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Note 17 - Stockholder Rights Plan
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2013
Stockholder Right Plan [Abstract]  
Stockholder Right Plan [Text Block]

17. Stockholder Rights Plan


On January 30, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a stockholder rights plan (the “Rights Plan”) and declared a dividend distribution to stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 10, 2013 of one preferred stock purchase right (a “Right”) for each outstanding share of Common Stock of the Company. Each Right entitles the holder to purchase from the Company a unit consisting of one one-hundredth of a share (a “Unit”) of a newly-authorized series of junior participating preferred stock of the Company, upon the occurrence of certain events, at a purchase price of $15.00 per Unit.


In connection with the adoption of the stockholder rights plan, the Company designated 250,000 shares of the Company’s authorized shares of Preferred Stock, par value $1.00, as Series A-2 Junior Participating Preferred Shares, none of which are issued and outstanding. As provided in the Certificate of Designation filed by the Company with the Department of State of the State of Nevada, each Series A-2 Preferred Share shall entitle the holder 100 votes on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Corporation, subject to adjustment for future dividends and combinations of common stock.  The holders of Series A-2 Preferred Shares 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.  The Series A-2 Preferred Shares shall, after issuance, be entitled to receive quarterly dividends in an amount equal to the greater of $50.00 per share or an amount per share, subject to adjustment, equal to 100 times the aggregate per share amount 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 declared on the common stock since the immediately preceding quarterly dividend payment date of the Series A-2 Preferred Shares, or, with respect to the first such quarterly dividend payment date, since the first issuance of any share or fraction of a share of the Series A-2 Preferred Shares.  The Series A-2 Preferred Shares 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.  The Series A-2 Preferred Shares shall not be redeemable.  In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the holders of Series A-2 Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive the greater of $100.00 per share, plus accrued dividends, or an amount per share, subject to adjustment, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of Common Stock. In the event the Company 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 event the Series A-2 Preferred Shares shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed in an amount per share, subject to adjustment, equal to 100 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. These preferences are protected by customary anti-dilution provisions.


Initially, the Rights are not exercisable and are attached to each existing outstanding share of the Company’s Common Stock. The Rights will separate and become exercisable if a person or group acquires 15% or more of the Company’s Common Stock in a transaction, including the open market purchase of shares, not approved by our Board. If a person or group acquires 15%, each Right will entitle its holder (other than such person or members of such group) to purchase, at the Right’s exercise price (subject to adjustment as provided in the Rights Plan), a number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock having a then-current market value of twice the exercise price. The Rights Plan will cause substantial dilution to a person or group that attempts to acquire control of the Company on terms or in a manner not approved by our Board.


The initial issuance of the Rights as a dividend had no financial accounting or reporting impact. The fair value of the Rights was nominal because the Rights were not exercisable when issued and no value is attributable to them. Additionally, the Rights do not meet the definition of a liability under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and are therefore not accounted for as a long-term obligation. Accordingly, unless the Rights become exercisable as discussed above, the Rights Plan has no impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.


On May 28, 2013, our Board approved the amendment and restatement of the Rights Plan for the primary purpose of incorporating a stockholder redemption feature (qualifying offer clause) providing that if the Company receives a Qualifying Offer (as defined in the Rights Plan, as amended and restated) and our Board has not redeemed the outstanding Rights or exempted such offer from the terms of the Rights Plan, as amended and restated, or called a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of voting on whether or not to exempt such Qualifying Offer from the terms of the Rights Plan, as amended and restated, in each case by the end of the ninety (90) business days following the commencement of such Qualifying Offer, the holders of 10 percent of the common stock may call a special meeting of stockholders to vote on a resolution authorizing the redemption of all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Rights at the Redemption Price (as defined in the Rights Plan, as amended and restated).


The Rights Plan is not intended to interfere with any merger, tender or exchange offer or other business combination approved by our Board. Nor does the Rights Plan prevent our Board from considering any offer that it considers to be in the best interest of its stockholders.