EXHIBIT 1.1
AAR CORP.
DEBT SECURITIES
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
_____________________, ______
[Underwriters]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
AAR CORP., a Delaware corporation (the "Company") proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell
to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an
aggregate of $____________ principal amount of the Debt Securities of
the Company (the "Securities") in the respective principal amounts as
set forth in Schedule I hereto.
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with,
each of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-_______) in respect of the Securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); such
registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, each
in the form heretofore delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits
thereto but including all documents incorporated by reference in the
prospectus contained therein, have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such
registration statement or document incorporated by reference therein
has heretofore been filed with the Commission other than in accordance
with the terms thereof or pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act; and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration
statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
initiated or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened by the Commission
(any preliminary prospectus included in such registration statement or
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) of the rules and
regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus";
the various parts of such registration statement, including all
exhibits thereto but excluding Form T-1 and including (i) the
information contained in the form of final prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with
Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to
be part of the registration statement at the time it was declared
effective and (ii) the documents incorporated by reference in the
prospectus contained in the registration statement at the time such
part of the registration statement became effective, each as amended
at the time such part of the registration statement became effective,
are hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement"; such
final prospectus, in the form filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Act and as amended and supplemented, is hereinafter called the
"Prospectus"; any reference herein to 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 Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or
supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be
deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of
such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any
annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration
Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement;
(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each
Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not
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, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, 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 an Underwriter through expressly for use therein;
(c) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, 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 Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of
such documents contained an 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 not misleading; and any
further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, 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 Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not 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; provided, however, that this representation
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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 an Underwriter expressly for use therein;
(d) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus
and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not,
as of the applicable effective date as to the Registration Statement
and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing date as to
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, 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; 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 an Underwriter expressly for use therein; there is
no material document of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement which is not described or filed as
required;
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as a whole; and, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any
change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity
or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in
the Prospectus;
(f) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as
are permitted to exist under the terms of the Indenture; and any real
property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and
buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;
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(g) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus,
and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each
other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts
any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no
material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so
qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each subsidiary of the Company
has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation,
with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been
duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of
business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any
business so as to require such qualification, or is subject to no
material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so
qualified in any such jurisdiction;
(h) The Company has an authorized and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of the issued
shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and
conform to the description of the capital stock contained in the
Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each
subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims;
(i) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when
issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits provided by the indenture dated as of October 15, 1989 as
supplemented on August 26, 1991 and on December 10, 1997 (the
"Indenture") between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust National
Association (formerly known as First Trust, National Association, as
successor in interest to Continental Bank, National Association), as
trustee (herein called the "Trustee"), under which they are to be
issued, which is substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement; the Indenture has been duly authorized and
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid
and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the
Securities and the Indenture will conform to the descriptions thereof
in the Prospectus;
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(j) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company. The issue and sale of the Securities and
the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the
Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, 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, nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of the
Company or its subsidiaries or any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of
their properties or affect the ability of the Underwriters to receive
good and valid title to the Securities being sold hereunder; and no
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification
of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required
for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Indenture, except the registration under the Act of the Securities,
such as have been obtained under the Trust Indenture Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications
as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters;
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or in default
in the performance or observance of any material obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument
to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be
bound;
(l) The statements set forth in the Prospectus, insofar as
they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities,
and insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the
documents referred to therein, are accurate and complete in all
respects;
(m) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or any property of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is the subject which, taking into account the
likelihood of the outcome, the damages or other relief sought and
other factors, would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the current or future
consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of
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the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(n) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
offering and sale of the Securities, will not be an "investment
company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the "Investment Company Act");
(o) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does
business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate
located in Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida
Statutes;
(p) To the knowledge of the Company, KPMG Peat Marwick,
LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company
and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants as required
by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
and
(q) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, (A) the
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all respects with
applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations
relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment
or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants, except where the failure to be in compliance would not
have a material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (B) the
properties used, owned, managed or controlled by the Company and its
subsidiaries are free from contamination of hazardous materials
including contamination of the associated soil, ground water or
surface water, except where such contamination would not have a
material adverse effect on the current or future consolidated
financial position, stockholders equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each
of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase
from the Company, at a purchase price of _____% of the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from _________________
to the Time of Delivery hereunder, the principal amount of Securities
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the
Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities
for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.
4. The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder
will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in
book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company
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with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its designated custodian.
The Company will deliver the Securities to ________________, for the
account of each Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such
Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by certified or official
bank check or checks, payable to the order of the Company in Federal
(same day) funds, by causing DTC to credit the Securities to the
account of ________________ at DTC. The Company will cause the
certificates representing the Securities to be made available to
________________ for checking at least ______________ prior to the
Time of Delivery (as defined below) at the office of DTC or its
designated custodian (the "Designated Office"). The time and date of
such delivery and payment shall be ________________, on _____________
or such other time and date as ________________ and the Company may
agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery is herein
called the "Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at the Time of Delivery
by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof,
including the cross-receipt for the Securities and any additional
documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(h)
hereof, will be delivered at the offices of ________________________
(the "Closing Location"), and the Securities will be delivered at the
Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be
held at the Closing Location at ________________ time, on
__________________, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents
to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available
for review by the parties hereto.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by you and
to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not
later than the Commission's close of business on the second business
day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or, if
applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 430A(a)(3)
under the Act; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery
which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice
thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of
the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been
filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any
amended Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies
thereof; to 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; to advise you, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, of the suspension of the
qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any
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jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending
or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop
order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any
Preliminary Prospectus or prospectus or suspending any such
qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you
may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale
under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and
to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and
dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary
to complete the distribution of the Securities, provided that in
connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a
foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process
in any jurisdiction;
(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the
Prospectus in such quantities as you may from time to time reasonably
request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time
prior to the expiration of ______________ after the time of issue of
the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the
Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a
result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they were made when such
Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason
it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement
the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with
the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to notify you
and upon your request to file such document and to prepare and furnish
without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as
many copies as you may from time to time reasonably request of an
amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will
correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in
case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus in connection
with sales of any of the Securities at any time _______________ after
the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon your request but at the
expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such
Underwriter as many copies as you may request of an amended or
supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(d) To make generally available to its security holders as
soon as practicable, but in any event not later than ______________
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in
Rule 158(c)), an earnings statement of the Company and its
subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a)
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of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and
continuing to and including the later of the Time of Delivery and such
earlier time as you may notify the Company, not to offer, sell,
contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder
any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the
Securities;
(f) During the period from the effective date of the
Prospectus to the Stated Maturity of the Securities, to furnish to you
copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other)
furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to you (i) as soon as they
are available, copies of any reports and financial statements
furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities
exchange on which the Securities or any class of securities of the
Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the
business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time
to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a
consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its
subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders
generally or to the Commission); and
(g) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of
the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in
the Prospectus.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several
Underwriters that the Company will pay or cause to be paid the
following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's
counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the
Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any
Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and
supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof
to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or
producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, the
Indenture, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and
any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale
and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with
the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state
securities laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with
such qualification; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating
services for rating the Securities; (v) the cost of preparing the
Securities; (vi) 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 Securities; and (vii) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided
for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as
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provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including
the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the
Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any
offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be
subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company
herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the
condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations
hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act
and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; no stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof
shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have
been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for
additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) ____________________, counsel for the Underwriters,
shall have furnished to you such opinion or opinions, dated the Time
of Delivery, with respect to the matters covered in paragraphs (i),
(ii), (vii) and (viii) of subsection (c) below as well as such other
related matters as you may reasonably request, and such counsel shall
have received such papers and information as they may reasonably
request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) (i) Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, counsel for the Company,
shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated such Time of
Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect
that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as
set forth in the Prospectus;
(iii) This Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(iv) Assuming the Securities are authenticated in
accordance with the Company's directions to the Trustee, the
Securities have been duly authorized, executed,
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authenticated, issued and delivered and constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits provided by the Indenture subject, as to
enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other laws of general applicability relating to our
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles; and the Securities and the Indenture conform to
the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus;
(v) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the parties thereto and constitutes a valid
and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and
to general equity principles; and the Indenture has been
duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(vi) The issue and sale of the Securities being
delivered at such Time of Delivery by the Company and the
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the
Securities, the Indenture and this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will
not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any
of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument filed as an
exhibit to any of the Company's annual reports on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, or other Exchange Act
filings, nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of
the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation
known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or
body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties;
(vii) No consent, approval, authorization, order,
filing, registration or qualification of or with any such
court or governmental agency or body is required for the
issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except such as have been obtained or made under the Act and
the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, filings, registrations or qualifications as
may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters;
(viii) The statements set forth in the Prospectus,
insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms
of the Securities, are accurate and complete in all material
respects;
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(ix) The Company is not an "investment company" or an
entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act;
(x) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto
made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other
than the financial statements and related schedules therein,
as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they
became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, complied as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; and
(xi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus
and any amendments and supplements thereto made by the
Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder; although they do not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
the statements contained in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion
in subsection (vi) of this Section 7(c)(i), they have no
reason to believe that, as of its effective date, the
Registration Statement or any further amendment thereto made
by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than
the financial statements and related schedules therein, as
to which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an
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 not misleading or that, as of
its date, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery
(other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading or that, as of such Time of
Delivery, either the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto made by
the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) contains 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 under which they were made,
not misleading; and they do not know of any amendment to the
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Registration Statement required to be filed or of any
contracts or other documents of a character required to be
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
required to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus
or required to be described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which are not filed or incorporated by
reference or described as required.
(ii) Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., General Counsel of the
Company, shall have furnished to you his written opinion, dated
such Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you,
to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good
standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which
it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as
to require such qualification or is subject to no material
liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so
qualified in any such jurisdiction (such counsel being
entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause
upon opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of
fact upon certificates of officers of the Company, provided
that such counsel shall state that they believe that both
you and they are justified in relying upon such opinions and
certificates);
(ii) The Company has an authorized and outstanding
capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of
the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
and non-assessable;
(iii) Each subsidiary of the Company organized under
the laws of any state of the United States and required to
be listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company's most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with corporate
power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus; and all of the
issued shares of capital stock of each such subsidiary have
been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid
and non-assessable, and are owned directly or indirectly by
the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims (such counsel being entitled to rely in
respect of the opinion in this clause upon opinions of local
counsel and in respect to matters of fact upon certificates
of officers of the Company or its subsidiaries, provided
that such counsel shall state that they believe that both
you and they are justified in relying upon such opinions and
certificates);
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(iv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other
than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which,
taking into account the likelihood of the outcome, the
damages or other relief sought and other relevant factors,
would individually or in the aggregate reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the current or
future consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity
or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries; and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(v) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto
made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other
than the financial statements and related schedules therein,
as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they
became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, complied as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; and he has no reason to believe that any of such
documents, when such documents became effective or were so
filed, as the case may be, contained, in the case of a
registration statement which became effective under the Act,
an 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 not misleading, or, in the case
of other documents which were filed under the Exchange Act
with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made when such documents
were so filed, not misleading, it being understood that such
counsel need express no opinion as to the financial
statements or other financial information included in any of
the documents mentioned in this Clause and that such counsel
may state that they have not independently verified factual
statements in any such documents; and
(vi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus and
any further amendments and supplements thereto made by the
Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to
form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder; although he does not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of
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statements contained in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, except for those referred to in the opinion in
subsections (vi) of Section 7(c)(i) hereof and he has no
reason to believe that, as of its effective date, the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereto made by the
Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) contained an
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 not misleading or that, as of
its date, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery
(other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading or that, as of such Time of
Delivery, either the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto made by
the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein, as to
which such counsel need express no opinion) contains 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 under which they were made,
not misleading; and he does not know of any amendment to the
Registration Statement required to be filed or of any
contracts or other documents of a character required to be
filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or
required to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus
or required to be described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which are not filed or incorporated by
reference or described as required.
(d) On the date of the Prospectus at a time prior to the
execution of this agreement, at ________________, on the effective
date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at the Time of
Delivery, KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP shall have furnished to you a letter
or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form
and substance satisfactory to you;
(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any
loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or
other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
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financial position, stockholders' equity or result of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as a whole, and (ii)
since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock
or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries the
Company and its subsidiaries shall not have incurred any material
liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any
material transactions not in the ordinary course of business or there
shall not have occurred or any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as a whole, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect of
which, in any such case described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the
judgment of each Underwriter so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or
the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus;
(f) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall
have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by
any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that
term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under
the Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced
that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative
implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities;
(g) On or after the date hereof there shall not have
occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation
in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange;
(ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's
securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium
on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New
York or Illinois authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of
hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the
United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any
such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment of the
Underwriters makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in
the manner contemplated in the Prospectus; and (i) The Company has
obtained and delivered to the Underwriters executed copies of an
agreement from the executive officers and directors of the Company,
substantially to the effect set forth in Subsection 5(e) hereof in
form and substance satisfactory to you;
(h) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be
furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of
the Company satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such
Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its
obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of
Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of
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this Section and as to such other matters as you may reasonably
request; and
(i) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of
Section 5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of Prospectuses on
________________.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint
or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will
reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such
case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which
the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any such amendment or
supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by such Underwriter expressly for use
therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses
are incurred.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any
action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is
to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection,
notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall
be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party
shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to
such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the
indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after
notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party
shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection
for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each
case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection
with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.
No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the
indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent
to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified
party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless
such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional
release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of
such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf
of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8
is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) 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. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not
permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give
the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
only such relative benefits 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 which resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any
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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 discounts and commissions
(before deducting expenses) received by the Underwriters, in each case
as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The
relative fault 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 on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
subsection (d) 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 above in this subsection (d).
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include
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 subsection (d), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of
the amount by which the total price at which the Securities
underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered 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 misrepresentation. The Underwriters'
obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8
shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the
Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8
shall be in addition to any liability which the respective
Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms
and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to
purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, you
may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other
parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If
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within _______ after such default by any Underwriter you do not
arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be
entitled to a further period of _______ within which to procure
another party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such
Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective
prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged
for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies you that
it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, you or the
Company shall have the right to postpone the Time of Delivery for a
period of not more than _________, in order to effect whatever changes
may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company
agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus which in your opinion may thereby be made necessary.
The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any
person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such
person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to
such Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of such Securities which remains
unpurchased does not exceed __________ 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 which such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter
to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of
Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the
Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which
such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve
a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
by you and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of Securities which remains unpurchased
exceeds ________ of the aggregate principal amount of all the
Securities to be purchased at such time of Delivery or if the Company
shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to
require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Securities of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement shall
thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to
be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6
hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8
hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations,
warranties and other statements of the Company and the several
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Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf
of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in
full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any
statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the
Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the
Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the indemnity
agreement of the Company in subsection (a) of Section 8 hereof, the
representations and warranties in subsections (b), (c) and (d) of
Section 1 hereof and any representation or warranty as to the accuracy
of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus contained in any
certificate furnished by the Company pursuant to Section 7 hereof,
insofar as they may constitute a basis for indemnification for
liabilities (other than payment by the Company of expenses incurred or
paid in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
arising under the Act, shall not extend to the extent of any interest
therein of a controlling person or partner of an Underwriter who is a
director, officer or controlling person of the Company when the
Registration Statement has become effective, except in each case to
the extent that an interest of such character shall have been
determined by a court of appropriate jurisdiction as not against
public policy as expressed in the Act. Unless in the opinion of
counsel for the Company the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, the Company will, if a claim for such indemnification is
asserted, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
of whether such interest is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9
hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any
Underwriter except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for
any other reason, the Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of
the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the
Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in
writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the
purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Company shall
then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of the
other Underwriter, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and
rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of the
Underwriters made or given by you jointly or by ________________ on
behalf of you.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall
be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent
by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to you in care of
________________ at ________________________; and if to the Company
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shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to
the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement,
Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an
Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent
by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its
address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex
constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the
Company by you upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices
or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to
the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent
provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of
the Company and each person who controls the Company or any
Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any
right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the
Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign
by reason merely of such purchase.
14. All references herein to a "subsidiary" of a corporation
shall mean each corporation, limited liability company, partnership or
other entity in which such corporation beneficially owns, directly or
indirectly, capital stock or other equity interests representing in
the aggregate 50% or more of the total combined voting power of such
entity.
15. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used
herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the
Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
16. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ______________.
17. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the
parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please
sign and return to us one for the Company and each of the Underwriters
plus one for each counsel counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance
hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and
such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between
each of the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your
acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is
pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among
Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for
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examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the
authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
AAR CORP.
By:
__________________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
[Underwriters]
By:
_____________________________________
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SECURITIES TO BE PURCHASED
_________________________
Underwriter
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $_________
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . __________
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $_________
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