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Exhibit 1
USX CORPORATION
DEBT SECURITIES
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.,
PNC Capital Markets, Inc.,
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
January 27, 1999
Dear Sirs:
From time to time USX Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a
"Pricing Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and
deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in
Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the
"Underwriters" with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities
specified therein) certain of its debt securities (the "Securities") specified
in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with respect to such Pricing
Agreement, the "Designated Securities").
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated
Securities shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and
in or pursuant to the indenture (the "Indenture") identified in such Pricing
Agreement.
1. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to
time to the Underwriters of such Securities, for whom the firms designated as
representatives of the Underwriters of such Securities in the Pricing Agreement
relating thereto will act as representatives (the
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"Representatives"). The term "Representatives" also refers to a single firm
acting as sole representative of the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act
without any firm being designated as their representative. This Underwriting
Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation of the Company to sell any of
the Securities or as an obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase the
Securities. The obligation of the Company to issue and sell any of the
Securities and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the
Securities shall be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the
Designated Securities specified therein. Each Pricing Agreement shall specify
the aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities, the initial public
offering price of such Designated Securities, the purchase price to the
Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the names of the Underwriters of
such Designated Securities, the names of the Representatives of such Underwriter
and the principal amount of such Designated Securities to be purchased by each
Underwriter and shall set forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such
Designated Securities and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall also
specify (to the extent not set forth in the Indenture and the registration
statement and prospectus with respect thereto) the terms of such Designated
Securities. A Pricing Agreement shall be in the form of an executed writing
(which may be in counterparts), and may be evidenced by an exchange of
telegraphic communications or any other rapid transmission device designed to
produce a written record of communications transmitted. The obligations of the
Underwriters under this Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be several
and not joint.
2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement 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 or to be
delivered to the Representatives and, excluding exhibits to such
registration statement, but including all documents incorporated by
reference in the prospectus contained therein, to the Representatives
for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; no other document with respect to such
registration statement
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and no other document required to be incorporated by reference therein
has heretofore been filed or transmitted for filing with the
Commission; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such
registration statement has been issued and no proceeding for that
purpose has been initiated or 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"), being hereinafter called a "Preliminary
Prospectus"; the various parts of such registration statement,
including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by
reference in the prospectus contained in the registration statement at
the time such part of the registration statement became effective but
excluding Form T-1, each as amended at the time such part of the
registration statement became effective, being hereinafter called the
"Registration Statement"; the prospectus relating to the Securities, in
the form in which it has most recently been filed, or transmitted for
filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement,
being 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; 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; and any reference to the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented in relation to the applicable Designated Securities in the
form in which it is filed
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with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance
with Section 5(a)hereof, including any documents incorporated by
reference therein as of the date of such filing);
(b) 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 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 of
Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities;
(c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, 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 of 1939, as amended
(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
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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 of Designated Securities through the Representatives
expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating
to such Securities;
(d) 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 material
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 in or contemplated by the Prospectus; and, since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any material 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 likely
to result in 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, otherwise
than as set forth in or contemplated by the Prospectus;
(e) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Delaware,
with all corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(f) The Company has an authorized 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;
(g) The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when
Designated Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated
Securities, such Designated Securities will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will
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constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company
entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, which will be
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, at the Time of Delivery for such
Designated Securities (as defined in Section 4 hereof), the Indenture
will constitute 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 conforms, and the Designated Securities
will conform, to the descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented with respect to such Designated Securities;
(h) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by
the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the
Indenture, this Agreement and any Pricing 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 is a party or by which the Company is
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company 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 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
properties; 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 any Pricing Agreement or the Indenture, except such
as have been, or will have been prior to the Time of Delivery, obtained
under the Act and 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
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purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters; and
(i) 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, if determined
adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would have a
material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries; and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened by governmental authorities or by others.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any
Designated Securities and authorization by the Representatives of the release of
such Designated Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer such
Designated Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented.
4. Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant
to the Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in definitive form to the extent
practicable, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names
as the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours prior notice
to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the
Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such
Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by electronic funds
transfer in the funds specified in such Pricing Agreement, all at the place and
time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other place and
time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing,
such time and date being herein called the "Time of Delivery" for such
Securities.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated
Securities:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented in
relation to the applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by
the Representatives and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Act not later than the Commission's close of
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business on the second business day following the execution and
delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable Designated
Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by
Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any supplement to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus as amended or supplemented after
the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such Securities and prior
to the Time of Delivery for such Securities which shall be disapproved
by the Representatives for such Securities promptly after reasonable
notice thereof, to advise the Representatives promptly of any such
amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the
Representatives 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 for so long as the delivery of a
prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of such
Securities, and during such same period to advise the Representatives,
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 with the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission
of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
any prospectus relating to the Securities, of the suspension of the
qualification of such Securities for offering or sale in any
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 such
stop order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any
prospectus relating to the Securities or suspending any such
qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its
withdrawal;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Securities for
offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as
the Representatives 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
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may be necessary to complete the distribution of such 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
as amended or supplemented in such quantities as the Representatives
may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time 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 the 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
the Representatives and to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in
securities as many copies as the Representatives 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;
(d) To make generally available to its security holders as
soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in
Rule 158 (c)), an earning statement of the Company and its subsidiaries
(which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including at
the option of the Company Rule 158); and
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing
Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to and
including the earlier of (i) the termination of trading restrictions
for such Designated Securities, as notified to the Company by the
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Representatives, and (ii) the Time of Delivery for such Designated
Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose
of any debt securities of the Company which mature more than one year
after such Time of Delivery and which are substantially similar to such
Designated Securities, without the prior written consent of the
Representatives.
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, any Pricing Agreement, any
Indenture, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda 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 reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky and legal investment surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities
rating services for rating the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to any
required review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the
terms of the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities;
(vii) the fees and expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and the
fees and disbursements of counsel for any Trustee in connection with any
Indenture and the Securities; and (viii) 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 otherwise agreed by the Company and the Underwriters and except as
provided in this Section, Section 8 and Section 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.
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7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities
under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be
subject, in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company in or
incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated
Securities are, at and as of the Time of Delivery for such Designated
Securities, 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 as amended or supplemented in relation to
the applicable Designated Securities 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 the Representatives' reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Counsel for the Underwriters shall have furnished to the
Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery
for such Designated Securities, with respect to the incorporation of
the Company, the validity of the Indenture, the Designated Securities,
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
and other related matters as the Representatives 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) The General Counsel or Assistant General Counsel for the
Company shall have furnished to the Representatives his written
opinion, dated the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect
that:
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(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of Delaware, with all corporate power and authority to
own its properties and conduct its business as described in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set
forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented 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) To the best of such counsel's knowledge, 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, other than as set forth in the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented which, if determined adversely to the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, would have a material adverse
effect on the 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 by governmental authorities or
by others;
(iv) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with
respect to the Designated Securities have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(v) The Designated Securities have been duly
authorized, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Company, 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, entitled to the benefits
provided by the Indenture; and the Designated Securities and
the Indenture conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented;
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(vi) 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;
(vii) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities and
the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of
the Designated Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and
the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated
Securities 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 known
to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which
the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company is subject, nor will such actions 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 properties;
(viii) 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 Designated Securities or the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
such Pricing Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have
been obtained under the Act and 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 Designated Securities by the Underwriters;
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(ix) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein and other
financial data therein derived from the Company's accounting
records, 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 they 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 Act or 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; and
(x) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented and any further amendments and
supplements thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of
Delivery for the Designated Securities (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein and other
financial data therein derived from the Company's accounting
records, 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; such counsel has no reason
to believe that, as of the effective date of the Registration
Statement, either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or, as of its date, any amendment or supplement thereto made
by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein and other
financial data therein derived
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from the Company's accounting records, 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,
either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, each as
amended or supplemented or any further amendment or supplement
thereto made by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery
(other than the financial statements and related schedules
therein and other financial data therein derived from the
Company's accounting records, 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 in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading or that,
as of the Time of Delivery, either the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further
amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to
the Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein and other financial data therein
derived from the Company's accounting records, 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 in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; and
they do not know of any amendment to the Registration
Statement required to be filed or 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 as amended or supplemented or
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented which are not filed or
incorporated by reference or described as required;
(d) on the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated
Securities and at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities,
the independent accountants of the Company who have certified the
financial
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statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall have furnished to the
Representatives a letter, dated the effective date of the Registration
Statement or the date of the most recent report filed with the
Commission containing financial statements and incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, if the date of such report is
later than such effective date, and a letter dated such Time of
Delivery, respectively, to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto, and
with respect to such letter dated such Time of Delivery, as to such
other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request and in form
and substance satisfactory to the Representatives;
(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 as
amended or supplemented 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 in or contemplated by the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and (ii) since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented there shall not have been any change in the capital stock
or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any
change, or any development likely to result in a prospective change, in
or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated by the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, the effect of which, in any such
case described in Clause (i) or (ii) is in the reasonable judgment of
the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable
or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of
the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated
by the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to
the Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the
rating accorded
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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 of the Pricing Agreement relating to
the Designated Securities 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 general
moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York declared by
either Federal or New York State authorities; or (iii) 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 in the judgment of
the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed
with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities
on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus as
amended and supplemented; and
(h) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished
to the Representatives at the Time of Delivery for the Designated
Securities a certificate or certificates of officers of the Company
satisfactory to the Representatives 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
this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
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
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contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement,
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any
other prospectus relating to the Securities, 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, any
preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or
any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter of Designated Securities
through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented relating to such Securities.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and each director, officer and controlling person of 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,
any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating
to the Securities, 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,
any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus
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as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the
Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter through the Representatives 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.
(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
failure as 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, in
connection with any one 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 at any time
for all indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in writing
by the Representatives if the indemnified parties under this Section 8
consist of any Underwriter or any of
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their respective controlling persons, or by the Company, if the
indemnified parties under this Section 8 consist of the Company or any
of the Company's directors, officers or controlling persons. No,
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened
proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have
been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such
indemnified party, unless such settlement (i)includes an unconditional
release of such 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 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 of the Designated
Securities on the other from the offering of the Designated Securities
to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect
thereof) relates. 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 of the Designated Securities 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
other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on the other shall
be
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deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from such
offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such
Underwriters. 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
such 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 contribution 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 applicable Designated 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 be 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 obligations of the
Underwriters of Designated Securities in this subsection (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations with respect to such Securities and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall
be in addition to any liability which
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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 Designated Securities which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Securities, the Representatives may in
their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties
reasonably satisfactory to the Company to purchase such Designated Securities on
the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by any
Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such
Designated Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of
thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties
reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Designated
Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed
period, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for
the purchase of such Designated Securities, or the Company notifies the
Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Designated
Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone
the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities for a period of not more
than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made
necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees
to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives 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 the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated
Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements
for the purchase of the Designated Securities of a
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defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal
amount of such Designated Securities which remains unpurchased does not
exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of the Designated
Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of
Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under
the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities and, in
addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its
pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Designated Securities
which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under such Pricing Agreement)
of the Designated 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 Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in
subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of Designated
Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the
aggregate principal amount of the Designated Securities, as referred to
in subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall not exercise the right
described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting
Underwriters to purchase Designated Securities of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to
such Designated Securities shall thereupon terminate, without liability
on the part of any nondefaulting Underwriter or 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 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
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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.
11. If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9
hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter
with respect to the Designated Securities covered by such Pricing Agreement
except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof, but, if for any other
reason Designated Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as
provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the
Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the
Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and
delivery of such Designated Securities, but the Company shall then be under no
further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Securities
except as provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters
of Designated Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and
the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement,
request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such
Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be
designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
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 the address of the Representatives as set forth in the
Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company 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 the
Representatives upon request.
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Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon
receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon,
and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the
extent provided in Section 8 and Section 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 or any such Pricing 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. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used
herein, "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington D.C. is open for business.
15. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any
one or more of the parties hereto and thereto 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.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us three counterparts hereof.
Very truly yours,
USX Corporation
By: /s/ E. F. Guna
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Name: E. F. Guna
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
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Accepted as of the date hereof:
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
BY: X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
on behalf of the several Underwriters
BY: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: VP
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PRICING AGREEMENT
January 27, 1999
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.,
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.,
PNC Capital Markets, Inc.,
c/o X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
Dear Sirs:
USX Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement, dated January 27, 1999 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the
Company and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Inc. and PNC Capital Markets, Inc., on the other hand, to issue and sell
to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") the
Securities specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated Securities"). Each
of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by
reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to
the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein; and
each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to
have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each
representation and warranty which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2 of the
Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of
the date of the Underwriting Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein
defined), and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing
Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to
the Designated Securities which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each
reference to the Representatives herein and in the provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to
you. Unless otherwise defined herein,
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terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein
as therein defined.
The Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives
and on behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant
to Section 12 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the
Representatives referred to in such Section 12 are set forth at the end of
Schedule II hereto.
An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the
form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the
Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, 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 the time and place
and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the principal amount of Designated Securities set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your under standing, please sign
and return to us eight counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, 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 or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in
a form of Agreement Among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to
the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of
the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
USX Corporation
By: /s/ E. F. Guna
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Name: E. F. Guna
Title: Vice President & Treasurer
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Accepted as of the date hereof by:
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
XXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.
BY: X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
on behalf of the several Underwriters
BY: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: VP
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SCHEDULE I
UNDERWRITER PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF DESIGNATED
SECURITIES TO BE
PURCHASED
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X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc........................ 150,000,000
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co............................... 60,000,000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.......................... 60,000,000
PNC Capital Markets, Inc.......................... 30,000,000
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Total.................................... 300,000,000
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SCHEDULE II
TITLE OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
Aggregate principal amount $300,000,000
PRICE TO PUBLIC:
99.779% of the principal amount of the Designated
Securities.
SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE:
Immediately Available Funds
INDENTURE:
Indenture, dated March 15, 1993, between the Company and Chase
Manhattan Trust Company, National Association (successor trustee to PNC Bank,
National Association), as Trustee.
MATURITY: February 1, 2006
INTEREST RATE: 6.65%
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: February 1 and August 1
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS: None
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS: None
DEFEASANCE PROVISIONS: Applicable
TIME OF DELIVERY: February 1, 1999
CLOSING LOCATION: Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF REPRESENTATIVES:
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney Inc.
0 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
PNC Capital Markets, Inc.
One PNC Plaza, 26th Floor
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000.
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ANNEX II
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect, and to the extent
applicable, that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants
with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of
the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any
supplementary financial information and schedules audited (and, if
applicable, prospective financial statements and/or pro forma financial
information examined) by them and included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the related published
rules and regulations thereunder ; and, if applicable, they have made a
review in accordance with standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the consolidated interim
financial statements, selected financial data, pro forma financial
information, prospective financial statements and/or condensed
financial statements derived from audited financial statements of the
Company for the periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their
reports thereon, copies of which have been furnished to the
representatives of the Underwriters (the "Representatives");
(iii) The unaudited selected financial information with
respect to the consolidated results of operations and financial
position of the Company for the five most recent fiscal years included
in the Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6
of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal
year agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement where
applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for five
such fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in
the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
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(iv) On the basis of limited procedures, not
constituting an audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial
statements and other information referred to below, a reading of the
latest available interim financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries, inspection of the minute books of the Company and its
subsidiaries since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of
officials of the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial
and accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may
be specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements
of income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated
statements of cash flows included or incorporated by reference
in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form IO-Q incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Exchange Act as it applies to Form IO-Q and the related
published rules and regulations thereunder or are not stated
on a basis substantially consistent with the audited
consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets
and consolidated statements of cash flows included or
incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and
balance sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree
with the corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated
financial statements from which such data and items were
derived, and any such unaudited data and items were not
determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis
for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent
fiscal year;
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(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not
included in the Prospectus but from which were derived the
unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in clause
(A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B)
were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with
the basis for the audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(D) as of a specified date not more than five days
prior to the date of such letter, there have been any changes
in the consolidated capital stock (other than issuance of
capital stock in connection with employee benefit plans,
dividend reinvestment plans, and upon exercise of options and
stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance
shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each
case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance
sheet included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus)
or any increase in the excess of $100 million in the
consolidated sum of short-term indebtedness and long-term debt
of the Company and its subsidiaries or any increases in any
items specified by the Representatives, in each case as
compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
except in each case for changes, increases or decreases which
the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or which
are described in such letter; and
(E) for the period from the date of the latest
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus to the specified date referred to in Clause (D)
there were any decreases in consolidated net revenue or other
items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in
any items specified by the Representatives, in each cases as
compared with the comparable period of the preceding year and
with any other period of corresponding length specified by the
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Representatives, except in each case for increases or
decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may
occur or which are described in such letter; and
(v) In addition to the audit referred to in their report(s)
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited
procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures
referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (iv) above, they have carried out
certain specified procedures, not constituting an audit in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain
amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the
Representatives which are derived from the general accounting records
of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus
(excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or
in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statements specified by
the Representatives or in documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain
of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found
them to be in agreement.
All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference
therein) as defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter
delivered on the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents
incorporated by reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated
Securities for purposes of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such
Designated Securities.
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