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Exhibit 1
7,400,000 SHARES
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
COMMON STOCK (WITHOUT PAR VALUE)
Form of
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
__________, 1998
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_____________, 1998
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc.
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
c/o Morgan Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International Limited
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc.
Xxxxxx Brothers International (Europe)
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
x/x Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xx. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Limited
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx X00 0XX
England
Dear Sirs and Mesdames:
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED, a Maryland corporation
(the "COMPANY"), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters (as
defined below) in Schedule I hereto (the "UNDERWRITERS") 7,400,000 shares of its
common stock (without par value) (the "FIRM SHARES").
It is understood that, subject to the conditions hereinafter
stated, 5,920,000 Firm Shares (the "U.S. FIRM SHARES") will be sold to the
several U.S. Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "U.S. UNDERWRITERS")
in connection with the offering and sale of such U.S. Firm Shares in the United
States and Canada to United States and Canadian Persons (as such terms are
defined in the Agreement Between U.S. and International Underwriters of even
date herewith), and 1,480,000 Firm Shares (the "INTERNATIONAL SHARES") will be
sold to the several International Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the
"INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS") in connection with the offering and sale of such
International Shares outside the United States and Canada to persons other than
United States and Canadian Persons. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc., Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. shall act as
representatives (the
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"U.S. REPRESENTATIVES") of the several U.S. Underwriters, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. International Limited, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc., Xxxxxx Brothers
International (Europe) and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. shall act as representatives (the
"INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES") of the several International Underwriters. The
U.S. Underwriters and the International Underwriters are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the Underwriters.
The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the several
U.S. Underwriters not more than an additional 1,100,000 shares of its common
stock (without par value) (the "ADDITIONAL SHARES") if and to the extent that
the U.S. Representatives shall have determined to exercise, on behalf of the
U.S. Underwriters, the right to purchase such shares of common stock granted to
the U.S. Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Firm Shares and the Additional
Shares are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "SHARES". The shares of
common stock (without par value) of the Company to be outstanding after giving
effect to the sales contemplated hereby are hereinafter referred to as the
"COMMON STOCK".
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "COMMISSION") a registration statement relating to the Shares.
The registration statement contains two prospectuses to be used in connection
with the offering and sale of the Shares: the U.S. prospectus, to be used in
connection with the offering and sale of Shares in the United States and Canada
to United States and Canadian Persons, and the international prospectus, to be
used in connection with the offering and sale of Shares outside the United
States and Canada to persons other than United States and Canadian Persons. The
international prospectus is identical to the U.S. prospectus except for the
outside front cover page. The registration statement as amended at the time it
becomes effective, including the information incorporated by reference and the
information (if any) deemed to be part of the registration statement at the time
of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430A under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "SECURITIES ACT"), is hereinafter referred to as the "REGISTRATION
STATEMENT"; the U.S. prospectus and the international prospectus in the
respective forms first used to confirm sales of Shares (and including the
information incorporated by reference) are hereinafter collectively referred to
as the "PROSPECTUS". If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration
statement to register additional shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act (the "RULE 462 REGISTRATION STATEMENT"), then any
reference herein to the term "Registration Statement" shall be deemed to include
such Rule 462 Registration Statement.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective; no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in
effect, and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or
threatened by the Commission.
(b) (i) The Registration Statement, when it became effective,
did not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will
not contain any untrue
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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, (ii) the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply
and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and (iii) the Prospectus does
not contain and, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except
that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do
not apply to statements or omissions in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus based upon information relating to any Underwriter
furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through you
expressly for use therein.
(c) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority (corporate and other) to own its property and to conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus and is duly registered as a
bank holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as
amended (the "BHC ACT").
(d) The Huntington National Bank ("THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL
BANK") has been duly organized, is validly existing as a national bank
in good standing under the laws of the United States, has the power and
authority to own its property and to conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business
or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification,
except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and
its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; all of the issued shares of capital
stock of The Huntington National Bank have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned
directly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
equities or claims.
(e) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company.
(f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth
in the Prospectus.
(g) All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
(h) The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement will be
validly issued, fully paid and
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non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Common Stock
contained in the Prospectus.
(i) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated herein will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or The Huntington
National Bank is a party or by which the Company or The Huntington
National Bank is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or The Huntington National Bank is subject, nor will such
transactions result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles
of Supplementary, the Articles of Amendment and Restatement, or the
By-Laws of the Company, the Articles of Association and By-Laws of The
Huntington National Bank, or any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company, The Huntington National Bank or any of
their respective properties; and no consent, approval, authorization,
order, registration or qualification of or with any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the transactions
contemplated herein except for such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the offer
and sale of the Shares.
(j) 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 (exclusive of any
amendments or supplement thereto subsequent to the date of the
Agreement); and, since the date as of which information is given in the
Prospectus, there has not been any change in the consolidated
shareholders' equity (other than as a result of earnings to date,
issuances pursuant to the Company's dividend reinvestment plan or under
any employee stock or benefit plan, regular quarterly dividends, and
changes in net unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for
sale) or any material change in long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries or any material adverse change, on any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus
(excluding any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date
of this Agreement).
(k) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus (excluding any
amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this
Agreement), there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any
property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject,
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involving potential losses with a reasonably possible unfavorable final
outcome against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is
expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse
effect on the consolidated financial position, shareholders' 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) Each preliminary prospectus filed as part of the
registration statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment
thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(m) The Company is not an "investment company" as such term is
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(n) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings
between the Company and any person granting such person the right to
require the Company to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or to
require the Company to include such securities with the Shares
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
2. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company hereby agrees
to sell to the several Underwriters, and each Underwriter, upon the basis of the
representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions
hereinafter stated, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company the respective numbers of Firm Shares set forth on Schedules I and II
hereto opposite its name at $______ a share (the "PURCHASE PRICE").
On the basis of the representations and warranties contained
in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees
to sell to the U.S. Underwriters the Additional Shares, and the U.S.
Underwriters shall have a one-time right to purchase, severally and not jointly,
up to 1,100,000 Additional Shares at the Purchase Price. If the U.S.
Representatives, on behalf of the U.S. Underwriters, elect to exercise such
option, the U.S. Representatives shall so notify the Company in writing not
later than 30 days after the date of this Agreement, which notice shall specify
the number of Additional Shares to be purchased by the U.S. Underwriters and the
date on which such shares are to be purchased. Such date may be the same as the
Closing Date (as defined below) but not earlier than the Closing Date nor later
than ten business days after the date of such notice. Additional Shares may be
purchased as provided in Section 4 hereof solely for the purpose of covering
over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Firm Shares. If any
Additional Shares are to be purchased, each U.S. Underwriter agrees, severally
and not jointly, to purchase the number of Additional Shares (subject to such
adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the U.S. Underwriters may
determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Additional
Shares to be purchased as the number
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of U.S. Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite the name of such
U.S. Underwriter bears to the total number of U.S. Firm Shares.
The Company hereby agrees that, without the prior written
consent of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated on behalf of the Underwriters, it
will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Prospectus, (i)
offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase,
purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to
purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any
shares of common stock (without par value) of the Company or any securities
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock (without par
value) of the Company or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that
transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of
ownership of the common stock (without par value) of the Company, whether any
such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by
delivery of common stock (without par value) of the Company or such other
securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A)
the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the issuance by the Company of common
stock, without par value, or options or other rights to purchase common stock,
without par value, under its existing benefit and compensation plans, (C) the
issuance or other transactions in common stock, without par value, in connection
with the Company's Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan, (D) the
issuance or sale of common stock, without par value, pursuant to acquisition
agreements entered into prior to the date of the Prospectus, (E) transactions
under the Rights Agreement (as defined in the Prospectus), or (F) the issuance
by the Company of common stock (without par value) of the Company in connection
with a stock dividend paid to all holders of common stock, without par value, on
a pro rata basis.
3. Terms of Public Offering. The Company is advised by you
that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of their respective
portions of the Shares as soon after the Registration Statement and this
Agreement have become effective as in your judgment is advisable. The Company is
further advised by you that the Shares are to be offered to the public initially
at U.S.$_____ a share (the "PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE") and to certain dealers
selected by you at a price that represents a concession not in excess of
U.S.$_____ a share under the Public Offering Price, and that any Underwriter may
allow, and such dealers may reallow, a concession, not in excess of U.S.$_____ a
share, to any Underwriter or to certain other dealers.
4. Payment and Delivery. Payment for the Firm Shares shall be
made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York
City against delivery of such Firm Shares for the respective accounts of the
several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on ____________, 1998,
at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than
_________, 1998, or other place as shall be designated in writing by you. The
time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the "CLOSING DATE".
Payment for any Additional Shares shall be made to the Company
in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against
delivery of such Additional
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Shares for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters at 10:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on the date specified in the notice described in Section 2
or at such other time on the same or on such other date, in any event not later
than _______, 1998, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date
of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the "OPTION CLOSING DATE".
Certificates for the Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall
be in definitive form and registered in such names and in such denominations as
you shall request in writing not later than one full business day prior to the
Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates
evidencing the Firm Shares and Additional Shares shall be delivered to you on
the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters, with any transfer taxes payable
in connection with the transfer of the Shares to the Underwriters duly paid,
against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.
5. Conditions to the Underwriters' Obligations. The
obligations of the Company to sell the Shares to the Underwriters and the
several obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Shares on
the Closing Date are subject to the condition that the Registration Statement
shall have become effective not later than [_____] (New York City time) on the
date hereof.
The several obligations of the Underwriters are subject to the
following further conditions:
(a) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and prior to the Closing Date:
(i) there shall not have occurred any downgrading,
nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential
downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not
indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded
any of the securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term
is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and
(ii) there shall not have occurred any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial
or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the
Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto
subsequent to the date of this Agreement) that, in your judgment, is
material and adverse and that makes it, in your judgment, impracticable
to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the
Prospectus.
(b) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date a
certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by an executive officer
of the Company, to the
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effect set forth in Section 5(a)(i) above and to the effect that the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement are true and correct as of the date thereof and that the
Company has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of
the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or
before such date.
The officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely
upon the best of his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date
an opinion of Porter, Wright, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, outside counsel for the
Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect of Exhibit A hereto and
stating that such opinion may be relied upon by Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx as
to matters of Maryland law. Such opinion shall be rendered to the
Underwriters at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date
an opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx, dated the Closing Date, with respect
to the incorporation of the Company, the validity of the Shares, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as you
may reasonably request, and Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx shall have received
such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable
them to pass upon such matters. In rendering such opinion, Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxxxx may rely as to the incorporation of the Company and all other
matters of Maryland law upon the opinion of Porter, Wright, Xxxxxx &
Xxxxxx referred to in paragraph 5(c) hereof.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received, on each of the date
hereof and the Closing Date, letters dated the date hereof and the
Closing Date in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters,
from Ernst & Young LLP, independent public accountants, and BDO
Xxxxxxx, LLP, independent public accountants, containing statements and
information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort
letters" to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and
certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing
Date shall use a "cut-off date" not earlier than the date hereof.
The several obligations of the U.S. Underwriters to purchase
Additional Shares hereunder are subject to the delivery to the U.S. Underwriters
on the Option Closing Date of documents dated the Option Closing Date such as
those referred to in 5(b), 5(c) and 5(d) and such other documents as the U.S.
Underwriters may reasonably request with respect to the good standing of the
Company, the due authorization and issuance of the Additional Shares and other
matters related to the issuance of the Additional Shares.
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6. Covenants of the Company. In further consideration of the
agreements of the Underwriters herein contained, the Company covenants with each
Underwriter as follows:
(a) To furnish to you, without charge, eight signed copies of
the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and for
delivery to each other Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration
Statement (without exhibits thereto) and to furnish to you in New York
City, without charge, prior to 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the
business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and during the
period mentioned in Section 6(c) below, as many copies of the
Prospectus and any supplements and amendments thereto or to the
Registration Statement as you may reasonably request.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, to furnish to you a copy of each such
proposed amendment or supplement and not to file any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object, and to file
with the Commission within the applicable period specified in Rule
424(b) under the Securities Act any prospectus required to be filed
pursuant to such Rule.
(c) If, during such period after the first date of the public
offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in
connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall
occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary to amend
or supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading, or if, in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters, it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to
comply with applicable law, forthwith to prepare, file with the
Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and to
the dealers (whose names and addresses you will furnish to the Company)
to which Shares may have been sold by you on behalf of the Underwriters
and to any other dealers upon request, either amendments or supplements
to the Prospectus so that the statements in the Prospectus as so
amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances
when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so
that the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with law.
(d) To endeavor to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under
the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you shall
reasonably request.
(e) To make generally available to the Company's security
holders and to you as soon as practicable an earning statement covering
the twelve-month period ending [June 30, 1999] that satisfies the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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(f) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this
Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay or
cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of the
Company's obligations under this Agreement, including: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and the Company's
accountants in connection with the registration and delivery of the
Shares under the Securities Act and all other fees or expenses in
connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and amendments
and supplements to any of the foregoing, including all printing costs
associated therewith, and the reasonable mailing and delivering of
copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, in the reasonable
quantities hereinabove specified, (ii) all costs and expenses related
to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters,
including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) the
reasonable cost of printing or producing any Blue Sky or Legal
Investment memorandum in connection with the offer and sale of the
Shares under state securities laws and all expenses in connection with
the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under state
securities laws as provided in Section 6(d) hereof, including filing
fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection
with the Blue Sky or Legal Investment memorandum, (iv) all costs and
expenses incident to listing the Shares on the Nasdaq National Market,
(v) the cost of printing certificates representing the Shares, (vi) the
costs and charges of any transfer agent, registrar or depositary, (vii)
the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor
presentations on any "road show" undertaken in connection with the
marketing of the offering of the Shares, including, without limitation,
expenses associated with the production of road show slides and
graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection
with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the
Company, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and
officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any
aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, and (viii) all
other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations
of the Company hereunder for which provision is not otherwise made in
this Section. It is understood, however, that except as provided in
this Section, Section 7 entitled "Indemnity and Contribution", and the
last paragraph of Section 9 below, the Underwriters will pay all of
their costs and expenses, including fees and disbursements of their
counsel, stock transfer taxes payable on resale of any of the Shares by
them and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may
make.
7. Indemnity and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, and each person, if any,
who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or is under common control with,
or is controlled by, such Underwriter, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation,
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with
defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any
untrue
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statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in
the Registration Statement, any amendment thereof, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company
shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused
by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages
or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or
alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to
any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of
an Underwriter through you expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers,
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to
such Underwriter, but only with reference to information relating to
such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by an Underwriter
through you expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto.
(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental
investigation) shall be instituted involving any person in respect of
which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either paragraph 7(a) or 7(b)
above, such person (the "indemnified party") shall promptly notify the
person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "indemnifying
party") in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the
indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the
indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the
fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any
such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain
its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at
the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention
of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party
and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the
same counsel would be inappropriate, in the reasonable judgement of the
indemnified party, because of actual or potential differing interests
between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not,
in respect of the legal expenses of any indemnified party in connection
with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be
liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in
addition to any local counsel) for (i) all Underwriters and all
persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of
either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange
Act and (ii) the Company, its directors, its officers and each person,
if any, who controls the Company with the meaning of either Section 15
of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and that all
such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In the
case of any such
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separate firm for the Underwriters and such control persons of the
Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated. In the case of any such separate firm for
the Company, and such directors, officers and control persons of the
Company, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Company. The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with
such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the
indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and
against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified
party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the
indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by
the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying
party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any
proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement
is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying
party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall
not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party
shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party,
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in
respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party
and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified
party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such
indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject
matter of such proceeding.
(d) To the extent the indemnification provided for in
paragraph 7(a) or 7(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or
insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities
referred to therein, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph,
in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the
Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause 7(d)(i) above is
not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate
to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 7(d)(i)
above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties
on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other
hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by
the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other hand in
connection with the offering of the shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such
received by the Underwriters in respect thereof, in each case as set
forth in the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of such.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the
Underwriters on the other hand shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact
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or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the
parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The
Underwriters' respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this
Section 7 are several in proportion to the respective number of Shares
they have purchased hereunder, not joint.
(e) The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not
be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 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 that does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to in paragraph (d) of this Section 7. The amount paid or
payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims,
damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be
deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, 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 Section 7, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that 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 Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation.
(f) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in
this Section 7 and the representations, warranties and other statements
of the Company contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and
in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this
Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any
Underwriter or any person controlling such Underwriter or by or on
behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of
the Shares. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not
exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may
otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.
8. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination
by notice given by you to the Company, if (a) after the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have
been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the
New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange or the National Association
of Securities Dealers, Inc., (ii) trading of any securities of the Company shall
have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a
general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or Ohio shall
have been declared by either Federal or New York or Ohio state authorities or
(iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any
change in financial markets or
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any calamity or crisis that, in your judgment, is material and adverse and (b)
in the case of any of the events specified in clauses 8(a)(i) through 8(a)(iv),
such event, singly or together with any other such event, makes it, in your
judgment, impracticable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus.
9. Effectiveness; Defaulting Underwriters. This Agreement
shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties
hereto.
If, on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the
case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Shares that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such
date, and the aggregate number of Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth
of the aggregate number of the Shares to be purchased on such date, the other
Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the number of
Firm Shares set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I or Schedule
II bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the names of
all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as you may
specify, to purchase the Shares which such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided
that in no event shall the number of Shares that any Underwriter has agreed to
purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by
an amount in excess of one-ninth of such number of Shares without the written
consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Firm Shares and the aggregate
number of Firm Shares with respect to which such default occurs is more than
one-tenth of the aggregate number of Firm Shares to be purchased, and
arrangements satisfactory to you and the Company for the purchase of such Firm
Shares are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company. In any such case either you or the Company shall have the right to
postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order
that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and in the
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on the
Option Closing Date, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to
purchase Additional Shares and the aggregate number of Additional Shares with
respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate
number of Additional Shares to be purchased, the non-defaulting Underwriters
shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase
Additional Shares or (ii) purchase not less than the number of Additional Shares
that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in
the absence of such default. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not
relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of
such Underwriter under this Agreement.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or
any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to
comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or
if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under
this Agreement, the Company will reimburse the
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Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so terminated this Agreement with
respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the
fees and disbursements of their counsel) reasonably incurred by such
Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated
hereunder.
10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
11. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.
12. Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement
have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a
part of this Agreement.
Very truly yours,
HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED
By:
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Name:
Title:
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Accepted as of the date hereof
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED
XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
Acting severally on behalf
of themselves and the
several Underwriters named
in Schedule I hereto.
By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
By:
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Name:
Title:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
XXXXX, XXXXXXXX & XXXXX, INC.
XXXXXX BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL (EUROPE)
XXXXX XXXXXX INC.
Acting severally on behalf
of themselves and the
several Underwriters named
in Schedule II hereto.
By: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International Limited
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
U.S. UNDERWRITERS
NUMBER OF
FIRM SHARES
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated..........................
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc...............................
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc........................................
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc...........................................
[NAMES OF OTHER UNDERWRITERS]
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Total U.S. Firm Shares............................
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SCHEDULE II
INTERNATIONAL UNDERWRITERS
NUMBER OF
FIRM SHARES
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. International Limited.................
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, Inc...............................
Xxxxxx Brothers International (Europe).....................
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc...........................................
[NAMES OF OTHER UNDERWRITERS]
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Total International Firm Shares...................
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EXHIBIT A
[Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Letterhead]
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the power and authority
(corporate and other) to own its property and to conduct its business
as described in the Prospectus and is duly registered as a bank holding
company under the BHC Act;
(ii) The Huntington National Bank has been duly organized, is
validly existing as a national bank in good standing under the laws of
the United States, has the power and authority to own its property and
to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or
leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent
that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole;
(iii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set
forth in the Prospectus (excluding any amendments or supplements
thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement); and all of the
issued shares of capital stock of The Huntington National Bank have
been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable (subject to the provisions of 12 U.S.C. Section 55) and
to the best knowledge of such counsel are beneficially owned, directly
or indirectly, by the Company, subject to no security interest, other
encumbrance or adverse claim, except as otherwise stated in the
Prospectus (excluding any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent
to the date of this Agreement);
(iv) the shares of Common Stock outstanding prior to the
issuance of the Shares have been duly authorized and are validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable;
(v) the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such
Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights;
(vi) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
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(vii) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Company will 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 known to such counsel to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company is subject, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation, as amended, of the Company or the By-Laws of the Company
or any statute or any order, 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 for such violations and
defaults as would not have a material adverse effect on the financial
position, results of operations, business or prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any
court or governmental agency or body is required for the performance by
the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, except such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as
may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection
with the offer and sale of the Shares;
(viii) the statements (A) in the Prospectus under the captions
"Dividends and Price Range of Common Stock," "Capitalization,"
"Description of Common Stock" and "Underwriters" and (B) in the
Registration Statement in Items 14 and 15, in each case insofar as such
statements purport to constitute summaries of the Shares, the Common
Stock, the charter documents and by-laws of the Company and Huntington
National Bank, the Pill Agreement, and Maryland law and this Agreement
constitute accurate summaries of the information called for with
respect to such legal matters, documents and proceedings and the
matters referred to therein;
(ix) to the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as
set forth in the Prospectus (excluding any amendments or supplements
thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), there are no legal
or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is subject, which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial
position, shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries; and to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no
such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others;
(x) such counsel does not know of any contracts or other
documents required to be described or referred to in or filed or
incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus other than those described or
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referred to therein or filed as an exhibit thereto (excluding any
amendments or supplements to the Prospectus subsequent to the date of
this Agreement);
(xi) the Company is not required to register as an "investment
company" as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended;
(xii) such counsel (A) is of the opinion that the Registration
Statement and Prospectus (except for financial statements and schedules
and other financial and statistical data included therein as to which
such counsel need not express any opinion) comply as to form in all
material respects with the Securities Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, (B) has no reason to believe
that (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial
and statistical data as to which such counsel need not express any
belief) the Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein
at the time the Registration Statement became effective 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 and (C) has no reason to believe that (except
for financial statements and schedules and other financial and
statistical data as to which such counsel need not express any belief)
the Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
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