Exhibit 1.1
Execution
Version
$350,000,000
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Inc.
3.7500% Notes due 2031
Underwriting Agreement
February 24, 2021
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Commerz Markets LLC
As Representatives of the
several Underwriters named in Schedule I of the Underwriting Agreement
c/o HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
c/o Commerz Markets LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Inc.,
an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as the representatives (the “Representatives”),
$350,000,000 principal amount of its 3.7500% Notes due 2031 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be
issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of July 9, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company
and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a seventh supplemental
indenture, dated March 3, 2021, relating to the Securities (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture,”
and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
The Company hereby
confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Registration
Statement. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
“Securities Act”), an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as such term is defined under
Rule 405 under the Securities Act, on Form S-3 (File No. 333-233668), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities
and such registration statement became effective upon filing with the Commission on September 9, 2019 in accordance with Rule 462(e).
Such registration statement, as amended as of the Effective Date (as defined below), including the Prospectus (as defined below),
all exhibits thereto (excluding the Form T-1, except where otherwise stated) and the information, if any, deemed pursuant
to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement as of the Effective Date (“Rule 430
Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; “Effective
Date” means the effective date of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act
for purposes of liability under Section 11 of the Securities Act of the Company or the Underwriters with respect to the offering
of the Securities; “Base Prospectus” means the base prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement,
in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date hereof, relating to the Securities;
“Preliminary Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement
specifically relating to the Securities, in the form in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Securities Act and provided to the Representatives for use by the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities;
“Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by the definitive prospectus supplement specifically
relating to the Securities, in the form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date
of such filing. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under
the Securities Act, as of the Effective Date or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be,
and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such
Effective Date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
As of 4.15 P.M., New
York City time, on February 24, 2021 (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following
information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated
February 24, 2021, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, and each “free-writing prospectus”
(as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto as constituting part of the Time of Sale
Information.
2. Purchase
of the Securities by the Underwriters. (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters
as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein
and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective
principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 99.00%
of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from February 24, 2021 to the Closing Date (as defined below).
The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as
provided herein.
(b) The
Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this
Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth
in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate
of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.
(c) Payment
for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000 at 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on March 3, 2021, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not
later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date
of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
(d) Payment
for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company
to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, for the account of the Underwriters, of
one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Notes”), with any transfer
taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Notes will be made available for
inspection by the Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
(e) The
Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty
to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms
of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company, or any other person. Additionally,
neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company, or any other persons as to any legal, tax, investment,
accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and
shall be responsible for making their own independent investigations and appraisals of the transactions contemplated hereby, and
the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters
of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for
the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters,
or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby or the process relating thereto.
3. Representations
and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary
Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and
each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided
that the Company does not make any representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon
and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through
the Representatives expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus.
(b) Time
of Sale Information. The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale did not, and on the Closing Date will not, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company does not make any representation
and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time
of Sale Information. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information
and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has
been omitted therefrom.
(c) Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus. The Company (including, in each case, its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters
in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to or will not prepare, make, use, authorize,
approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes
an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company, or its respective agents
and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) below) an “Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of
the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus,
(iv) the documents listed on Annex B hereto as constituting the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road
show or other written communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified
in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the
Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and on the
Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the
Company does not make any representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in
writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Each Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or
the Prospectus, except with respect to any updates thereto, including in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(d) Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined
under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date
hereof; the Registration Statement became effective upon filing with the Commission under Rule 462(e) under the Securities
Act on September 9, 2019 and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and, to the knowledge of the Company, no proceeding
for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated
or threatened by the Commission; the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, complies, and any amendment thereto as of
the date it becomes effective, will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”),
and the Registration Statement, as of the Effective Date, did not and any amendment thereto, as of the date it becomes effective,
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and the Prospectus, as of the date of the prospectus supplement comprising
a part of such Prospectus, did not, and any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, as of the date of such amendment or supplement
will not, and as of the Closing Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company does not make any representation and warranty with respect to
(i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1)
of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly
for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(e) Incorporated
Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information,
when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements
of the Exchange Act and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case
may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Financial
Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries
as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified subject,
in the case of interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby,
and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly the information
required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company or Milacron Holdings
Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Milacron”), as the case may be, and their respective subsidiaries and presents fairly
the information shown thereby; and the consolidating and pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus have been prepared
in accordance, in all material respects, with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and the assumptions underlying such consolidating and pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in
the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(g) No
Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except as described in the Time of Sale
Information (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock pursuant to existing
employee equity plans) or a material increase in the long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or
any dividend (other than the normal quarterly dividend) or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made
by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change, in the business, properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material
to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material
to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(h) Organization
and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries (i) have been duly organized and are validly existing and
in good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions
of organization, with full corporate or other organizational power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate
their respective properties and conduct their respective businesses and (ii) are duly qualified to do business and are in
good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which their respective
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, except where the failure
to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material
adverse effect or a prospective material adverse effect on the business, properties, financial position or results of operations
of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Securities
(a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation,
association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement. The subsidiaries listed in
Schedule 2 to this Agreement under the heading “Significant Subsidiaries of the Company” are deemed to be the
“Significant Subsidiaries” of the Company for purposes of this Agreement.
(i) Capitalization.
The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus
under the heading “Capitalization” and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the
Company (i) have been duly and validly authorized and issued, (ii) are fully paid and non-assessable and (iii) conform
in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the
Prospectus; and all outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Company (x) have
been duly and validly authorized and issued, (y) are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by
the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other
claim of any third party, in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Due
Authorization. The Company has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver the Securities and to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the Indenture (collectively, together with the Securities, the “Transaction Documents”);
the Company has full corporate power and authority to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party; and all corporate action required to be taken by the Company for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery
of each of the Transaction Documents and the due and proper authorization and consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby
has been duly and validly taken.
(k) The
Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, and upon the Effective Date will have been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act, and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto,
will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium
or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in any proceeding in equity or at law (collectively, the “Enforceability
Exceptions”).
(l) The
Securities. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered
as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to
the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(m) Underwriting
Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(n) Descriptions
of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained
in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(o) No
Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its articles
or certificate of incorporation or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term,
covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or
any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the
case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) No
Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
the issuance and sale of the Securities, and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms
or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon
any property or assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, note, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is
a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the articles or certificate of incorporation
or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) result in the
violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory
authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No
Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company and compliance by the Company with the
terms thereof, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the registration
of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“FINRA”) and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution
of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(r) Legal
Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are
no legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings, or, to the best knowledge of the Company, any investigations,
pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the best knowledge of the Company no such
investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened
by others; and there are no current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required
under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(s) Independent
Accountants. (i) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
is; (ii) Ernst & Young LLP, in its capacity as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
for fiscal 2021, is; and (iii) Ernst & Young LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of Milacron, is,
an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries and with respect to prong (iii) above,
to the knowledge of the Company, Milacron and its subsidiaries, within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the
Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(t) Title
to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to,
or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses
of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and
imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such
property by the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Investment
Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of
the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be an
“investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning
of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively,
“Investment Company Act”).
(v) Taxes.
The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required
to be paid or filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale
Information and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against
the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except for where such non-payment,
failure to file or deficiency would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(w) Licenses
and Permits. The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations
issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses
as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess
or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has received
notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe
that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such revocation,
modification or failure to renew would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Compliance
With Environmental Laws. Except in the case of (i) and (ii) below, for any such failure to comply, or failure to
receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and
all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection
of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants
(collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits,
licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses; and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental
Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants
or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice,
and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries,
and (iii) except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (x) there are no proceedings
that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental
Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no material
monetary sanctions will be imposed, (y) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance
with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances
or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (z) none of
the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.
(y) Compliance
With ERISA. In each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each employee
benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”),
for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled
group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”))
would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements
of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited
transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any
Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject
to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency”
as defined in Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iv) the
fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based
on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of
ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (vi) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group
has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums
to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within
the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(z) Disclosure
Controls. The Company maintains an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of
the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files
or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s
rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated
to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company has carried
out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange
Act.
(aa) Accounting
Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting”
(as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been
designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing
similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability
for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses
or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls.
(bb) No
Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries,
any director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense
relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct
or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds, including
of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity
for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated
or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation
implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed
an offence under the Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made,
offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation,
any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit, except in the case of clause
(iv) above, for any such action that would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The Company
and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce, policies and procedures
designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.
(cc) Compliance
with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times
in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all applicable
jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action,
suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or
any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries,
threatened.
(dd) Compliance
with OFAC. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, any
director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including,
without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”)
or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national”
or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her
Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”),
nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target
of Sanctions (each such country or territory, a “Sanctioned Country,” (at the time of this Agreement,
Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Crimea region of Ukraine)); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the
proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary,
joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that,
at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities
of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including
any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.
For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, and the Company and its subsidiaries are
not now knowingly engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or
was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.
(ee) No
Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding
with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities.
(ff) No
Registration Rights. No person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for
sale under the Securities Act by reason of the issuance and sale of the Securities.
(gg) No
Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(hh) Margin
Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company
as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or
X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(ii) Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the best knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s
directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in any material respect with the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the
rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”), including
Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(jj) Cybersecurity;
Data Protection. In each case, to the knowledge of the Company, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries’ information
technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications, and databases (collectively,
“IT Systems”) are adequate in all material respects for, and operate and perform in all material respects
as required in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and
clear of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants, (ii) the Company and
its subsidiaries have implemented and maintained commercially reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and safeguards designed
to maintain and protect their material confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security
of all IT Systems and data (including all personal, personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal
Data”)) used in connection with their businesses, (iii) there have been no breaches, violations, outages or
unauthorized uses of or accesses to same, except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty
to notify any other person, nor any incidents under internal review or investigations relating to the same, except as would not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) the Company and its subsidiaries
are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations
of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the
privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Personal Data from unauthorized
use, access, misappropriation or modification.
4. Further
Agreements of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required
Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and
Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Term Sheet in
the form of Annex C hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will file promptly all reports
and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and
each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M.,
New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may
reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under
the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and otherwise in accordance with Rule 457(r) under
the Securities Act, and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(b) Delivery
of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge and following a reasonable request, (i) to the Representatives, a
signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and
consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed
copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents
filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including
all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period
of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus
relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities
Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments
or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or
filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
(other than any ordinary course filing under the Exchange Act), whether before or after the Effective Date, but prior to the Closing
Date, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(d) Notice
to the Representatives. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm
such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when
any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed; (iii) of
any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus
or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission
for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening
of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event
within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing
when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading;
(vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or
any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt
by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent
the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of
the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued,
will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Time
of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a
result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading
or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will promptly
notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the
extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements
to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented
will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.
(f) Ongoing
Compliance with Securities Laws. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall
exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend
or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare
and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives
may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as
so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser,
be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law.
(g) Blue
Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions
as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution
of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other
entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file
any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction
if it is not otherwise so subject.
(h) Earning
Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable
an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission
promulgated thereunder.
(i) Clear
Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
will, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt
securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries and having a tenor of more than one year.
(j) Use
of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement,
the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of proceeds.”
(k) No
Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or
that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(l) Record
Retention. The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
5. Certain
Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that
(a) It
has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus,”
as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission
by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other
than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to
file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed
on Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show),
or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each
such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent
of the Company.
(b) It
is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly
notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions
of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase and to pay for the Securities on the Closing
Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the
following additional conditions:
(a) Registration
Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding
for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending
before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with
the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433
under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; the Company shall have paid the registration fees
for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect
to the proviso therein) and otherwise in accordance with Rule 457(r) under the Securities Act; and all requests by the
Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.
(b) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on
the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.
(c) No
Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating afforded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock of or
guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,”
as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.
(d) No
Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(f) hereof shall have occurred or
shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto)
and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the
manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
(e) Officer’s
Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date certificates of an executive officer of
the Company who has specific knowledge of the Company’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming
that such officer has carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the
knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming
that, the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied
with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing
Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Comfort
Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Ernst & Young LLP shall
have each furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters (including in the case of Ernst & Young
LLP, additional letters in connection with its certification of certain financial statements of Milacron), dated the respective
dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives,
containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters
with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided that the letters delivered on the Closing Date shall
use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.
(g) Opinions
and 10b-5 Statements of Outside Counsel for the Company. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP and Ice Xxxxxx LLP,
each outside counsel for the Company, shall each have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written
opinions and, in the case of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, 10b-5 Statements, each dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in
Annex A-1 and A-2 hereto, respectively.
(h) Opinion
and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date
an opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as
the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(i) CFO
Certificate. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives
a certificate, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, of its chief financial officer
with respect to certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of
Sale Information and the Prospectus, providing “management comfort” with respect to such information, substantially
in the form attached as Annex D hereto.
(j) No
Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted,
adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent
the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued
that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
(k) Good
Standing. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing
(to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction) of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries in their
respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing (to the extent such concept is relevant in any particular jurisdiction)
in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication
from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(l) Additional
Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates
and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters,
certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions
hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification
and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification
of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers
and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20
of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable
and documented legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted,
as such reasonable and documented fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the investor presentation, dated as of February 24,
2021, or any Time of Sale Information, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case
except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission
or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein.
(b) Indemnification
of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its
directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in
paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon,
any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information
relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for
use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following: the third,
ninth and tenth paragraphs appearing under the heading “Underwriting” in the Prospectus.
(c) Notice
and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall
be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or
(b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom
such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure
to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 7 except to
the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and
provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that
it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under this Section 7 except to the extent that such Indemnifying Person
has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses). If any such proceeding shall be brought
or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall
retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person,
be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant
to Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented fees
and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel related to such proceeding,
as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the reasonable
and documented fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying
Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within
a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available
to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both
the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate
due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not,
in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable and documented fees
and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such reasonable
and documented fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates,
directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Representatives and any
such separate firm for the Company, its directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of
the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff,
the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement
or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could
have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such
Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that
are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability
or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution.
If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient
in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph,
in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified
Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities
or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received
by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the
aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and
the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation
on Liability. The Company, and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this
Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose)
or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above.
The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph
(d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by
such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in
no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts
and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that
such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder
and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive
Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which
may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Effectiveness
of Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.
9. Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially
limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed
by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within
or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by
this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.
10. Defaulting
Underwriter. (a) If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it
has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities
by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default
by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall
be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters
to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting
Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business
days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare
any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement,
the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person
not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter
agreed but failed to purchase.
(a) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting
Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the
right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to
purchase hereunder plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter
agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have
not been made.
(b) If,
after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting
Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains
unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise
the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting
Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the
Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof
and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(c) Nothing
contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter
for damages caused by its default.
11. Payment
of Expenses.
(a) Whether
or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company agrees to pay
or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation,
(i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable
in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration
Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including
all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing
each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants;
(v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for
investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing
and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including not more than $15,000 of related reasonable and documented fees and expenses
of counsel for the Underwriters); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees
and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all
expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with and any required review by FINRA; and (ix) all expenses
incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.
(b) If
(i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Sections 6, 9 or 10 or (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the
Securities for delivery to the Underwriters, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
(including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and
the offering contemplated hereby.
12. Persons
Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each
Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other
person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No
purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
13. Survival.
The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, and the Underwriters
contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate
delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.
14. Certain
Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate”
has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day
other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary”
has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
15. Compliance
with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into
law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective
clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other
information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority
of the Representatives. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities
LLC and Commerz Markets LLC, on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action taken by HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities LLC and Commerz Markets LLC shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted
and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives: c/o
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Floor 3, 000 Xxxxx Xxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: 000-000-0000), Attention: Transaction Management
Group, c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (fax: 000-000-0000), Attention: Debt Syndicate
Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department; and c/o Commerz Markets LLC, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000 (fax: 000-000-0000), Attention: Syndicated Finance-Leveraged Markets, with a copy to the Legal Department. Notices to the
Company shall be given to them at Xxxxxxxxxxx, Inc., Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000 (fax: 000-000-0000);
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer.
(c) Governing
Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(d) Waiver
of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of
or relating to this Agreement.
(e) Recognition
of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.
(i) In
the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime,
the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective
to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such
interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
(ii) In
the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding
under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are
permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime
if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.
As used in this subsection (e):
“BHC Act Affiliate”
has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. §
1841(k).
“Covered Entity”
means any of the following:
a “covered entity”
as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
a “covered bank”
as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
a “covered FSI”
as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
“Default Right”
has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1,
as applicable.
“U.S. Special Resolution
Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title
II of the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
(f) Counterparts.
This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication
(including any electronic signature complying with the New York Electronic Signatures and Records Act (N.Y. State Tech. §§
301-309), as amended from time to time, or other applicable law)), each of which shall be an original and all of which together
shall constitute one and the same instrument.
(g) Amendments
or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom,
shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(h) Headings.
The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning
or interpretation of, this Agreement.
If the foregoing is
in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
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XXXXXXXXXXX, INC. |
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By | /s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. |
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| Name: | Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. |
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| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Underwriting
Agreement]
Accepted: February 24, 2021 |
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HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. |
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in Schedule 1 hereto. |
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HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC. |
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/s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx |
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Authorized Signatory |
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[Signature Page
to Underwriting Agreement]
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC |
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For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
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X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC |
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx |
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Authorized Signatory |
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[Signature Page to Underwriting
Agreement]
COMMERZ MARKETS LLC |
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For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto. |
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COMMERZ MARKETS LLC |
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx |
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Authorized Signatory |
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx |
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[Signature Page to Underwriting
Agreement]
Schedule
1
Underwriters | |
Principal Amount of Notes | |
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. | |
$ | 121,363,000 | |
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC | |
$ | 45,763,000 | |
Commerz Markets LLC | |
$ | 28,262,000 | |
BMO Capital Markets Corp | |
$ | 23,275,000 | |
Citizens Capital Markets, Inc. | |
$ | 23,275,000 | |
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC | |
$ | 23,275,000 | |
PNC Capital Markets LLC | |
$ | 14,962,000 | |
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. | |
$ | 13,300,000 | |
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. | |
$ | 13,300,000 | |
Fifth Third Securities, Inc. | |
$ | 9,975,000 | |
Truist Securities, Inc. | |
$ | 9,975,000 | |
Barrington Research Associates, Inc. | |
$ | 3,325,000 | |
CJS Securities, Inc. | |
$ | 3,325,000 | |
X.X. Xxxxxxxx & Co. | |
$ | 3,325,000 | |
DZ Financial Markets LLC | |
$ | 3,325,000 | |
Santander Investment Securities Inc. | |
$ | 3,325,000 | |
Skandianaviska Enskilda Xxxxxx XX (publ) | |
$ | 3,325,000 | |
Xxxxxx & Company, LLC | |
$ | 3,325,000 | |
Total | |
$ | 350,000,000 | |
Schedule 1-1
SCHEDULE 2
Significant Subsidiaries of the Company:
Batesville Casket Company, Inc.
Batesville Services, Inc.
Coperion GmbH
Coperion Capital GmbH
Coperion K-Tron (Schweiz) GmbH
Ferromatik Milacron GmbH
Xxxxxxxxxxx Luxembourg Inc.
Xxxxxxxxxxx Switzerland GmbH
Xxxxxxxxxxx Germany Holding GmbH
K-Tron Investment Co.
Milacron B.V.
Milacron India Private Limited
Milacron Investments B.V.
Milacron LLC
Milacron Marketing Company LLC
Milacron Plastics Technologies Group LLC
Mold-Masters Luxembourg Acquisitions SARL
Mold-Masters Luxembourg Holdings SARL
Mold-Masters (2007) Limited
Mold-Masters Hong Kong Acquisitions Limited
Mold-Masters (Kunshan) Co. Ltd.
Process Equipment Group, Inc.
All other subsidiaries of the Company:
XXXX GmbH
XXXX Equipos, X.X.
Xxxx Pumps, L.P.
Acorn Development Group, Inc.
Batesville Canada ULC
Batesville Casket de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
Batesville Interactive, Inc.
Batesville Logistics, Inc.
Batesville Manufacturing, Inc.
BC Canada Company, ULC
BCC JAWACDAH Holdings, LLC
BM&M Screening Solutions, Ltd.
BV Acquisitions, Inc.
Comercial TerraSource Global Limitada
Coperion Corporation
Coperion K-Tron Salina, Inc.
Coperion Machinery & Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Coperion de Mexico S. de X.X. de C.V.
Coperion Ideal Pvt. Ltd.
Coperion International Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
Coperion K.K.
Schedule 2-1
Coperion K-Tron (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Coperion K-Tron Asia Pte. Ltd.
Coperion K-Tron Deutschland GmbH
Coperion K-Tron Great Britain Limited
Coperion Ltd.
Coperion Ltda.
Coperion Middle East Co. Ltd.
Coperion (Nanjing) Machinery Co., Ltd.
Coperion N.V.
Coperion Pelletizing Technology GmbH
Coperion Pte. Ltd.
Coperion S.r.l.
Coperion S.a.r.l.
Coperion S.L.
D-M-E (China) Limited
DME (India) Private Limited
DME Company LLC
D-M-E Czech Republic s.r.o.
D-M-E Europe CVBA
D-M-E Mold Technology (Shenzhen) Company Ltd.
D-M-E Normalien GmbH
Ferromatik Milacron AG
Ferromatik Milacron France SAS
Global Products Co., S.A. de X.X.
Xxxxx Tree Manufacturing, LLC
Xxxxxxxxxxx XX, LLC
Xxxxxxxxxxx Asia, LLC
Xxxxxxxxxxx Hong Kong Limited
Industrias Arga, S.A. de C.V.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx AB
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Canada Company
K-Tron China Limited
K-Tron Colormax Limited
K-Tron PCS Limited
K-Tron Technologies, Inc.
MCP, Inc.
Milacron Canada Corp.
Milacron Czech Republic SPOL s.r.o.
Milacron Dutch Cooperatief U.A.
Milacron Germany GmbH
Milacron Marketing (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Milacron Mexicana Sales S.A. de C.V.
Milacron Mexico Plastics Services S.A. de C.V.
Milacron Mold-Masters Sistemas de Processamento de Plasticos
Ltda
Milacron Nederland B.V.
Milacron Netherlands Holdings LLC
Milacron Plastics Holding GmbH
Milacron Plastics Machinery (Jiangyin) Co., Ltd.
Milacron U.K. Ltd.
Modern Wood Products, LLC
Schedule 2-2
Mold Masters Europa GmbH
Mold-Masters (Shanghai) International Trade Co. Ltd.
Mold-Masters (U.K.) Ltd.
Mold-Masters Beteiligungsverwaltung (GmbH)
Mold-Masters France SAS
Mold-Masters Handelgesellschaft (GmbH)
Mold-Masters Kabushiki Kaisha
Mold-Masters Korea Ltd.
Mold-Masters Singapore (MMS) Pte. Ltd.
NADCO, S.A. de C.V.
NorthStar Industries, LLC
OOO “Cooperon”
PEG Process Equipment Group India LLP
PEG (Wuxi) Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Rotex Global, LLC
Rotex Europe Ltd.
Rotex Global (Hong Kong) Limited
Rotex Japan Limited
TerraSource Global Corporation
TerraSource Global CIS Limited Liability Company
TerraSource Global Machinery Equipment (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
The Forethought Group, Inc.
Tirad s.r.o.
VSI International N.V.
WCP, Inc.
Schedule 2-3
Annex A-1
Form of Opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx,
Slate, Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP, Outside Counsel for the Company
Annex
X-0-0
Xxxxx X-0
Form of Opinion of Ice Xxxxxx LLP,
Outside Counsel for the Company
Annex
A-2-1
Annex B
Time of Sale Information
Pricing Term Sheet, dated February 24,
2021.
Annex
B-1
Annex C
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Inc.
Pricing Term Sheet
3.7500% Senior Notes due 2031
This pricing term sheet
is qualified in its entirety by reference to Xxxxxxxxxxx, Inc.’s preliminary prospectus supplement, dated February 24,
2021 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”).
The information in
this pricing supplement supplements the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Terms used herein but not
defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Issuer: |
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Inc. |
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Title
of Securities: |
3.7500% Senior Notes due 2031 |
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Principal Amount: |
$350,000,000 |
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Coupon: |
3.7500% |
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Yield
to Maturity: |
3.7500% |
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Spread
to Benchmark Treasury: |
+237 basis points |
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Benchmark
Treasury: |
UST 1.125% due February 15, 2031 |
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Benchmark
Treasury Yield: |
1.380% |
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Price to Public: |
100.000% |
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Trade Date: |
February 24, 2021 |
Annex
C-1
Settlement: |
March 3, 2021 (T+5)
We expect that delivery of the notes will be made
against payment therefor on or about the fifth business day following the date of confirmation of orders with respect to the notes
(this settlement cycle being referred to as “T+5”). Under Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in two business days, unless the parties to any such
trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade the notes on the date hereof or the next succeeding
two business days will be required, by virtue of the fact that the notes initially will settle in T+5 business days, to specify
an alternate settlement arrangement at the time of any such trade to prevent a failed settlement. Purchasers of the notes who wish
to trade the notes before their delivery should consult their own advisor. |
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Maturity: |
March 1, 2031 |
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Interest Payment Dates: |
September 1 and March 1, commencing September 1, 2021 |
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Equity Clawback: |
Up to 40.000% at 103.750% prior to March 1, 2024 |
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Optional Redemption: |
Prior to March 1, 2026: 100% of the aggregate principal amount and accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, plus an applicable make-whole premium at a discount rate of Treasury plus 50 basis points.
On or after March 1, 2026: The following redemption prices plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption: |
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Redemption Price | |
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2026 | |
| 101.875 | % |
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2027 | |
| 101.250 | % |
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2028 | |
| 100.625 | % |
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2029 and thereafter | |
| 100.000 | % |
Denominations: |
$2,000 minimum; $1,000 increments |
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Expected Ratings*: |
Xxxxx’x: Ba1
S&P: BB+ |
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CUSIP: |
431571 AE8 |
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ISIN: |
US431571 AE83 |
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Lead
Book-Running Managers: |
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC
Commerz Markets LLC |
Annex
C-2
Co-Managers: |
BMO Capital
Markets Corp
Citizens Capital Markets, Inc.
Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC
PNC Capital Markets LLC
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
Truist Securities, Inc.
Barrington Research Associates, Inc.
CJS Securities, Inc.
X.X. Xxxxxxxx & Co.
DZ Financial Markets LLC
Santander Investment Securities
Inc.
Skandianaviska Enskilda Xxxxxx
XX (publ)
Xxxxxx & Company,
LLC |
| * | A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision,
review, suspension, qualification or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. No report of any rating agency is incorporated
by reference herein. |
The issuer has filed a registration
statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should
read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information
about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx.
Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus
if you request it by calling HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. collect at 000-000-0000, X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC collect at 000-000-0000
and Commerz Markets LLC collect at 0-000-000-0000.
Any disclaimer or other
notice that may appear below is not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded. Such disclaimer or notice was automatically
generated as a result of this communication being sent by Bloomberg or another email system.
Annex
C-3
Annex X
Xxxxxxxxxxx, Inc.
Form of CFO’s Certificate
Annex D-1