European Investment Bank UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Exhibit
E
To
the
Representatives named in Schedule I hereto
(the
“Representatives”) of
the Underwriters
named
in
Schedule II hereto,
As
Representatives of the several Underwriters
Dear
Sirs:
The
European Investment Bank (the “Bank”)
proposes to issue the principal amount of its securities identified in Schedule
I hereto (the “Securities”).
The
Securities are more fully described in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (each as
defined in Section 1(a)). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to a
fiscal agency agreement (the “Fiscal
Agency Agreement”),
in
the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, between the Bank
and
the Fiscal Agent named therein (the “Fiscal
Agent”).
You
have
advised the Bank (i) that you and the firms and corporations named in Schedule
II attached hereto (you and such firms and corporations being hereinafter called
the “Underwriters”,
which
term shall also include any firm or corporation substituted for any Underwriter
as provided for in Section 14; provided
that if
only the Representatives are named in Schedule II as underwriters, the terms
Underwriters and Representatives as used herein shall each be deemed to refer
to
the same firm or firms), acting severally and not jointly, are willing to
purchase, on the terms and conditions hereof and in Schedule I hereto, the
respective principal amounts of the Securities set forth opposite the names
of
the Underwriters in Schedule II and (ii) that you are authorized, on behalf
of
yourselves and the other Underwriters, to enter into this
Agreement.
1. Certain
Representations and Warranties by the Bank.
The Bank
represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Registration
Statement and Prospectus. The
Bank
has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)
in
Washington, D.C., a registration statement, the Registration Number of which
is
set forth in Schedule I hereto, which has become effective, for the registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”),
of
the Securities and other securities. Such registration statement, as amended
at
the date of this Agreement, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415 under
the Act as applicable to registration statements subject to Schedule B under
the
Act pursuant to Securities Act Releases No. 33-6240 and 33-6424 (the
“Releases”),
and
complies in all other material respects with Rule 415 and the Releases. The
Bank will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act a
supplement to the form of prospectus included in such registration statement
relating to the Securities and the plan of distribution thereof and has
previously advised you of all further information (financial, statistical and
other) with respect to the Bank to be set forth therein. The Bank has adequately
disseminated the Basic Prospectus (as defined in Section 1(a)) to the
public a reasonable period before the offering in accordance with the Releases.
In addition, the Bank will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Act within the time required by such Rule a final term sheet (the
“Final
Term Sheet”)
in the
form of Schedule IV hereto, containing solely a description of the Securities
and the offering thereof, and will file promptly all other material required
to
be filed by the Bank with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the
Act.
The Bank will not file any amendment to such registration statement or any
such
prospectus or any supplement to any such prospectus (including the Final
Prospectus) on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the termination
of the Offering, except with the approval of the Representatives. As used in
this Agreement, “Applicable
Time”
means
the time specified in Schedule I hereto on the date of this Agreement;
“Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus”
means
each “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act
prepared by or on behalf of the Bank or used or referred to by the Bank, each
of
which is listed on Schedule III.A. hereto, including the Final Term Sheet;
“Registration
Statement”
as
used
with respect to a particular issue of the Securities, means the registration
statement, as amended at the
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time
of
such registration statement’s effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the
Act as such section applies to the Bank and the Underwriters for the Securities
pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act, including all exhibits, all documents
then
filed as a part thereof or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference therein and any information contained or incorporated by reference
in
a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act,
to
the extent such information is deemed, pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act,
to
be part of the registration statement at the effective time; “Basic
Prospectus”
means
the prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration Statement;
“Preliminary
Final Prospectus”
means
a
preliminary form of the Final Prospectus which shall be filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act; “Final
Prospectus”
means
the final prospectus in the form first used in connection with confirmation
of
sales of the Securities and in which it shall be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act; and “Pricing
Disclosure Package”
means,
as of the Applicable Time, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet and each other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
Any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus
or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents
incorporated by reference therein.
(b) Accuracy
of the Documents. (i) Each
part
of the Registration Statement, as of the applicable effective date as to each
such part of the Registration Statement, complied in all material respects
with
the provisions of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading. As of the date hereof, the
Registration Statement complies in all material respects with the provisions
of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and does
not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein not misleading. At all times subsequent to the date hereof up to and
including the Closing Date (as defined in Section 3), the Registration
Statement, as amended as of any such time, will comply in all material respects
with the provisions of the Act and
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the
rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(ii) The
Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under
which they were made, not misleading.
(iii) When
the
Final Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and at
all
times subsequent thereto up to and including the Closing Date, the Final
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if the Bank
shall have filed with the Commission any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto, will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Act
and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(iv) Each
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if any, does not conflict with the information
contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, and each such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus, when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as
of
the Applicable Time, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(v) None
of
the representations and warranties contained in this Section 1(b) shall apply
to
statements in, or omissions from, the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Final Prospectus,
the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement
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thereto,
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, based upon and in conformity with
information furnished as herein stated or otherwise furnished in writing to
the
Bank by or on behalf of any Underwriter for use in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing
Disclosure Package, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus
or
any such amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus.
(c) Material
Changes.
Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus
and the Pricing Disclosure Package up to the date and time of this Agreement,
there was no material adverse change in the condition, financial or other,
of
the Bank, other than changes arising from transactions in the ordinary course
of
the Bank’s operations and except as contemplated by the Registration Statement,
the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Pricing
Disclosure Package.
(d) Issuance
of the Securities.
On the
Closing Date, the Securities will be duly and validly authorized and, when
issued and delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, will constitute
valid, legally binding and unconditional, direct and general obligations of
the
Bank in accordance with their terms; the Securities will rank pari passu
with any
present or future indebtedness of the Bank represented by any unsubordinated
notes, bonds or other securities, except indebtedness (i) incurred for all
or
part of the purchase price of property purchased by the Bank and (ii) secured
by
any mortgage, pledge or other security interest on such property but otherwise
ranking pari passu
with the
Securities. The Securities will conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet, any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus,
any
Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus; and neither the issuance
or sale of the Securities nor the taking of any other action herein contemplated
will result in a breach by the Bank of any terms of, or constitute a default
under, any agreement or undertaking of the Bank, the Treaty of Rome of 25th
March 1957 establishing
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the
European Economic Community and the Bank, as amended and supplemented from
time
to time (the “Treaty”)
or the
Statute of the Bank (the “Statute”)
set
forth in a Protocol annexed to the Treaty, as amended and modified.
(e) Status
under the Act.
The
Bank was not an “ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, at
each relevant time specified in Rule 405 under the Act in connection with the
offering of the Securities.
(f) Accountants.
The
accountants whose certificate with respect to financial statements is included
in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus are independent with respect to the Bank
within the meaning of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
2. Purchase
and Sale. (a) Subject
to the terms and conditions and upon the representations and warranties herein
set forth, the Bank agrees to sell to you and the other Underwriters, severally
and not jointly, and you and such other Underwriters, severally and not jointly,
agree to purchase from the Bank, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule
I
hereto, the respective principal amounts of Securities set forth opposite the
names of the Underwriters in Schedule II hereto.
(b) Each
Underwriter covenants and agrees severally with the Bank that with respect
to
Securities in bearer form (if any):
(i) except
to
the extent permitted under U.S. Treasury Reg. § 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D) (the
“D Rules”),
(A) each Underwriter has not offered or sold, and during the restricted
period will not offer or sell, Securities in bearer form to a person who is
within the United States or its possessions or to a United States person, and
(B) each Underwriter has not delivered and will not deliver within the
United States or its possessions definitive Securities in bearer form that
are
sold during the restricted period;
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(ii) each
Underwriter has, and throughout the restricted period will have, in effect
procedures reasonably designed to ensure that its employees or agents who are
directly engaged in selling Securities in bearer form are aware that such
Securities may not be offered or sold during the restricted period to a person
who is within the United States or its possessions or to a United States person,
except as permitted by the D Rules;
(iii) if
it is
a United States person, each Underwriter represents that it is acquiring the
Securities in bearer form for purposes of resale in connection with their
original issuance and if it retains Securities in bearer form for its own
account, it will do so only in accordance with the requirements of U.S. Treasury
Reg. § 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(6); and
(iv) with
respect to any affiliate of an Underwriter that acquires from such Underwriter
Securities in bearer form for the purpose of offering or selling such Securities
during the restricted period, such Underwriter will obtain from such affiliate
for its benefit and the benefit of the Bank the representations and agreements
contained in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of this
Section 2(b).
Terms
used in this Section 2(b) have the meanings given to them by the U.S.
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder,
including the D Rules. In addition, each Underwriter represents and agrees
that neither it nor any of its affiliates has entered or will enter into any
contractual arrangement with any person other than another Underwriter or an
affiliate of an Underwriter with respect to the distribution or delivery by
such
person of the Securities, except with the prior written consent of the
Bank.
(c) Each
Underwriter covenants and agrees with the Bank that with regard to the
Securities:
(i) Upon
authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Securities, the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms
and
conditions set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus.
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(ii) Each
Underwriter severally represents and agrees with the Bank that it has not
acquired, offered, sold or delivered and it will not offer, sell or deliver,
directly or indirectly, any of the Securities or possess or distribute any
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus,
the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any other material
relating to the offering of the Securities or the Bank, in or from any
jurisdiction (including the U.S.) except in compliance with the applicable
laws
and regulations of any such jurisdiction, including the U.S. (including, without
limitation, any prospectus delivery requirements or antifraud provisions) and
which will not impose any obligations on the Bank except as contained in this
Agreement.
(iii) Without
prejudice to the provisions of Section 1(b) and 2(b)(i) and (ii) above and
except for registration under the Act and compliance with the rules and
regulations thereunder and the qualification of the Securities for offer and
sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate
pursuant to Section 7, the Bank shall not have any responsibility for, and
each Underwriter severally agrees with the Bank that each such Underwriter
and
its respective affiliates will obtain, any consent, approval or authorization
required by them for the purchase, offer, sale or delivery by them of any of
the
Securities under the laws and regulations in force in any jurisdiction to which
they are subject or in or from which they make such purchase, offer, sale or
delivery of any of the Securities.
(iv) The
Underwriters acknowledge that other than the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus and any document incorporated by reference therein,
no
other material or communication that may be used in connection with the offering
of the Securities (the “Non-U.S.
Offering Materials”)
has
been filed under the Act. Accordingly, each Underwriter severally represents
to
and agrees with the Bank that it has not delivered or distributed and will
not
deliver or distribute within the United States or to any U.S. person (as
such terms are defined in
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Regulation S
under the Act) any Non-U.S. Offering Materials, except as permitted by the
Act.
3. Closing
on the Securities.
Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made on the date and at
the
time specified in Schedule I hereto, which date and time may be postponed by
agreement between you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, and the Bank
or
as provided in Section 14 (such date and time of delivery and payment for
the Securities being herein called the “Closing
Date”).
Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the office specified in Schedule
I
hereto for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters, against payment
by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase prices
thereof, to or upon the order of the Bank in the funds specified in Schedule
I
hereto. The Securities shall be in the form provided in Schedule I.
4. Prospectuses.
The
Bank has caused to be delivered to the Underwriters an electronic copy of any
Preliminary Final Prospectus and has consented to the use of such copy for
the
purposes permitted by the Act. The Bank agrees to deliver to you, as
Representatives of the Underwriters, without charge, from time to time during
such period as the Final Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred
to
in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required by law to be delivered in
connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer, an electronic copy of the
Final Prospectus (and, in the event of any amendment or supplement to the Final
Prospectus, of such amended or supplemented Final Prospectus). If, at any time
during the period in which the Bank is required to deliver an electronic copy
of
the Final Prospectus as provided in this Section 4, any event known to the
Bank
shall occur as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading
in the light of the circumstances under which they are made when the Final
Prospectus (or, in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)
under the Act) is delivered to a purchaser, or it shall be necessary to amend
or
supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with law or with the rules and
regulations of the Commission, the Bank, at its
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expense,
will forthwith prepare and furnish to you for distribution to the Underwriters
and dealers an electronic copy of an amendment or amendments or a supplement
or
supplements to the Final Prospectus which will so amend or supplement the Final
Prospectus that as amended or supplemented it will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements in the Final Prospectus not misleading in the
light
of the circumstances under which they are made when it is delivered to a
purchaser, and will comply with law and with such rules and regulations. The
Bank authorizes the Underwriters, and all dealers to whom any Securities may
be
sold by the several Underwriters, to use the Final Prospectus, as from time
to
time amended or supplemented, in connection with the sale of Securities in
accordance with applicable provisions of the Act and the applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder for the period during which the Bank
is
required to deliver an electronic copy of the Final Prospectus as provided
in
this Section 4.
5. Free
Writing Prospectuses.
(a) Each
Underwriter represents and agrees that (i) it has not made and will not make
any
offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing
prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act without the prior consent
of the Bank; provided
that any
Underwriter may prepare and use any “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule
405 under the Act containing only the final terms of the Securities or their
offering so long as such terms are included in the Final Term Sheet and
otherwise in compliance with Rule 433 under the Act, and (ii) it will, pursuant
to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each free
writing prospectus used by it, in accordance with Rule 433 under the
Act.
(b) The
Bank
represents and agrees that (i) it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as
defined in Rule 405 under the Act without the prior consent of the
Representatives other than the Final Term Sheet filed by the Bank pursuant
to
Section 1(a) hereof and (ii) it has complied and will comply with the
requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission,
retention
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where
required and legending. The Bank further agrees that if at any time following
the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and prior to the expiration
of
the period in which the Bank is required to deliver an electronic copy of the
Final Prospectus as provided in Section 4, any event known to the Bank shall
occur as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would contain
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then
prevailing, not misleading, the Bank will give prompt notice thereof to the
Representatives and, if requested by the Representatives, will prepare and
furnish without charge to the Representatives for distribution to the
Underwriters an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or other document which will
correct such statement or omission; provided,
however,
that
this undertaking shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus made based upon and in conformity with information
furnished as herein stated or otherwise furnished in writing to the Bank by
or
on behalf of any Underwriter for use in connection with the preparation of
such
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(c) Any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Final Term Sheet) and such other
“free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act the use of which
has been consented to as required pursuant to this Section 5 is listed on
Schedules III.A. and III.B. hereto, respectively.
6. Commission
Proceedings as to Registration Statement.
The
Bank agrees promptly to advise you, as Representatives of the Underwriters,
(a)
when the Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to
Rule 424(b) under the Act, (b) when any amendment to the Registration Statement
shall have been filed and/or become effective or any subsequent supplement
to
the Final Prospectus has been filed, (c) when any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 433(d) under the Act, (d) of any request by the Commission for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or amendment of or supplement to the
Final Prospectus or for additional information and (e) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or suspending or preventing the
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use
of
the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or of the initiation
of any proceedings for that purpose. The Bank will use every reasonable effort
to prevent the issuance of such a stop order and, if any such order shall at
any
time be issued, to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible
moment.
7. Qualification
and Listing.
The
Bank will use its commercially reasonable efforts, when and as requested by
you,
to qualify the Securities or such portion thereof as you may request for offer
and sale under the securities laws of any jurisdictions which you shall
reasonably designate; provided,
however,
that
the Bank shall not be obligated to take any action in connection with such
qualification that would subject it to taxation or to service of process
generally or require it to qualify as a dealer in securities or to do business
in any jurisdiction where the Bank would not otherwise be so subject or required
to qualify. The Bank will make application for and use its commercially
reasonable efforts to procure and maintain the listing of the Securities on
the
securities exchange or exchanges named in Schedule I and, if required,
their registration under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”).
8. Statement
of Profit and Loss.
The
Bank agrees (a) to make generally available to its security holders a
statement, in the English language, of profit and loss of the Bank for the
twelve-month period beginning at the end of the fiscal year which ends after
the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under
the Act) as soon as practicable after the date thereof which will satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and (b) to advise you that such statement
has been so made available.
9. Expenses.
Unless
otherwise agreed to by you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, and the
Bank, the Bank agrees to pay all expenses in connection with (a) the
preparation and filing of the Registration Statement (including all exhibits
to
the Registration Statement) and any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final
Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto, and any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, and the furnishing of an electronic copy of each to
the
Underwriters, (b) the printing of this
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Agreement
and the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the fees and expenses of the Fiscal Agent
thereunder, (c) the fees paid to rating agencies for rating the Securities
and (d) the fees and expenses in connection with qualifying, listing and
registering the Securities as provided in Section 7. It is understood that
(except as provided in Sections 11(a), 11(c) and 16(d)) the Underwriters will
pay their own costs and expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their
counsel) and their out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation
of
the Registration Statement and the advertising and other expenses connected
with
the public offering of the Securities; and the Bank agrees that on the Closing
Date it will pay to you, for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters, up to the amount specified in Schedule I hereto toward
reimbursement in part of such costs and expenses of the
Underwriters.
10. Further
Information.
While
any of the Securities are outstanding, the Bank will deliver to you copies
of
all reports and financial statements furnished to any national securities
exchange in the United States pursuant to requirements of, or agreements with,
any such exchange and to the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
11. Indemnities. (a) By
the
Bank.
The
Bank agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any and
all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or
any
of them may become subject under the Act or any other statute or common law
or
otherwise, and to reimburse the Underwriters for any legal or other expenses
incurred by them in connection with investigating any claims and defending
any
actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of
a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or
in
any amendment thereto, or in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any "issuer information" filed or required
to
be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
(in
the case of the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto) necessary
to
make the statements therein not misleading or (in the case of the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus,
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the
Final
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
or
any "issuer information" filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d)
under the Act) necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however,
that
the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 11(a) shall not apply to
any
such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arising out of, or based
upon, any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or any such
omission or alleged omission, if such statement or omission was made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished as herein stated or in writing
to the Bank by or on behalf of any Underwriter for use in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement or the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed or required to
be
filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act.
(b) By
the
Underwriters.
Each
Underwriter severally but not jointly and in respect of its own statements
agrees, in the same manner and to the same extent as set forth in Section 11(a),
to indemnify and hold harmless the Bank, all the Directors of the Bank, its
duly
authorized representative in the United States and the officials of the Bank
who
shall have signed the Registration Statement with respect to any statement
in or
omission from the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, or in the
Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if such
statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished as herein stated or otherwise furnished in writing to
the
Bank by or on behalf of such Underwriter for use in connection with the
preparation of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus, the Final Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
(c) General.
Each
indemnified party will, promptly after the receipt of notice of the commencement
of any action against such indemnified party in respect of
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which
indemnity may be sought from an indemnifying party on account of an indemnity
agreement contained in this Section 11, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof. The omission of any indemnified party
so to
notify an indemnifying party of any such action shall not relieve the
indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to such indemnified
party on account of the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 11,
and in addition shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any other
liability which it may have to such indemnified party. Except as provided below,
in case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and
it
shall notify an indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may
wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume
the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not
be
liable to such indemnified party under this Section 11 for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. Such
indemnified party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such
action and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of
such
counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the
employment of such counsel has been authorized by the indemnifying party in
connection with the defense of such action, (ii) such indemnified party
shall have been advised by such counsel that there may be legal defenses
available to it which are different from or additional to those available to
the
indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the
right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party)
and, in any case where the indemnified party is an Underwriter, such counsel
has
been retained by you as Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, or (iii)
the indemnifying party shall not have assumed the defense of such action and
employed counsel therefor satisfactory to such indemnified party within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of such action, in any of which
events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying
party.
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(d) If
the
indemnification provided for in this Section 11 shall for any reason be
unavailable to an indemnified party under Section 11(a) or 11(b) in respect
of
any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred
to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified
party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect
thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Bank on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
(i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause
(i)
above but also the relative fault of the Bank on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other with respect to the statements or omissions which
resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof,
as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Bank on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other with
respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the
total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities (before deducting
expenses) received by the Bank bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to such offering, in
either case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Final Prospectus.
The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission
to
state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Bank or the
Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access
to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Bank and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable
if
contributions pursuant to this Section 11(d) were to be 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 into account
the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable
by
an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or
action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 11(d) shall be
deemed to include,
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for
purposes of this Section 11(d), 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 11(d), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the 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 paid or become liable to pay by
reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning
of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’
obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 11(d) are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations as set forth in Schedule
II and not joint.
(e) Survival.
The
respective indemnity and contribution agreements of the Bank and the
Underwriters contained in this Section 11 and the representations and warranties
of the Bank set forth in Section 1, shall remain operative and in full force
and
effect, regardless of any termination or cancellation of this Agreement or
any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Bank or any such
Director, representative or official, and shall survive the delivery of the
Securities, and any successor of any Underwriter or of the Bank or of any such
Director, representative or official, as the case may be, shall be entitled
to
the benefit of the respective indemnity and contribution
agreements.
12. Conditions
to Underwriters’ Obligations.
The
several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy
of
and compliance with the representations and warranties of the Bank contained
in
Section 1 as of the date hereof and the Closing Date (and the Bank shall be
deemed expressly to have represented and warranted as of the Closing Date that
the representations and warranties contained in Section 1 are true and correct
and that it has complied with such representations and warranties), and to
the
following further conditions:
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(a) Filings;
No Stop Order.
The
Final Prospectus shall have been filed in the manner and within the time period
required by Rule 424(b) under the Act; the Final Term Sheet, each other Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus and any other material required to be filed by the
Bank
pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed, to the extent
required, with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed
for
such filings by Rule 433 under the Act; and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, as amended from time to time,
shall
be in effect on the Closing Date, and no proceedings for the issuance of such
orders shall be pending or, to the knowledge of the Bank or you, threatened
by
the Commission at that date.
(b) Opinion
of the Bank.
The
Bank shall have furnished to you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, the
opinion, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date, of the Bank,
acting through its Legal Department, which opinion may be given in reliance
on
opinions of other counsel satisfactory to you and in particular, with respect
to
matters of the law of the United States or any state thereof, may be given
in
reliance on the opinion of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP referred to in
Section 12(c), to the effect that:
(i) The
Treaty, including the Statute of the Bank, has been duly executed and ratified
by The Kingdom of Belgium, The Czech Republic, The Kingdom of Denmark, The
Federal Republic of Germany, The Republic of Estonia, The Hellenic Republic,
The
Kingdom of Spain, The French Republic, Ireland, The Italian Republic, The
Republic of Cyprus, The Republic of Latvia, The Republic of Lithuania, The
Grand
Duchy of Luxembourg, The Republic of Hungary, The Republic of Malta, The Kingdom
of the Netherlands, The Republic of Austria, The Republic of Poland, The
Portuguese Republic, The Republic of Slovenia, The Slovak Republic, The Republic
of Finland, The Kingdom of Sweden and The United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland (the “Member
States”)
and
constitutes a legally binding obligation of the Member States under
international law.
(ii) The
Securities have been duly and validly authorized; the Securities have been
duly
and validly issued; the Securities and all the covenants
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therein
contained constitute or will constitute valid, legally binding and
unconditional, direct and general obligations of the Bank in accordance with
their terms; the Securities will rank pari passu
with any
present or future indebtedness of the Bank represented by any unsubordinated
notes, bonds or other securities except indebtedness (A) incurred for all
or part of the purchase price of property purchased by the Bank and
(B) secured by any mortgage, pledge or other security interest on such
property but otherwise ranking pari passu
with the
Securities; and the Securities conform in all material respects to the
descriptions thereof contained in the Final Prospectus.
(iii) This
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Bank.
(iv) The
Fiscal Agency Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the
Bank and is the valid and legally binding agreement of the Bank.
(v) Any
action by any Underwriter based on this Agreement and any action by a holder
of
a Security based on the Securities may be instituted against the Bank in any
competent court in the jurisdiction in which the Bank has its seat, which is,
on
the Closing Date, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
(vi) The
Registration Statement, as amended, the Final Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and their filing with the
Commission have been duly authorized by and on behalf of the Bank and the
Registration Statement, as amended, has been duly signed, pursuant to such
authorization, by and on behalf of the Bank, and the information in the
Registration Statement, as amended, the Final Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus stated on the authority
of
the President of the Bank has been stated by him in his official capacity as
President thereunto duly authorized by the Bank; and all statements in the
Registration Statement, as amended, the Final Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented, and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with
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respect
to the provisions of the Treaty and the Statute are true and correct (except
that no opinion need be expressed as to the statements in the Registration
Statement, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with
respect to the laws of the Member States).
(vii) The
Treaty provides that the Court of Justice of the European Communities in
Luxembourg (the “European
Court of Justice”)
has
exclusive jurisdiction in certain cases involving the fulfillment by Member
States of their obligations under the Statute and the lawfulness of measures
adopted by the Board of Governors and the Bank’s Board of Directors. Subject to
the foregoing exclusive jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, any
litigation between the Bank and its creditors or debtors, including any claims
based on guarantees made by Member States, may be determined by competent
national courts. The property and assets of the Bank within the Member States
are not, except by judicial decision and with the authorization of the European
Court of Justice, subject to the attachment or seizure by the way of
execution.
(c) Opinion
and Letter of United States Counsel for the Bank.
The
Bank shall furnish to you, as representatives of the Underwriters, the opinion
and letter, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the Closing Date, of
Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, United States counsel for the Bank, which
opinion and letter shall be satisfactory in form and substance to you and may
be
given in reliance on opinions of the Bank, acting through its Legal Department,
and of other counsel satisfactory to you and in particular, with respect to
matters of the law of the Community and the Member States, may be given in
reliance on the opinion of the Bank, acting through its Legal Department,
referred to in Section 12(b), to the effect stated in subparagraphs (i),
(ii) (except the fourth clause thereof), (iii), (iv) and (vi) (except that
no
opinion need be expressed as to the statements in the Registration Statement,
the Final Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with respect to
the
laws of the Member States) of Section 12(b), to the effect that (i) the
Registration Statement (and any amendment thereto relating to the Securities)
has become effective and is effective under the Act, (ii) each part of the
Registration Statement, as amended, when such
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part
became effective, each amendment thereto relating to the Securities, when such
amendment became effective, the Final Prospectus, as of its issue date, and
each
amendment or supplement to the Final Prospectus, as of the issue date of such
amendment or supplement, complied as to form in all material respects with
the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder (except that no opinion need be expressed as to financial statements,
statistics and financial data), and the Securities are registered under the
Act,
and (iii) based on such counsel’s correspondence and participation in
conferences with officials of the Bank, including the above-mentioned counsel
within the Legal Department of the Bank, and their examination of specified
documents, they have no reason to believe that (A) any part of the
Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto relating to the Securities),
as
of the applicable effective date as to such part of the Registration Statement,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein as necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, (B) the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable
Time, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (C) the Final
Prospectus, as of the issue date, contained an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading or (D) the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as amended
or supplemented, if so amended or supplemented), as of the Closing Date,
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein as necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(d) Opinions
of Counsel for the Underwriters.
You
shall have received the opinion and letter of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP,
counsel for the Underwriters, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the
Closing Date, with respect to the Treaty, the validity of the Securities, the
Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, this Agreement, the Fiscal
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Agency
Agreement and such other related matters as you may require. Such opinion and
letter may, with respect to matters of the law of the Community and the Member
States, be given in reliance on the opinion of the Bank, acting through its
Legal Department, referred to in Section 12(b).
(e) Letter
of Independent Accountants.
On the
Closing Date, you shall have received a letter, dated the date of delivery
thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you.
(f) Determination
by Representatives.
In the
event that the letter referred to in Section 12(e) sets forth any change,
decrease or loss, you, as Representatives of the Underwriters, in your sole
discretion, shall have determined, after discussion with officials of the Bank
responsible for financial and accounting matters and with Ernst & Xxxxx
X.X., that such change, decrease or loss does not reflect a material adverse
change in the capital or borrowings of the Bank as compared with amounts shown
in the latest financial statements included in the Final Prospectus, or a
material adverse change in the financial position of the Bank from that set
forth by such financial statements.
(g) Agent
for Service of Process.
The
Fiscal Agent shall have accepted its appointment as authorized agent of the
Bank
upon which process may be served in any action by any Underwriter, and arising
out of or based upon this Agreement which may be instituted in any State or
Federal court in New York City.
(h) Miscellaneous.
The
Bank shall have taken, at or prior to the Closing Date, all other action, if
any, which the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto relating to
the
Securities) or the Final Prospectus (as amended or as supplemented) states that
the Bank will take prior to or concurrently with the issuance and sale of the
Securities, and all agreements herein contained to be performed on the part
of
the Bank at or prior to the Closing Date shall have been so
performed.
If
any of
the conditions specified in this Section 12 shall not have been fulfilled when
and as required by this Agreement, this Agreement and all obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing
Date by you on behalf of the Underwriters. Notice of such cancellation shall
be
given to the Bank in writing, or by cable or telephone confirmed in
writing.
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In
addition, at the Closing Date, the Bank shall deliver:
(i) a
certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by one or more authorized
officers of the Bank’s Office of the Secretary General, certifying, in their
capacity as officers and on behalf of the Bank, that (A) the Bank, acting
on the basis of a global borrowing authorization adopted by the Bank’s Board of
Directors and resolutions adopted by the Management Committee, has duly and
validly authorized the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities in
accordance with the Underwriting Agreement and the Fiscal Agency Agreement,
(B) the Securities have been registered with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and (C) they believe on the basis of facts within their
knowledge that, (i) each part of the Registration Statement (and any amendment
thereto relating to the Securities), when such part (or amendment) became
effective, did not contain, and on the Closing Date does not contain, any 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,
(ii)
the Final Prospectus, as of its issue date, did 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, (iii) the Final Prospectus (as amended or supplemented,
if
so amended or supplemented), as of the Closing Date, does 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; and (iv) The Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the
Applicable Time, did not contain, and on the Closing Date, does not contain,
any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under
which they were made, not misleading; and
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(ii) a
certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by one or more authorized
officers of the Bank, (A) attaching (1) a copy of the global borrowing
authorization adopted by the Bank’s Board of Directors referred to in
Section 12(h)(i)(A), (2) a list of the officers authorized to sign on
behalf of the Bank and specimens of their signatures, and (3) a true and
complete specimen of the global security representing the Securities and
(B) stating that the Securities, the Underwriting Agreement, the Fiscal
Agency Agreement and each certificate or document signed and delivered at the
Closing Date on behalf of the Bank have been signed and delivered by officers
of
the Bank thereunto duly authorized.
13. Cancellation
of Agreement.
In the
event that prior to the Closing Date (a) trading in securities on the New
York Stock Exchange generally, or in securities of the Bank in particular,
shall
have been suspended, or minimum prices established by the New York Stock
Exchange, or any new restrictions on transactions in securities shall have
been
established by the New York Stock Exchange or by the Commission or by any other
United States Federal or State agency or by any action of the United States
Congress or by executive order to such a degree as, in your judgment as the
Representatives, to affect materially and adversely the marketing of the
Securities or (b) existing financial, political or economic conditions in
Europe, the United States or elsewhere shall have undergone any change which,
in
your judgment as the Representatives, would materially and adversely affect
the
market for the Securities, this Agreement and all obligations of the
Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing
Date by you, as the Representatives, without liability on the part of any
Underwriter to the Bank or of the Bank to any Underwriter, subject to
Section 11(e). Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Bank in
writing, or by cable or telephone confirmed in writing.
14. Substitution
of Underwriters.
If any
one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse on the Closing Date to
purchase and pay for the respective Securities which it or they have agreed
to
purchase hereunder and if the aggregate principal amount of such Securities
which all Underwriters so defaulting shall have agreed but failed to
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purchase
does not exceed 20% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth
in
Schedule II hereto, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall become obligated
severally to purchase and pay for (in addition to the principal amounts of
the
Securities to be delivered to them on the Closing Date) the aggregate respective
principal amounts of such Securities which all such defaulting Underwriters
had
agreed to purchase. Such principal amount of such Securities shall be purchased
by such non-defaulting Underwriters in the respective proportions which the
aggregate principal amount of Securities set opposite the name of each
non-defaulting Underwriter in Schedule II bears to the aggregate principal
amount of such Securities so set forth opposite the names of all such
non-defaulting Underwriters. If the principal amount of such Securities which
all Underwriters so defaulting shall have agreed but failed to purchase exceeds
20% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule II
hereto either you, as the Representatives or the Bank shall have the right
within 48 hours thereafter to procure one or more of the other Underwriters
or
any other purchasers acceptable to both you and the Bank to purchase from the
Bank, in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth,
all the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters so agreed
to
purchase; provided,
however,
that in
making such arrangements to purchase all such Securities, either you or the
Bank, as the case may be, may request the non-defaulting Underwriters and the
non-defaulting Underwriters shall thereupon become obligated severally to
purchase and pay for (in addition to the other Securities which they are
obligated to purchase hereunder or pursuant to the arrangements made hereunder)
principal amounts of Securities not in excess of 20% of the respective aggregate
principal amounts of Securities set opposite the names of such non-defaulting
Underwriters in Schedule II and in the respective proportions which such
amounts in Schedule II bear to the aggregate principal amount of such Securities
so set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters. If
during such 48 hours neither you, as the Representatives, nor the Bank shall
have made such arrangements for the purchase of the Securities agreed to be
purchased by the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, this Agreement will
terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or
of
the Bank. In the event of
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default
by any Underwriter or Underwriters as set forth in this Section 14, the Closing
Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding seven calendar days,
as
you, as the Representatives, and the Bank shall determine in order that the
required changes in the Registration Statement and in the Final Prospectus
or in
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under
this
Section 14 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in
respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
15. Information
Furnished by Underwriters.
Certain
statements set forth in the Final Prospectus on the cover page and under the
caption “Underwriters” which relate to the terms of the offering of the
Securities and to the Underwriters constitute information furnished in writing
by you, on behalf of the several Underwriters, for inclusion therein, and you,
as the Representatives, confirm that such statements are correct.
16. Miscellaneous. (a) Except
as
in this Agreement otherwise provided, (i) whenever notice is required by the
provisions of this Agreement to be given to the Bank, such notice shall be
in
writing, or by cable confirmed in writing, addressed to the President of the
Bank, 000, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, L—2950 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg, and (ii) whenever notice is required by the provisions of this
Agreement to be given to you, as the Representatives, such notice shall be
in
writing, or by cable or telephone confirmed in writing, addressed to you at
the
address set forth in Schedule I hereto.
(b) The
Bank
agrees to furnish to each of you, without charge, an electronic copy of the
Registration Statement and each amendment thereto, including all financial
statements and exhibits thereto, and to furnish to each of the other
Underwriters, without charge, an electronic copy of the Registration Statement
and each amendment thereto, including such financial statements but without
exhibits.
(c) This
Agreement is made solely for the benefit of the several Underwriters and the
Bank and their respective successors and assigns and (to the extent provided
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in
Section 11) any controlling person referred to in Section 11 and all the
Directors of the Bank, its duly authorized representative in the United States
and the officials of the Bank who shall have signed the Registration Statement,
and their respective successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire
or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term “successor” or
the term “successors and assigns” as used in this Agreement shall not include
any purchaser of any Securities, as such purchaser, from any of the
Underwriters.
(d) If
this
Agreement shall be canceled or terminated by the Underwriters on any of the
grounds referred to or specified in Section 13, or because of any failure or
refusal on the part of the Bank to comply with the terms or to fulfill any
of
the conditions of this Agreement, the Bank will reimburse the Underwriters
severally for all their out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses
of their counsel) reasonably incurred by them.
(e) Section
headings have been inserted in this Agreement as a matter of convenience or
reference only and it is agreed that such section headings are not a part of
this Agreement and will not be used in the interpretation of any provision
of
this Agreement.
(f) This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws
of
the State of New York, except with respect to its authorization and execution
by
the Bank, which shall be governed by the Treaty and the Statute.
17. Consent
to Service of Process.
(a) The
Bank
hereby appoints the Fiscal Agent under the Fiscal Agency Agreement as its
authorized agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any
action arising out of or based upon this Agreement which may be instituted
in
any State or Federal court in New York City by any Underwriter and expressly
accepts the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of such action. Such
appointment shall be irrevocable so long as any of the Securities remain
outstanding unless and until the appointment of a successor Fiscal Agent as
the
Bank’s Authorized Agent and such successor Fiscal Agent’s acceptance of such
appointment. The
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Bank
will
take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents and
instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment or appointments
in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized
Agent and written notice of such service to the Bank (mailed or delivered to
the
President at the seat of the Bank) shall be deemed, in every respect, effective
service of process upon the Bank.
(b) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement may be
instituted by any Underwriter in any competent court of the jurisdiction in
which the Bank has its seat.
(c) The
Bank
hereby waives irrevocably (to the extent permitted by law) any immunity from
jurisdiction or execution to which it or its property might otherwise be
entitled in any action arising out of or based upon this Agreement which may
be
instituted by any Underwriter in any State or Federal court in New York City
or
in any competent court of the jurisdiction in which the Bank has its seat.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the property and assets of the Bank within the
Member States are not subject to attachment or to seizure by way of execution
without the authorization of the Court of Justice of the European
Communities.
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confirm that you are acting on behalf of yourselves and the other several
Underwriters and that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between
the Bank and the several Underwriters.
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Acting
on
behalf of ourselves and
the
other
several Underwriters
named
in
Schedule II attached to
the
foregoing letter, we hereby
confirm
as of the date hereof that
such
letter correctly sets forth
the
agreement between the Bank and
the
several Underwriters.
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SCHEDULE
I
Date
of Underwriting
Agreement:
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Applicable
Time:
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Registration
Statement
Number:
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Representatives:
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Title:
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Principal
Amount:
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Maturity:
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Interest
Rate:
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Currency
of Security:
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Interest
Payment Dates:
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Record
Dates:
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Combined
Underwriting
and
Management
Commission
and Selling
Concession:
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Purchase
Price:
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Public
Offering Price:
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Currency
of Payment:
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Method
of Payment
of
Purchase Price:
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Ratings:
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Funds
for Payment
of
Purchase Price:
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Sinking
Fund Provisions:
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Redemption
Provisions:
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Form
of Security:
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Denomination:
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Closing
Date, Time
and
Location:
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I-1
Securities
Exchange for
Listing:
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Underwriters’
Expense
Reimbursement:
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Notices
to
Underwriters:
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I-2
SCHEDULE
II
Name
and Address
of
Underwriter
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Principal
Amount
of
Securities
to
be Purchased
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Total
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II-1
SCHEDULE
III
A.
Pricing Disclosure Package
[list
the
Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus,
the Final Term Sheet and each Issuer Free
Writing
Prospectus]
B.
Other
Free Writing Prospectuses Consented to as required under Section 5
Hereof
III-1
SCHEDULE
IV
Form
of
Final Term Sheet
Issuer:
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Ratings:
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Currency/Size:
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Settlement:
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Maturity:
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Interest
Payment Dates:
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|
Coupon:
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%
(semi-annual)
|
Reoffer:
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%
|
Underwriting
Commissions:
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%
|
Yield:
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%
|
Spread:
|
|
[Reference]:
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[price/yield]
|
Denomination[s]:
|
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Lead[s]:
|
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Co-lead[s]:
|
|
Governing
Law:
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[The
Notes are expected to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange]
You
can
access the prospectus for the registration statement at the following
website:
[insert
active hyperlink to prospectus]
The
issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the
SEC
for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you
should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents
the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer
and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting XXXXX on
the
SEC Web site at xxx.xxx.xxx. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or
any
dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus
if
you request it by calling [insert number].
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