XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
("Company")
Debt Securities
TERMS AGREEMENT
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January 27, 1998
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Township Line and Union Meeting Roads
Blue Xxxx, Pennsylvania 19424
Attention: Vice President and Treasurer
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We offer to purchase, on and subject to the terms and
conditions of the Underwriting Agreement Basic Provisions filed as an
exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-20373 and Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-08933)) (the "Underwriting Agreement"),
the following securities ("Securities") to be issued under the
Indenture, dated as of August 6, 1992, between the Company and Bank
One, NA, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented by the
Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 30, 1998, on the
following terms:
Title: 7-7/8% Senior Notes due 2008
Principal Amount: $200,000,000
Interest: 7-7/8% per annum, payable semiannually on each April
1 and October 1, commencing April 1, 1998, to holders of record of
the Securities at the close of business on the preceding March 15 or
September 15, as the case may be.
Maturity: April 1, 2008
Optional Redemption: The Notes may not be redeemed prior to
April 1, 2003, on and after which date, the Notes may be redeemed
at the option of the Company as a whole, or from time to time in part,
in multiples of $1,000 only, on any date prior to maturity, upon
mailing a notice of such redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the date fixed for redemption to the holders of the
Notes to be redeemed, at the following redemption prices (expressed in
percentages of the principal amount) together, in each case, with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If redeemed during
the 12-month period beginning April 1:
Year Percentage
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2003 103.938%
2004 102.625%
2005 101.313%
2006 and thereafter 100.000%
; provided that if the date fixed for redemption is April 1 or
October 1, then the interest payable on such date shall be paid to the
holder of record on the preceding March 15 or September 15.
Sinking Fund: None
Delayed Delivery contracts: None
Purchase Price: 97.603% of principal amount, plus accrued interest,
if any, from January 30, 1998
Expected Reoffering Price: 99.603% of principal amount, plus
accrued interest, if any, from January 30, 1998
Closing Date: 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on January 30, 1998
(or at such other time and date as we shall agree), at the offices of
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000
Settlement: Federal (same-day) funds
Name and Address of Representative:
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Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
The respective principal amounts of the Securities to be
purchased by each of the Underwriters are set forth opposite their
names in Schedule A hereto. All securities will be issued in the name
of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company in book-
entry form.
It is understood that we may, with your consent, amend this
offer to add additional Underwriters and reduce the aggregate
principal amount to be purchased by the Underwriters listed in
Schedule A hereto by the aggregate principal amount to be purchased by
such additional Underwriters.
The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference.
The Securities will be made available for checking at the
offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx at least 24 hours prior to the
Closing Date.
Please signify your acceptance of our offer by signing the
enclosed copy of this Terms Agreement in the space provided and
returning it to us.
Very truly yours,
BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
BT ALEX. XXXXX INCORPORATED
XXXXXXX XXXXX, XXXXXX XXXXXX &
XXXXX INCORPORATED
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
By: BEAR, XXXXXXX & CO. INC.
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
Agreed and Accepted:
XXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE A
Underwriters Principal Amount
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Bear, Xxxxxxx & Co. Inc. $100,000,000
BT Alex. Xxxxx Incorporated $ 33,333,334
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated $ 33,333,333
Salomon Brothers Inc $ 33,333,333
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Total $200,000,000
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