Exhibit 1
WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
DEBT SECURITIES
STANDARD PURCHASE PROVISIONS
INCLUDING
FORM OF PURCHASE AGREEMENT
WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
STANDARD PURCHASE PROVISIONS
From time to time, Western Resources, Inc., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Kansas (the "Company") may enter into
purchase agreements that provide for the sale of designated securities to the
purchaser or purchasers named therein. The standard provisions set forth herein
may be incorporated by reference in any such purchase agreement (the "Purchase
Agreement"). The Purchase Agreement, including the provisions incorporated
therein by reference, is herein sometimes referred to as "this Agreement." The
term "Debt Securities" shall mean the Debt Securities of the Company to be sold
by the Company pursuant to the applicable Purchase Agreement. Unless otherwise
defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Agreement are used herein as
therein defined.
The Company has filed, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively
called the "Act"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), a registration statement on Form S-3 (including a prospectus),
relating to the Debt Securities, which pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
incorporates by reference documents which the Company and others have filed in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively called the
"Exchange Act") relating to the Company or other companies involved in
transactions involving the Company. Such registration statement has been
declared effective by the Commission. Promptly upon the execution of this
Agreement, the Company will prepare a prospectus supplement relating to the Debt
Securities (the "Prospectus Supplement"). The Company has furnished to you, for
use by the Underwriters (as defined herein) and dealers, copies of one or more
preliminary prospectuses and the documents so incorporated therein (each
thereof, including the documents so incorporated therein, is herein called the
"Preliminary Prospectus").
1. Introductory. The Company proposes to issue and sell from time to time
Debt Securities registered under the Registration Statement. The Debt Securities
will be issued pursuant to the Indenture (the "Indenture"), dated August [ ],
1998, between the Company and [ ], as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee"), as supplemented, including by a
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supplemental indenture pertaining to the particular series of Debt Securities
involved in the offering, and will have varying designations, interest rates and
times of payment of any interest, maturities, redemption, put and call
provisions and other terms, including, if specified with respect to a series,
with all such terms for any particular series of the Debt Securities being
determined at the time of the sale and set forth in the Purchase Agreement and
the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series of Debt Securities. The Debt
Securities involved in any such offering are hereinafter referred to as the
"Purchased Debt Securities," and the firm or firms, as the case may be, which
agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the "Underwriters" of
the Purchased Debt Securities. The terms "you" and "your" refer to those
Underwriters who sign the Purchase Agreement either on behalf of themselves only
or on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule A thereto, as the case may be. Purchased Debt Securities to be
purchased by Underwriters are herein referred to as "Underwriters' Debt
Securities," and any Purchased Debt Securities to be purchased pursuant to
Delayed Delivery Contracts (as defined below) as hereinafter provided are herein
referred to as "Contract Debt Securities."
2. Delivery and Payment. The Company will deliver the Underwriters' Debt
Securities to you for the accounts of the Underwriters at the place specified in
the Purchase Agreement, against payment of the purchase price by certified or
bank cashier's check in same day or New York Clearing House funds (as agreed to
by the parties and specified in the Purchase Agreement) drawn to the order of
the Company, at the time set forth in this Agreement or at such other time not
later than seven full business days thereafter as you and the Company determine,
such time being herein referred to as the "time of purchase." Unless otherwise
provided for in the Purchase Agreement, the Underwriters' Debt Securities so to
be delivered will be in definitive fully registered form registered in such
authorized denominations and in such names as you request in writing not later
than 10:00 A.M.,* on the third business day prior to the time of purchase, or,
if no such request is received, in the names of the respective Underwriters in
the amounts agreed to be purchased by them pursuant to this Agreement. For the
purpose of expediting the checking of the Under-
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* Times mentioned herein are New York City Time.
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writers' Debt Securities, the Company agrees to make the Underwriters' Debt
Securities available to you (at the place specified in the Purchase Agreement)
in definitive form not later than 10:00 A.M. on the first business day preceding
the time of purchase.*
If any Purchase Agreement provides for sales of Purchased Debt Securities
pursuant to delayed delivery contracts, the Company authorizes the Underwriters
to solicit offers to purchase Contract Debt Securities pursuant to delayed
delivery contracts substantially in the form of Schedule I attached hereto (the
"Delayed Delivery Contracts") with such changes therein as the Company may
approve. Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be with institutional investors,
including commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds,
investment companies, and educational and charitable institutions. At the time
of purchase the Company will pay you as compensation, for the accounts of the
Underwriters, the compensation set forth in such Purchase Agreement in respect
of the principal amount of Contract Debt Securities. The Underwriters will not
have any responsibility in respect of the validity or the performance of Delayed
Delivery Contracts. If the Company executes and delivers Delayed Delivery
Contracts, the Contract Debt Securities shall be deducted from the Purchased
Debt Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters and the aggregate
principal amount of Purchased Debt Securities to be purchased by each
Underwriter shall be reduced pro rata in proportion to the principal amount of
Purchased Debt Securities set forth opposite each Underwriter's name in such
Purchase Agreement, except to the extent that you determine that such reduction
shall be otherwise allocated and so advise the Company.
3. Certain Covenants of the Company. The Company agrees:
(a) As soon as possible after the execution and delivery of this
Agreement to file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to its Rule
424 under the Act and, if and when required at any time after such
execution and delivery, to file amendments to the applications the Company
has previously filed with any state regulatory agencies
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* As used herein, "business day" shall mean a day on which the New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading.
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having jurisdiction over the Company's issuance of its securities setting
forth, among other things, the necessary information with respect to the
price and terms of the offering of the Purchased Debt Securities;
(b) To file no amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement
or Prospectus subsequent to the execution of this Agreement to which you
object in writing unless, in the opinion of counsel to the Company, such
filing is required by law;
(c) To furnish such proper information as may be required and
otherwise to cooperate in qualifying the Purchased Debt Securities for sale
under the laws of such jurisdictions as you may designate and in
determining their eligibility for investment under the laws of such
jurisdictions; provided that the Company shall not hereby be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of
process in any jurisdiction;
(d) To the extent not previously furnished to you, to furnish to you
two signed copies of the Registration Statement, as initially filed with
the Commission, of all amendments thereto, and of all documents
incorporated by reference therein (including all exhibits filed therewith,
other than exhibits which have previously been furnished to you and
exhibits incorporated by reference in such documents), and to furnish to
you sufficient unsigned copies of the foregoing (other than exhibits) for
distribution of a copy to you and to each of the other Underwriters (if
any);
(e) To deliver to the Underwriters without charge as soon as
practicable after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
thereafter from time to time to furnish to the Underwriters, without
charge, as many copies of the Prospectus in final form and any documents
incorporated by reference therein at or after the date thereof (and of the
Registration Statement as amended or supplemented, if the Company shall
have made any amendment or supplement after the effective date of the
Registration Statement) as you or the respective Underwriters may
reasonably request for the purposes contemplated by the Act;
(f) To advise you promptly (confirming such advice in writing) of any
official request made by the Commission for amendments to the Registration
Statement or Prospectus or for additional information with respect thereto,
or of
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official notice of institution of proceedings for, or the entry of, a stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and, if
such a stop order should be entered by the Commission, to make every
reasonable effort to obtain the lifting or removal thereof as soon as
possible, or of the suspension of qualification of the Purchased Debt
Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose;
(g) To advise the Underwriters of the happening of any event known to
the Company within the time during which a prospectus relating to the
Purchased Debt Securities is required to be delivered under the Act which,
in the judgment of the Company, would require the making of any change in
the Prospectus or any amended or supplemented Prospectus or in the
information incorporated by reference therein so that as thereafter
delivered to purchasers such Prospectus will not include an 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, and on request to prepare and
furnish to the Underwriters and to dealers and other persons designated by
you such amendments or supplements (including appropriate filings under the
Exchange Act) to the Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such
change, provided that the Company shall be so obligated subsequent to the
time of purchase only so long as the Company is notified of unsold
allotments (failure by the Underwriters to so notify the Company cancels
the Company's obligation under this Section 3(g));
(h) As soon as practicable, to make generally available to its
security holders an earnings statement (as contemplated by Rule 158 under
the Act) covering a period of twelve months after the effective date (as
the term "effective date" is defined in Rule 158) of the Registration
Statement;
(i) To pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the
Underwriters, and to reimburse the Underwriters for their reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in contemplation of the performance of this
Agreement, in the event that the Underwriters' Debt Securities are not
delivered to and taken up and paid for by the Underwriters hereunder for
any reason whatsoever except the failure or refusal of any Underwriter to
take up and pay for Under-
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writers' Debt Securities for some reason not permitted by the terms of this
Agreement, the Underwriters agreeing to pay the fees and expenses of
counsel for the Underwriters in any other event;
(j) To pay all expenses, fees and taxes (other than transfer taxes and
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters, except as set forth
under 3(i) above or (iv) below) in connection with (i) the preparation and
filing of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein at or after the
date thereof and any amendments or supplements thereto, and the printing
and furnishing of copies of each thereof to the Underwriters and to
dealers, (ii) the issue, sale and delivery of the Purchased Debt
Securities, (iii) the printing and reproduction of this Agreement and the
opinions and letters referred to in Section 4(a) hereof, (iv) the
qualification of the Purchased Debt Securities for sale and determination
of their eligibility for investment under state laws as aforesaid,
including the legal fees (not to exceed $3,000) and all filing fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters and all other filing fees,
and the printing and furnishing of copies of the "Blue Sky Survey" and the
"Legal Investment Survey" to the Underwriters and to dealers, (v) the
rating of the Purchased Debt Securities by national rating agencies and
(vi) the performance of the Company's other obligations hereunder;
(k) To cause the Indenture to be duly authorized by the Company and to
be registered under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;
(l) To furnish to the Underwriters, at or before the time of filing
with the Commission subsequent to the effective date of the Registration
Statement and prior to the termination of the distribution of the Purchased
Debt Securities, a copy of any document proposed to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(d), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act; and
(m) During the period beginning from the date of this Agreement and
continuing to and including the later of (i) the termination of trading
restrictions on the Purchased Debt Securities, as notified to the Company
by the Underwriters, and (ii) the time of purchase, the Company will not
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities
of the Company which mature
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more than one year after the time of purchase and which are substantially
similar to the Purchased Debt Securities, without the Underwriters' prior
written consent; provided, however, that in no event shall the foregoing
period extend more than fifteen calendar days from the date of this
Agreement.
4. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The several obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder are subject to the following conditions:
(a) That, at the time of purchase, you shall receive the signed
opinions of Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq., Vice President, Law and Corporate
Secretary of the Company; Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, counsel for the Company;
and Sidley & Austin, counsel for the Underwriters, in each case
substantially in the forms heretofore furnished to you and in substance
satisfactory to you, addressed to the Underwriters (with reproduced or
conformed copies thereof for each of the other Underwriters); and that, at
the time of purchase, you shall receive the signed letter of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx & Co., independent public accountants of the Company, and the
signed letter of Coopers & Xxxxxxx L.L.P., independent public accountants
of Kansas City Power & Light Company ("KCPL"), each substantially in the
form heretofore furnished to you and in substance satisfactory to you
addressed to the Underwriters (with reproduced or conformed copies thereof
for each of the other Underwriters);
(b) That all orders, approvals or consents of state or federal
regulatory commissions necessary to permit the issue, sale and delivery of
the Purchased Debt Securities shall have been issued; at the time of
purchase such orders shall be in full force and effect; and prior to such
time of purchase no stop order with respect to the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued under the Act by the
Commission and at such time of purchase no proceedings therefor shall be
pending or threatened;
(c) That, at the time the Registration Statement became effective, the
Registration Statement did not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that the
Prospectus at its issue date and at the time of purchase shall not contain
an untrue statement of a material
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fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, other than any statement
contained in, or any matter omitted from, the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished
in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you to the Company
expressly for use with reference to such Underwriter in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus and other than information with respect to KCPL
contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and filings made by KCPL and incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus;
(d) That, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information
is given in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus, at the time
the Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and prior
to the time of purchase, in your opinion no material adverse change in the
condition of the Company, financial or otherwise, shall have taken place
(other than as referred to in or contemplated by the Registration Statement
and Prospectus as of such time) which, in the reasonable judgment of the
Underwriters, is sufficiently material and adverse so as to render it
impractical or inadvisable to offer or deliver the Purchased Debt
Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(e) That the Company shall have performed all of its obligations under
this Agreement which are to be performed by the terms hereof at or before
the time of purchase;
(f) That the Company shall, at the time of purchase, deliver to you
(with reproduced or conformed copies thereof for each of the other
Underwriters) a signed certificate of two of its executive officers stating
that, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given
in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus, at the time the
Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and prior to
the time of purchase, no material adverse change in the condition of the
Company, financial or otherwise, shall have taken place (other than as
referred to in or contemplated by the Registration Statement and Prospectus
as of such time) and also covering the matters set forth in (c) and (e) of
this Section 4;
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(g) That the Company shall have accepted Delayed Delivery Contracts in
any case in which sales of Contract Debt Securities arranged by the
Underwriters have been approved by the Company; and
(h) That subsequent to the date of this Agreement: (i) no downgrading
shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company's Debt Securities by
a "nationally recognized securities rating organization," as that term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of its Rule 436(g)(2); and (ii) no
such rating organization shall have announced publicly subsequent to the
date of this Agreement that it has placed, or informed the Company or the
Underwriters that it intends to place, any of the Debt Securities on what
is commonly referred to as a "watchlist" for possible downgrading, in a
manner or to an extent indicating a materially greater likelihood of a
downgrading as described in clause (i) above occurring than was the case as
of the date hereof.
5. Termination of Agreement. The obligations of the several Underwriters
hereunder shall be subject to termination in your absolute discretion, if, at
any time prior to the time of purchase, trading in securities on the New York
Stock Exchange shall have been suspended (other than a temporary suspension to
provide for an orderly market) or minimum prices shall have been established on
the New York Stock Exchange, or if a banking moratorium shall have been declared
either by the United States or New York State authorities, or if the United
States shall have declared war in accordance with its constitutional processes
or there shall have occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities
or other national or international calamity or crisis of such magnitude in its
effect on the financial markets of the United States as, in your reasonable
judgment, to make it impracticable to market the Purchased Debt Securities.
If you elect to terminate this Agreement as provided in this Section 5, the
Company and each other Underwriter shall be notified promptly in writing or by
telephone, confirmed in writing.
If the sale to the Underwriters of the Underwriters' Debt Securities, as
herein contemplated, is not carried out by the Underwriters for any reason
permitted hereunder or if such sale is not carried out because the Company shall
be unable to comply with any of the terms thereof, the Company shall not be
under any obligation or liability under this Agreement (except
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to the extent provided in Sections 3(i), 3(j), 7(b) and 9 hereof), and the
Underwriters shall be under no obligation or liability to the Company (except to
the extent provided in Sections 8(b) and 9 hereof) or to one another under this
Agreement.
6. Increase in Underwriters' Commitments. If any Underwriter shall default
in its obligation to take up and pay for the Purchased Debt Securities to be
purchased by it hereunder and if the principal amount of the Purchased Debt
Securities which all Underwriters so defaulting shall have so failed to take up
and pay for does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of the Purchased
Debt Securities, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall take up and pay for (in
addition to the principal amount of the Purchased Debt Securities they are
obligated to purchase pursuant to this Agreement) the principal amount of the
Purchased Debt Securities agreed to be purchased by all such defaulting
Underwriters, as herein provided. Such Purchased Debt Securities shall be taken
up and paid for by such non-defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters in such
amount or amounts as you may designate with the consent of each Underwriter so
designated or, in the event no such designation is made, such Purchased Debt
Securities shall be taken up and paid for by all non-defaulting Underwriters pro
rata in proportion to the principal amount of the Purchased Debt Securities set
opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule A to the
Purchase Agreement.
Without relieving any defaulting Underwriter of its obligations hereunder,
the Company agrees with the non-defaulting Underwriters that it will not sell
any Purchased Debt Securities hereunder unless all of the Underwriters' Debt
Securities are purchased by the Underwriters (or by substituted Underwriters
selected by you with the approval of the Company or selected by the Company with
your approval).
If a new underwriter or underwriters are substituted by the Underwriters or
by the Company for a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters in accordance with
the foregoing provision, the Company or you will have the right to postpone the
time of purchase for a period of not exceeding five business days in order that
necessary changes in the Registration Statement and Prospectus and other
documents may be effected.
The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement will refer to and include
any underwriter substituted under this Section 6 with like effect as if such
substituted underwriter
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had originally been named in Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement.
7. Warranties and Representations of and Indemnity by the Company. (a) The
Company warrants and represents that, when the Registration Statement became
effective, the Registration Statement complied in all material respects, and,
when the Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, and at
the time of purchase the Prospectus will comply in all material respects, with
the provisions of the Act, and that neither contained nor will 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 the Company makes no warranty or representation with
respect to any statement contained in, or any matter omitted from, the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you
to the Company expressly for use with reference to the Underwriter in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or information with respect to KCPL
contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
Prospectus or filings made by KCPL incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The Company also warrants and represents that the
documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than information
with respect to KCPL incorporated by reference therein and filings made by KCPL)
complied at the time they were filed in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and any additional documents deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than information with respect
to KCPL incorporated by reference therein and filings made by KCPL) will, when
they are filed with the Commission, comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act, 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, in the light of the circumstances
under which they are made, not misleading.
(b) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, and
any person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the
Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any loss, expense,
liability or claim which arises out of or is based
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upon any alleged untrue statement of a material fact in the Registration
Statement, any prospectus contained in the Registration Statement at the time it
became effective or the Prospectus, or any related preliminary prospectus, or
arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made
therein not misleading. The foregoing shall not cover any such loss, expense,
liability or claim, however, which arises out of or is based upon any alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of any Underwriter through you
to the Company expressly for use with reference to the Underwriter in, any such
documents or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state a
material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in any
such documents or necessary to make such information not misleading.
If any action is brought against an Underwriter or controlling person in
respect of which indemnity may be sought against the Company pursuant to the
foregoing paragraph, such Underwriter shall promptly notify the Company in
writing or by telephone, confirmed in writing, of the institution of such
action, and the Company shall assume the defense of such action, including the
employment of counsel and payment of expenses; provided, however, that the
failure so to notify the Company will not relieve it from any liability that it
may have to such Underwriter under this Section 7(b) unless, and only to the
extent that, such failure results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or
defenses by the Company. Such Underwriter or controlling person shall have the
right to employ its or their own counsel in any such case, but the fees and
expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Underwriter or such
controlling person unless the employment of such counsel shall have been
authorized in writing by the Company in connection with the defense of such
action or the Company shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the
defense of such action or such indemnified party or parties shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which
are different from or additional to those available to the Company (in which
case the Company shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action
on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such fees
and expenses of one counsel for all indemnified parties selected by such
Underwriter shall be borne by the Company. Anything in this paragraph to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be liable for any settlement of
any such claim or action effected without its written consent. The Company's
indemnity agreement contained in this Section 7(b) and its warranties and
representations contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter
or controlling person,
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and shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the issuance and
delivery of the Purchased Debt Securities.
The Company agrees promptly to notify the Underwriters of the commencement
of any litigation or proceedings against the Company or any of its officers,
directors or controlling persons in connection with the issue and sale of the
Purchased Debt Securities or with the Registration Statement or Prospectus.
8. Warranties and Representations of and Indemnity by Underwriters. (a)
Each Underwriter warrants and represents that the information furnished in
writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you to the Company expressly
for use with reference to such Underwriter in the Registration Statement at the
time it became effective or the Prospectus when the Prospectus is first filed
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact and will not omit to state a material fact in connection with such
information required to be stated in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or necessary to make such information not misleading. Each
Underwriter, in addition to other information furnished by such Underwriter or
on its behalf through you to the Company in writing expressly for use with
reference to such Underwriter in the Registration Statement and Prospectus,
hereby furnishes to the Company in writing expressly for use with reference to
such Underwriter the statements with respect to the terms of offering of the
Purchased Debt Securities by the Underwriters set forth on the cover page of the
Prospectus and under "Underwriting" therein.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company and its directors, officers and controlling persons from and against any
loss, expense, liability or claim which arises out of or is based upon any
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in, and in conformity with
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Underwriter through you
to the Company expressly for use with reference to such Underwriter in, the
Registration Statement, any prospectus contained in the Registration Statement
at the time it became effective or the Prospectus, or any related preliminary
prospectus, or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state a
material fact in connection with such information required to be stated in such
documents or necessary to make such information not misleading.
If any action is brought against the Company or any such person in respect
of which indemnity may be sought against
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any Underwriter pursuant to the foregoing paragraph, the Company or such person
shall promptly notify such Underwriter in writing or by telephone, confirmed in
writing, of the institution of such action, and such Underwriter shall assume
the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel and payment of
expenses; provided, however, that the failure so to notify such Underwriter will
not relieve it from any liability that it may have to the Company under this
Section 8(b) unless, and only to the extent that, such failure results in the
forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by such Underwriter. The Company or
such person shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such
case, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the
Company or such person unless the employment of such counsel shall have been
authorized in writing by such Underwriter in connection with the defense of such
action or such Underwriter shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the
defense of such action or such indemnified party or parties shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which
are different from or additional to those available to such Underwriter (in
which case such Underwriter shall not have the right to direct the defense of
such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which
events such fees and expenses of one counsel for all indemnified parties
selected by the Company shall be borne by such Underwriter. Anything in this
paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, no Underwriter shall be liable for
any settlement of any such claim or action effected without the written consent
of such Underwriter. The indemnity agreement on the part of each Underwriter
contained in this Section 8(b) shall remain in full force and effect regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or such person, and
shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the issuance and delivery of
the Purchased Debt Securities.
Each Underwriter agrees promptly to notify the Company of the commencement
of any litigation or proceedings against the Underwriter in connection with the
issue and sale of the Purchased Debt Securities or with the Registration
Statement or Prospectus.
9. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Sections 7(b) or
8(b) above is unavailable in respect of any losses, expenses, liabilities or
claims referred to therein, then the parties entitled to indemnification by the
terms thereof shall be entitled to contribution to liabilities and expenses
except to the extent that contribution is not permitted under Section 11(f) of
the Act. In determining the
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amount of contribution to which the respective parties are entitled, there shall
be considered the relative benefits received by each party from the offering of
the Purchased Debt Securities (taking into account the portion of the proceeds
of the offering received by each), the parties' relative knowledge and access to
information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted,
the opportunity to correct and prevent any misstatement or omission, and any
other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. The parties
entitled to indemnification agree that it would not be equitable if the amount
of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation (even
if the Underwriters and their directors, officers and controlling persons were
treated as one entity for such purpose). The contribution agreement contained in
this Section 9 shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
their respective directors, officers or controlling persons and shall survive
any termination of this Agreement and the issuance and delivery of the Purchased
Debt Securities.
10. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements shall be in
writing or by telegram or facsimile and, if to the Underwriters, shall be
sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent by registered mail to the
address furnished in writing for the purpose of such statements, requests,
notices and agreements hereunder, and, if to the Company shall be sufficient in
all respects if delivered or sent by registered mail to the Company at 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
11. Construction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
The section headings in this Agreement have been inserted as a matter of
convenience of reference and are not a part of this Agreement.
12. Parties in Interest. The Agreement herein set forth has been and is
made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and the Company, and the
controlling persons, directors and officers referred to in Sections 7, 8 and 9
hereof, and their respective successors, assigns, executors and administrators,
and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give
to any other person,
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firm or corporation (including, without limitation, any purchaser of the
Purchased Debt Securities from an Underwriter or any subsequent holder thereof
or any purchaser of any Contract Debt Securities or any subsequent holder
thereof) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of
this Agreement or any provision herein contained.
The term "successor" as used in this Agreement shall not include any
purchaser, as such purchaser, of any Purchased Debt Securities from any
Underwriter or any subsequent holder thereof or any purchaser, as such
purchaser, of any Contract Debt Securities or any subsequent holder thereof.
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
Schedule I
DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT
Dated: ______________, 199_
Western Resources, Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from Western Resources, Inc. (the
"Company"), and the Company agrees to sell to the undersigned,
$___________________
principal amount of the Company's (state title of issue] (the Debt Securities)
offered by the Company's Prospectus dated ____________, 199_ and a Prospectus
Supplement dated ________________, 199 _, receipt of copies of which is hereby
acknowledged, at a purchase price of _____% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest and on the further terms and conditions set forth in this
contract.
The undersigned agrees to purchase such Debt Securities in the principal
amounts and on the delivery dates (the Delivery Dates) set forth below:
Principal Plus Accrued
Delivery Date Amount Interest From:
$
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$
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$
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Payment for the Debt Securities which the undersigned has agreed to
purchase on each Delivery Date shall be made to the Company or its order by
certified or bank cashier's check in same day or New York Clearing House funds
(as agreed to by the Company and the undersigned) at the ___________ (or at such
other place as the undersigned and the Company shall agree) at 11:00 A.M., New
York City Time, on such Delivery Date upon issuance and delivery to the
undersigned of the Debt Securities to be purchased by the undersigned on such
Delivery Date in such authorized denominations and, unless otherwise provided
herein, registered in such names as the undersigned may designate by written or
telegraphic communications addressed to the Company not less than five full
business days prior to such Delivery Date.
The obligation of the Company to sell and deliver, and of the undersigned
to take delivery of and make payment for, Debt Securities on each Delivery Date
shall be subject to the conditions that (1) the purchase of Debt Securities to
be made by the undersigned shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under
the laws of the jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject, (2) the sale
of the Debt Securities by the Company pursuant to this contract shall not at the
time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction to which the
Company is subject and (3) the Company shall have sold, and delivery shall have
taken place, to the Underwriters such principal amount of the Debt Securities as
is to be sold and delivered to them. In the event that Debt Securities are not
sold to the undersigned because one of the foregoing conditions is not met, the
Company shall not be liable to the undersigned for damages arising out of the
transactions covered by this contract.
Promptly after completion of the sale and delivery to the Underwriters, the
Company will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below
notice to such effect, accompanied by copies of the opinions of counsel for the
Company delivered to the Underwriters.
Failure to take delivery of and make payment for Debt Securities by any
purchaser under any other Delayed Delivery Contract shall not relieve the
undersigned of its obligations under this contract.
The undersigned represents and warrants that (a) as of the date of this
contract, the undersigned is not prohibited under the laws of the jurisdictions
to which the undersigned is subject from purchasing the Debt Securities hereby
agreed to be
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purchased and (b) the undersigned does not contemplate selling the Debt
Securities which it has agreed to purchase hereunder prior to the Delivery Date
therefore.
This contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by either
party hereto without the written consent of the other. This contract shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
This contract may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
It is understood that the acceptance of any Delayed Delivery Contract is in
the Company's sole discretion and, without limiting the foregoing, need not be
on a first-come, first-served basis. If the contract is acceptable to the
Company, it is requested that the Company sign the form of acceptance below and
mail or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the undersigned at its address
set forth below. This will become a binding contract between the Company and the
undersigned when such counterpart is so signed.
Yours very truly,
______________________________
By____________________________
______________________________
______________________________
Address
Accepted, as of the date first above written
WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
By____________________________
Title_________________________
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PURCHASER -- PLEASE COMPLETE AT TIME OF SIGNING
The name and telephone and department of the representative of the
Purchaser with whom details of delivery on the Delivery Date may be discussed
are as follows:
(Please print.)
Telephone No.
Name (Including Area Code) Department
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WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DEBT SECURITIES
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Date)
Western Resources, Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx 00000
Dear Sirs:
Referring to the Debt Securities of Western Resources, Inc. (the "Company")
("Debt Securities") covered by registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333- ),
such registration statement including (i) the prospectus included therein, dated
________________, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated
________________, in the form filed under Rule 424(b) and any additional
prospectus supplements relating to the Debt Securities filed under Rule 424
(such prospectus as so supplemented, including each document incorporated by
reference therein is hereinafter called the "Prospectus") and (ii) all documents
filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein, is hereinafter
called the "Registration Statement," on the basis of the representations,
warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement, but subject to the terms
and conditions herein set forth, the purchaser or purchasers named in Schedule A
hereto (the "Underwriters") agree to purchase, severally, and the Company agrees
to sell to the Underwriters, severally, the respective principal amounts of the
Debt Securities having the terms described below (the "Purchased Debt
Securities") set forth opposite the name of each Underwriter on Schedule A
hereto.
The price at which the Purchased Debt Securities shall be purchased from
the Company by the Underwriters shall be ___% plus accrued interest from
_________________. The initial public offering price shall be ___% plus accrued
interest from ___________. The Purchased Debt Securities will be offered by the
Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus relating to such Purchased Debt
Securities.
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The Purchased Debt Securities will have the following terms:
Title of Debt Securities: __________________________________
Interest Rate: _____% per annum
Interest Payment Dates: __________________________________
Maturity: __________________________________
Redemption Provisions: __________________________________
__________________________________
Company Conversion Option: __________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Other: __________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
__________________________________
Payment for the Purchased
Debt Securities shall be
made in the following funds: __________________________________
The time of purchase shall
be: __________________________________
The place at which the
Purchased Debt Securities
may be checked and packaged
shall be: __________________________________
The place(s) at which the
Purchased Debt Securities
shall be delivered and sold
shall be: __________________________________
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Delayed Delivery
Contracts: [authorized] [not authorized]
[Delivery Date __________________________________
Minimum principal amount of
Purchased Debt Securities to
be sold pursuant to any De-
layed Delivery Contract: __________________________________
Maximum aggregate principal
amount of Purchased Debt Se-
curities to be sold pursuant
to all Delayed Delivery Con-
tracts: __________________________________
Compensation to
Underwriters: ________________________________]*
Notices to the Underwriters shall be sent to the following address(es) or
telecopier number(s):
If we are acting as Representative(s) for the several Underwriters named in
Schedule A hereto, we represent that we are authorized to act for such several
Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement,
and that, if there are more than one of us, any action under this Agreement
taken by any of us will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
All of the provisions contained in the document entitled "Western
Resources, Inc., Debt Securities, Standard Purchase Provisions," a copy of which
has been previously furnished to us, are hereby incorporated by reference in
their 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.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon it will
become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Underwriters in
accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
[Firm Name]
By _____________________________
Title: _____________________
[Firm Name]
By _____________________________
Title:______________________
Acting on behalf of and as
Representative(s) of the sev-
eral Underwriters named in
Schedule A hereto.*
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* To be deleted if the Purchase Agreement is not executed by one or more
Underwriters acting as Representative(s) of the Underwriters for purposes
of this Agreement.
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The foregoing Purchase Agreement
is hereby confirmed as of the
date first above written.
WESTERN RESOURCES, INC.
By_____________________________
Title__________________________
SCHEDULE A
Name of Underwriter Amount
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Total $
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