FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY AGGREGATED SECURITIES TRUST, [ ] – [ ] FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY AGGREGATED SECURITIES CERTIFICATES, SERIES [ ] – [ ] CREDIT SUISSE ASSET REPACKAGING DEPOSITOR LLC (DEPOSITOR AND SPONSOR) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit
1.1
FINANCIAL
LIQUIDITY AGGREGATED SECURITIES TRUST, [ ] –
[ ]
FINANCIAL
LIQUIDITY AGGREGATED SECURITIES CERTIFICATES,
SERIES
[ ] – [ ]
(DEPOSITOR
AND SPONSOR)
[ ], [ ] |
Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Company, Inc.
Fifty X.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
As Joint
Bookrunners and Representatives of the
Several
Underwriters named
on
Schedule 1 hereto
Dear
Sirs:
Credit
Suisse Asset Repackaging Depositor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the “Depositor”), proposes to form a [New York common law][Delaware statutory]
trust, Financial Liquidity Aggregated Securities Issuer
[ ] – [ ] (the “Trust”), pursuant
to the Standard Terms of Trust Agreement to be dated as of
[ ]
(the “Standard Terms”), between the Depositor and
[ ],
as trustee (the “Trustee”) as supplemented by the Series Supplement to be dated
as of [ ] (the “Series Supplement” and,
together with the Standard Terms, the “Trust Agreement”), which will issue
$[ ]
principal amount of its pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”) pursuant
to the Trust Agreement. The assets of the Trust will include, among
other things, $[ ] of
[ ] notes due
[ ] (the “Underlying TLG Debt Securities”) issued
by various entities (the “TLG Debt Securities Issuers”) each of which has
represented that it is a “participating entity” (as defined in Section
370.2(g)(1) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) Program
TLGP Rule (12 C.F.R. 370 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time,
the “TLGP Rule”)), and guaranteed by the FDIC under the FDIC’s Temporary
Liquidity Guarantee Program (the “TLG Program”). Each TLG Debt
Securities Issuer will sell the related Underlying TLG Debt Securities to the
Depositor pursuant to a securities purchase agreement, to be dated as of
[ ], between
the Depositor and the related TLG Debt Securities Issuer (each, a “Securities
Purchase Agreement”). The entities shown as Underwriters on Schedule
1 hereto will act as placement agents (the
“Placement
Agents”) of the Underlying TLG Debt Securities pursuant to placement agreements
(the “Placement Agreements”) between the Placement Agents and the related TLG
Debt Securities Issuer. The Depositor will sell the Underlying TLG
Debt Securities to the Trust on the Closing Date (as defined below) pursuant to
the Trust Agreement, in exchange for the Certificates.
Capitalized
terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Trust Agreement.
At or
prior to the time when sales to purchasers of the Certificates were first made
to investors by the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
“Underwriters”), which was approximately
[ ] on
[ ]
(the “Time of Sale”), the Depositor had prepared the following information
(collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Preliminary Prospectus
Supplement dated
[ ]
to the Prospectus (as defined below) (the “Preliminary
Prospectus”). If, subsequent to the Time of Sale and prior to the
Closing Date, such information included an untrue statement of 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, not
misleading, and as a result investors in the Certificates may terminate their
old “Contracts of Sale” (within the meaning of Rule 159 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) for any Certificates and the
Underwriters enter into new Contracts of Sale with investors in the
Certificates, then “Time of Sale Information” will refer to the information
conveyed to investors at the time of entry into the first such new Contract of
Sale, in an amended Preliminary Prospectus approved by the Depositor and the
Representatives that corrects such material misstatements or omissions (a
“Corrected Prospectus”) and “Time of Sale” will refer to the time and date on
which such new Contracts of Sale were entered into.
This is
to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Certificates from the
Depositor by the Underwriters.
1. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements of the Depositor. The Depositor
makes the representations and warranties set forth below.
(a) A
registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-157022) relating to the Certificates
has been filed by Depositor with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”) and has become effective and is still effective as of the date
hereof under the Securities Act. The Depositor proposes to file with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the Securities Act (the “Securities Act Regulations”) a
prospectus supplement dated
[ ]
(the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus dated
[ ],
relating to the Certificates and the method of distribution
thereof. Copies of such registration statement, any amendment or
supplement thereto, such prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus Supplement have been delivered to you. Such registration
statement, including exhibits thereto, and such prospectus, as amended or
supplemented to the date hereof, and as further supplemented by the Prospectus
Supplement, are hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement” and the
“Prospectus,” respectively. The conditions to the use of a
registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act have been
satisfied. The Depositor has filed the Preliminary Prospectus and it
has done
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so within
the applicable period of time required under the Securities Act and the
Securities Act Regulations.
(b) The
Registration Statement, at the time it became effective, any post-effective
amendment thereto, at the time it became effective, and the Prospectus, as of
the date of the Prospectus Supplement, complied and on the Closing Date will
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Securities Act Regulations. The Registration
Statement, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the
Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) and any amendment thereto,
did not include any untrue statement of a material fact and did not omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading. The Preliminary Prospectus, as of
its date and as of the Time of Sale, did not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact and did not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. The Prospectus, as of the date of the
Prospectus Supplement and as of the Closing Date, does not and will not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact and did not and will not 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, not
misleading. The representations and warranties in the three preceding
sentences do not apply to that information contained in or omitted from the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’ Information
(as defined herein).
(c) The
Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date
will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the
Depositor makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriters’
Information.
(d) The
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when they were filed with
the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), as applicable, and the rules and regulations thereunder; and any further
documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when such
documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects
to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable,
and the Securities Act Regulations.
(e) The
Depositor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability
company under the laws of the State of Delaware, and all filings required at the
date hereof under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. §18-101,
et seq.) (the “LLC Act”) with respect to the due formation and valid existence
of the Depositor as a limited liability company have been made; and the
Depositor is duly qualified or registered as a foreign limited liability company
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such
qualification or registration is required, whether by reason of ownership of
property or the conduct of business, and the failure to so qualify or register
would have a materially adverse effect on the Depositor and now
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has the
power, authority and legal right to acquire, own and sell the Underlying TLG
Debt Securities.
(f) The
Depositor has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
to carry out the terms of this Agreement and the execution, delivery and
performance by the Depositor of this Agreement has been duly authorized by the
Depositor.
(g) This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor.
(h) The
Depositor possesses all material licenses, certificates, authorities or permits
issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign regulatory agencies or
bodies necessary to conduct the business now conducted by it and as described in
the Prospectus, and the Depositor has not received notice of any proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such license, certificate,
authority or permit which if decided adversely to the Depositor would, singly or
in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect the conduct of its business,
operations or financial condition.
(i) The
Certificates, when duly executed and authenticated and issued in accordance with
the terms of the Trust Agreement and delivered and paid for, will be validly
issued and outstanding and entitled to the benefits provided by the Trust
Agreement. The [execution,] authentication [and delivery] of the Certificates by
the Trustee will not violate the terms of the Trust Agreement.
(j) To
the knowledge of the Depositor, the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation by the Depositor of the transactions contemplated
hereby shall not conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms and
provisions of or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time) a default
under, the organizational documents of the Depositor, or any indenture,
agreement or other instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which the
Depositor is bound, or violate any law or any order, rule or regulation
applicable to the Depositor of any court or of any federal or state regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over the Depositor or any of its properties; and, to the knowledge
of the Depositor, except for the registration of the Certificates under the
Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state
securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Certificates by the Underwriters, no permit, consent, approval of, or
declaration to or filing with, any governmental authority is required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(k) To
the knowledge of the Depositor, there are no proceedings or investigations
pending or, to the knowledge of the Depositor, threatened before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency or other tribunal or governmental
instrumentality having jurisdiction over the Depositor or its properties (i)
asserting the invalidity of this Agreement or the Certificates, (ii) seeking to
prevent the issuance of any of the
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Certificates
or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(iii) seeking any determination or ruling that, if determined adversely to the
Depositor, is reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the
performance by the Depositor, of its obligations under, or the validity or
enforceability of, the Certificates or this Agreement, or (iv) that may
adversely affect the federal or state income, excise, franchise or similar tax
attributes of the Certificates.
(l) To
the knowledge of the Depositor (i) is not in violation of its organizational
documents, (ii) is not in default and no event has occurred which, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due
performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any
indenture, agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument to which the
Depositor is a party or by which the Depositor is bound or to which any of the
Depositor’s property or assets is subject and (iii) is not in violation in any
respect of any law, order, rule or regulation applicable to the Depositor or any
of the Depositor’s property of any court or of any federal or state regulatory
body, administrative agency or other governmental instrumentality having
jurisdiction over it or any of its property, except, in the case of clauses (ii)
and (iii), for any defaults or violations that would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a material adverse effect on (A) the performance by the
Depositors of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the
Certificates, the Basic Documents or this Agreement or (B) the condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or prospects of the
Depositor.
(m) Neither
the Depositor nor the Trust created by the Trust Agreement is an “investment
company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(n) At
the Closing Date, the Certificates and the Trust Agreement will conform in all
material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Prospectus.
(o) [At
the Closing Date, the Certificates will have been rated at least “AAA” by
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies,
Inc. (“S&P”).]
(p) [At
the Closing Date, the Certificates will have been rated at least “Aaa” by
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”).]
(q) [At
the Closing Date, the Certificates will have been rated at least “AAA” by Fitch
Investors Services. (“Fitch”).]
(r) Any
taxes, fees and other governmental charges in connection with the execution,
delivery and issuance of the Basic Documents and the Certificates have been paid
or will be paid at or prior to the Closing Date.
(s) Neither
the Depositor nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken any action that would
require qualification of the Trust Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
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(t) Immediately
prior to the sale of the Underlying TLG Debt Securities to the Trustee, the
Depositor owned and had good title to the Underlying TLG Debt Securities free
and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance of any Person created by the
Depositor;
(u) The
Depositor has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the
Underlying TLG Debt Securities for the sale to the Trustee of its interest and
rights in the Underlying TLG Debt Securities as contemplated by the Trust
Agreement; and
(v) The
Depositor has not assigned, pledged, sold, granted a security interest in or
otherwise conveyed any interest in the Underlying TLG Debt Securities (or, if
any such interest has been assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered, it has
been released), except such interests sold pursuant to the Trust
Agreement. The Depositor has not authorized the filing of and is not
aware of any financing statements against the Depositor that includes a
description of the Underlying TLG Debt Securities, other than any such filings
pursuant to the Trust Agreement. The Depositor is not aware of any
judgment or tax lien filings against the Depositor.
(w) As
of the Time of Sale, the Depositor was not and as of the Closing Date is not, an
“ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities
Act.
2. Purchase
by the Underwriters. On the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements contained herein, and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Depositor agrees to cause to be issued by the
Trust and the Depositor agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, severally
and not jointly, and each of the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agrees
to purchase from the Depositor, the respective principal amount of Certificates
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto at a
purchase price equal to [ ]% of the principal amount
thereof.
The
Depositor shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Certificates except upon
payment in full for all the Certificates to be purchased as provided
herein.
Delivery
of and payment for the Certificates shall be made at the office of Sidley Austin
llp, New York, New York, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Company, Inc., as
Representatives of the Several Underwriters named herein (the
“Representatives”), and the Depositor, at 9:00 A.M., New York time, on
[ ],
or at such other date or time, not later than five full business days
thereafter, as shall be agreed upon by the Representatives and the Depositor
(such date and time being referred to herein as the “Closing
Date”). On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to the Representatives for the account of each Underwriter the
Certificates against payment to or upon the order of the Depositor of the
purchase price in immediately available funds. Time shall be of the
essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement
is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter
hereunder. Upon delivery, the Certificates shall be represented by
one or more global certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., as
nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). The interest of the
beneficial owners of the Certificates will be represented by book-entries on
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the
records of DTC and participating members thereof. Definitive
certificates representing the Certificates will be available only under limited
circumstances.
3. Further
Agreements of the Depositor. (a) The Depositor
agrees with each of the several Underwriters:
(i) To
file the Prospectus Supplement with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act Regulations within the time period
prescribed by such rule and provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives
of such timely filing.
(ii) During
any period in which a prospectus relating to the Certificates is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act: to advise the Representatives promptly of
any proposal to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the
Prospectus and not to effect any such amendment or supplementation without the
consent of the Representatives; to advise the Representatives promptly of (A)
the effectiveness of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement,
(B) any request by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or for any additional information, (C) the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for
that purpose, (D) the issuance by the Commission of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Certificates or the
initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose and (E) the
receipt by the Depositor of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the Certificates for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and to use its
reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or of any
order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the
Certificates or suspending any such qualification and, if any such stop order or
order of suspension is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest
possible time.
(iii) If,
during any period in which a prospectus relating to the Certificates is required
to be delivered under the Securities Act, 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, when such Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading,
or if for any other reason it shall be necessary at such time to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act, to notify
the Representatives immediately thereof, and to promptly prepare and file with
the Commission, an amendment or a supplement to the Prospectus such that the
statements in the Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented will not, in the
light of the circumstances, when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be
misleading, or such that the Prospectus will comply with the Securities
Act.
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(iv) To
furnish promptly to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a
signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the
Commission, and each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all
consents and exhibits filed therewith; and during the period described in
paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 3, to deliver promptly without charge to the
Representatives such number of the following documents as the Representatives
may from time to time reasonably request: (A) conformed copies of the
Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each
amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits other than this Agreement and
each of the Basic Documents) and (B) any preliminary prospectus supplement,
including the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto.
(v) During
any period in which a prospectus relating to the Certificates is required to be
delivered under the Securities Act, to file promptly with the Commission any
amendment to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any supplement to
the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the Depositor or the
Representatives, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the
Commission.
(vi) For
so long as any of the Certificates are outstanding or until such time as the
Underwriters shall cease to maintain a secondary market in the Certificates, to
furnish to the Underwriters (A) copies of all materials furnished by the Trust
to the holders of the Certificates and all reports and financial statements
furnished by the Trust to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any
rule or regulation of the Commission thereunder and (B) from time to time, such
other information concerning the Depositor filed with any government or
regulatory authority or national securities exchange which is otherwise publicly
available as the Representatives may reasonably request and such other
information concerning the Trust as the Representatives may reasonably
request.
(vii) Promptly
from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably
request to qualify the Certificates 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 may be necessary to complete the distribution of
the Certificates; provided, that in connection
therewith the Depositor shall not be required to qualify to do business or to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction.
(viii) During
the period from the date of the Prospectus to and including the business day
after the Closing Date, to not offer for sale, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file a registration statement
for, or announce any offering of, any securities collateralized by, or
evidencing an ownership interest in, a pool of debt securities guaranteed by the
FDIC under the TLG Program without the prior written consent of the
Representatives.
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(ix) For
a period from the date of this Agreement until the retirement of the
Certificates, to deliver to you the annual statement of compliance, the annual
assessment of compliance and the annual independent certified public
accountants’ report required to be furnished under the Trust Agreement, as soon
as such statements and reports are furnished to the Depositor.
(x)
To cause the Trust to make generally available to Certificateholders and to the
Underwriters as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering a period of
at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Trust
occurring after the effective date of the Registration Statement, which shall
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.
(xi) To
file or cause the Trustee to file on behalf of the Trust, on a timely basis, any
documents and any amendments thereof as may be required to be filed by it
pursuant to the Exchange Act.
(xii) To
file with the Commission the final terms of the Certificates pursuant to Rule
433(d)(5) of the Securities Act in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
“Final Term Sheet”).
(b) The
Depositor agrees with each of the several Underwriters that to the extent, if
any, that the ratings provided with respect to the Certificates by Moody’s and
S&P are conditional upon the furnishing of documents or the taking of any
other actions by the Depositor, to furnish such documents and take any such
other actions.
4. Written
Communications.
(a) It
is understood that, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Underwriters
propose to offer the Certificates for sale to the public as set forth in the
Prospectus.
(b) The
Depositor represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the
Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it
obtains the prior consent of the Depositor and the Representatives, it has not
made and will not make any offer relating to the Certificates that would
constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute
a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with
the SEC. Any such free writing prospectus consented to in writing by
the Depositor and the Representatives is referred to herein as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Depositor represents that it has treated and
agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer
free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will
comply with the requirements of Rule 433 applicable to any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending
and record keeping. “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any
“issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the
Certificates in the form filed or required to be filed by the Depositor with
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the SEC
or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Depositor’s records
pursuant to Rule 433(g).
(c) Subject
to the consent of the Representatives required in Section 4(b), the Depositor
will prepare the Final Term Sheet and will file such Final Term Sheet within the
period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) following the date such final terms have
been established for the Certificates. Any such Final Term Sheet is
an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus for
purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Depositor consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free
writing prospectus (each, an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”) that
contains only (i) (A) information describing the preliminary terms of the
Certificates or their offering or (B) information that describes the final terms
of the Certificates or their offering and that is or is to be included in the
Final Term Sheet or (ii) other customary information that is not “issuer
information” as defined in Rule 433(h)(2), or that is not otherwise an Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus; provided that (x) no such Underwriter Free Writing
Prospectus shall include information that conflicts with information in the
Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and not
superseded or modified; (y) such Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus shall
contain the legend required by Rule 433(c)(2); and (z) the Underwriters using
the Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus shall retain the free writing prospectus
for the period required by Rule 433(g) of the Securities Act or any successor
provision.
(d) Neither
the Depositor nor any Underwriter shall disseminate or file with the Commission
any information relating to any Certificates in reliance on Rule 167 or 426
under the Securities Act, nor shall the Depositor or any Underwriter disseminate
any Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus “in a manner reasonably designed to lead
to its broad unrestricted dissemination” within the meaning of Rule 433(d) under
the Securities Act.
(e) In
the event the Depositor becomes aware that, as of the Time of Sale, any Time of
Sale Information contains or contained any untrue statement of material fact or
omits or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein (when read in conjunction with all Time of Sale
Information) in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading (a “Defective Prospectus”), the Depositor shall promptly notify the
Representatives of such untrue statement or omission no later than one business
day after discovery and the Depositor shall, if requested by the
Representatives, prepare and deliver to the Underwriters a Corrected
Prospectus.
(f) In
the event that any Underwriter shall incur any costs to any investor in
connection with the reformation of the Contract of Sale with such investor that
received a Defective Prospectus, the Depositor agrees to reimburse such
Underwriter for such costs.
5. Conditions
of Underwriters’ Obligations. The respective obligations of
the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on
the Closing Date, of the representations and warranties of the Depositor
contained herein, to the accuracy of the statements of the Depositor made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
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performance
by the Depositor of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following
additional terms and conditions:
(a) Prior
to the Closing Date, 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 any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional
information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall
have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives;
and the Depositor shall have filed the Prospectus Supplement and the Preliminary
Prospectus and the final terms of the Certificates with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) and Rule 433 of the Securities Act, as applicable, within the
time period prescribed by such rules.
(b) All
corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization,
form and validity of this Agreement, the Certificates, each of the Basic
Documents, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and all other legal
matters relating to such agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby shall be satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the
Underwriters, and the Depositor shall have furnished to such counsel all
documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to
pass upon such matters.
(c) The
Trust Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Depositor and
the Trustee and [the Certificates shall have been duly executed, authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee][the Certificates shall have been duly executed and
delivered by the Depositor and duly authenticated by the Trustee].
(d) Each
Securities Purchase Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the
Depositor, the related TLG Debt Securities Issuer and the Trustee.
(e) Each
Placement Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the related
TLG Debt Securities Issuer and the Placement Agents.
(f) Sidley
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counsel to the Depositor, shall have furnished to the Representatives their
written opinion, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and their
counsel.
(g) [ ],
counsel to the Trustee, shall have furnished to the Representatives their
written opinion, as counsel to the Trustee, addressed to the Underwriters and
dated the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives and their counsel.
(h) The
Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of
any of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Senior Vice President, any
Vice President or the chief financial officer of the Depositor stating that (i)
the representations and warranties of the Depositor contained in this Agreement
and the Basic Documents to which it is a party are true and correct on and as of
the Closing Date, (ii) the Depositor has complied with all agreements and
satisfied all conditions on its part
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to be
performed or satisfied hereunder and under such agreements at or prior to the
Closing Date, (iii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have
been instituted or, to the best of his or her knowledge, are contemplated by the
Commission, and (iv) since December 31, 2008, there has been no material adverse
change in the financial position or results of operations of the Depositor or
any change, or any development including a prospective change, in or affecting
the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or
prospects of the Depositor except as set forth in or contemplated by the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(i) The
Representatives shall have received a certificate of the Trustee, signed by one
or more duly authorized officers of the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, as to
the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement by the
Trustee and the due execution, authentication and delivery of the Certificates
by the Trustee thereunder.
(j) [The
Representatives shall have received a letter from S&P stating that the
Certificates have received a rating of “AAA”.]
(k) [The
Representatives shall have received a letter from Xxxxx’x stating that the
Certificates have received a rating of “Aaa”.]
(l) [The
Representatives shall have received a letter from Fitch stating that the
Certificates have received a rating of “AAA”.]
(m) Subsequent
to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred
any of the following: (i) any change, or any development or event
involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise),
results of operations, business, properties or prospects of the Depositor and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole which, in the judgment of the Representatives,
is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the
Certificates; (ii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or
economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect
of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives,
impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Certificates,
whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market;
(iii) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally
on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the
over-the-counter market, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading
on such exchange; (iv) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal or
New York State authorities; (v) any major disruption of settlements of
securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or (vi) any
attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving
the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or
international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives,
the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity
or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the
Certificates or to enforce contracts for the sale of the
Certificates.
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(n) The
conditions to closing each Placement Agreement and each Securities Purchase
Agreement shall have been satisfied or waived by the Placement Agents; provided,
however, that if the sale of Underlying TLG Debt Securities (the “Cut-back TLG
Securities”) representing, in the aggregate, less than [ ]% (the
“Threshold Amount”) of the aggregate principal amount of all Underlying TLG Debt
Securities is not consummated because of the failure by one or more TLG Debt
Securities Issuers to satisfy the conditions of its or their sale, the Depositor
will reduce the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates to be sold by
this Agreement by the aggregate principal amount of the Underlying TLG Debt
Securities sales that were not consummated, and the aggregate principal amount
of Certificates that each Underwriter is severally obligated to purchase under
this Agreement will be reduced in the respective proportions which the principal
amount of the Certificates set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter in
Schedule 1 hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Certificates set
forth opposite the names of all of the Underwriters in Schedule 1
hereto.
(o) Except
with respect to any Cut-back TLG Securities, the Representatives shall have
received satisfactory evidence that the Underlying TLG Debt Securities have been
delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Agreement.
All
opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in
this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof
only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for
the Underwriters. The Depositor will furnish the Representatives with
such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as
the Representatives reasonably requests.
6. Termination.
(a) The
obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the
Representatives, in their absolute discretion, by notice given to and received
by the Depositor or the Bank prior to delivery of and payment for the
Certificates if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Section 5(m)
shall have occurred or any of the other conditions described in Section 5 shall
not be satisfied. The Representatives may in their sole discretion
waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the
obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of an Closing Date
or otherwise.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if TLG Debt Securities Issuers
representing an aggregate principal amount of Underlying TLG Debt Securities
equal to or greater than the Threshold Percentage, fail to satisfy all of the
conditions of the sale of their Underlying TLG Debt Securities to the Depositor,
the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder will terminate
automatically.
7. Defaulting
Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in
their obligations to purchase Certificates hereunder on the Closing Date and the
aggregate principal balance of Certificates that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total
principal balance of Certificates that the Underwriters are obligated to
purchase on such Closing Date, the Representatives may make arrangements
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satisfactory
to the Depositor for the purchase of such Certificates by other persons,
including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such
Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in
proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the
Certificates that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on
such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and
the aggregate principal balance of Certificates with respect to which such
default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal balance of
Certificates that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing
Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Depositor for
the purchase of such Certificates by other persons are not made within 36 hours
after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part
of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Depositor, except as provided in
Section 7 and Section 12. As used in this Agreement, the term
“Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this
Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
8. Reimbursement
of Underwriters’ Expenses. If (a) notice shall have been given
pursuant to Section 6(a) terminating the obligations of the Underwriters
hereunder, (b) the obligations of the Underwriters shall have terminated
automatically pursuant to Section 6(b), (c) the Depositor shall fail to tender
the Certificates for delivery to the Underwriters for any reason permitted under
this Agreement or (d) the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the
Certificates for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Depositor shall
reimburse the Underwriters for the fees and expenses of their counsel and for
such other out-of-pocket expenses as shall have been reasonably incurred by them
in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Certificates,
and upon demand the Depositor shall pay the full amount thereof to the
Representatives. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
7 by reason of the default of one or more Underwriters, the Depositor shall not
be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of those
expenses.
9. Indemnification.
(a) The
Depositor will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners,
members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if
any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act
or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any
and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other
Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement at any time,
any Preliminary Prospectus (including any Corrected Prospectus) or in any
amendment or supplement thereto as of any time, the Prospectus or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise
out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading (in the case of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered
together with the Preliminary Prospectus), and will reimburse each Indemnified
Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified
Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss,
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claim,
damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever
(whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened
or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with
respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however,
that the Depositor will 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 in or omission or alleged omission from
any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with any Underwriters’
Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information
furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
subsection (b) below.
(b) Each
Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the
Depositor, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs a
Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Depositor
within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act
(each, an “Underwriter Indemnified Party”), against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject,
under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or
regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part
of the Registration Statement at any time, any Preliminary Prospectus (including
any Corrected Prospectus) or in any amendment or supplement thereto as of any
time, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of
or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of 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 reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriters’ Information, and will
reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter
Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such
loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding
whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party
thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement
or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses
are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only information furnished
by any Underwriter through the Representatives (the “Underwriters’ Information”)
consists only of the information in the second sentence in the [eleventh]
paragraph of text under the caption “Underwriting–General” in the Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.
(c) Promptly
after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the
commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b)
above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the
failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability
that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it
has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any
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liability
that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or
(b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it may 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 will not be liable to such indemnified party under this
Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation provided, however, such indemnified party shall have the
right to employ its own counsel in any such action and to participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such indemnified party, unless: (i) the employment of such
counsel has been specifically authorized in writing by the indemnifying party;
(ii) the indemnifying party has failed promptly to assume the defense and employ
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; or (iii) the named
parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both such
indemnified party and the indemnifying party or any affiliate of the
indemnifying party, and such indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded
that either (x) there may be one or more legal defenses available to it which
are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party or
such affiliate of the indemnifying party or (y) a conflict may exist between
such indemnified party and the indemnifying party or such affiliate of the
indemnifying party (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party
shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but substantially
similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm of attorneys (in addition to a single firm of local
counsel) for all such indemnified parties, which firm shall be designated in
writing by the Representatives and that all such reasonable fees and expenses
shall be reimbursed as they are incurred). No indemnifying party shall be liable
for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent,
which shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with its written
consent or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or
judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written
consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened action 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 on any claims that are the subject matter
of such action 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 an indemnified
party.
(d) If
the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient
to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then
each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to in
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subsection
(a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Depositor on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other from the offering of the Certificates or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law,
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the
Depositor 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 as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Depositor 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 Depositor bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the 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 Depositor or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first
sentence of 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 action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). 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. The Depositor and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(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 in this Section 9(d).
10. Persons
Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Depositor and their
respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or
corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Depositor and their respective
successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in
Section 9 and their heirs and legal Representatives, any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision
contained herein.
11. Expenses. The
Depositor agrees with the Underwriters to pay (a) the costs incident to the
authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Certificates and
any taxes payable in connection therewith; (b) the costs incident to the
preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration
Statement and any amendments and exhibits
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thereto;
(c) the costs of distributing the Registration Statement as originally filed and
each amendment thereto and any post-effective amendments thereof (including, in
each case, exhibits), any preliminary prospectus supplement (including the
Preliminary Prospectus), the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the
Prospectus, including, without limitation, the Prospectus Supplement, all as
provided in this Agreement; (d) the costs of printing, reproducing and
distributing this Agreement and any other underwriting and selling group
documents and the Final Term Sheet by mail, telex or other means of
communications; (e) the fees and expenses of qualifying the Certificates under
the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section
3(a)(vii) and of preparing, printing and distributing Blue Sky Memoranda
(including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters); (f) any
fees charged by [Xxxxx’x, S&P and Fitch] for rating the Certificates; (g)
[all fees and expenses of the Trustee and their respective counsel]; (h) the
amounts set forth in Section 4(f); and (i) all other costs and expenses incident
to the performance of the obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement;
provided, however, that except as
otherwise provided in this Section 11 and in Section 8, the Underwriters shall
pay their own costs and expenses, including the costs and expenses of their
counsel, any transfer taxes on the Certificates which they may sell and the
expenses of advertising any offering of the Certificates made by the
Underwriters.
12. Survival. The
respective indemnities, rights of contribution, agreements, representations,
warranties and agreements of the Depositor and the Underwriters contained in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf on them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Certificates and
shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any (i) termination or
cancellation of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
any of them or any person controlling any of them or (iii) acceptance of and
payment for the Certificates.
13. Notices,
etc. All statements, requests, notices and agreements
hereunder shall be in writing, and:
(a) if
to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile
transmission and confirmed to c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, 00 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx;
and
(b) if
to the Depositor, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission
and confirmed to the address of the Depositor set forth in the Registration
Statement, Attention: General Counsel.
Any such
statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of
receipt thereof. The Depositor shall be entitled to act and rely upon
any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the
Underwriters by the Representatives.
14. Definitions
of Certain Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, “business
day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for
trading.
15. Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS
CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS (OTHER THAN
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SECTION
5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH
LAWS.
The
Depositor hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and
state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby. The Depositor irrevocably and unconditionally
waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in
Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and
irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any
such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought
in an inconvenient forum.
16. Representatives. The
Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with this
Agreement, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives will
be binding upon all the Underwriters.
17. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.
18. Headings. The
headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not
intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this
Agreement.
19. No
Fiduciary Duty. The Depositor acknowledges and agrees
that
(a) the
Underwriters have been retained solely to act as Underwriters in connection with
the sale of Notes and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between
the Depositor and the Underwriters has been or will be created in respect of any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Prospectus,
irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or are advising the
Depositor on other matters, and no Underwriter has any obligation to the
Depositor with respect to the offering contemplated by this Agreement except the
obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement;
(b) the
price and terms of the Certificates set forth in this Agreement was established
by the Depositor following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the
Underwriters and the Depositor is capable of evaluating and understanding and
understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) the
Depositor has been advised that the Underwriters and their affiliates are
engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ
from those of the Depositor and that the Underwriters have no obligation to
disclose such interests and transactions to the Depositor by virtue of any
fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship;
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(d) no
Underwriter has provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with
respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the TLGP and the Depositor has
consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it has deemed appropriate; and
(e) it
will not claim that any Underwriter has rendered advisory services of any nature
or respect, or owes an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Depositor, in
connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto and the
Depositor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims it may have
against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of
fiduciary duty and agrees that the Underwriters shall have no liability (whether
direct or indirect) to the Depositor in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim
or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of
the Depositor, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the
Depositor.
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If the
foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of the agreement between the
Depositor and the several Underwriters, kindly indicate your acceptance in the
space provided for that purpose below.
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CREDIT SUISSE ASSET REPACKAGING DEPOSITOR LLC | |||
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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | |||
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Acting on
behalf of themselves and as
the
Representatives of the several
Underwriters
SCHEDULE
1
Underwriter
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Principal
Amount of Certificates
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Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
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$[ ]
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Company, Inc.
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$[ ]
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[ ]
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$[ ]
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[ ]
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$[ ]
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[ ]
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$[ ]
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[ ]
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$[ ]
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Total
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$[ ]
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EXHIBIT
A
Filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d)
Registration
Statement
No. [ ]
FINAL
TERM SHEET, dated
[ ]
Financial
Liquidity Aggregated Securities Issuer,
[ ]-[ ]
Issuing
Entity
Depositor
and Sponsor
The
issuing entity will own a pool of [fixed][floating] rate senior [unsecured] debt
securities (other than mandatory convertible debt) (the “TLG debt securities”) of
eligible Trusts guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s
(“FDIC”) Temporary
Liquidity Guarantee Program (“TLG Program”), that satisfy
certain criteria, and will issue the series 2009 –[ ] pass-through certificates
with an aggregate principal balance of
$[ ].
The
underlying TLG debt securities–
·
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will
each bear interest at a [fixed rate of [__]% per annum][a floating rate
based on [the commercial paper rate][the Federal Funds rate][the Treasury
rate][the prime rate][LIBOR], plus [ ]%], payable
[monthly][quarterly][semi-annually] in arrears on each
[[ ], and [ ]],
commencing
[ ],
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·
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[will
each mature on [____], 20[ ]],
and
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·
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will
not be subject to redemption at the option of the related TLG debt
securities issuer or repayment at the option of the holders thereof prior
to their stated maturity.
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The
certificates are not guaranteed by and do not represent obligations of the FDIC
under the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Program. The underlying TLG debt
securities are guaranteed under the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program
and are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States. The
details of the FDIC guarantee are provided in the FDIC’s regulations,
12 C.F.R. Part 370, as amended, and at the FDIC’s Web site, xxxx://xxx.xxxx.xxx/xxxx. The
expiration date of the FDIC’s guarantee is the earlier of the maturity date of
the underlying TLG debt securities or December 31, 2012 for TLG debt security
issuers that are insured depository institutions and other participating
entities that have issued senior unsecured debt under the TLG Program prior to
April 1, 2009. For all other participating entities, the FDIC’s
guarantee will expire on the earlier of June 30, 2012 (or, if approval is
obtained from the FDIC, December 31, 2012) or the maturity date of the
underlying TLG Debt Securities.
Ratings
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Settlement
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Credit
Suisse
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Company, Inc.
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SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you
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