AMENDED AND RESTATED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit
1.1
DEBT SECURITIES
August 8, 2007
AMENDED AND RESTATED UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
1. Introductory. Kraft Foods Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue
and sell from time to time certain of its unsecured debt securities, in an aggregate principal
amount expressed in U.S. dollars or in such foreign currencies or currency units as the Company
shall designate at the time of the offering. Such debt securities, registered under the
registration statement or statements referred to in Section 2(a), are hereinafter referred to as
“Registered Securities.” Registered Securities involved in any offering referred to below are
hereinafter collectively referred to as “Offered Securities” and such debt securities that are
Offered Securities are hereinafter referred to as “Offered Debt Securities”. The Offered Debt
Securities will be issued under an Indenture, dated as of October 17, 2001 (the “Indenture”),
between the Company and The Bank of New York (as successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), as
Trustee, specified in the Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, in one or more series or
issues, which may vary as to interest rates, maturities, redemption provisions, conversion
provisions, exercise prices, expiration dates, selling prices, currency or currency units and other
terms, with, in each case, all such terms for any particular Offered Securities being determined at
the time of sale. Particular Offered Securities will be sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement, for
resale in accordance with terms of offering determined at the time of sale.
The firm or firms which agree to purchase the Offered Securities are hereinafter referred to
as the “Underwriters” of such Offered Securities, and the representative or representatives of the
Underwriters, if any, specified in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter
referred to as the “Representatives”; provided, however, that if the Terms Agreement does not
specify any representative of the Underwriters, the term “Representatives”, as used in this
Agreement (other than in Section 2(b), in the second sentence of Section 3 and the first and third
use of the term “Representatives” in Section 6, where, in each case, the reference to the terms
“through the Representatives” or “the names of any Representatives”, as the case may be, if the
Terms Agreement does not specify any representatives of the Underwriters, shall be ignored), shall
mean the Underwriters.
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company, as of the date of each Terms
Agreement referred to in Section 3, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter
that, except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined):
(a) The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“Commission”), pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) and the rules
and regulations of the Commission (the “Rules and Regulations”), a registration statement or
statements on Form S-3 under the Act, including a prospectus, relating to the Registered
Securities, and such registration statement or statements and any post-effective amendment
thereto has or have become effective. Such registration statement or
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statements, as amended at the time such registration statement or part thereof became
effective and at the time of any Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, in the form then
filed with the Commission, including any documents incorporated by reference therein and any
prospectus or prospectus supplement deemed or retroactively deemed to be a part thereof that
has not been superseded or modified, is or are hereinafter referred to as the “Registration
Statement”. For purposes of the definition of “Registration Statement,” information
contained in a form of prospectus or prospectus supplement that is deemed retroactively to
be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B shall be considered to be
included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B. If the
Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Act to register a portion of the Offered Securities (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”)
then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include
such Rule 462 Registration Statement. The prospectus covering the debt securities in the
form first used on May 7, 2004 to confirm sales of the debt securities is hereinafter
referred to as the “Base Prospectus.” “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary
prospectus included in the Registration Statement; the Preliminary Prospectus relating to
the Securities that was included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to the
Applicable Time (as defined below) is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; and the
final prospectus, in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, including
the Base Prospectus, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus.” “Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 under the
Act. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, Prospectus, Pricing Prospectus or
Preliminary Prospectus shall be deemed to include all documents incorporated therein by
reference pursuant to the requirements of Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act which have been
filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended prior to the execution of
the applicable Terms Agreement (the “Exchange Act”).
No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and on the effective date of the
registration statement or statements relating to the Registered Securities, such
registration statement or statements conformed, and any further amendments or supplements to
the Registration Statement will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of the
Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”) and the Rules
and Regulations and did not, and will not as of the applicable effective date as to each
part of the Registration Statement, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and on the date of each Terms Agreement, on the date when filed and
on each Closing Date, each as referred to in Section 3, the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below) and each electronic roadshow used by the
Company when taken together as a whole with the Pricing Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, and any further amendments or supplements thereto, will conform in all material
respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and none of such documents will include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any 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, except that the foregoing does not apply to (i) that part of the Registration
Statement which constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and
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Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee and (ii) statements in
or omissions from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter
Information (as hereinafter defined).
(b) For the purposes of this Agreement the “Applicable Time” shall be the time
specified in the relevant Terms Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus as supplemented by the
final term sheet prepared pursuant to Section 4 hereof, taken together (collectively, the
“Pricing Disclosure Package”) as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule B hereto does not
conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus or the Prospectus, and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented
by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not
apply to statements or omissions made in the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon
and in conformity with Underwriter Information.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with power and authority to
own and lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus
and the Prospectus; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of
property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where such
failure to be so qualified to do business or be in good standing would not reasonably be
expected to individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole (“Material Adverse Effect”).
(d) Each subsidiary of the Company that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in
Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Act (the “Significant Subsidiaries”) has been duly
incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation or
limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with power and authority to own and lease
its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus; and each Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing in all other
jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification; except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not reasonably be expected to individually or in the aggregate have a
Material Adverse Effect; and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity
interests of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly authorized for issuance and validly
issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock or limited liability
company interests of each Significant Subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through
subsidiaries, is owned free from claims, liens, encumbrances and defects.
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(f) The Indenture has been duly authorized and the Indenture has been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act; the Offered Securities have been duly authorized for
issuance; and when the Offered Securities are delivered and paid for pursuant to the Terms
Agreement on the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered,
such Offered Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered,
and the Registered Securities conform, and, when so issued and delivered and sold, will
conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus; the Indenture and the Registered Securities constitute and
when executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided in the Indenture,
will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by the
effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(g) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental
agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company, except
(i) such as have been obtained or made, as the case may be, (ii) such as may be
required under applicable state securities laws and (iii) such as may be required under
applicable foreign securities laws.
(h) The execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, the Terms Agreement
(including the provisions of this Agreement) and the issuance and sale of the Offered
Securities and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result
in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company pursuant to (i) any law, any statute, any rule,
regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction over
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or any of their properties, (ii) any agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or by which the Company
or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company or any such
subsidiary is subject, or (iii) the charter or by-laws of the Company or any such
Significant Subsidiary, which breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance, in
the case of clauses (i) and (ii) only, would have a Material Adverse Effect or have a
material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including
the provisions of this Agreement), and the Company has full power and authority to
authorize, issue and sell the Offered Securities as contemplated by the Terms Agreement
(including the provisions of this Agreement).
(i) The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(j) Except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect, the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries have good and marketable
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title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case
free from liens, encumbrances and defects and the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries
hold any leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no
exceptions; and the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries own or lease all such
properties as are necessary to the conduct of their operations as presently conducted.
(k) The Company and its Significant Subsidiaries possess adequate certificates,
authorities or permits issued by appropriate governmental agencies or bodies necessary to
conduct the business now operated by them and have not received any notice of proceedings
relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit
that, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, would
reasonably be expected to individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.
(l) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to
the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that the Company reasonably expects to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(m) Except as would not reasonably be expected to individually or in the aggregate have
a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries own, possess (through license or
otherwise) or can acquire on reasonable terms, trademarks, trade names and other rights to
inventions, know-how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual
property (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary to conduct the business
now operated by them, or presently employed by them, and neither the Company nor any
subsidiary has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of
others with respect to any intellectual property rights.
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any
rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court,
domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic
substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure
to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), owns or operates any
real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is
liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is
subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation, contamination,
liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
(o) There are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting the
Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that individually or
in the aggregate the Company reasonably expects to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would
materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under
the Indenture or the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), or which
are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Securities; and, to the
Company’s knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated.
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(p) The financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the combined or
consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates shown
and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown and all such financial
statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(except for changes required by changes in such accounting principles) and comply as to form
with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act; any schedules included in the
Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to
be stated therein; the summary and selected financial data included in the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, if any, present fairly, in all
material respects, on the basis stated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus
and the Prospectus, the information shown therein; and with respect to any pro forma
financial statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus, such pro forma financial statements comply as to form in all material respects
with Regulation S-X under the Act, and the assumptions used in preparing such pro forma
financial statements provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects
directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma
adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein
reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical
financial statement amounts.
(q) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated
by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been no material
adverse change, nor any development or event reasonably likely to have a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, and there has
been no extraordinary dividend or extraordinary distribution of any kind declared, paid or
made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered
Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
(s) The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as
such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive
officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. The Company has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its internal
control over financial reporting as required by Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act and as of
date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus such internal control over financial reporting is
effective, and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control
over financial reporting.
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(t) Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, since the date of
the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
(u) The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined
in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange
Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material
information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s
principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities;
such disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the date of the latest unaudited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus; and since such date, there has been no change to the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures.
(v) The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus on or before the Closing Date, when they were or are filed
with the Commission, conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(w) The Company is not an “ineligible issuer” as defined under Rule 405 under the Act.
(x) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material
respects with the provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith (the “Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act”).
(y) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result
in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and
the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”), including, without limitation, making use
of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance
of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other
property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any
“foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or
official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA
and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have
conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain
policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to
ensure, continued compliance therewith.
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(z) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at
all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping in all material respects and
reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as
amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations
thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered
or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no
action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body
or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(aa) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the
Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not
directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or
entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
3. Purchase and Offering of Offered Securities. The obligation of the Underwriters to purchase
the Offered Securities will be evidenced by an agreement or exchange of other written
communications (the “Terms Agreement”) at the time the Company determines to sell the Offered
Securities. The Terms Agreement will incorporate by reference the provisions of this Agreement,
except as otherwise provided therein, and will specify the firm or firms which will be
Underwriters, the names of any Representatives, the principal amount of Offered Debt Securities to
be purchased by each Underwriter, the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters and the terms
of the Offered Securities not already specified in the Indenture, including, but not limited to,
interest rate, maturity, any redemption provisions, any conversion provisions, and any sinking fund
requirements. Unless otherwise specified in the Terms Agreement or unless otherwise agreed to by
the Underwriter or Underwriters designated in the applicable Terms Agreement as the lead
Underwriter or Underwriters (the “Lead Underwriter”) and the Company, payment of the purchase price
for, and delivery of, any Offered Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be made at
the office of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, no
later than 12:00 noon New York City time, on the third business day following the date of the
applicable Terms Agreement (unless the Offered Securities are priced after 4:30 p.m. New York City
time, in which case such payment and delivery will be made no later than 12:00 noon New York City
time, on the fourth business day following the date of the applicable Terms Agreement), each such
time and date for payment and delivery being referred to herein and in the Terms Agreement as the
“Closing Date”. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Closing
Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the date for payment of
funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Offered Securities will be several and not joint.
It is understood that the Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale as set
forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus.
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If the Terms Agreement specifies “Book-Entry Only” settlement or otherwise states that the
provisions of this paragraph shall apply, the Company will deliver against payment of the purchase
price, the Offered Securities in the form of one or more permanent global securities in definitive
form (the “Global Securities”) deposited with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. Interests in any
permanent global securities will be held only in book-entry form through DTC, except in the limited
circumstances described in the Prospectus. Payment for the Offered Securities shall be made by the
Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account previously designated by
the Company to the Lead Underwriter, in each case drawn to the order of the Company at the place of
payment specified in the Terms Agreement on the Closing Date, against delivery to the Trustee as
custodian for DTC of the Global Securities representing all of the Offered Securities.
4. Certain Agreements of the Company. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that it
will furnish to counsel for the Underwriters one signed or certified copy of the registration
statement or statements relating to the Registered Securities, including all exhibits, in the form
it became effective and of all amendments thereto and that, in connection with each offering of
Offered Securities:
(a) The Company will file the Prospectus with the Commission pursuant to and in
accordance with Rule 424(b) not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second
business day following the execution and delivery of the Terms Agreement or, if applicable,
such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b).
(b) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or
supplement the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and will
afford the Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed
amendment or supplement; the Company will not undertake any such proposed amendment or
supplement if the Representatives reasonably object in writing thereto; and the Company will
also advise the Representatives promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement
and of the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the
Registration Statement or of any part thereof or of any order preventing or suspending the
use of any Preliminary Prospectus or other Prospectus in respect of the Offered Securities,
and will 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 preliminary or other Prospectus and to
obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities (or in lieu
thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required to be delivered
under the Act in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs 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 to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply with the
Act, the Company promptly will notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly
prepare and file with the Commission, at its own expense, an amendment or
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supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will
effect such compliance.
(d) As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months after the date of each Terms
Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings
statement, which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder (including Rule 158).
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration
Statement, including all exhibits, any related preliminary prospectus, any related
preliminary prospectus supplement, and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in
each case as soon as available, and copies of the Prospectus and all amendments and
supplements to the Prospectus not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the day
following the date thereof, or as soon thereafter as practicable and, in each case in such
quantities as the Lead Underwriter reasonably requests. Unless otherwise specified in the
Terms Agreement, the Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the
Underwriters all such documents.
(f) The Company will use its reasonable efforts to arrange for the qualification of the
Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment, under
the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives reasonably designate and will continue
such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided that the
Company will not be required to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not
now qualified or take any action which would subject it to general or unlimited service of
process in any jurisdiction where it is not now subject.
(g) During the period of three years after the date of any Terms Agreement, the Company
will furnish to the Representatives and, upon request, to each of the other Underwriters, as
soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of its annual report to
shareholders for such year; and the Company will furnish to the Representatives as soon as
available should they be unavailable for free on XXXXX on the SEC website, a copy of each
Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Current Report on Form 8-K and
definitive proxy statement of the Company filed with the Commission under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or mailed to shareholders. Such documentation and information may be
furnished or made available electronically.
(h) Unless otherwise specified in the Terms Agreement, the Company will pay all
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under the Terms Agreement (including
the provisions of this Agreement), for any filing fees or other expenses (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with qualification of
the Offered Securities for sale and any determination of their eligibility for investment
under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives reasonably designate and the
printing of memoranda relating thereto, for any fees charged by investment rating agencies
for the rating of the Offered Securities, for any applicable filing fee incident to, and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, the
review by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the Offered Securities,
for any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and
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any other expenses of the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with
prospective purchasers of Offered Securities and for expenses incurred in distributing the
Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectuses, any preliminary prospectus supplements or any other amendments or supplements
to the Prospectus to the Underwriters.
(i) Unless otherwise specified in the Terms Agreement, for a period beginning at the
time of execution of the Terms Agreement and ending on the Closing Date, if any Offered Debt
Securities are being issued, without the prior consent of the Lead Underwriter, the Company
will not offer or contract to sell or, except pursuant to a commitment entered into prior to
the date of the Terms Agreement, sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities
denominated in the currency or currency unit in which the applicable Offered Debt Securities
are denominated and issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than
one year from the date of issue.
(j) The Company has prepared or will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a
description of the Securities, in form and substance approved by the Representatives and
will file (if required) such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act within the
time required by such Rule; the Company will file promptly all other material required to be
filed by the Company with Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act.
(k) (i) The Company represents and agrees that, other than the final term sheet
prepared and filed pursuant to this Section 4, without the prior consent of the
Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered
Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under
the Act;
(ii) each Underwriter represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the
Company and the Representatives, other than one or more term sheets relating to the Offered
Securities containing customary information, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Offered Securities that would not constitute a “free writing prospectus” as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and
(iii) any such “free writing prospectus” and any electronic road show, the use of which
has been consented to by the Company and the Representatives (including the final term sheet
prepared and filed pursuant to this Section 4), is listed on Schedule B hereto.
(l) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under
the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the
Commission or retention where required and legending.
(m) The Company agrees that if at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the
Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include any untrue statement of a material
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fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give
prompt notice thereof to the Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will
prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
other document which will correct such conflict, statement or omission; provided, however,
that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with Underwriter
Information.
(n) The Company agrees that if at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus, the
Pricing Disclosure Package includes any 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 then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof
to the Representatives; provided, however, that this condition shall not apply with respect
to any statements or omissions in the Pricing Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and
in conformity with Underwriter Information.
(o) If by December 1, 2008 (the “Renewal Deadline”), any of the Offered Securities
remain unsold by the Underwriters, the Company will file, if it has not already done so and
is eligible to do so, a new shelf registration statement relating to the Offered Securities,
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Lead Underwriter and will use its best efforts to
cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal
Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the
public offering and sale of the Offered Securities to continue as contemplated in the
expired registration statement relating to the Securities. References herein to the
Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such
new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.
5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several
Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein as of the date of the applicable
Terms Agreement and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made
pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder
and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) On or prior to the date of the Terms Agreement, the Representatives shall have
received a letter or letters, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives,
dated the date of delivery thereof, of the Company’s independent accountants confirming that
as of the date of their report and during the period covered by such financial statements on
which they reported, they were independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act
and the applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and, stating, as of the date
of such letter or letters (or with respect to matters involving changes or developments
since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given or
incorporated in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, as of a date not more than
three days prior to the date of such letter or letters, provided that such date shall be
after the date of the Prospectus), the conclusions and findings of such firm or firms with
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respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(b) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the
Rules and Regulations and Section 4(a) of this Agreement. The final term sheet contemplated
by Section 4 hereof, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable
time period prescribed for such filings by Rule 433. No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof shall have been issued
and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the
Company or any Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the Commission and no stop order
suspending or preventing the use of any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(c) On or after the Applicable Time, there shall not have occurred (i) any
change, or any development or event reasonably likely to have a prospective change, in the
condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company
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 proceed with completion of
the public offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities on the terms and
in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus; (ii) any
downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any “nationally
recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under
the Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or
review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with
positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading,
of such rating); (iii) any material suspension or material limitation of trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange, or any material disruption in
commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services, or any setting of minimum
prices for trading any securities of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange, or any
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange; (iv)
any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities, or the authorities
of any country in whose currency any Offered Debt Securities are denominated under the
applicable Terms Agreement; (v) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities in which the
United States or any country in whose currency any Offered Debt Securities are denominated
under the applicable Terms Agreement is involved, 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 outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity or
emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the public
offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus; or (vi) any change or
prospective change in, or governmental action affecting, exchange controls applicable to the
currency in which any Offered Debt Securities are denominated, which change or action, in
the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the public offering or the sale of and payment
for the Offered Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing
Prospectus and the Prospectus.
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(d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, from
one or more law firms acting as counsel for the Company, including local counsel and
attorneys employed by the Company or its subsidiaries, which, in the aggregate, are
substantially to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with
the corporate power and authority to own and lease its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(ii) The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and
is in good standing under the laws of those jurisdictions set forth on Annex I to
such opinion;
(iii) Each Significant Subsidiary has been duly incorporated or organized, as
the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability
company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization, with corporate power and authority to own and
lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus
and the Prospectus; and all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or
limited liability company interests of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly
authorized for issuance and is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and all
outstanding shares of capital stock or limited liability company interests of each
Significant Subsidiary are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries,
to the knowledge of such counsel, free from security interests, claims, liens and
encumbrances;
(iv) Each Significant Subsidiary that is incorporated under the laws of a State
or Commonwealth of the United States of America (the “U.S. Significant
Subsidiaries”) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing under the laws of those jurisdictions set forth on Annex I to such
opinion;
(v) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company, qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(vi) The Offered Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company, and when executed and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance
with the terms of the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor pursuant to
the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and
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enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except to the
extent enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by the effect of general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law); and the Indenture and the Offered Securities
conform as to legal maters in all material respects to the descriptions thereof
contained in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus;
(vii) No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or
filing with, (i) any federal governmental agency or federal regulatory body of the
United States of America or any state governmental agency or state regulatory body
of the States of Delaware, Illinois or New York or the Commonwealth of Virginia is
required under Applicable Laws, (ii) to such counsel’s knowledge, any court of the
United States of America, the States of Delaware, Illinois or New York or the
Commonwealth of Virginia is required under Applicable Laws, in each case under
clause (i) or clause (ii) for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Underwriting Agreement in connection with the issuance or sale of the Offered
Securities by the Company. As used in such opinion, the term “Applicable
Laws” means the laws of the States of Illinois and New York, the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia and the federal laws of the United States of America which,
in such counsel’s experience and without independent investigation, are normally
applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement
and the Delaware General Corporation Act (provided that the term “Applicable
Laws” shall not include laws, regulations and statutory prohibitions relating to
food safety, including, without limitation, regulations administered by the Food and
Drug Administration, the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the United Statement
Department of Agriculture or similar governmental agencies, federal or state
securities or blue sky laws, including, without limitation, the Act, the Exchange
Act, the 1939 Act and 1940 Act, and the respective rules and regulations
thereunder).
(viii) None of the execution and delivery by the Company of the Underwriting
Agreement, the performance by the Company of its obligations under the Underwriting
Agreement or the Indenture, or the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, will
(i) violate any provision of the charter or bylaws of the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or imposition of
any security interest, claim, lien, encumbrance or defect upon any material property
or material assets of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to the
terms of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company or any Significant
Subsidiary that is listed in Annex II attached to such opinion (which an
officer of the Company has certified to such counsel constitutes a list of all
agreements or instruments material to the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole), or (iii) violate any Applicable Law or any judgment, order or
decree known to such counsel and which is applicable to the Company or any
Significant Subsidiary of any court,
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governmental agency or regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company or
its Significant Subsidiaries.
(ix) The Registration Statement has become effective under the Act; the
Prospectus has been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the
Act; to such counsel’s knowledge, (i) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceeding for such purpose has
been instituted or is threatened by the Commission, and (ii) no stop order
suspending or preventing the use of any prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus has been issued and no proceeding for such purpose has been instituted or
is threatened by the Commission.
(x) The Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and
supporting schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by reference
therein or omitted therefrom and the Form T-1, as to which such counsel expresses no
opinion), at the time the Registration Statement became effective, the Pricing
Prospectus (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules and other
financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom,
as to which such counsel expresses no opinion), at the Applicable Time, and the
Prospectus (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules and other
financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom,
as to which such counsel expresses no opinion), as of the date of the Terms
Agreement and as of the date hereof, complied as to form in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder.
(xi) Such counsel has no reason to believe that (a) any part of such
registration statement or statements, when such part or amendment became effective,
the Registration Statement, when such part or amendment became effective, or any
amendment thereto, when such part or amendment became effective, contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (b)
the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, included an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (c)
the Prospectus, as of its date or as of such Closing Date, included an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted 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; it being understood that such counsel need express
no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial data contained in the
Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus; and all statements
set forth in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus of
contracts and other documents to which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is
a party (insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of such
contracts and other documents) fairly summarize such provisions in all material
respects. To such counsel’s knowledge, there are no contracts or documents required
to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
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other than those filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto, and to
such counsel’s knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings before any
court, governmental agency or regulatory body or any arbitrator pending or
threatened which are required to be disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus or the
Prospectus, other than those disclosed therein.
(xii) The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) has been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(xiii) Such counsel is of the opinion that the statements in the Base
Prospectus under the heading “Certain United States Federal Income Tax
Considerations,” insofar as such statements purport to constitute summaries of
matters of United States federal tax law and regulations or legal conclusions with
respect thereto, constitute accurate summaries, as of the date of the Prospectus
Supplement and as of the Closing Date, of the matters described therein.
(xiv) Each document incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the
Prospectus (other than the financial statements and supporting schedules and other
financial data included or incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom,
as to which such counsel expresses no opinion), at the time such document was filed
with the Commission, complied as to form in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.
(xv) Such counsel is of the opinion that, to the best of his or her knowledge
and other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of
which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which,
if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would
individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or
future consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of such counsel’s
knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others.
Such counsel may rely as to certain matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper and so
long as acceptable in the reasonable opinion the Representatives, on certificates of responsible
officers of the Company and public officials.
(e) The Representatives shall have received from counsel for the Underwriters such
opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the
Company, the validity of the Offered Securities, the Registration Statement, the Pricing
Disclosure Package, the Prospectus and other related matters as the Representatives may
require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they may
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters. In rendering
such opinion, counsel for the Underwriters may rely as to the incorporation of
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the Company and all other matters governed by Virginia law upon the opinion of counsel
for the Company referred to above.
(f) The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of
the President or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the
Company in which such officers, on behalf of the Company, shall state that, to their
knowledge, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and
correct, that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on
its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, that no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof
has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are contemplated
by the Commission and no stop order suspending or preventing the use of any prospectus or
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been instituted or is contemplated and that,
subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by
reference into the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse
change, nor any development or event reasonably likely to have a prospective material
adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or
contemplated by the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus or as described in such
certificate.
(g) The Representatives shall have received a letter or letters in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, dated the Closing Date, of the Company’s independent
accountants which confirms the conclusion and findings set forth in the letter or letters of
such firm or firms delivered pursuant to the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section,
except that the specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more than
three days prior to the Closing Date for purposes of this subsection.
(h) The Representatives shall have received from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Representatives, such opinion or opinions dated the Closing Date, with respect to compliance
with the laws of any country, other than the United States, in whose currency the Offered
Securities are denominated, the validity of the Offered Securities, the Prospectus and other
related matters as they may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such
counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass
upon such matters.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions,
certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives
may in their discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the
obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and the Terms Agreement.
6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter, its partners, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
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material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus,
any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that the Company 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 written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and
agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information
described as such in or pursuant to the Terms Agreement (“Underwriter Information”).
(b) Each
Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act, against any losses, claims,
damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary prospectus or
preliminary prospectus supplement, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or
the alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with Underwriter Information, and will reimburse any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred.
(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 omission
so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it
may have to any 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
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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. In no event shall the indemnifying party be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel and local counsel at any
time for any indemnified party in connection with any one action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions arising in the same jurisdiction out of the
same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall (i)
without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle, compromise
or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened
claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or
contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement,
compromise or consent (A) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified
party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and
(B) 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, or (ii) be liable for any
settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with its written consent or if
there be a final judgment for 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 in accordance with
the provisions of this Section 6.
(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 subsection (a) or
(b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering
of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault
of the Company on the one hand and 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
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same
proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received
by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions 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 Company, on the one
hand, or the Underwriters, on the other hand, 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
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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 Offered Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered
to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to
contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not
joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section shall be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the
Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any
liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company, to each officer of the Company
who has signed the Registration Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act.
7. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to
purchase Offered Securities under the Terms Agreement and the aggregate amount of Offered
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not
exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of the Offered Securities, the Lead Underwriter may make
arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other
persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing
Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their
respective commitments under the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement), to
purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If
any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate amount of the Offered Securities with
respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the aggregate amount of the Offered
Securities, and arrangements satisfactory to the Lead Underwriter and the Company for the purchase
of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, the
Terms Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or
the Company, except as provided in Section 8. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter”
includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. As used in this Section
only, the “aggregate amount” of the Offered Securities shall mean the aggregate principal amount of
any Offered Debt Securities. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for its default. The foregoing obligations and agreements set forth in this Section will not apply
if the Terms Agreement specifies that such obligations and agreements will not apply.
8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities,
agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company or its officers and of
the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to the Terms Agreement (including the
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provisions of this Agreement) will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the
Company or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling
person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the Terms Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section 7 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by
the Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be
paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 4 and the respective obligations of the Company and
the Underwriters pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered
Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the
termination of the Terms Agreement pursuant to Section 7 or the occurrence of any event specified
in clause (iii), (iv) or (v) of Section 5(c), the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred
by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
9. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the
purchase and sale of the Offered Securities pursuant to this Agreement and the Terms Agreement is
an arm’s length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several
Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such
transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the
Company, (iii) no Underwriter has assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the
Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto
(irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company on other
matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this
Agreement and (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it
deemed appropriate. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters, or any of
them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty
to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
10. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters,
will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or transmitted by any other standard form of
telecommunication and confirmed to the Representatives at their address set forth in the Terms
Agreement, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered, telecopied or transmitted by any
other standard form of telecommunication and confirmed to it at Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000, facsimile: (000) 000-0000, Attention: Vice President and Corporate Secretary.
11. Successors. The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) will inure to
the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and such Underwriters as are identified in the Terms
Agreement and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons
referred to in Section 6, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
12. Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters
in connection with the financing described in the Terms Agreement, and any action under such Terms
Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) taken by the Representatives jointly or by
the Lead Underwriter will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
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13. Counterparts. The Terms 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 Agreement.
14. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING ARTICLE 5, TITLE 14, SECTION
5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
The Company 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 the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) or the transactions
contemplated thereby.
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KRAFT FOODS INC.
(“Company”)
(“Company”)
DEBT SECURITIES
TERMS AGREEMENT
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To: The [Representative[s] of the] Underwriters identified herein |
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned agrees to sell to the several Underwriters named [in Schedule A hereto]
[below] for their respective accounts, on and subject to the terms and conditions of the Amended
and Restated Underwriting Agreement filed as an exhibit to the Company’s registration statement or
statements on Form S-3 relating to debt securities (the “Underwriting Agreement”), the following
securities (the “Offered Securities”) on the following terms:
OFFERED DEBT SECURITIES
TITLE: [ %] [Floating Rate] — Notes — Debentures — Bonds – Due .
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $ .
INTEREST: [ % per annum, from , 20 , payable semiannually on
and , commencing , 20 , to holders of record on the
preceding or , as the case may be.] [Zero coupon.]
MATURITY: , 20 .
CURRENCY OF DENOMINATION:
CURRENCY OF PAYMENT:
FORM AND DENOMINATION:
OVERSEAS PAYMENT AGENTS:
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION:
CONVERSION PROVISIONS:
SINKING FUND:
LISTING: [None.] [ Stock Exchange.]
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PURCHASE PRICE: % of principal amount, plus accrued interest[, if any,] from
, 20 .
EXPECTED REOFFERING PRICE: % of principal amount, subject to change by the
[Representative[s] [Underwriters].
OTHER MATTERS
CLOSING: A.M. on , 20 , at , in Federal (same
day) funds.
SETTLEMENT AND TRADING: [Physical certificated form.] [Book-Entry Only via DTC.]
[NAME[S] AND ADDRESS[ES] OF THE [REPRESENTATIVE[S]] [UNDERWRITER[S]]:] [NAME[S] AND
ADDRESS[ES] OF THE LEAD UNDERWRITER[S]:]
The respective principal amounts of the Offered Debt Securities to be purchased by each of the
Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in Schedule A hereto.
The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are incorporated herein by reference.
The Offered Securities will be made available for checking and packaging at the office of
at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.
For purposes of Section 6 of the Underwriting Agreement, the only information furnished to the
Company by any Underwriter for use in the Prospectus consists of [to be discussed and determined].
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and
return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement
between the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||||
KRAFT FOODS INC. | ||||
By | ||||
[Insert title] |
The foregoing Terms Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
[If no co-representative, use first confirmation form. If co-representative, use second.]
[Insert name of Representative]
By
|
||||
[Insert title] | ||||
[Acting on behalf of itself and as the | ||||
Representative of the several Underwriters.] | ||||
[Insert name of Representative] | ||||
, | ||||
, | ||||
[Acting on behalf of themselves and as the | ||||
Representatives of the several Underwriters.] | ||||
By
|
[Insert name of Representative] | |||
By |
||||
[Insert title] |
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SCHEDULE A
PRINCIPAL | ||||
AMOUNT | ||||
OF OFFERED DEBT | ||||
UNDERWRITER | SECURITIES | |||
$ | ||||
Total |
$ | |||
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SCHEDULE B
(a) | Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package: None | ||
(b) | Additional Documents Incorporated by Reference: None | ||
(c) | Final Term Sheet, attached as Schedule C hereto | ||
(d) | Electronic roadshow |
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SCHEDULE C
Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-
•, 2007
Registration No. 333-
•, 2007
PRICING TERM SHEETS
•% Notes due
Issuer: |
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Offering Format: |
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Security:
|
•% Notes due | |
Size:
|
$• | |
Maturity Date:
|
•, | |
Coupon:
|
•% | |
Interest Payment Dates:
|
• and •, commencing •, | |
Price to Public:
|
•% | |
Benchmark Treasury:
|
• | |
Benchmark Treasury Yield:
|
•% | |
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
|
+ • bp | |
Yield:
|
•% | |
Make-Whole Call:
|
• | |
Expected Settlement Date:
|
•, | |
CUSIP:
|
• | |
Anticipated Ratings:
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[• by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.] | |
[• by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services] | ||
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
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Co-Managers: |
Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be
subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the
offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in
that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete
information about the issuer and this offering.
You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on the SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx.
Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange
to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling [ ] toll free at [ ] or
[ ].
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