UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-A/A
(AMENDMENT NO. 1 )
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
PHH Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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Maryland
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52-0551284 |
(State of Incorporation or Organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification no.) |
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3000 Leadenhall Road |
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Mt. Laurel, New Jersey
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08054 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code) |
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. þ
If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. o
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
None
(if applicable)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Common Stock $0.01 par value per share
(including preferred stock purchase rights)
(Title of class)
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of class)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The undersigned registrant hereby amends its Registration Statement on Form 8-A originally filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 18, 2005 by adding the information
set forth below.
Item 1. Description of Registrants Securities to be Registered
On March 15, 2007, PHH Corporation (PHH or the Company) announced that it had entered into a
definitive merger agreement (the Merger Agreement) with General Electric Capital Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (GECC or the Acquiror), and Jade Merger Sub, Inc., a Maryland corporation
and a wholly owned subsidiary of GECC (the Merger Sub), pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge
with and into PHH (the Merger), on the terms and subject to the conditions in the Merger
Agreement. In connection with the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, the
Board of Directors of the Company authorized an amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated as of
January 28, 2005 (the Rights Agreement), by and between the Company and The Bank of New York, a
New York banking corporation (BONY).
On March 14, 2007, the Company and BONY executed the Amendment (Amendment No. 1) to the Rights
Agreement. Capitalized terms used below but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned
thereto in the Rights Agreement, as amended. Amendment No. 1 provides that (i) each of Acquiror
and Merger Sub and each of their Affiliates and Associates shall not be or become an Acquiring
Person as the result of the approval, execution and delivery of, or performance of the transactions
set forth in, or contemplated by, the Merger Agreement, the consummation of the Merger, or any
action taken by the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof relating to the
Merger or any public announcement relating to the Merger and (ii) no Distribution Date, Stock
Acquisition Date, Section 11(a)(ii) Event, Section 13 Event or Triggering Event shall be deemed to
have occurred by reason of the execution of the Merger Agreement or the announcement or
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby pursuant to the terms of the Merger
Agreement.
A description of the material terms of the Rights Agreement is included in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Company with the SEC on January 18, 2005.
The foregoing description of Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Agreement does not purport to be
complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the full text of
Amendment No. 1 attached hereto.
Item 2. Exhibits.
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4.1. |
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Rights Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2005 between PHH Corporation and The
Bank of New York (Incorporated by reference to the Companys Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the SEC on January 18, 2005.) |
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Amendment to the Rights Agreement, dated March 14, 2007, between PHH
Corporation and The Bank of New York. (Incorporated by reference to the Companys
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 15, 2007.) |