Estate of Eugene E. Stone, III, Deceased, C. Rivers Stone, E.E. Stone, IV, Mary Stone Fraser & Rosalie Stone Morris, Co-Personal Representatives - Page 63

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                                   PREAMBLE                                           
                    This “Amended and Restated Plan for Settlement-                   
               Company” sets forth the provisions of the parties’                     
               settlement relating to Stones, Inc. (“Stones”) and                     
               Stone Manufacturing Co. (“SMC”) (and their subsidiar-                  
               ies) and amends and restates the Plan for Settlement                   
               dated June 3, 1994 and the First Amendment dated as of                 
               March 28, 1996 among the same parties.                                 
               I.   EFFECT OF THE AMENDED PLAN                                        
                    (a) Executed copies of this Amended and Restated                  
                         Plan for Settlement - Company and all docu-                  
                         ments specified herein (“Plan Documents”)                    
                         shall be placed in escrow with the Probate                   
                         Court and shall not be effective unless and                  
                         until they are released from escrow by the                   
                         Probate Court * * *.                                         
               II. COMPANY                                                            
                    A.   GENERAL                                                      
                         Stones and SMC may be merged * * * provided                  
                         such merger does not violate the provisions                  
                         of any agreement for borrowed money to which                 
                         Stones or SMC is a party, but no merger is                   
                         required.  In the event the merger does oc-                  
                         cur, any reference contained in this Amended                 
                         Plan to the “Company”, its Board, its offi-                  
                         cers, its shareholders, its Common Stock and                 
                         its obligations shall refer to the surviving                 
                         entity of the merger, its Board, its Nominat-                
                         ing Committee, its officers, its sharehold-                  
                         ers, its Common Stock and its obligations.                   
                         In the event the merger does not occur and                   
                         Stones and SMC continue to exist as separate                 
                         entities, except to the extent otherwise                     
                         provided herein, any reference contained in                  
                         this Amended Plan to the “Company”, its                      
                         Board, its Nominating Committee, its offi-                   
                         cers, its shareholders, its Common Stock and                 
                         its obligations shall refer to each of Stones                
                         and SMC separately, as to its own Board, its                 
                         Nominating Committee, its officers, its                      
                         shareholders, its Common Stock and its obli-                 
                         gations.                                                     






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