIAL GROUP INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 

  Name:
	 	 	 	 	 	 

Name:
	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	 	 	 	 	Title:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Countersigned:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	COMPUTERSHARE TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Authorized Signature
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 






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[Form of Reverse Side of Rights Certificate]




FORM OF ASSIGNMENT




(To be executed by the registered holder if such

holder desires to transfer the Rights Certificate.)




          FOR VALUE RECEIVED                                               
               
                
    hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto  
                
    
    




	 	 	 
	 

(Please print name and address of transferee)

	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 


	 	 





this Rights Certificate, together with all right, title and interest therein, and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint           
              
Attorney, to transfer the within Rights Certificate on the books
of the within named Company, with full power of substitution.




Dated:                     , ___




	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

Signature
	 	 






Signature Guaranteed:




Certificate




          The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that:




          (1) this Rights Certificate [ ] is [ ] is not being sold, assigned and transferred by or on
behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such
Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement);




          (2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [ ] did [ ] did not
acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any Person who is, was or subsequently
became an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.



Dated:                     , ___


	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 

	 	 
	 	 

Signature
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Signature Guaranteed:	 	 	 	 







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NOTICE




          The signature to the foregoing Assignment and Certificate must correspond to the name as
written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.




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FORM OF ELECTION TO PURCHASE




(To be executed if holder desires to

exercise Rights represented by the

Rights Certificate.)




To: Guaranty Financial Group Inc.:




          The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise                      Rights represented by this Rights
Certificate to purchase the shares of Preferred Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Rights (or
such other securities of the Company or of any other person that may be issuable upon the exercise
of the Rights) and requests that certificates for such shares be issued in the name of and
delivered to:




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 Rights Certificate, a
new Rights Certificate for the balance 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:




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Certificate




          The undersigned hereby certifies by checking the appropriate boxes that:




          (1) the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate [ ] are [ ] are not being exercised by or
on behalf of a Person who is or was an Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of any such
Acquiring Person (as such terms are defined pursuant to the Rights Agreement);




          (2) after due inquiry and to the best knowledge of the undersigned, it [ ] did [ ] did not
acquire the Rights evidenced by this Rights Certificate from any Person who is, was or became an
Acquiring Person or an Affiliate or Associate of an Acquiring Person.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:

	 	 	, 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 

	 	 

	 	 
	 	 

Signature
	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Signature Guaranteed:	 	 	 






NOTICE




          The signature to the foregoing Election to Purchase and Certificate must correspond to the name as
written upon the face of this Rights Certificate in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.




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Exhibit C




SUMMARY OF RIGHTS TO PURCHASE

PREFERRED STOCK




     On December 11, 2007, the Board of Directors of Guaranty Financial Group Inc. (the “Company”)
declared a dividend distribution of one Right for each outstanding share of common stock, par value
of $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company to stockholders of record at the close of
business on December 14, 2007 (the “Record Date”). Each Right entitles the registered holder to
purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), at a Purchase Price of $115,
subject to adjustment. The description and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement
(the “Rights Agreement”) between the Company and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as Rights
Agent.



     Initially, the Rights will be attached to all Common Stock certificates representing shares
then outstanding, and no separate Rights Certificates will be distributed. Subject to certain
exceptions specified in the Rights Agreement, the Rights will separate from the Common Stock and a
Distribution Date will occur upon the earlier of (i) 10 days following a public announcement that a
person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an “Acquiring Person”) has acquired beneficial
ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (the “Stock Acquisition Date”),
other than as a result of repurchases of stock by the Company or certain inadvertent actions by
institutional or certain other stockholders or (ii) 10 business days (or such later date as the
Board shall determine) following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would
result in a person or group becoming an Acquiring Person. Until the Distribution Date, (i) the
Rights will be evidenced by the Common Stock certificates and will be transferred with and only
with such Common Stock certificates, (ii) new Common Stock certificates issued after the Record
Date will contain a notation incorporating the Rights Agreement by reference and (iii) the
surrender for transfer of any certificates for Common Stock outstanding will also constitute the
transfer of the Rights associated with the Common Stock represented by such certificate. Pursuant
to the Rights Agreement, the Company reserves the right to require prior to the occurrence of a
Triggering Event (as defined below) that, upon any exercise of Rights, a number of Rights be
exercised so that only whole shares of Preferred Stock will be issued.



     The Rights are not exercisable until the Distribution Date and will expire at 5:00 P.M. New
York City time on December 11, 2017, unless such date is extended or the Rights are earlier
redeemed or exchanged by the Company, in each case as described below.



     As soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, Rights Certificates will be mailed to
holders of record of the Common Stock as of the close of business on the Distribution Date and,
thereafter, the separate Rights Certificates alone will represent the
Rights. Except as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, only shares of Common Stock
issued prior to the Distribution Date will be issued with Rights.



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     In the event that a Person becomes an Acquiring Person, except pursuant to an offer for all
outstanding shares of Common Stock that a majority of the members of the Board of Directors who are
not officers and not affiliated with the Acquiring Person determines to be fair and not inadequate
and to otherwise be in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders after receiving
advice from one or more investment banking firms (a “Qualified Offer”), each holder of a Right will
thereafter have the right to receive, upon exercise, Common Stock (or, in certain circumstances,
cash, property or other securities of the Company) having a value equal to two times the exercise
price of the Right. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, following the occurrence of the event set
forth in this paragraph, all Rights that are, or (under certain circumstances specified in the
Rights Agreement) were, beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person will be null and void. However,
Rights are not exercisable following the occurrence of the event set forth above until such time as
the Rights are no longer redeemable by the Company as set forth below.



     For example, at an exercise price of $115 per Right, each Right not owned by an Acquiring
Person (or by certain related parties) following an event set forth in the preceding paragraph
would entitle its holder to purchase $230]worth of Common Stock (or other consideration, as noted
above) for $115. Assuming that the Common Stock had a per share value of $57.50 at such time, the
holder of each valid Right would be entitled to purchase four shares of Common Stock for $115.



     In the event that, at any time following the Stock Acquisition Date, (i) the Company engages
in a merger or other business combination transaction in which the Company is not the surviving
corporation (other than with an entity that acquired the shares pursuant to a Qualified Offer),
(ii) the Company engages in a merger or other business combination transaction in which the Company
is the surviving corporation and the Common Stock of the Company is changed or exchanged, or (iii)
50% or more of the Company’s assets, cash flow or earning power is sold or transferred, each holder
of a Right (except Rights that have previously been voided as set forth above) shall thereafter
have the right to receive, upon exercise, common stock of the acquiring company having a value
equal to two times the exercise price of the Right. The events set forth in this paragraph and in
the second preceding paragraph are referred to as the “Triggering Events.”



     At any time after a person becomes an Acquiring Person and prior to the acquisition by such
person or group of fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding Common Stock, the Board may
exchange the Rights (other than Rights owned by such person or group that have become void), in
whole or in part, at an exchange ratio of one share of Common Stock, or one one-thousandth of a
share of Preferred Stock (or of a share of a class or series of the Company’s preferred stock
having equivalent rights, preferences and privileges), per Right (subject to adjustment).



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     The Purchase Price payable, and the number of one one-thousandths of Preferred Stock or other
securities or property issuable, upon exercise of the Rights are subject to adjustment from time to
time to prevent dilution (i) in the event of a stock dividend on, or a subdivision, combination or
reclassification of, the Preferred Stock, (ii) if holders of the Preferred Stock are granted
certain rights or warrants to subscribe for Preferred Stock or convertible securities at less than
the current market price of the Preferred Stock, or (iii) upon the distribution to holders of the
Preferred Stock of evidences of indebtedness or assets (excluding regular quarterly cash dividends)
or of subscription rights or warrants (other than those referred to above).



     With certain exceptions, no adjustment in the Purchase Price will be required until cumulative
adjustments amount to at least 1% of the Purchase Price. No fractional shares of Preferred Stock
(other than fractions that are integral multiples of one one-thousandth of a share of Preferred
Stock) will be issued and, in lieu thereof, an adjustment in cash will be made based on the market
price of the Preferred Stock on the last trading date prior to the date of exercise.



     At any time until ten days following the Stock Acquisition Date, the Company, at the election
of the Board of Directors, may redeem the Rights in whole, but not in part, at a price of $.001 per
Right (payable in cash, Common Stock or other consideration deemed appropriate by the Board of
Directors). The redemption may be made effective at such time, on such basis and with such
conditions as the Board of Directors in its sole discretion may establish. Immediately upon any
redemption of the Rights, the right to exercise the Right will terminate and the only right of the
holders of Rights will be to receive the redemption price.



     Until a Right is exercised, the holder thereof, as such, will have no rights as a stockholder
of the Company, including, without limitation, the right to vote or to receive dividends. While
the distribution of the Rights will not be taxable to stockholders or to the Company, stockholders
may, depending upon the circumstances, recognize taxable income in the event that the Rights become
exercisable for Common Stock (or other consideration) of the Company or for common stock of the
acquiring company or in the event of the redemption of the Rights as set forth above.



     Any of the provisions of the Rights Agreement may be amended by the Board of Directors of the
Company prior to the Distribution Date. After the Distribution Date, the provisions of the Rights
Agreement may be amended by the Board in order to cure any ambiguity, to make changes that do not
adversely affect the interests of holders of Rights, or, in certain cases, to shorten or lengthen
any time period under the Rights Agreement. The foregoing notwithstanding, no amendment may be
made at such time as the Rights are not redeemable, other than to cure any ambiguity or to correct
or supplement any defective or inconsistent provision.



     A copy of the Rights Agreement is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
an Exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 11, 2007. A copy of the Rights
Agreement is available free of charge from the Company. This
summary description of the Rights does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Rights Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference.




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