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• Closing Delivery and Payment 2 3.1 Closing.........................................................................................2 3.2 Delivery........................................................................................2

• Delivery and Payment Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof shall have been exercised on or before the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date) shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I hereto or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after the third Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representatives, at 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, xx the date specified by the Representatives (which shall be within three Business Days after exercise of said option) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date, the Company will deliver to the Representatives on the settlement date for the Option Securities, and the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase the Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions, certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

• Sale, Purchase, Delivery and Payment for the Shares On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement: (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $_____ per share (the "Initial Price"), the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter under the column "Number of Firm Shares to be Purchased from the Company" on Schedule I to this Agreement, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 9 hereof. (b) The Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase, severally and not jointly, all or any part of the Option Shares at the Initial Price. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage (adjusted by the Representative to eliminate fractions) of the total number of Option Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Firm Shares. Such option may be exercised only to cover over-allotments in the sales of the Firm Shares by the Underwriters and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the business day before the Firm Shares Closing Date (as defined below), and from time to time thereafter within 30 days after the date of this Agreement, in each case upon written, facsimile or electronic notice, by the Representative to the Company no later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the business day before the Firm Shares Closing Date or at least two business days before the Option Shares Closing Date (as defined below), as the case may be, setting forth the number of Option Shares to be purchased and the time and date (if other than the Firm Shares Closing Date) of such purchase. (c) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Firm Shares shall be made at the offices of W.R. Hambrecht + Co, LLC, 539 Bryant Street, Suite 100, San Francisco, XX, 00000 xx 7:00 a.m., Sxx Xxxxxxxxx xxxx, on the third business day following the date of this Agreement or at such time on such other date, not later than ten (10) business days after the date of this Agreement, as shall be agreed upon by the Company and the Representative (such time and date of delivery and payment are called the "Firm Shares Closing Date"). In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Shares are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price, and delivery of the certificates, for such Option Shares shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, on each date of delivery as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Company (such time and date of delivery and payment are called the "Option Shares Closing Date"). The Firm Shares Closing Date and any Option Shares Closing Date are called, individually, a "Closing Date" and, together, the "Closing Dates." (d) Payment for the Shares shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company against delivery of the respective certificates to the Representative for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates for the Shares to be purchased by them. (e) Certificates evidencing the Shares shall be registered in such names and shall be in such denominations as the Representative shall request at least two full business days before the Firm Shares Closing Date or, in the case of Option Shares, on the day of notice of exercise of the option as described in Section 1(b) and shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representative through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") for the account of such Underwriter. The Company will cause the certificates representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging, at such place as is designated by the Representative, on the full business day before the Firm Shares Closing Date (or the Option Shares Closing Date in the case of the Option Shares).

• Sale and Delivery to Underwriters Closing (a) The several commitments of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein or in the applicable Terms Agreement. (b) In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, may grant, if so provided in the applicable Terms Agreement relating to the Initial Underwritten Securities, an option to the Underwriters named in such Terms Agreement, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to the number of Option Securities set forth therein at the same price per Option Security as is applicable to the Initial Underwritten Securities, less an amount equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and paid or payable on the Initial Underwritten Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. Such option, if granted, will expire 30 days (or such lesser number of days as may be specified in the applicable Terms Agreement) after the Representation Date relating to the Initial Underwritten Securities, and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time, date and place of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time, date and place of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representatives, but shall not be later than seven full business days nor earlier than two full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Underwritten Securities each such Underwriter has severally agreed to purchase as set forth in the applicable Terms Agreement bears to the total number of Initial Underwritten Securities (except as otherwise provided in the applicable Terms Agreement), subject to such adjustments as the Representatives in their discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional Underwritten Securities. (c) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Underwritten Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, 00 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, at 10:00 A.M. on the fourth business day (or the third business day if required under Rule 15c6-1 of the 1934 Act, or unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10) following the date of the applicable Terms Agreement or at such other time as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the “Closing Time”). In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices of Xxxxxxxx Chance US LLP, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Company. Payment for the Underwritten Securities shall be made to the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of the Underwritten Securities to be purchased by them. Certificates for the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives may request in writing at least two business days before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representatives, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. The Representatives, individually and not as representatives of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Underwritten Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder. The certificates for the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, will be made available for examination and packaging by the Representatives not later than 10:00 A.M. on the last business day prior to the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, in New York, New York. If authorized by the applicable Terms Agreement, the Underwriters named therein may solicit offers to purchase Underwritten Securities from the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, pursuant to delayed delivery contracts (“Delayed Delivery Contracts”) substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto with such changes therein as the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, may approve. As compensation for arranging Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, will pay to the Representatives at Closing Time, for the respective accounts of the Underwriters, a fee equal to that percentage of the amount of Underwritten Securities for which Delayed Delivery contracts are made at the applicable Closing Time as is specified in the applicable Terms Agreement. Any Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be with institutional investors of the types described in the Prospectus. At the applicable Closing Time, the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, will enter into Delayed Delivery Contracts (for not less than the minimum amount of Underwritten Securities per Delayed Delivery Contract specified in the applicable Terms Agreement) with all purchasers proposed by the Underwriters and previously approved by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, as provided below, but not for an aggregate principal amount of Underwritten Securities in excess of that specified in the applicable Terms Agreement. The Underwriters will not have any responsibility for the validity or performance of Delayed Delivery Contracts. The Representatives shall submit to the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, at least three business days prior to the applicable Closing Time, the names of any institutional investors with which it is proposed that the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, will enter into Delayed Delivery Contracts and the amount of Underwritten Securities to be purchased by each of them, and the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, will advise the Representatives at least two business days prior to the applicable Closing Time, of the names of the institutions with which the making of Delayed Delivery Contracts is approved by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, and the amount of Underwritten Securities to be covered by each such Delayed Delivery Contract. The amount of Underwritten Securities agreed to be purchased by the several Underwriters pursuant to the applicable Terms Agreement shall be reduced by the amount of Underwritten Securities covered by Delayed Delivery Contracts, as to each Underwriter as set forth in a written notice delivered by the Representatives to the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be; provided, however, that the total amount of Underwritten Securities to be purchased by all Underwriters shall be the total amount of Underwritten Securities covered by the applicable Terms Agreement, less the amount of Underwritten Securities covered by Delayed Delivery Contracts.

• Sale and Delivery to Underwriter Closing On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Trust and the Company, as the case may be, agree that the Trust will sell to the Underwriter, and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from the Trust, the Firm Securities, at a purchase price of $25.00 per Firm Security. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the Firm Securities shall be made at the offices of Arnoxx & Xortxx, 10 - 10 - 555 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000, xx at such other place as shall be agreed upon by you, the Trust and the Company, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, on the third business day (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9) following the date of this Agreement, or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter, the Trust and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called the "Closing Date"). As compensation for the commitments of the Underwriter contained in this Section 2, the Company hereby agrees to pay to the Underwriter an amount equal to $___ per Firm Security times the total number of Firm Securities purchased by the Underwriter on the Closing Date as commissions for the sale of such Firm Securities under this Agreement. Such payment will be made on the Closing Date with respect to the Firm Securities. Payment for the Firm Securities shall be made to the Trust by wire transfer of immediately available funds, against delivery to the Underwriter of the Firm Securities to be purchased by it. The Firm Securities shall be issued in the form of one or more fully registered global notes (the "Global Notes") in book-entry form in such denominations and registered in the name of the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the "Depository") or in such names as the Underwriter may request in writing at least two business days before the Closing Date. The Global Notes representing the Firm Securities shall be made available for examination by the Underwriter not later than 10:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on the last business day prior to the Closing Date. In addition, upon written notice from the Underwriter to the Trust from time to time prior to 9:00 P.M., Eastern Standard Time, on the 30th day after the date of the Prospectus (or, if such 30th day shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, on the next business day thereafter), the Underwriter shall have the right to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities at the same purchase price as the Firm Securities, plus accrued distributions, if any, from the Closing Date to the Option Closing Date (as defined herein). No Option Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. Option Securities may be purchased only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Securities. Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Option Securities, being herein referred to as an "Option Closing Date," which may be the Closing Date, shall be determined by the Underwriter, but shall be issued not later than five (5) full business days after written notice to the Trust of the Underwriter's election to purchase Option Securities is given. Each payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of, the 11 - 11 - Option Securities shall be made at each Option Closing Date at such offices as is designated by the Underwriter. As compensation for the commitments of the Underwriter contained in this Section 2, the Company hereby agrees to pay to the Underwriter an amount equal to $___ per Option Security times the total number of Option Securities purchased by the Underwriter on the Option Closing Date as commissions for the sale of such Option Securities under this Agreement. Such payment will be made on the Option Closing Date with respect to the Option Securities. Each payment for Option Securities shall be made to the Trust by wire transfer of immediately available funds, against delivery to the Underwriter of such Option Securities. The Option Securities shall be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Notes in book-entry form in such denominations and registered in the name of the nominee of the Depository or in such names as the Underwriter may request in writing at least two days before the Option Closing Date. The Global Notes representing the Option Securities shall be made available for examination by the Underwriter not later than 10:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time on the last business day prior to the Option Closing Date.

• Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Securities (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Shares to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Shares set opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto, subject to adjustments in accordance with Section 9 hereof. The purchase price for each Firm Share shall be $3.76 per share. In making this Agreement, each Underwriter is contracting severally and not jointly; except as provided in Section 8 hereof, the agreement of each Underwriter is to purchase only the respective number of Firm shares specified in Schedule I. The Firm Shares will be delivered by the Company to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of the Company at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, at 9:00 am Central time on the third (or if the Firm Shares are priced, as contemplated by Rule 15c6-1(c) under the Exchange Act, after 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, the fourth) full business day following the date hereof, or at such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company determine pursuant to Rule 15c6-1(a) under the Exchange Act, such time and date of delivery being herein referred to as the “First Closing Date.” If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Firm Shares may be made through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company’s DWAC system to the accounts at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Representatives. (b) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants to the several Underwriters an option to purchase all or any portion of the Option Shares to be sold by the Company hereunder, at the same purchase price as the Firm Shares, for use solely in covering any over-allotments made by the Underwriters in the sale and distribution of the Firm Shares. The option granted hereunder may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time within 30 days after the effective date of this Agreement upon notice (confirmed in writing) by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option, the names and denominations in which the certificates for the Option Shares are to be registered and the date and time, as determined by the Representatives, when the Option Shares are to be delivered, such time and date being herein referred to as the “Second Closing” and “Second Closing Date”, respectively; provided, however, that the Second Closing Date shall not be earlier than the First Closing Date nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. The number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of Option Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters as the number of Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter is of the total number of Firm Shares to be purchased by the several Underwriters, as adjusted by the Representatives in such manner as the Representatives deem advisable to avoid fractional shares. No Option Shares shall be sold and delivered unless the Firm Shares previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The Option Shares will be delivered by the Company to the Representatives or the accounts of the several Underwriters against payment of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of same day funds payable to the order of the Company at the offices of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., U.S. Bancorp Center, 800 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable, at 9:00 am Central time, on the Second Closing Date. If the Representatives so elect, delivery of the Option Shares may be made be made through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company’s DWAC system to the accounts at The Depository Trust Company designated by the Representatives. (c) Certificates evidencing the Securities in definitive form and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representatives shall request pursuant to an instruction letter from the Representatives or in the notice of option exercise, as applicable, will be made available for checking at a reasonable time preceding the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as applicable, at the office of Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, or such other location as may be mutually acceptable. (d) It is understood that Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, individually and not as Representatives of the several Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment to the Company, on behalf of any Underwriter for the Securities to be purchased by such Underwriter. Any such payment by you shall not relieve any such Underwriter of any of its obligations hereunder. Nothing herein contained shall constitute any of the Underwriters an unincorporated association or partner with the Company.

• Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Sale 1. When packaging materials and containers in which a good is packaged for retail sales are classified in the Harmonized System with the good, they shall not be taken into account in determining whether all non-originating materials used in the production of the good undergo the applicable change in tariff classification set out in Annex 4.03. 2. When the good is subject to a requirement of regional value content, the value of these packaging materials and containers shall be taken into account as originating or non-originating materials, as the case may be, in calculating the regional value content of the good.

• PURCHASE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE COMMON SHARES The Firm Common Shares. Upon the terms herein set forth, (i) the Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 1,562,500 Firm Common Shares and (ii) the Selling Stockholders agree, severally and not jointly, to sell to the several Underwriters an aggregate of 625,500 Firm Common Shares, each Selling Stockholder selling the number of Firm Common Shares set forth opposite such Selling Stockholder's name on Schedule B. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms but subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Selling Stockholders the respective number of Firm Common Shares set forth opposite their names on Schedule A. The purchase price per Firm Common Share to be paid by the several Underwriters to the Company and the Selling Stockholders shall be $___ per share. The First Closing Date. Delivery of certificates for the Firm Common Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of NMS, 600 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, San Francisco, California (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 6:00 a.m. San Francisco time, on _____________, 1998 [the fourth full business day after the date of this Agreement, unless the pricing occurs at a time earlier than 4:30 p.m., East Coast time, in which case insert the third full business day after the date of this Agreement], or such other time and date not later than 10:30 a.m. San Francisco time, on ____________, 1998 [ten business days following the original contemplated First Closing Date] as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the "First Closing Date"). The Company and the Selling Stockholders hereby acknowledge that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Company or the Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 10. The Optional Common Shares; the Second Closing Date. In addition, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, and upon the terms Public Offering of the Common Shares. The Representatives hereby advise the Company and the Selling Stockholders that the Underwriters intend to offer for sale to the public, as described in the Prospectus, their respective portions of the Common Shares as soon after this Agreement has been executed and the Registration Statement Payment for the Common Shares. Payment for the Common Shares to be sold by the Company shall be made at the First Closing Date (and, if applicable, at the Second Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Company. Payment for the Common Shares to be sold by the Selling Stockholders shall be made at the First Closing Date (and, if applicable, at the Second Closing Date) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the order of the Custodian. It is understood that the Representatives have been authorized, for their own account and the accounts of the several Underwriters, to accept delivery of and receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Firm Common Shares and any Optional Common Shares the Underwriters have agreed to purchase. NMS, individually and not as a Representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment for any Common Shares to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds shall not have been received by the Representatives by the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of such Underwriter, but any such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from any of its obligations under this Agreement. Each Selling Stockholder hereby agrees that (i) it will pay all stock transfer taxes, stamp duties and other similar taxes, if any, payable upon the sale or delivery of the Common Shares to be sold by such Selling Stockholder to the several Underwriters, or otherwise in connection with the performance of such Selling Stockholder's obligations hereunder and (ii) the Custodian is authorized to deduct for such payment any such amounts from the proceeds to such Selling Stockholder hereunder and to hold such amounts for the account of such Selling Stockholder with the Custodian under the Custody Agreement. Delivery of the Common Shares. The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall, severally and not jointly deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters certificates for the Firm Common Shares to be sold by them at the First Closing Date, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The Company and the Selling Stockholders shall, severally and not jointly, also deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters, certificates for the Optional Common Shares the Underwriters have agreed to purchase from them at the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the Common Shares shall be in definitive form and registered in such names and Delivery of Prospectus to the Underwriters. Not later than 12:00 p.m. San Francisco time on the second business day following the date the Common Shares are released by the Underwriters for sale to the public, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered copies of the Prospectus in such quantities and at such places as the Representatives shall request.

• Purchase Sale and Delivery of the Offered Securities Unless otherwise specified in the Underwriting Agreement, payment for the Offered Securities shall be made by certified or official bank check or checks payable to the order of the Depositor in immediately available or next day funds, at the time and place set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, upon delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Offered Securities registered in definitive form and in such names and in such denominations as the Representative shall request in writing not less than five full business days prior to the date of delivery. The time and date of such payment and delivery with respect to the Offered Securities are herein referred to as the "Closing Date".

• Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Notes On the basis of the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers, acting severally and not jointly, agree to purchase the Notes in the respective amounts set forth on Schedule 1 hereto from the Company at 98.392% of their principal amount. One or more certificates in definitive form for the Notes that the Initial Purchasers have agreed to purchase hereunder, and in such denomination or denominations and registered in such name or names as the Initial Purchasers request upon notice to the Company at least 48 hours prior to the Closing Date, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Initial Purchasers, against payment by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer (same day funds), to such account or accounts as the Company shall specify prior to the Closing Date, or by such means as the parties hereto shall agree prior to the Closing Date. Such delivery of and payment for the Notes shall be made at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on January 23, 2004, or at such other place, time or date as the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, may agree upon, such time and date of delivery against payment being herein referred to as the “Closing Date.” The Company will make such certificate or certificates for the Notes available for checking and packaging by the Initial Purchasers at the offices of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in New York, New York, or at such other place as Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. may designate, at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.