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Exhibit 1.1
PERKINELMER, INC.
DEBT SECURITIES
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
August 2, 2000
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
UBS WARBURG LLC
XX XXXXX SECURITIES CORPORATION
XXXXXX XXXXXX PARTNERS LLC
C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
00 XXXXX XXXXXX,
XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
From time to time PerkinElmer, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a
"Pricing Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and
deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in
Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the
"Underwriters" with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities
specified therein) certain of its debt securities (the "Securities") specified
in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (with respect to such Pricing
Agreement, the "Designated Securities").
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Securities
shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and in or
pursuant to the indenture (the "Indenture") identified in such Pricing
Agreement.
1. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to time
to the Underwriters of such Securities, for whom the firms designated as
representatives of the Underwriters of such Securities in the Pricing Agreement
relating thereto will act as representatives (the "Representatives"). The term
"Representatives" also refers to a single firm acting as sole representative of
the Underwriters and to an Underwriter or Underwriters who act without any firm
being designated as its or their representatives. This Underwriting Agreement
shall not be construed as an obligation of the Company to sell any of the
Securities or as an obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase the
Securities. The obligation of the Company to issue and sell any of the
Securities and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the
Securities shall be
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evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities
specified therein. Each Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate principal
amount of such Designated Securities, the initial public offering price of such
Designated Securities, the purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated
Securities, the names of the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the
names of the Representatives of such Underwriters and the principal amount of
such Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter and shall set
forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such Designated Securities and
payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall also specify (to the extent not
set forth in the Indenture and the registration statement and prospectus with
respect thereto) the terms of such Designated Securities. A Pricing Agreement
shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and
may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic communications or any other rapid
transmission device designed to produce a written record of communications
transmitted. The obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each
Pricing Agreement shall be several and not joint.
2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-71069) (the
"Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Securities and certain
other securities of the Company has been filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendments thereto, each in the form heretofore
delivered or to be delivered to the Representatives and, excluding exhibits
to the Initial Registration Statement, but including all documents
incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained therein, to the
Representatives for each of the other Underwriters, have been declared
effective by the Commission in such form; other than a registration
statement, if any, increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon
filing, no other document with respect to the Initial Registration
Statement or document incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been
filed or transmitted for filing with the Commission (other than
prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of
the Commission under the Act, each in the form heretofore delivered to the
Representatives); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or the
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial Registration
Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the
Act, is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of
the Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto
and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, including all exhibits
thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus
contained in the Initial Registration Statement at the time such part of
the Initial Registration Statement became effective but excluding Form T-1,
each as amended at the time such part of the Initial Registration Statement
became effective or such part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if
any, became or hereafter becomes effective, are
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hereinafter collectively called the "Registration Statement" or the
"Registration Statement as amended"; the prospectus relating to the
Securities, in the form in which it has most recently been filed, or
transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this
Agreement, being hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein
to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the
applicable form under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any
amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date
of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as
the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the
Company filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the effective date of the Initial Registration Statement that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable
Designated Securities in the form in which it is filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of the
date of such filing);
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may
be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as
the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall
not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly
for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such
Securities;
(c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission
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thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as
to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the
applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement
thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through
the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented relating to such Securities or to any statement in or omission
from the Form T-1;
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material loss or
interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented which is
material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and, since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any material change in the
capital stock (other than pursuant to the Company's employee and director
stock and option plans and repurchases of the Company's common stock
pursuant to any previously announced authorizations to do so) or any
material increase in the long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or any material adverse change, or any
development which the Company has reasonable cause to believe would involve
a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business,
consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented;
(e) The Company and its Material Subsidiaries (as set forth in
Schedule III to the applicable Pricing Agreement) have good and marketable
title to all property that is described in the Prospectus as being owned by
them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects
except such as are described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
or such as do not materially adversely affect the value of such property or
the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and
its Material Subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under
lease by the Company and its Material Subsidiaries that are described in
the Prospectus are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable
leases with such exceptions as are not material or do not materially
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and
buildings by the Company and its Material Subsidiaries;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as
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described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under
the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties,
or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, or is
subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to
be so qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each Material Subsidiary of
the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation (except with respect to any subsidiaries incorporated in
jurisdictions where the concept of good standing is not recognized), and
except for any failure to be so incorporated and existing which would not
have a material adverse effect on the business, consolidated financial
position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(g) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and all of the issued shares of
capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, and all the issued shares of
capital stock of each Material Subsidiary of the Company have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and
(except as disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended January 2, 2000, and except for directors qualifying shares or such
shares as may be required by local laws to be owned by residents of the
jurisdiction of incorporation) are owned directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.
(h) The Securities have been duly authorized, and, when Designated
Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement and the
Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities, such
Designated Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued
and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of
the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, which will
be substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement (except to the extent that the terms of any Designated Securities
or Supplemental Indenture render certain provisions of the Indenture
inapplicable to such Designated Securities) subject, as to enforcement, to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium, reorganization and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles; the Indenture has been duly
authorized and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, at the
Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities (as defined in Section 4
hereof), the Indenture will constitute a valid and legally binding
instrument, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
moratorium, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating
to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and the
Indenture conforms, and the Designated Securities will conform, to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
with respect to such Designated Securities;
(i) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, this
Agreement and any Pricing Agreement, and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will
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not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, excluding conflicts,
breaches, violations and defaults that, individually or in the aggregate,
will not have a material adverse effect on the business, consolidated
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, nor will such action result
in any violation of the provisions of the Restated Articles of Organization
or By-laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation
of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of
or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the
issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement or the
Indenture, except such as have been, or will have been prior to the Time of
Delivery, obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may
be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters;
(j) Neither the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries is in
violation of its charter or By-laws or in default in the performance or
observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or
any of its properties may be bound, except for violations or defaults that,
individually or in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect
on the consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(k) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, 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
will, in the Company's reasonable belief, individually or in the aggregate,
have a material adverse effect on the business, consolidated financial
position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(l) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Securities, will not be an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company," as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act");
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(m) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public
accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder;
(n) Except as disclosed in or specifically contemplated by the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, the Company has not been advised,
and has no reason to believe, that either the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is not conducting business in compliance with all applicable
laws, rules and regulations of the jurisdictions in which it is conducting
business, including, without limitation, all applicable local, state and
federal environmental laws and regulations, except where the failure to be
so in compliance would not materially adversely affect the general affairs,
consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(o) The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal,
state and foreign income and franchise tax returns (or has timely filed for
extensions thereof), except in any case in which the failure so to file
would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and have paid all taxes shown as due
thereon to the extent such taxes are due and payable, except in all cases
for any such tax that is being contested by the Company in good faith; and,
except as disclosed in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, the
Company has no knowledge of any tax deficiency which has been or might be
asserted or threatened against the Company or its subsidiaries which could
materially and adversely affect the business, operations or properties of
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated
Securities and authorization by the Representatives of the release of such
Designated Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer such Designated
Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented.
4. Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to
the Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in the form specified in such Pricing
Agreement, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as
the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to
the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the
Representatives for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by such
Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of
Federal (same-day) funds to an account specified by the Company to the
Representatives at least forty-eight hours in advance or at such other place and
time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing,
such time and date being herein called the "Time of Delivery" for such
Securities.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated
Securities:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation
to the applicable Designated Securities in a form approved by the
Representatives and to file such
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Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the
Commission's close of business on the second business day following the
execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable
Designated Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be
required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any supplement to
the Registration Statement or Prospectus as amended or supplemented after
the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities
and prior to the Time of Delivery for such Securities which shall be
disapproved by the Representatives for such Securities promptly after
reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any
such amendment or supplement after such Time of Delivery and furnish the
Representatives with copies thereof; to file promptly all reports and any
definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the
Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required
in connection with the offering or sale of such Designated Securities, and
during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration
Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to the
Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of
the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus relating
to such Designated Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of
such Designated Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any
request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in
the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such order
preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus relating to such Designated Securities or suspending any such
qualification, to promptly use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Designated
Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and to comply with such
laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution
of such Designated Securities, provided that in connection therewith the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the second New York
business day after the date of the applicable Pricing Agreement and from
time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented in New York City in such quantities as the
Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale
of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a
result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would
include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus
is delivered, not
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misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such
same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the
Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in
order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act,
to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document
and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any
dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to
time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance;
(d) To make generally available to its security holders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries
(which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the
option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing Agreement
for such Designated Securities and continuing to and including the date 90
days after the date of the Prospectus supplement or amendment related to
such Designated Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any securities of the
Company that are substantially similar to the Designated Securities or the
common stock of the Company, including but not limited to any securities
that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right
to receive, common stock or any such substantially similar securities
(other than (i) pursuant to employee stock option and purchase plans
existing on the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated
Securities, (ii) upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of exercisable,
convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of the date of the
Pricing Agreement for such Designated Securities or (iii) as consideration
for acquisitions of businesses, property or assets), without the prior
written consent of the Representatives; and
(f) If the Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), the Company shall
file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance
with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of the
applicable Pricing Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing
either pay to the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of
such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the
Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements
and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the
registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in
connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and
supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement
among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, any
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Indenture, any Blue Sky Memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations
thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale
and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the
qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities
laws as provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in
connection with the Blue Sky Surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating
services for rating the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to any review
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale
of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities; (vii) the fees and
expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and the fees and
disbursements of counsel for any Trustee in connection with any Indenture and
the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically
provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that, except as
provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will
pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel,
transfer taxes on resale of any of the Securities by them, and any advertising
expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities under
the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be subject,
in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company in or
incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated
Securities are, at and as of the Time of Delivery for such Designated
Securities, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have
performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the
following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the
applicable Designated Securities shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for
such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance
with Section 5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule
462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become effective
by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement; no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests
for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to the Representatives' reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Ropes & Xxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished
to the Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery
for such Designated Securities, with respect to the matters covered in
paragraphs (i), (ii), (iv), and the unnumbered paragraph, of subsection (c)
and paragraphs (i), (ii), (v) and (vii) of subsection (d) below as well as
such other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request,
and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they
may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
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(c) Xxxx and Xxxx LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished
to the Representatives their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery
for such Designated Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, 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 Massachusetts, with power and authority (corporate and
other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(iii) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized,
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered by the Company and, when
paid for in accordance with the terms thereof, will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits provided by the Indenture, subject, as to enforcement, to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, moratorium,
reorganization and similar laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting creditors' rights and general equity principles; and the
Designated Securities and the Indenture conform in all material
respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented;
(iv) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to its binding
nature and enforceability, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, moratorium, reorganization and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity principles; and the Indenture has been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act;
(v) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is
required for the issue and sale of the Designated Securities or the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, such Pricing Agreement or the Indenture, except such as
have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky
laws (as to the applicability of which no opinion need be expressed)
in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Designated
Securities by the Underwriters;
(vi) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any further amendments and supplements thereto made
by the Company prior to the Time of Delivery of the Designated
Securities (other than the
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financial statements and financial data and related schedules therein,
as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Trust
Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder;
(vii) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to
the Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company; and
(viii) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities and the
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Designated
Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
with respect to the Designated Securities and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of the Restated Articles of
Organization or By-laws of the Company.
Such counsel shall also state, without passing upon or assuming any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements
contained in any of the following documents, that nothing has come to their
attention that has led them to believe (a) that, as of the effective date of the
Registration Statement, the Registration Statement (or as of its date, any
amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior to the date of such
opinion) contained any 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 (b) that, as of its date, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company
prior to the Time of Delivery contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading or (c) that, as of the Time of Delivery,
the Registration Statement as amended contained any 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 (d) that, as of
the Time of Delivery, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented contained any
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, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Such counsel
need express no belief as to the financial statements, including the notes and
schedules thereto, or any financial data set forth or referred to in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus.
(d) Xxxx X. Xxxxx, Esquire, Associate General Counsel of the Company,
shall have furnished to the Representatives his opinion, dated the Time of
Delivery for such Designated Securities, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and all of the issued
shares of capital stock
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of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and
are fully paid and non-assessable;
(ii) Each Material Subsidiary of the Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation (except with
respect to any such subsidiaries incorporated in jurisdictions where
the concept of good standing is not recognized, and except for any
failure to be so incorporated and existing which would not have a
material adverse effect on the business, consolidated financial
position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole); and all of the issued shares
of capital stock of each such Material Subsidiary have been duly and
validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, and
(except as disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended January 2, 2000, and except for directors' qualifying
shares or such shares as may be required by local laws to be owned by
residents of the jurisdiction of incorporation) are owned of record
directly or indirectly by the Company, to its knowledge free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (such counsel being
entitled to rely in respect of the opinion in this clause upon
opinions of local counsel and in respect of matters of fact upon
certificates of officers of the Company or its subsidiaries, provided
that such counsel shall state that he believes that both the
Representatives and he are justified in relying upon such opinions and
certificates);
(iii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as
set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which will, in such counsel's reasonable
belief, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse
effect on the business, consolidated financial position, stockholders'
equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole; and, to such counsel's knowledge, no such
proceedings are threatened by governmental authorities or threatened
by others;
(iv) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to the
Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(v) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities and the
compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Designated
Securities, the Indenture, this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement
with respect to the Designated Securities and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach or violation of the Restated Articles of
Organization or By-laws of the Company, nor will such actions conflict
with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
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instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound or to which any of the properties or assets
of the Company is subject, or rule or regulation known to such counsel
of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Company or any of its properties (except that such opinion shall
not extend to compliance with the anti-fraud provisions of federal or
state securities laws); except for such conflicts, breaches,
violations and defaults as are not reasonably likely, individually or
in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on the business,
consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity, results of
operations, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole;
(vi) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
controlled by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act; and
(vii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented (other than the financial statements and
financial data and related schedules therein, as to which such counsel
need express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission,
complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; and he does not know of any amendment to the Registration
Statement required to be filed or of any contracts or other documents
of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus or required to be described in the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus which are not filed or incorporated by reference or
described as required.
Such counsel shall also state that he has no reason to believe that any of
the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, when they were so filed, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
when such documents were so filed, not misleading.
(e) On the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated
Securities at a time prior to the execution of the Pricing Agreement with
respect to such Designated Securities and at the Time of Delivery for such
Designated Securities, the independent accountants of the Company who have
certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
have furnished to the Representatives a letter, dated the effective date of
the Registration Statement or the date of the most recent report filed with
the Commission containing financial statements and incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, if the date of such report is
later than such effective date, and a letter dated such Time of Delivery,
respectively, to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto, and with respect
to such letter dated such Time of Delivery, as to
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such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives;
(f) (i) The Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall not
have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Securities any material loss or interference with their
businesses from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental
action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing
Agreement relating to the Designated Securities, and (ii) since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating
to the Designated Securities there shall not have been any material change
in the capital stock (other than pursuant to the Company's employee and
director stock and option plans and repurchases of common stock of the
Company pursuant to any previously announced authorizations to do so) or
any increase in the long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole, in excess of $10,000,000, or any material adverse change,
or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or
affecting the business, consolidated financial position, stockholders'
equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement
relating to the Designated Securities, the effect of which, in any such
case described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the
Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the
Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated
Securities;
(g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred stock by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and
(ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
any of the Company's debt securities or preferred stock;
(h) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Securities there shall not have occurred any of the following:
(i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally
on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in
trading in the Company's securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (iii) a
general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either
Federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation
of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United
States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any such event
specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment of the
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Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms
and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
relating to the Designated Securities;
(i) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the second
New York business day after the date of the applicable Pricing Agreement;
and
(j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the
Representatives at the Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities a
certificate or certificates of officers of the Company (on behalf of the
Company) satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time
of Delivery, as to the performance by the Company of all of its obligations
hereunder to be performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the
matters set forth in subsections (a) and (f) of this Section and as to such
other matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission
or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will
reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to
the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
and provided further, that the Company shall not be liable to any Underwriter
with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus
supplement, to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such
Underwriter results solely from an untrue statement of a material fact contained
in, or the omission of a material fact from, such Preliminary Prospectus, which
untrue statement or omission was corrected in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, if the Company shall sustain the burden of proving that (i) such
Underwriter sold Securities to the person alleging such loss, claim, damage or
liability without sending or giving or making available electronically, at or
prior to the written confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented to such person, (ii) delivery of a
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Prospectus as amended or supplemented was required under the Act, and (iii) the
Company delivered to the Underwriters copies of such Prospectus as amended or
supplemented in such quantities as they shall have reasonably requested.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus
relating to the Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out
of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus
supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection
with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under such subsection and shall relieve it from liability under
such subsection only to the extent that such omission results in the forfeiture
by the indemnifying party of material rights or defenses with respect to such
action. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party
and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent
that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
such indemnified party, and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such
subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in
each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with
the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No
indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party,
effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment
with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which
indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the
indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim)
unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional
release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action
or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. No
indemnifying party shall be liable
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for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its consent, which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Securities
on the other from the offering of the Designated Securities to which such loss,
claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however,
the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted
by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required
under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated
Securities on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters.
The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information
supplied by the Company on the one hand or such Underwriters on the other and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the
Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution
pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if
the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other
method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the applicable Designated Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay 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 obligations of the Underwriters
of Designated Securities in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such
Designated Securities and not joint.
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(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Designated Securities which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Securities, the Representatives may in
their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to
purchase such Designated Securities on the terms contained herein. If within
thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do
not arrange for the purchase of such Designated Securities, then the Company
shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to
procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to
purchase such Designated Securities on such terms. In the event that, within the
respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company that they
have so arranged for the purchase of such Designated Securities, or the Company
notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such
Designated Securities, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right
to postpone the Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities for a period of
not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be
made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees
to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which in the opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made
necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any
person substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated
Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of such Designated Securities which remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of
the Designated Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Designated
Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement
relating to such Designated Securities and, in addition, to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the
principal amount of Designated Securities which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Designated Securities of such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been
made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Designated Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of Designated Securities which
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remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of
the Designated Securities, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if the
Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to
require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Designated Securities of a
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to
such Designated Securities shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the
part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses
to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof
and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing
herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
11. If any Pricing Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9
hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter
with respect to the Designated Securities covered by such Pricing Agreement
except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason
Designated Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as
provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the
Representatives for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the
Representatives, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably
incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and
delivery of such Designated Securities, but the Company shall then be under no
further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Securities
except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of
Designated Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such
Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be
designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the
Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement: Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice
to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set
forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the
Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
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13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent
provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company
and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no
other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities
from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of
such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used herein,
"business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in Washington,
D.C. is open for business.
15. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or
more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us five counterparts hereof.
Very truly yours,
PerkinElmer, Inc.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Senior Vice President
& Chief Financial Officer
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
UBS Warburg LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
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(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)
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ANNEX I
Pricing Agreement
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Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
UBS Warburg LLC
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000. , 2000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
PerkinElmer, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the "Company"), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement, dated August 2, 2000 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the
Company on the one hand and Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., UBS Warburg LLC, XX Xxxxx
Securities Corporation and Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC on the other hand, to
issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
"Underwriters") the Securities specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated
Securities"). Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a
part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set
forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties set forth
therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Pricing
Agreement, except that each representation and warranty which refers to the
Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in
relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and
warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation to the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Securities which are the
subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein
and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference
shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined
in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The
Representatives designated to act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf
of each of the Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant to Section 12
of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to
in such Section 12 are set forth at the end of Schedule II hereto.
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An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the
form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the
Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place
and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the principal amount of Designated Securities set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us five counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters
and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf
of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in
a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to
the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of
the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
PerkinElmer, Inc.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
UBS Warburg LLC
By:.......................................
(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
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SCHEDULE I
PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF
DESIGNATED
SECURITIES
TO BE
UNDERWRITER PURCHASED
----------- ----------
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. $
UBS Warburg LLC
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Total $
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SCHEDULE II
TITLE OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
[ %] [Floating Rate] [Zero Coupon] [Notes]
[Debentures] due ,
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
[$]
PRICE TO PUBLIC:
% of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued
interest[, if any,] from to [and
accrued amortization[, if any,] from to ]
PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:
% of the principal amount of the Designated Securities, plus accrued
interest[, if any,] from to [and
accrued amortization[, if any,] from to ]
FORM OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
[Definitive form to be made available for checking and packaging at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of [The
Depository Trust Company or its designated custodian] [the
Representatives]] [Book-entry only form represented by one or more global
securities deposited with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its
designated custodian, to be made available for checking by the
Representatives at least twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery
at the office of DTC.]
SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE:
Federal (same day) funds
TIME OF DELIVERY:
a.m. (New York City time), , ____
Indenture:
Indenture dated , ___, between the Company and , as
Trustee
MATURITY:
INTEREST RATE:
[ %] [Zero Coupon] [See Floating Rate Provisions]
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
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[months and dates, commencing ....................., 19..]
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS:
[No provisions for redemption]
[The Designated Securities may be redeemed, otherwise than through the
sinking fund, in whole or in part at the option of the Company, in the
amount of [$ ] or an integral multiple thereof, [on or after , at the
following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal
amount). If [redeemed on or before , %, and if] redeemed during the
12-month period beginning ,
REDEMPTION
YEAR PRICE
---- ----------
and thereafter at 100% of their principal amount, together in each case
with accrued interest to the redemption date.]
[on any interest payment date falling on or after , ,
at the election of the Company, at a redemption price equal to the principal
amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.]]
[Other possible redemption provisions, such as mandatory redemption upon
occurrence of certain events or redemption for changes in tax law]
[Restriction on refunding]
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS:
[No sinking fund provisions]
[The Designated Securities are entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund
to retire [$ ] principal amount of Designated Securities on in each of
the years through at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued
interest[, together with [cumulative] [noncumulative] redemptions at the
option of the Company to retire an additional [$ ] principal amount of
Designated Securities in the years through at 100% of their
principal amount plus accrued interest.]
DEFEASANCE PROVISIONS:
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CLOSING LOCATION FOR DELIVERY OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Designated Representatives: Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
UBS Warburg LLC
XX Xxxxx Securities Corporation
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Partners LLC
Address for Notices, etc.: c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Syndicate Department
CAPTION OF PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT:
OTHER TERMS:
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SCHEDULE III
MATERIAL SUBSIDIARIES
NAME STATE OR JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION
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ANNEX II
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect to
the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any supplementary
financial information and schedules audited (and, if applicable, financial
forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by them and
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and
the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder;
and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro
forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed financial
statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the
periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon,
copies of which have been furnished to the representative or
representatives of the Underwriters (the "Representatives"), such term to
include an Underwriter or Underwriters who act without any firm being
designated as its or their representatives, and are attached hereto;
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards established
by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of the unaudited
condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets
and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or
included in the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q incorporated by
reference into the Prospectus as indicated in their reports thereon copies
of which [HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY FURNISHED TO THE REPRESENTATIVES][ARE
ATTACHED HERETO]; and on the basis of specified procedures including
inquiries of officials of the Company who have responsibility for financial
and accounting matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the [ACT AND THE EXCHANGE] Act and the related published
rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that caused them to
believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the [ACT AND THE EXCHANGE] Act and the related
published rules and regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to the
consolidated results of operations and financial position of the Company
for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus and
included or incorporated by reference in
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Item 6 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent
fiscal year agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement where
applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for five such
fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in the
Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on
the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to
their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to
believe that this information does not conform in all material respects
with the disclosure requirements of Items 301 and 503(d), respectively, of
Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the
minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its
subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such
other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing
came to their attention that caused them to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of
income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of
cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included or incorporated
by reference in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form
in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements
of the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations,
or (ii) any material modifications should be made to the unaudited
condensed consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance
sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the
Prospectus or included in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus for them to be in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding
items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which
such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and
items were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the
basis for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated
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financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in
the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited
income statement data and balance sheet items included in the
Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a
basis substantially consistent with the basis for the audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and
regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those
statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated
capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of
options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance
shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case
which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any
increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or
stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Representatives,
or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in
each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except in
each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus
discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to
the specified date referred to in Clause (E) there were any decreases
in consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per
share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by
the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the
Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period
of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding
length specified by the Representatives, except in each case for
increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or
may occur or which are described in such letter; and
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(vii) In addition to the audit referred to in their report(s)
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the
limited procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other
procedures referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have
carried out certain specified procedures, not constituting an audit in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to
certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by
the Representatives which are derived from the general accounting
records of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the
Prospectus (excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part
II of, or in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement
specified by the Representatives or in documents incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus specified by the Representatives, and have
compared certain of such amounts, percentages and financial
information with the accounting records of the Company and its
subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.
All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as
defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter delivered on
the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents incorporated by
reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated Securities for
purposes of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such Designated
Securities.
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