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Dana Corporation Page 93 of 176 Table of Contents Task Force Issue No. 94-3. Under Issue No. 94-3, a liability for exit costs was recognized at the date the entity committed itself to an exit plan. Under SFAS No. 146, a liability for exit costs is not recognized until the liability is incurred. We adopted this Statement on January 1, 2003. The implementation of this Statement did not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations. In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, "Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity." SFAS No. 150 generally requires that instruments that have characteristics of both a liability and equity be classified as a liability. SFAS No. 150 specifies that three categories of freestanding financial instruments (mandatorily redeemable instruments, obligations to repurchase an entity's equity shares by transferring assets and certain obligations to issue a variable number of equity shares) be classified as liabilities or, in certain instances, as assets. The provisions of this Statement became effective for Dana during the quarter ended September 30, 2003. The adoption of this statement did not have any impact on the accounting for our financial instruments. In December 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 132R, "Employers' Disclosure about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits." SFAS No. 132R requires additional disclosures about defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans. The standard requires, among other things, additional disclosures about the assets held in employer sponsored pension plans, disclosures relating to plan asset investment policy and practices, disclosure of expected contributions to be made to the plans and expected benefit payments to be made by the plans. Annual disclosures applicable to our U.S. pension and postretirement plans are required to be made in our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2003. Annual disclosures relating to our non-U.S. plans will be required for the year ending December 31, 2004. We have adopted this pronouncement as of December 31, 2003 for all of our U.S. plans. See Note 14 to our consolidated financial statements for the required disclosures. Note 2. Preferred Share Purchase Rights Pursuant to our Rights Agreement dated as of April 25,1996, as amended, with The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent, we have a preferred share purchase rights plan which is designed to deter coercive or unfair takeover tactics. One right has been issued on each share of our common stock outstanding on and after July 25, 1996. Under certain circumstances, the holder of each right may purchase l/1000th of a share of our Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, no par value, for the exercise price of $110 (subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan). The rights have no voting privileges and will expire on July 15, 2006, unless exercised, redeemed or exchanged sooner. Generally, the rights cannot be exercised or transferred apart from the shares to which they are attached. However, if any person or group acquires (or commences a tender offer that would result in acquiring) 15% or more of our outstanding common stock, the rights not held by the acquirer will become exercisable unless our Board of Directors postpones their distribution date. In that event, instead of purchasing l/1000th of a share of the Participating Preferred Stock, the holder of each right may elect to purchase from us the number of shares of our common stock that have a market value of twice the right's exercise price (in effect, a 50% discount on our stock). Thereafter, if we merge with or sell 50% or more of our assets or earnings power to the acquirer or engage in similar transactions, any rights not previously exercised (except those held by the acquirer) can also be exercised. In that event, the holder of each right may elect to purchase from the acquiring company the number of shares of its common stock that have a market value of twice the right's exercise price (in effect, a 50% discount on the acquirer's stock). Our Board may authorize the redemption of the rights at a price of $.01 each before anyone acquires http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26780/000095015204001384/105571ael0vk.htm 8/1/2004