SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): June 30, 2002
Lifeline Systems, Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Massachusetts
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
000-13617 042537528
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(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
111 Lawrence Street, Framingham, Massachusetts 01702
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(508) 988-1000
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(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
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Not Applicable
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Item 5. Other Events
Effective June 30, 2002, Lifeline Systems, Inc. (the "Company") entered
into Amendment No. 2 to the Rights Agreement dated as of July 24, 1998 by and
between the Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company as rights agent (the
"Rights Agreement"). The purpose of the amendment was to provide that ValueAct
Capital Partners, L.P. and certain named affiliates would be Exempted Persons
(the "ValueAct Exempted Persons") within the meaning of the Rights Agreement.
Effective June 30, 2002, the Company entered an agreement with the ValueAct
Exempted Persons setting forth the terms and conditions of the Company's
willingness to enter into the amendment to the Rights Agreement (the "ValueAct
Agreement").
Amendment No. 2 and the ValueAct Agreement are attached hereto as Exhibit
4.1 and Exhibit 10.1, respectively, and each is incorporated herein by
reference. The foregoing description of each of Amendment No. 2 and the ValueAct
Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such Exhibits.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
LIFELINE SYSTEMS, INC.
Date: July 12, 2002 By: /s/ Ronald Feinstein
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Ronald Feinstein
President and
Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit Index
No. Description
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4.1 Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement dated as of June 30, 2002
10.1 Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2002, among the Registrant
and (a) ValueAct Capital Partners, L.P., (b) ValueAct
Capital Partners II, L.P., (c) ValueAct Capital
International, Ltd., (d) VA Partners, L.L.C., (e) Jeffrey W.
Ubben, (f) George F. Hamel, Jr. and (g) Peter H. Kamin