SECOND AMENDMENT OF RIGHTS AGREEMENT

EX-4.1 3 a08-17918_1ex4d1.htm EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

 

SECOND AMENDMENT OF RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT OF RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), effective as of June 29, 2008, is made by Digimarc Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and acknowledged by Computershare Trust Company N.A. (formerly EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., the “Rights Agent”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.     Amendments

 

(a)           Subject to the terms hereof, pursuant to Section 26 of that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2004, by and between the Company and the Rights Agent, as amended by a First Amendment of Rights Agreement effective as of March 23, 2008 (as amended, the “Rights Agreement”), the parties hereby amend the Rights Agreement to replace Section 36 (Transactional Exemption) in its entirety with the following section:

 

“SECTION 36.  Transactional Exemption.

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the execution, delivery or performance by the respective parties thereto of, and the consummation of the merger or any other transactions contemplated by, that certain Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 29, 2008, as amended from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, L-1 Identity Solutions, Inc. (“Parent”) and Dolomite Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, including but not limited to, the tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company or other actions effected pursuant to the Offer the execution, delivery and performance by the respective parties thereto of the Support Agreement and the Spin-Off Agreements (as such terms are defined in the Merger Agreement) (the Merger Agreement, the Spin-Off Agreements and all other ancillary documents relating to the transactions contemplated therein are collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Agreements”), shall not cause any Person to become an “Acquiring Person” (as that term is defined in Section 1 hereof), or give rise to any event that, through passage of time or otherwise, would result in the occurrence of a “Stock Acquisition Date,” a “Distribution Date,” a “Section 11(a)(ii) Event” or a “Section 13 Event” (as those terms are defined in Sections 1, 3(a), 11(a)(ii) and 13(a) hereof, respectively).

 



 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the provisions of Section 11 hereof shall be deemed not to apply to the merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.”

 

2.     Condition to Effectiveness

 

This Amendment shall become effective on June 29, 2008, immediately prior to the first to occur of (a) the execution and delivery of the Support Agreement, or (b) the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by each of the parties thereto.  By execution hereof, the Rights Agent hereby acknowledges that it has received written notice of the Amendment; provided, however, that the Rights Agent shall not be deemed to have any knowledge of the effectiveness of this Amendment prior to the date of the execution of this Amendment.

 

3.     Reference to and Effect on Rights Agreement

 

Each reference in the Rights Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or any other expression of like import referring to the Rights Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Rights Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

4.     Governing Law

 

This Second Amendment of Rights Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely in such State.

 

5.     Continuing Effect

 

The Rights Agreement, except as amended hereby, shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has executed this Amendment on June 29, 2008.

 

 

DIGIMARC CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Chamness

 

 

 Name: Robert Chamness

 

 

 Title: Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

 

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Acknowledged by:

 

 

 

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Katherine Anderson

 

 

 Name: Katherine Anderson

 

 

 Title: Manager Director

 

 

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