$100,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
____% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2004
ST. XXXX BANCORP, INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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________, 1997
XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
Two World Trade Center
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
ABN AMRO CHICAGO CORPORATION
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
St. Xxxx Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to
issue and sell to you (the "Underwriters") its ____% Senior Notes due 2004 in an
aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000 (the "Notes"). The Notes shall be
issued under an Indenture, dated as of _________, 1997 and a Supplemental
Indenture thereto dated as of __________, 1997 (together, such Indenture and
Supplemental Indenture are referred to herein as the "Indenture"), between the
Company and Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), and shall
be substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
referred to in Section 1 hereof.
Prior to the purchase and public offering of the Notes by the
Underwriters, the Company and the Underwriters shall enter into an agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Pricing Agreement"). The
Pricing Agreement may take the form of an exchange of any standard form of
written telecommunication between the Company and the Underwriters and shall
specify such applicable information as is indicated in Exhibit A. The offering
of the Notes will be governed by this Agreement, as supplemented by the Pricing
Agreement. From and after the date of the execution and delivery of the Pricing
Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to incorporate the Pricing Agreement.
The Company confirms the following agreement with the Underwriters,
relating to the purchase and sale of the Notes.
1. Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Company has prepared and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a
registration statement, and has filed one or more amendments thereto, on Form
S-3 (File No. 333-18677), including in such registration statement and each such
amendment a related prospectus subject to completion, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the "Act") and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (collectively, the "Trust Indenture Act"), relating to the
Notes. Copies of that registration statement as amended to date have been
delivered by the Company to the Underwriters. The Company satisfies the
conditions for the use of Form S-3 in connection with the offer and sale of the
Notes. The Company expects to file the prospectus containing the information
required by Rule 430A under the Act pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act. The
registration statement as amended at the time when it becomes effective,
including all financial schedules and exhibits thereto, is referred to in this
Agreement as the "Registration Statement", and the prospectus in the form filed
with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement at the time the
Registration Statement becomes effective or, if applicable, in the form first
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Registration Statement becomes
effective, is referred to in this Agreement as the "Prospectus." Any
registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Act (a "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement") shall be deemed to be part of the
Registration Statement. Any prospectus included in the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be part of the Prospectus. Any reference herein to
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 Act,
as of the date of such Prospectus, and any reference to any amendment of or
supplement to the Prospectus or the Registration Statement shall be deemed to
refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Prospectus or
Registration Statement, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (together with the rules and regulations of the Commission
promulgated thereunder, the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated by reference in
such Prospectus or Registration Statement, as the case may be. If a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement is required, such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement
shall have been transmitted to the Commission for filing and have become
effective within the prescribed time period, and, prior to the Closing Date, the
Company shall have provided to the Underwriters evidence of such filing and
effectiveness in accordance with Rule 462(b) under the Act.
2. Agreement to Sell and Purchase. On the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Company hereby agrees to issue and sell to the
Underwriters $100,000,000 principal amount of Notes and each Underwriter agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the principal amount of
Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto (or
such principal amount of Notes as such Underwriter shall be obligated to
purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 9 hereof).
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3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by the Underwriters
that they have agreed to make a public offering of their respective portions of
the Notes as soon after the Registration Statement has become effective and the
Pricing Agreement has been executed as in the Underwriters' judgment is
advisable and to first offer the Notes upon the terms set forth in the
Prospectus.
4. Delivery of the Notes and Payment Therefor.
(a) Delivery to the Underwriters of the Notes shall be made at 9:00
a.m., Chicago time, on the fourth business day (or the third business day if
required under Rule 15c6-1 under the Act, or unless postponed in accordance with
the provisions of Section 9(b) hereof) following the date of the Pricing
Agreement (the "Closing Date") against payment therefor at the offices of
XxXxxxxxx, Will & Xxxxx, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, or through
the facilities of The Depository Trust Company. The place of closing and the
Closing Date may be varied by agreement between the Underwriters and the
Company.
(b) If the Underwriters and the Company have elected to enter into the
Pricing Agreement after the Registration Statement is effective, the purchase
price to be paid by the several Underwriters for the Notes shall be an amount
equal to the initial public offering price, less an amount to be determined by
agreement between the Underwriters and the Company. The initial public offering
price for the Notes shall be a fixed price to be determined by agreement between
the Underwriters and the Company. The interest rate, the initial public
offering price and the price to be paid by the Underwriters for the Notes when
so determined shall be set forth in the Pricing Agreement. If such prices shall
not have been agreed upon and the Pricing Agreement shall not have been executed
and delivered by all parties thereto by the close of business on the fourth
business day following the date of this Agreement, this Agreement shall
terminate forthwith, without liability of any party to any other party, unless
otherwise agreed to by the Company and the Underwriters and except as otherwise
provided in Section 5(l) and Section 7 hereof. If the Underwriters and the
Company have elected to enter into the Pricing Agreement prior to the
registration statement becoming effective, the initial public offering and the
price to be paid by the several Underwriters for the Notes shall have each been
determined and set forth in the Pricing Agreement, dated the date hereof, and an
amendment to the registration statement and the prospectus will be filed by the
Company before the registration statement becomes effective.
(c) The Notes shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Underwriters shall request prior to 11:00 a.m., Chicago
time, on the second full business day preceding the Closing Date. The Notes
shall be made available to the Underwriters in definitive form for inspection
and packaging not later than 11:00 a.m., Chicago time, on the business day next
preceding the Closing Date. The Notes shall be delivered to the Underwriters on
the Closing Date, with any transfer taxes thereon duly paid by the Company, for
the respective
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accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment of the purchase price
therefor by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Company, subject
to change by written agreement of the Company and the Underwriters.
5. Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several
Underwriters as follows:
(a) The Company will endeavor to cause the Registration Statement to
become effective and will advise the Underwriters promptly, and if requested by
the Underwriters will confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration
Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment to it
becomes effective, and of the filing of any final prospectus or supplement or
amendment to the Prospectus, (ii) of any request by the Commission for
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, (iii) of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the Notes
for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or contemplation
known to the Company of any proceeding for such purposes, and (iv) within the
period of time referred to in paragraph (f) below, of the happening of any event
which makes any statement made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus
untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any additions to
or changes in the Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the
statements therein not misleading or of the necessity to amend or supplement the
Prospectus to comply with the Act or any other law. If at any time the
Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain
the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. If a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement is required in connection with the offering and sale of
the Notes, the Company has complied or will comply with the requirements of Rule
111 under the Act relating to the payment of filing fees therefor.
(b) If, at the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective,
any information shall have been omitted therefrom in reliance upon Rule 430A
under the Act, then following the execution of the Pricing Agreement, the
Company will prepare and file with the Commission in accordance with Rule 430A
and Rule 424(b) under the Act copies of an amended Prospectus, or, if required
by Rule 430A, a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
(including an amended Prospectus), containing all information so omitted.
(c) The Company will furnish to each of the Underwriters, without
charge, one signed copy of the Registration Statement and of each amendment
thereto, including all exhibits thereto, and will also furnish to each of the
Underwriters, without charge, such number of conformed copies of the
Registration Statement, each amendment thereto and documents incorporated
therein by references each Underwriter may reasonably request.
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(d) The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration
Statement or make any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus of which the
Underwriters shall not previously have been advised or to which any of the
Underwriters promptly after being so advised shall reasonably have objected in
writing.
(e) Prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement, the
Company will deliver to each Underwriter, without charge, copies of each form of
prospectus subject to completion in such quantities as such Underwriter has
reasonably requested or may hereafter reasonably request. The Company consents
to the use, prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement, of each
prospectus subject to completion so furnished by the Company in accordance with
the provisions of the Act and with the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
jurisdictions in which the Notes are lawfully offered by the several
Underwriters and by all dealers.
(f) On the effective date of the Registration Statement and thereafter
from time to time during such period as in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters a prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with
offers or sales of the Notes by an Underwriter or a dealer, the Company will
deliver to each Underwriter and dealer, without charge, as many copies of the
Prospectus including all documents from which information is incorporated by
reference (and any amendment or supplement thereto) as they may reasonably
request. During such period, if any event occurs which in the judgment of the
Company, or in the opinions of counsel for the Company and the Underwriters
after discussions among such counsel, should be set forth in the Prospectus in
order to ensure that the Prospectus does not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances at the time the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, the Company will forthwith prepare,
submit to the Underwriters, file with the Commission and deliver, without charge
to the Underwriters and dealers (whose names and addresses will be furnished by
the Underwriters to the Company) to whom Notes have been sold by the
Underwriters or to other dealers upon request, an amendment or supplement, as
appropriate (including, if applicable, an appropriate report under the Exchange
Act which is incorporated by reference in the Prospectus), to the Prospectus so
that the statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, will
comply with the standards set forth in this sentence. The Company consents to
the use of such Prospectus (and of any amendments or supplements thereto) in
accordance with the provisions of the Act and with the securities or Blue Sky
laws of the jurisdictions in which the Notes are lawfully offered by the
Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Notes may be sold, both in connection
with the offering or sale of the Notes and for such period of time thereafter as
the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection therewith. In
case any Underwriter is required to deliver a Prospectus more than nine months
after the first date upon which the Notes are offered to the public, the Company
will, upon request but at the expense of such Underwriter, furnish such
Underwriter with reasonable quantities of a Prospectus complying with Section
10(a)(3) of the Act.
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(g) The Company will cooperate with the Underwriters and counsel for
the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the
Notes for offer and sale by the several Underwriters and by dealers under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may
designate and will file such consents to service of process or other documents
as may be necessary in order to effect such registration or qualification;
provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do
business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any
action which would subject it to the service of process in suits, other than
those arising out of the offer and sale of the Notes, in any jurisdiction where
it is not now so subject, or to take any action to amend its Certificate of
Incorporation in order to make the Company's securities eligible for
registration or qualification in any jurisdiction.
(h) The Company will make generally available to its security holders
an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries, which need not be
audited, as soon as practicable but not later than 18 months after the effective
date of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (including Rule 158).
(i) So long as any Notes are outstanding the Company will furnish:
(i) to its Noteholders generally and to the Underwriters (A) at
such time after the end of each fiscal year as provided in this
Indenture, copies of such financial statements of the Company as of
the end of and for such fiscal year, audited by independent public
accountants, as are specified in the Indenture and (B) at such time
after the end of each quarterly fiscal period, except for the last
quarterly fiscal period in each fiscal year, such financial statements
(which need not be audited) of the Company for such period as are
specified in the Indenture, which shall also be made publicly
available; and
(ii) to the Underwriters (A) as soon as available, a copy of each
report of the Company of general interest mailed to any class of its
security holders, (B) copies of all annual reports, quarterly reports
and current reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K or such other similar
forms as may be designated by the Commission or required to be filed
by the Company pursuant to Sections 13, 14 and 15 of the Exchange Act,
which the Company agrees to timely file with the Commission for so
long as may be required for the distribution of the Notes, (C) a copy
of each report required to be filed with the Trustee pursuant to the
Indenture concurrently with such filing, and (D) from time to time,
such other information concerning the Company as any Underwriter may
reasonably request.
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If and so long as the Company shall have any subsidiaries, the financial
statements referred to above shall be consolidated to the extent the accounts of
the Company and such subsidiaries are consolidated, and separate financial
statements shall be furnished for each significant subsidiary, as defined in
Regulation S-X of the Commission, whose accounts are not so consolidated.
(j) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will issue no press release
or other public communication and hold no press conference with respect to the
Company's offering of the Notes without the Underwriters' prior written consent,
which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
(k) The Company will pay, or reimburse if paid by the Underwriters,
whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated or this
Agreement is terminated, all costs and expenses incident to the performance by
it of its obligations under this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, including,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the fees and expenses of
the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Notes, (ii) the
fees charged by rating agencies in connection with any rating of the Notes, and
(iii) all costs of typesetting, printing, duplicating and filing (and all
preparation therefor) and all costs of distribution (including, without
limitation, postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging)
of the registration statement as originally filed, the Registration Statement,
each prospectus subject to completion, the Prospectus, each amendment and/or
supplement to any of them, this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement, the Indenture,
any Selected Dealers Agreement, and all related documents, (iv) all costs, as
applicable, of furnishing to the Underwriters and dealers copies of the
foregoing materials (provided, however, that any such copies furnished by the
Company more than nine months after the first date upon which the Notes are
offered to the public shall be at the expense of the Underwriters or dealers so
requesting as provided in Section 5(f) above), (v) all costs of the
registrations or qualifications referred to in Section 5(g) above (including
reasonable fees of counsel in connection therewith), (vi) all costs of filings
made by the Underwriters with the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc. in connection with the offering of the Notes, (vii) all costs of the
performance by the Company of its other obligations under this Agreement,
including the fees of Company counsel and accountants, (viii) all costs of the
issuance, sale, delivery and performance of the Notes, including any transfer or
other taxes payable in connection with the original issuance of the Notes, and
(ix) all costs of furnishing to the Underwriters copies of all reports and
information required by Section 5(i) above, including costs of shipping and
mailing.
(l) If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to any of the
provisions hereof (otherwise than by notice given by the Underwriters
terminating this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 or Section 10 hereof), or if
this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any failure or
refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or fulfill any of
the conditions of this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the
Underwriters for all documented reasonable
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out-of-pocket expenses including reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred by
them in connection herewith but without any further obligation of the Company
for lost profits or otherwise. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 9 or Section 10 hereof, the Underwriters shall themselves bear any such
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them.
(m) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes
to be sold by it under this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement for the purposes
set forth in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds."
(n) The Company will comply with all registration, filing and
reporting requirements of the Exchange Act which may from time to time be
applicable to the Company.
(o) The Company will comply with all provisions of all undertakings
contained in the Registration Statement.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The Company represents
and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Each prospectus subject to completion filed as part of the
Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment thereto
or filed pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Act complied in all material respects
when so filed with the provisions of the Act; except that this representation
and warranty does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement or any prospectus subject to completion (or any supplement or
amendment thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf
of such Underwriter specifically for use in the Registration Statement under the
caption "Underwriting." The Commission has not issued any order preventing or
suspending the use of any prospectus subject to completion.
(b) The Registration Statement in the form in which it becomes
effective and also in such form as it may be when the Pricing Agreement is
executed or any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall
become effective, and the Prospectus, and any supplement or amendment thereto
when filed with the Commission, will each comply in all material respects with
the provisions of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act, and will not at any such
time contain an 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
not misleading. This representation and warranty does not apply to statements
in or omissions from the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any
supplement or amendment thereto) (i) in the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1
of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act except statements or omissions in
such Statement of Eligibility made in reliance upon information furnished to the
Trustee by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion therein, or (ii) made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to
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the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter specifically for use
in the Registration Statement under the caption "Underwriting."
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed or are filed with the Commission (or, if an
amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was
filed or became effective), as the case may be, conformed and will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and, when read together and with the other information in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and any amendment thereof or
supplement thereto, none of such documents contained or will contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Underwriters as
herein stated expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Notes.
(d) Any contract, agreement, instrument, lease or license required to
be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus has been properly
described therein. Any contract, agreement, instrument, lease or license
required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement has been filed
with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.
(e) Ernst & Young LLP, the Company's auditors, are independent public
accountants as required by the Act.
(f) The consolidated financial statements and schedules of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries and the financial information with respect to
the subsidiaries of the Company included in (whether through incorporation by
reference or otherwise) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present
fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
(including, without limitation, the allowance for credit losses) as of the dates
indicated, and the results of operations, cash flows and changes in financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods
specified. Such financial statements and schedules have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent
basis throughout the entire period involved, except to the extent disclosed
therein.
(g) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is duly
registered as a savings and loan holding company under Section 10 of the Home
Owners' Loan Act, as amended, has corporate power and authority to own its
property and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in
Illinois. The Company does not own or lease property or transact business in any
other jurisdiction where the ownership of
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such property or the transaction of such business would require it to qualify as
a foreign corporation under the laws of such jurisdiction, except where failure
to qualify individually or in the aggregate would not have a material adverse
effect on the financial condition, business or prospects of the Company and any
Subsidiary (as defined below) taken as a whole.
(h) The only direct subsidiaries of the Company are St. Xxxx Federal
Bank For Savings (the "Bank"), Annuity Network, Inc. and St. Xxxx Financial
Development Corporation. The direct subsidiaries of the Company are
collectively referred to herein as the "Material Subsidiaries." The indirect
subsidiaries of the Company are SPF Insurance Agency, Inc., St. Xxxx Securities,
Inc., Investment Network, Inc., Investment Network Advisors, Inc., Managed
Properties, Inc., MPI Illinois Corporation, Community Finance Corporation, St.
Xxxx Investment Corporation ("SPIC"), St. Xxxx Asset Management Company
("SPAM"), EFS Service Corporation, EFS/San Diego Service Corporation, and Custom
Source Realty Corporation (collectively, the "Indirect Subsidiaries"). The
Material Subsidiaries, together with the Indirect Subsidiaries, are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the Subsidiaries and individually as a Subsidiary.
(i) Each Subsidiary except the Bank and SPAM has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws
of its jurisdiction of incorporation or charter, with full corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Bank is a federal
savings bank duly organized and chartered and in good standing under the laws of
the United States and is duly authorized and has full corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. SPAM has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a real estate investment trust and is in
good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, with all requisite power
and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement and Prospectus. Each Subsidiary is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, trust or association
under the corporation or banking law of, and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the ownership or lease of its properties, or the conduct
of its business, requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing would have a material adverse effect on the
business of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(j) Each of the Company and each Subsidiary has all necessary and
material authorizations, approvals, licenses, certificates, permits and orders
of and from all governmental regulatory officials and bodies to own its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus except where failure to have such items would not have
a material adverse effect on the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, and is conducting its business in all material respects with
applicable laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it is
conducting business including, but not limited to, all applicable federal and
state laws and regulations that relate to or are concerned in any way with the
business of
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banking. The Bank is a member in good standing of the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Chicago, deposit accounts in the Bank are insured up to applicable limits by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and no proceedings for the termination or
revocation of such membership or insurance are pending or threatened.
(k) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
[___________] shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"),
of which [___________] shares are issued and outstanding on the date hereof.
All of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company and all
of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have
been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and,
in the case of the Subsidiaries, are owned of record and beneficially by the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company as set forth in Exhibit 21 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995
(except that St. Xxxx Service, Inc. has changed its name to SPF Insurance
Agency, Inc., SPIC is owned by the Bank, all of the outstanding common shares of
SPAM ("SPAM Common") are owned by SPIC and all of the Series A Cumulative
Preferred Shares of SPAM (the "SPAM Preferred") are owned by the Bank and
certain officers of the Company), and, except as set forth in the Registration
Statement, are free and clear of any liens, claims, security interests, pledges,
charges, encumbrances, stockholders' agreements and voting trusts or rights of
others. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, there are no
options, agreements, contracts or other rights in existence (i) to acquire from
the Company any shares of Common Stock or (ii) to acquire from the Company or
any Subsidiary any of the capital stock of any Subsidiary.
(l) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Pricing
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the
Registration Statement and compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the
Pricing Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and will not result in any violation of the Certificate of Incorporation or by-
laws of the Company, and will not conflict with or result in a breach 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 Subsidiary under, any contract, indenture,
mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties is bound, except where such
would not have any material adverse effect on the financial condition, business
or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or constitute
a violation of any existing applicable law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or
decree of any government, governmental instrumentality or court, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their
respective properties except where such would not have any material adverse
effect on the financial condition, business or prospects of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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(m) The Notes conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Prospectus and will be in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, have been duly and validly authorized and, when
authenticated by the Trustee in the manner set forth in the Indenture and
issued, sold and delivered in accordance with this Agreement, the Pricing
Agreement and the Indenture against payment therefor, will have been duly and
validly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid
and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the
Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors,
and by equitable principles.
(n) The Indenture conforms to the description thereof contained in the
Prospectus and will be substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, has been duly and validly authorized and, when executed
and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and
binding instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting
the rights of creditors and by equitable principles. Upon execution by the
Company, the Indenture will comply with the Trust Indenture Act and will have
been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act at the time the Registration
Statement is declared effective.
(o) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as otherwise stated or
contemplated therein, there has not been (i) any material adverse change in the
financial condition, business or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business,
(ii) any transaction entered into, or any liability or obligation incurred, by
the Company or any Subsidiary which is material to the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of
Common Stock upon exercise of options under the Company's stock option plans
described in the Registration Statement and the repurchase of Common Stock
pursuant to a repurchase plan announced by the Company on July 16, 1996), or
material increase in the short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company or any
Subsidiary, or (iv) any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made by the Company on its capital stock, except for regular quarterly dividends
declared, paid or made by the Company in accordance with past practice.
(p) The Company and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to
all properties and assets described in the Prospectus as owned by them, free and
clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions, except such as are
referred to in the Prospectus or are not materially significant in relation to
the respective businesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company under
which the Company or any Subsidiary holds properties described in the Prospectus
are in full force
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and effect; and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any notice of any
material claim of any sort which has been asserted by anyone adverse to the
rights of the Company or such Subsidiary as owner or as lessee or sublessee
under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or
questioning the rights of the Company or the Subsidiary to the continued
possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease,
except where such notice or claim would not have a material adverse effect on
the financial condition, business or prospects of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(q) The Company has no agreement with any security holder as to which
the Company has not obtained a waiver which gives such security holder the right
to require the Company to register under the Act any securities of any nature
owned or held by such person in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(r) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default nor will the
performance of this Agreement or the issuance and sale of the Notes result in a
default in the observance of any provision of its charter, certificate or
articles of incorporation or by-laws, or in the performance or observance of any
obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,
indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease, license or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its respective
properties are subject or may be bound, the effect of which could be materially
adverse to the financial condition, business or prospects of the Company and the
Subsidiaries taken as a whole. No consent of any party to any material
contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease, license or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party, or by
which it or any of its respective properties or assets are subject or may be
bound, is required for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
or the Indenture or the issuance and sale of the Notes.
(s) No approval, authorization or consent of any court, governmental
authority or agency having jurisdiction over the Company or any Subsidiary is
required in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes except filings
under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act which have been or will be made before
the Closing Date.
(t) Neither the Commission nor the Blue Sky or securities authority of
any jurisdiction has issued an order (a "Stop Order") suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of
any prospectus subject to completion, the Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, refusing to permit the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, suspending the registration or
qualification of the Notes or suspending the qualification of the Indenture, nor
has any of such authorities instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened to institute, any proceedings with respect to a Stop Order.
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(u) Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there is no action, suit or
proceeding before or by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or
foreign, or any arbitrator or arbitration panel, now pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any
Subsidiary which might result in any material adverse change in the financial
condition, earnings, business or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole; and there is no decree, judgment or order of any kind in
existence against or restraining the Company or any Subsidiary or any of the
officers, employees or directors of either, from taking any actions of any kind
in connection with the business of the Company or any Subsidiary.
(v) The Bank has not received any notice of proceedings and has no
knowledge of any threatened regulatory action relating to revocation or
modification of any licenses, permits, consents, orders, approvals or
authorizations which singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an
unfavorable ruling or finding, would materially and adversely affect the
financial condition, earnings or business of the Bank.
(w) The Company and the Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on
reasonable terms, trademarks, service marks and trade names necessary to conduct
the businesses, in all material respects, now operated by them, and neither the
Company nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any trademarks, service
marks or trade names which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of any
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would materially adversely affect the
financial condition, earnings or business of the Company and the Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
(x) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all necessary
federal and state income and franchise tax returns and paid all taxes shown as
due thereon or timely filed for extensions thereof. Except as is otherwise
expressly stated in the Registration Statement, the Company has no knowledge of
any tax deficiency which might be asserted against it which would materially and
adversely affect the financial condition, business or prospects of the Company
and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(y) No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any
Subsidiary exists or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, is imminent which
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition, business or prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a
whole.
(z) The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or
indirectly, any action (and does not know of any action by its directors,
officers or stockholders or by others) designed to or which has constituted or
which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act
or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.
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(aa) At all times since April 30, 1996, SPAM has been organized and
operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a real estate
investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), and its proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to meet
the requirements for taxation as a real estate investment trust under the Code.
7. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and
all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses whatsoever
(including any investigation and legal or other expenses incurred in connection
with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or
any claim asserted) to which they, or any of them, may become subject, arising
out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any prospectus subject to
completion or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or
arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses arise out of or are based upon (i) gross negligence,
malfeasance or wilful misconduct of such Underwriter; or (ii) any such untrue
statement or omission or allegation thereof which has been made therein or
omitted therefrom in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating
to such Underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such
Underwriter expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the
indemnification contained in this paragraph with respect to any prospectus
subject to completion shall not inure to the benefit of an Underwriter (or of
any person controlling such Underwriter) with respect to any action or claim
arising from the sale of the Notes by such Underwriter brought by any person who
purchased Notes from such Underwriter if (i) a copy of the Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented if any amendments or supplements thereto shall have been
furnished to the Underwriter prior to the written confirmation of the sale
involved) shall not have been given or sent to such person by or on behalf of
the Underwriter with or prior to the written confirmation of the sale involved
and (ii) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in such
prospectus subject to completion was corrected in the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented, if amended or supplemented, as aforesaid).
(b) If any action or claim shall be brought against any Underwriter or
any person controlling such Underwriter in respect of which indemnity may be
sought against the Company, such Underwriter shall promptly notify the Company
(the "indemnifying party") in writing, and the indemnifying party shall assume
the defense thereof, including the employment of counsel and the payment of all
fees and expenses. The Underwriter or any such person controlling such
Underwriter shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such action
and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or
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such controlling person unless (i) the Company has agreed in writing to pay such
fees and expenses, (ii) the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense
and employ counsel, or (iii) the named parties to any such action (including any
impleaded party) include such Underwriter or controlling person and the Company
and such Underwriter or controlling person shall have been advised by such
counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which are
different from or additional to those available to the Company (in which case if
such Underwriter or controlling person notifies the indemnifying party, the
indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action
on behalf of such Underwriter or controlling person, it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any one such
action or separate but substantially similar or related actions in the same
jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be
liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of
attorneys for all such Underwriters and controlling persons, which firm shall be
designated in writing by the Underwriters). The indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any such action effected without the written
consent of the Company, but if settled with the written consent of the Company,
or if there shall be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action and
the time for filing all appeals shall have expired, the indemnifying party
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters and any such controlling
persons from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment.
(c) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the
Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company to the same extent
as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with
respect to (i) information relating to such Underwriter furnished in writing to
the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter expressly for use in any
prospectus subject to completion or the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or in any amendment or supplement thereto; or (ii) any gross negligence,
malfeasance or willful misconduct of such Underwriter in connection with such
Underwriter's actions taken pursuant to this Agreement. If any action or claim
shall be brought or asserted against the Company, any of its directors, any such
officers or any such controlling persons based on the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus or any prospectus subject to completion or any amendment or
supplement thereto and in respect of which indemnity may be sought against an
Underwriter, such Underwriter shall have the rights and duties given to the
indemnifying party by Section 7(b) hereof (except that if the Company shall have
assumed the defense thereof, such Underwriter shall not be required to do so,
but may employ separate counsel therein and participate in the defense thereof,
but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such
Underwriter), and the Company, its directors, any such officers and any such
controlling persons shall have the rights and duties given to the Underwriters
by Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) (i) If the indemnification of the Underwriters or the Company
provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable as a matter of law to
the Underwriters or the
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Company, as the case may be, in respect of any losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then the
indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party
thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable in damages,
liabilities or expenses (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 Notes or
(ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted
by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also
the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the
Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or expenses, 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 proportion
as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting
discount received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in
the table on the cover page of the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto). The relative fault of the Company on the one hand
and of the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference
to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
or the omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by
the Company on the one hand or by the Underwriters on the other and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(ii) 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 which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and expenses referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the
limitations set forth in this Section 7, any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price
at which the Notes underwritten by it and distributed to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent
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misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations to contribute
pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of
Notes set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I to this
Agreement and not joint.
(e) The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this
Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless
of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any persons
controlling such Underwriter, the Company or its directors or officers (or any
persons controlling the Company), (ii) acceptance of any Notes and payment
therefor hereunder and (iii) any termination of this Agreement. A successor or
assign of an Underwriter, the Company or its directors or officers and their
legal and personal representatives (or of any persons controlling an Underwriter
or the Company) shall be entitled to the benefits of the indemnity, contribution
and reimbursement agreements contained in this Section 7.
8. CONDITIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS' OBLIGATIONS. The several obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Notes hereunder are subject to
the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the
following conditions:
(a) That the Registration Statement shall have become effective not
later than 4:30 p.m., Chicago time, on the date hereof, or at such later date
and time as shall be consented to in writing by the Underwriters and, if the
Underwriters and the Company have elected to rely upon Rule 430A under the Act,
the price of the Notes and any price-related or other information previously
omitted from the Registration Statement pursuant to such Rule 430A shall have
been transmitted to the Commission for filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act within the prescribed time period, and, on or prior to the Closing Date, the
Company shall have provided evidence satisfactory to the Underwriters of such
timely filing, or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall
have been promptly filed and declared effective in accordance with the
requirements of Rule 430A.
(b) That subsequent to the effective date of the Registration
Statement, (i) there shall not have occurred any material change, or any
material development involving a prospective change, in or affecting
particularly the business or properties of the Company not contemplated by the
Prospectus, which, in the Underwriters' reasonable opinion, after discussion
with the Company, would materially adversely affect the market for the Notes or
make it unpracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the
delivery of the Notes, as contemplated herein and in the Prospectus, or to
attempt to enforce contracts for the purchase of Notes, and (ii) the business
and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall not
have been materially interfered with by strike, fire, flood, accident or other
calamity (whether or not insured).
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(c) That the Underwriters shall have received from Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx
L.L.P., special counsel for the Company, a favorable opinion dated the Closing
Date and satisfactory to the Underwriters and the Underwriters counsel to the
effect that:
(i) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and are the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights, and except as may be limited by the
exercise of judicial discretion in applying general principles of
equity (regardless of whether this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
are considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); it being
understood, however, that the foregoing shall mean only that if there
is a default in performance of an obligation (i) if a failure to pay
or other damage can be shown and (ii) if the defaulting party can be
brought into a court which will hear the case and apply the governing
law, then, subject to the availability of defenses and the aforesaid
exceptions, the court will provide a money damage (or perhaps
injunctive or specific performance) remedy. Notwithstanding the
above, such counsel need express no opinion as to the enforceability
of the indemnity and contribution provisions contained in Section 7 of
this Agreement.
(ii) The Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the
Company and, when duly authenticated by the Trustee and issued,
delivered and sold in accordance with this Agreement and the
Indenture, will have been duly and validly executed, authenticated,
issued and delivered and will constitute valid and binding obligations
of the Company, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture
(subject to the exceptions hereinafter set forth) enforceable against
the Company in accordance with their terms and the terms of the
Indenture, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights, and as such as may be limited by the
exercise of judicial discretion in applying general principles of
equity (regardless of whether the Notes are considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law); it being understood, however, that the foregoing
shall mean only that if there is a default in performance of an
obligation (i) if a failure to pay or other damage can be shown and
(ii) if the defaulting party can be brought into a court which will
hear the case and apply the governing law, then, subject to the
availability of defenses and the aforesaid exceptions, the court will
provide a money damage (or perhaps injunctive or specific performance)
remedy. The Notes conform in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Prospectus under the caption "Description of
the Notes" and conform in all material respects to the applicable
provisions of the Indenture.
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(iii) The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act, conforms in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus under the caption "Description of the
Notes," has been duly authorized and, when duly executed and delivered
by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding
instrument of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other
laws affecting creditors' rights, and as such as may be limited by the
exercise of judicial discretion in applying general principles of
equity (regardless of whether the Indenture is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law); it being understood, however, that
the foregoing shall mean only that if there is default in performance
of an obligation (i) if a failure to pay or other damage can be shown
and (ii) if the defaulting party can be brought into a court which
will hear the case and apply the governing law, then, subject to the
availability of defenses and the aforesaid exceptions, the court will
provide a money damage (or perhaps injunctive or specific performance)
remedy.
(iv) The Registration Statement has become effective under the
Act and, to the knowledge of such counsel, no Stop Order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, nor
has any proceeding for the issuance of such an order been initiated or
threatened by the Commission.
(v) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than the
financial statements, supporting schedules and other financial and
statistical data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which no
opinion need be rendered) comply in all material respects as to form
with the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder and the Indenture complies in all material
respects as to form with the Trust Indenture Act.
(vi) The summaries of the provisions of statutes and regulations
included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1995 under the caption "Regulation" are, as of the
date of filing of such report, in all material respects accurate
summaries of the information purported to be summarized.
(vii) The documents filed pursuant to the Exchange Act which are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (except for any financial
statements, schedules and other financial and statistical data
included in or omitted from such documents, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission
(or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when
such amendment was filed), complied as to form in all material
respects with the
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requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
In rendering such opinion, counsel for the Company may rely as to
matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible
officers of the Company and the Subsidiaries. In rendering such opinion, such
counsel also may state that they express no opinion as to the laws of any
jurisdiction other than federal securities laws, federal banking, thrift and
thrift holding company laws and the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware. In addition, such counsel may state that they express no opinion as
to the application of any rating agency guidelines or initiatives.
(d) That the Underwriters shall have received from Xxxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, counsel to the Company, a favorable opinion dated the Closing Date and
satisfactory to the Underwriters and the Underwriters' counsel to the effect
that:
(i) Each of the Company and each Material Subsidiary has been
duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation or federal
savings bank in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation or charter; has the requisite corporate power to own,
lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Registration Statement and each is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation or association under the corporation
or banking law of, and is in good standing as such in, every
jurisdiction wherein the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the
failure to be qualified or in good standing would not have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition, business or prospects of
the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Each of the
Material Subsidiaries is wholly-owned by the Company and the Material
Subsidiaries are the Company's only direct subsidiaries.
(ii) The Company has the authorized capitalization set forth in
the Prospectus. Each outstanding share of Common Stock of the Company
and each outstanding share of capital stock of the Bank is duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, has not
been issued and is not owned or held in violation of any preemptive
right of stockholders, and in the case of the Bank is owned of record
and beneficially by the Company and, except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement, is held free and clear of all liens, claims,
security interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, stockholders'
agreements, voting trusts or claims of others. Except as set forth in
the Prospectus, there is no commitment, plan or arrangement to issue,
and no outstanding option, warrant or other right calling for the
issuance or sale of, any share of capital stock of the Company or of
any Material Subsidiary or any security or other instrument which by
its terms is convertible into, exercisable
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for or exchangeable for capital stock of the Company or of any
Material Subsidiary. Except as described in the Registration
Statement, there are no options, agreements, contracts or other rights
in existence to purchase or acquire from any Material Subsidiary or
the Company any issued and outstanding shares of the common stock of
any Material Subsidiary.
(iii) The Bank is a federally chartered savings bank, duly
authorized and with full corporate power to own its properties and
carry on its business in all material respects as described in the
Registration Statement. The Bank is a member in good standing of the
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and is an institution, the deposit
accounts in which are insured to applicable limits by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, and no proceedings for the termination
or revocation of such membership or insurance are pending or, to the
knowledge of such counsel, threatened.
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
the Pricing Agreement and the Indenture, and the execution,
authentication, issuance, sale, delivery and performance of the Notes,
will not violate, conflict with, result in a breach of or (with or
without the giving of notice or the passage of time or both)
constitute a default under, the Company's certificate of incorporation
or by-laws or any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument or agreement to which the Company or a Material Subsidiary
is a party or by which it is bound, or any order, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or a Material Subsidiary of any court or
other governmental authority, except where such would not have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition, business or
prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. The
foregoing references to orders, rules or regulations shall not be
deemed to include any orders, rules or regulations under federal or
state securities laws, certain matters with respect to which are
addressed elsewhere in this opinion.
(v) Such counsel does not know of (A) any pending or threatened
litigation which would impair the enforceability of this Agreement or
the Pricing Agreement, (B) any pending or threatened litigation or
governmental proceedings against the Company or any Material
Subsidiary required to be described in the Prospectus which are not so
described, or (C) any contracts or documents required to be described
in or filed as a part of the Registration Statement which are not so
described or filed.
(vi) The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3
under the Act in connection with the offer and sale of the Notes. The
Registration
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Statement and the Prospectus comply in all material respects as to
form with the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and,
on the basis of such counsel's participation in conferences with
representatives of the Company, the Company's auditors, the
Subsidiaries, the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters at
which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and each prospectus subject to completion and related
matters were discussed, nothing has come to the attention of such
counsel that causes such counsel to believe that the Registration
Statement (including the documents incorporated by reference therein),
at the time it became effective, at the time the Pricing Agreement was
executed and at the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or that the Prospectus (including the
documents incorporated by reference therein), at the time the
Registration Statement became effective (or, if applicable, at the
time the Prospectus was first filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b)) and at the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue
statement of any material fact or omitted or omits to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, except in each case as to
the financial statements and schedules and other financial and
statistical data contained therein, as to which such counsel need not
express any opinion.
(vii) The statements in the Prospectus in the sections captioned
"The Company," "Recent Developments," "Certain Regulatory Matters,"
and "Description of Notes," in each case insofar as such statements
reflect a summary of the legal matters or the documents referred to
therein, fairly and accurately present the information called for by
the Act in all material respects.
(viii) The Bank's only direct subsidiaries are SPF Insurance
Agency, Inc., St. Xxxx Securities, Inc., Managed Properties, Inc., MPI
Illinois Corporation, Community Finance Corporation, SPIC, EFS/San
Diego Service Corporation, and EFS Service Corporation, each of which
is wholly owned by the Bank and each of which has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the State of Illinois except for SPIC which has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(ix) Investment Network, Inc. is the sole direct subsidiary of
St. Xxxx Securities, Inc., Investment Network Advisors, Inc. is the
sole subsidiary of Investment Network, Inc., and each of Investment
Network, Inc. and Investment
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Network Advisors, Inc. have been duly organized and are validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Illinois.
(x) SPAM, a Maryland real estate investment trust, is the sole
subsidiary of SPIC and has been duly organized and is validly existing
as a real estate investment trust under the laws of the State of
Maryland.
(xi) At all times since April 30, 1996, SPAM has been organized
and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification as
a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "Code"), and its proposed method of operation
will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for taxation as a
real estate investment trust under the Code.
(xii) The Custom Source Realty Corporation is the sole subsidiary
of St. Xxxx Financial Development Corporation and has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Illinois.
(xiii) Each of the Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate
power to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Registration Statement and each is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation under the
corporation law of, and is in good standing as such in, every
jurisdiction wherein the ownership or leasing of its properties or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification and in which the
failure to be qualified or in good standing would have a material
adverse effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
considered as a whole.
(xiv) Each outstanding share of capital stock of each Subsidiary
is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, has
not been issued and is not owned or held in violation of any
preemptive right of stockholders, and is, (A) in the case of the
Material Subsidiaries, owned of record and beneficially by the
Company; (B) in the case of SPF Insurance Agency, Inc., St. Xxxx
Securities, Inc., Managed Properties, Inc., MPI Illinois Corporation,
Community Finance Corporation, SPIC, EFS/San Diego Services
Corporation, and EFS Service Corporation, owned of record and
beneficially by the Bank; (C) in the case of Investment Network, Inc.
owned of record and beneficially by St. Xxxx Securities, Inc.; (D) in
the case of Investment Network Advisors, Inc. owned of record and
beneficially by Investment Network, Inc.; (E) in the case of SPAM
Common owned of record and beneficially by SPIC; (F) in the case of
SPAM Preferred owned of record and beneficially by the Bank and
certain officers of the Bank and (G) in the case of The Custom Source
Realty Corporation owned of record and beneficially by
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St. Xxxx Financial Development Corporation. Except as disclosed in the
Registration Statement each outstanding share of capital stock of each
Subsidiary is held free and clear of all liens, claims, security
interests, pledges, charges, encumbrances, stockholders' agreements,
voting trusts or claims of others. There is no commitment, plan or
arrangement to issue, and no outstanding option, agreement, contract,
warrant or other right calling for the issuance or sale of, any share
of capital stock of any Subsidiary or any security or other instrument
which by its terms is convertible into, exercisable for or
exchangeable for capital stock of any Subsidiary.
(xv) The summaries of the provisions of statutes and regulations
included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1995 under the caption "Regulations" are, as of the
date of filing of such report, in all material respects accurate
summaries of the information purported to be summarized and such
summaries, when read together with any superseding information
contained or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, remain
accurate summaries in all material respects as of the date the
Registration Statement became effective and as of the Closing Date.
(xvi) No authorization, approval or consent of any governmental
authority or agency is required for the execution, delivery or
performance by the Company of this Agreement, the Pricing Agreement or
the Indenture or for the execution, authentication, issuance, sale,
delivery or performance of the Notes, except such as have been
received or as may be required under the Act or state securities laws.
(e) The favorable opinion dated as of the Closing Date of counsel for
the Trustee, with respect to the status of the Trustee as an Illinois banking
corporation, the due authorization, execution and delivery and enforceability of
the Indenture by and against the Trustee, the due authentication, execution and
delivery of the Notes and such other legal matters as the Underwriters may
require.
(f) That the Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an
opinion dated the Closing Date from XxXxxxxxx, Will & Xxxxx, counsel for the
Underwriters, as to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably require.
(g) That the Underwriters shall have received letters addressed to the
Underwriters and dated the date hereof and the Closing Date from Ernst & Young
LLP, independent public accountants for the Company, substantially in the forms
heretofore approved by the Underwriters.
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(h) That (i) no Stop Order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be
contemplated by the Commission at or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) there shall
not have been any change in the capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary
nor any material increase in the short or long-term debt of the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole from that set forth or contemplated in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus (except pursuant to the exercise of any
option described in the Registration Statement); (iii) there shall not have
been, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as may otherwise be set forth
or contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, any material
adverse change in the financial condition or results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (iv) the Company and the
Material Subsidiaries shall not have incurred any material liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent (whether or not in the ordinary course of
business), other than those reflected in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus, and (v) all of the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and
as of such date, and the Underwriters shall have received a certificate, dated
the Closing Date and signed by the President, Vice President or Secretary of the
Company (or such other officers as are acceptable to the Underwriters) to the
effect set forth in this Section 8(h) and in Sections 8(i) and 8(j) hereof.
(i) Within 24 hours after the Registration Statement becomes
effective, or within such longer period as to which the Underwriters shall have
consented, the Notes shall have been qualified for sale or be exempt from such
qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the
Underwriters shall have designated prior to the time of execution of the Pricing
Agreement, and such qualification or exemption shall continue in effect to and
including the Closing Date.
(j) That the Company shall not have failed at or prior to the Closing
Date to have performed or complied with any of the agreements herein contained
and required to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing
Date.
9. EFFECTIVE DATE OF AGREEMENT.
(a) This Agreement shall become effective when notice of the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been released by the Commission
and the Pricing Agreement has been executed. Until such time as this Agreement
shall have become effective, it may be terminated by the Company by notifying
the Underwriters or by the Underwriters notifying the Company.
(b) If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Notes which it or they have agreed to purchase under this Agreement and
the Pricing Agreement and the aggregate principal amount of Notes which such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
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failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate
principal amount of Notes, each non-defaulting Underwriter shall be obligated,
severally, in the proportion which the principal amount of Notes set forth
opposite its name in Schedule I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Notes
set forth opposite the names of all non-defaulting Underwriters or in such other
proportion as such non-defaulting Underwriters may determine, to purchase the
Notes which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or
refused to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Notes and the aggregate principal amount of Notes with respect to which
such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of
Notes and arrangements satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters and the
Company for the purchase of such Notes are not made within 36 hours after such
default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-
defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case which does not result in
termination of this Agreement, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for
longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus or any other documents or arrangements
may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any
defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any such default of any such
Underwriter under this Agreement.
(c) Any notice under this Section 9 may be made by any standard form
of written telecommunication or telephone but shall be subsequently confirmed by
letter.
10. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
shall be subject to termination in the Underwriters' absolute discretion,
without liability on the part of any Underwriter to the Company, by notice given
to the Company, if after the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date (i)
trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the American
Stock Exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation System shall have been suspended or materially limited, (ii) a general
moratorium on commercial banking activities in the United States or in Illinois
shall have been declared by either federal or state authorities or (iii) there
shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in political, financial or
economic conditions the effect of which on the financial markets of the United
States is such as to make it, in the Underwriters' judgment, impracticable or
inadvisable to market the Notes or to enforce contracts for the purchase of
Notes. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company by any
standard form of written telecommunication or telephone but shall be
subsequently confirmed by letter.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9 and 10 hereof, notice
given pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing
and shall be delivered (a) if to the Company, at the office of the Company at
0000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
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Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, or (b) if to the Underwriters, at the offices
of Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc., Two World Trade Center, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, and ABN AMRO Chicago
Corporation, 000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx or in any case to such other address as the person
to be notified may have requested in writing.
(b) The Agreement herein set forth and the Pricing Agreement are made
solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company, their directors and
officers and other controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof and their
respective successors, assigns and personal and legal representatives to the
extent provided herein, and no other person shall acquire or have any right
under or by virtue of this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement. The term
"successors and assigns" as used in this Agreement shall not include a purchaser
from the Underwriters of any of the Notes in his, her or its status as such
purchaser.
12. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.
13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be signed in various counterparts
which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the
Company and the Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
ST. XXXX BANCORP, INC.
By:___________________________
Name:
Title:
Confirmed and Accepted as of
the date first above written:
XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
ABN AMRO CHICAGO CORPORATION
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
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ST. XXXX BANCORP, INC.
SCHEDULE I
Underwriters
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Principal
Amount of
Name Notes
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Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc. ...............................
ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation.................................
Total........................................................ $100,000,000
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EXHIBIT A
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$100,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
_____% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2004
ST. XXXX BANCORP, INC.
PRICING AGREEMENT
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___________, 1997
XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
Two World Trade Center
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
ABN AMRO CHICAGO CORPORATION
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement dated _________, 1997
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), relating to the purchase by Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxx, Inc. and ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation (collectively, the "Underwriters")
of the above referenced senior notes (the "Notes"), of St. Xxxx Bancorp, Inc.
(the "Company").
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agrees with the
Underwriters as follows:
1. The initial public offering price for the Notes shall be 100% of
the principal amount thereof.
2. The purchase price per Note to be paid by the Underwriters shall
be _______________% (or $___________ per $1,000) of the principal amount
thereof, being an amount equal to the initial public offering price set forth
above less ________% of the principal amount thereof.
3. The concession which may be offered by the Underwriters to certain
dealers shall not exceed ___% of the principal amount of the Notes. The
concession which may be offered by the Underwriters or such dealers to certain
other brokers and dealers shall not exceed ___% of the principal amount of the
Notes.
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois
applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said State.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the understanding of the
Underwriters and the Company, please sign and return to the Company a
counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will
become a binding agreement between the Underwriters and the Company in
accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
ST. XXXX BANCORP, INC.
By ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Confirmed and Accepted as of
the date first above written:
XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
ABN AMRO CHICAGO CORPORATION
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
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