Exhibit 99(a)
7,500,000 Shares
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
Common Stock
(Par Value $0.01 Per Share)
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
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October 30, 2000
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Electronic Data Systems Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and United States Trust Company of New York (the "Trustee"), as
trustee of the General Motors Special Hourly Employees Pension Trust established
under the General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan (the "Hourly Plan"),
for the account and on behalf of the Hourly Plan (the "Selling Stockholder"),
confirm their respective agreements with Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. (the
"Underwriters"), with respect to the sale by the Selling Stockholder of the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Company ("Common Stock"), and the purchase by the Underwriters of the number of
shares of Common Stock set forth opposite their name in Schedule A to the
Pricing Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (the "Securities"), except as may
otherwise be provided in the Pricing Agreement.
This Agreement shall apply with respect to one or more
offerings of Securities, each of which shall be governed by a separate Pricing
Agreement. Prior to each purchase and public offering of Securities by the
Underwriters, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters shall enter into an
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (each, a "Pricing
Agreement"). The Pricing Agreement may take the form of an exchange of any
standard form of written communication among the Selling Stockholder and the
Underwriters and shall specify such applicable information as is indicated in
Exhibit A hereto, including Schedule A thereto. Each offering of Securities will
be governed by this Agreement, as supplemented by the Pricing Agreement
applicable to such offering. From and after the date of the execution and
delivery of a
Pricing Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to incorporate that Pricing
Agreement with respect to such offering. The date of the applicable Pricing
Agreement is referred to as the "Representation Date."
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") registration statements on Form S-3 (Nos.
333-50971 and 333-84675), including a prospectus, for the registration of
securities (including the Securities) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "1933 Act"), which have been declared effective by the Commission,
and shall promptly hereafter file with or transmit for filing to the Commission
a prospectus supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") specifically relating to
the Securities pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. Such registration
statements (as amended, if applicable) and the prospectus constituting part of
the registration statement which relates to the Securities (including the
information contained in a prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule
424(b)(2) and (5) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933
Act (the "1933 Act Regulations") and all documents, if any, incorporated by
reference thereafter), as from time to time amended or supplemented pursuant to
the 1933 Act, are hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement" and
the "Prospectus," respectively, except that if any revised base prospectus shall
be provided to the Underwriters by the Company for use in connection with the
offering of Securities which differs from the Prospectus on file at the
Commission at the time the Registration Statement became effective or if any
revised supplemental prospectus shall be provided to the Underwriters by the
Company for use in connection with the offering of the Securities which differs
from the supplemental prospectus on file at the Commission (whether or not such
revised base or supplemental prospectus is required to be or is filed by the
Company pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations), the term
"Prospectus" shall refer to such revised prospectus from and after the time it
is first provided to the Underwriters for such use. Any Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to
as the "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement," and after such filing the term
"Registration Statement" shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.
For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement,
any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any
of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission
pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.
I.
On the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Selling
Stockholder agrees to sell to the Underwriters and the Underwriters agree to
purchase from the Selling Stockholder, at the price per share set forth in the
Pricing Agreement, the number of Securities set forth in Schedule A to the
Pricing Agreement opposite the name of the Underwriters.
II.
The Company and the Selling Stockholder understand that the
Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities upon the terms
set forth in the Prospectus as soon as the Underwriters deem advisable after the
Pricing Agreement has been executed and delivered.
In accordance with the Selling Stockholder's obligations to
the Company under Section 3(g) of that certain Registration Rights Agreement,
dated March 12, 1995, between General Motors Corporation ("GM") and the Selling
Stockholder, as succeeded to by the Company pursuant to that certain Succession
Agreement, dated June 7, 1996, between GM and the Company, the Underwriters
covenant that they will use their reasonable best efforts (i) to effect a broad
public distribution of the Securities and (ii) not to sell to any one Person (or
group of related Persons acting pursuant to a plan or arrangement) (whether such
Person (or group of related Persons acting pursuant to a plan or arrangement) is
buying for its own account or as a fiduciary on behalf of one or more accounts)
if (A) such sale is of Securities constituting more than 2% of the Common Stock
outstanding as of the date hereof or (B) such Person (or group of related
Persons acting pursuant to a plan or arrangement) is a 5% Person, or, at any
time prior to the time of such sale, has been designated in a written list
provided by GM to the Underwriters as, to the reasonable belief of GM,
beneficially owning (as defined in Rule 13d-3 ("Rule 13d-3") of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act")) 2% or more of the total
voting power or total value of the Common Stock then outstanding. As used
herein, the term "5% Person" shall mean any Person (or group of related Persons
acting pursuant to a plan or arrangement) that, directly or indirectly,
beneficially owns (as defined in Rule 13d-3) shares of Common Stock that
constitute 5% or more of the total voting power or total value of the Common
Stock then outstanding. As used herein, the term "Person" shall mean an
individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company,
a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization or a governmental
entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
III.
Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, or evidence of book-entry transfer of, the Securities shall be
made at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., 3700 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Center, 0000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by
the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Stockholder, at 9:00 a.m. (Central
time) on a date no later than the fourth business day following the
Representation Date, or such other time not later than ten business days after
such date as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriters, the Company and the
Selling Stockholder (each such time and date of payment and delivery being
herein called a "Closing Time"). The Selling Stockholder shall not be obligated
to deliver any of the Securities to be delivered at Closing Time except upon
payment for all the Securities to be purchased at such time or on such date as
provided herein.
Payment shall be made to the Selling Stockholder by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the
Selling Stockholder, against delivery to the Underwriters of certificates for
the Securities to be purchased by them. Certificates for the Securities shall be
in such denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriters may
request in writing at least one full business day before Closing Time. The
certificates for the Securities will be made available for examination and
packaging by the Underwriters not later than 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time) on the
last business day prior to Closing Time.
IV.
The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to
the following conditions:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceedings for such
purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission, and
there shall have been no material adverse change, or development
involving in the current reasonable view of the Company's management a
prospective material adverse change, in the condition of the Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the
Registration Statement; and you shall have received, at Closing Time, a
certificate of an officer of the Company (acting on behalf of the
Company and without personal liability), dated the Closing Time, to the
foregoing effect. Such certificate will also provide that the
representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true
and correct as of the Closing Time. The officer may rely upon the best
of his knowledge in making such certification. You shall also have
received, at Closing Time, a certificate of an authorized agent of the
Selling Stockholder (acting on behalf of the Selling Stockholder and
without personal liability), dated the Closing Time, providing that the
representations and warranties of the Selling Stockholder contained
herein are true and correct as of the Closing Time; such authorized
agent may rely upon the best of his knowledge in making such
certification.
(b) You shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as
of the Closing Time, of D. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, General Counsel of the
Company, to the effect that:
(i) the Company is a corporation validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, 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
and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business
as now being conducted, except where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing would not have a materially
adverse effect on the financial position of the Company and
its subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(ii) the authorized, issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters to the
description thereof incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus;
(iii) the outstanding shares of Common Stock, including
without limitation the Securities sold by the Selling
Stockholder hereunder, have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable;
(iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(v) the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement will not contravene any provision of applicable law
or the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the
Company or any agreement or other instrument known to such
counsel and binding upon the Company, and no consent, approval
or authorization of any governmental body or agency is
required for the performance of this Agreement other than the
registration of the Securities under the 1933 Act and
compliance with the securities or Blue Sky Laws of various
foreign and state jurisdictions (as to which no opinion is
expressed);
(vi) the statements under the heading "Services for
General Motors" incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
(as such disclosure has been updated or superseded by
documents subsequently filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act, which documents are
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus), the description
of the capital stock of the Company incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, and the statements in the Prospectus under
the headings "Underwriters" and "Plan of Distribution,"
insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal
matters or documents referred to therein, fairly summarize the
information called for with respect to such legal matters and
documents; and
(vii) after due inquiry, such counsel does not know
of any legal or governmental proceeding or investigation
pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the properties of
the Company is subject which is required to be described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and is not so
described or of any contract or other document which is
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement which is not described or filed as required.
(c) You shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as
of the Closing Time, of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx L.L.P., counsel for the
Underwriters, covering the matters referred to in (ii) (as to the
number and class of authorized capital stock only), (iv) and (vi) (as
to the description of capital stock and "Underwriters" only) in (b)
above.
(d) You shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as
of the Closing Time, of Xxxxx, Day, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx, counsel for the
Trustee, to the effect that:
(i) the Trustee has been appointed by the named
fiduciary of the Selling Stockholder (the "Named Fiduciary")
(as determined in accordance with Section 402(a) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
("ERISA")), to manage the Securities held by the Selling
Stockholder and to exercise all rights, powers and privileges
appurtenant to such Securities (subject to the authority of
the Named Fiduciary to terminate such appointment and appoint
one or more other investment managers for any such
Securities);
(ii) the Trustee has full power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement for the account and on
behalf of the Selling Stockholder and to so bind the Selling
Stockholder; and
(iii) upon the payment for the Securities as herein
contemplated, the Underwriters shall acquire a security
entitlement (as that term is defined in the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in the State of New York (the "NYUCC")) with
respect to the Securities free and clear of any action based
on an adverse claim (as that term is defined under the NYUCC)
to the Securities, provided that the Underwriters do not have
notice of any adverse claim (within the meaning of Section
8-105 of the NYUCC).
(e) Each counsel referred to in (b) and (c) above shall
additionally state that, based upon the participation of such counsel
in the preparation of the Registration Statement and Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto (but not including, with respect to
counsel referred to in (c) above, documents incorporated therein by
reference) and review and discussion of the contents thereof (including
documents incorporated therein by reference), nothing has come to the
attention of such counsel that would lead such counsel to believe that
the Registration Statement, at the time it became effective or at the
Representation Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the
Prospectus, at the Representation Date (unless the term "Prospectus"
refers to a prospectus which has been provided to the Underwriters by
the Company for use in connection with the offering of the Securities
which differs from the Prospectus on file at the Commission at the
Representation Date, in which case at the time it is first provided to
the Underwriters for such use) or at the Closing Time, included an
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided,
however, that such counsel need not make such statement with respect to
the financial statements and supporting schedules and other financial
information contained or incorporated by reference into or omitted from
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(f) You shall have received at the Closing Time a letter dated
as of the Closing Time, in form and substance satisfactory to you, from
KPMG LLP, independent auditors, containing statements and information
of the type ordinarily included in accountants' "comfort letters" to
underwriters with respect to the historical financial statements and
certain historical financial information contained in or incorporated
by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(g) At Closing Time counsel for the Underwriters shall have
been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably
require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the sale of the
Securities as contemplated herein and related proceedings, or in order
to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties,
or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all
proceedings taken by the Company and the Selling Stockholder in
connection with the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall
be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to you and your
counsel.
If any condition specified in this Article shall not have been
fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated
by you by notice to the Company and the
Selling Stockholder at any time at or prior to Closing Time, and such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as
provided in Article VIII.
V.
In further consideration of the agreements of the Underwriters
herein contained, the Company covenants as follows:
(a) To furnish you, without charge, one copy of the
Registration Statement as filed with the Commission (including exhibits
thereto and documents incorporated therein by reference) and to the
Selling Stockholder a copy of the Registration Statement (without
exhibits thereto but including documents incorporated therein by
reference) and, during the period mentioned in paragraph (c), any
supplements and amendments thereto as you may reasonably request. The
terms "supplement" and "amendment" or "amend" as used in this Agreement
shall include all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act, which are deemed to be
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.
(b) Before amending or supplementing the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, to furnish you and the Selling Stockholder
(or their respective counsel) a copy of each such proposed amendment or
supplement, unless otherwise directed by you or the Selling
Stockholder.
(c) If, during such period after the first date of the public
offering of the Securities as in the opinion of your counsel the
Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales
by an Underwriter or dealer, any event shall occur 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 it is
necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law,
forthwith to prepare 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 Securities 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 will comply with
law.
(d) To endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as you
shall reasonably request and to pay all expenses (including reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel) in connection therewith.
(e) To make generally available to the Company's security
holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement covering the
twelve month period ending December 31, 2001, which shall satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations.
VI.
The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriters and the
Selling Stockholder that (i) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company, (ii) each document filed or to be filed pursuant
to the 1934 Act and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus complied or will
comply when so filed in all material respects with the 1934 Act and the rules
and regulations of the Commission thereunder, (iii) 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 1933 Act,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933
Act Regulations, and (iv) the Registration Statement and Prospectus complied on
the date the Registration Statement became effective, and will comply on each
Representation Date, in all material respects with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations and, as of such dates did not and will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
except that these representations and warranties do not apply to statements or
omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any preliminary
Prospectus based upon information furnished to the Company in writing by the
Selling Stockholder or by the Underwriters through you expressly for use
therein.
The Selling Stockholder represents and warrants to the Company and the
Underwriters that (i) this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Selling Stockholder, (ii) the Selling
Stockholder has good and marketable title to the Securities to be sold by the
Selling Stockholder hereunder and full power, right and authority to sell the
Securities, and upon the delivery of and payment for the Securities as herein
contemplated, the Underwriters will receive good and marketable title to the
Securities purchased by them from the Selling Stockholder, free and clear of any
mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equity, (iii)
any written information furnished to the Company by the Selling Stockholder for
use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendments or supplements
thereto, or any preliminary Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and (iv) the Selling Stockholder has not
taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that
might reasonably be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation
of the price of the Common Stock.
The Trustee represents and warrants to the Company and the
Underwriters that (i) the Trustee has been appointed by the Named Fiduciary (as
determined in accordance with Section 402(a) of ERISA) to manage the Securities
held by the Selling Stockholder as described herein and to exercise all rights,
powers and privileges appurtenant to such Securities (subject to the authority
of the Named Fiduciary to terminate such appointment and appoint one or more
other investment managers for any such Securities); and (ii) the Trustee has
full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement for the account
and on behalf of the Selling Stockholder and to so bind the Selling Stockholder.
The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters,
the directors, partners and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriters
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the
1934 Act from and against (i) any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities
and reasonable expenses arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any
amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary Prospectus, 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, (ii)
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses
whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever
based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission, provided that any such settlement is effected with the
written consent of the Company, and (iii) any and all expenses whatsoever, as
incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing and defending
against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental
agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any
such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or
omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under the preceding
clauses (i) or (ii), promptly after receipt of adequate documentation relating
thereto; provided, however, that this indemnity shall not apply to any such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arising out of any such untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission that is based upon
information furnished to the Company in writing by the Underwriters expressly
for use therein; and provided that the foregoing indemnity agreement with
respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of the
Underwriters from whom the person asserting any such losses, claims, damages,
liabilities or expenses purchased Securities, or any person controlling the
Underwriters, if it shall be established that a copy of the Prospectus (as then
amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto) was not sent or given by or on behalf of the Underwriters
to such person, if required by law so to have been delivered, at or prior to the
written confirmation of the sale of the Securities to such person, and if the
Prospectus (as so amended or supplemented) would have cured the defect giving
rise to such loss, claim, damage or liability, and if the Company had previously
furnished copies thereof to the Underwriters in the quantities reasonably
requested by the Underwriters. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to
any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
The Selling Stockholder agrees, to the extent permitted under
applicable law, to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters, their
directors, partners and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriters
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the
1934 Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the
Underwriters, but only with reference to information furnished to the Company in
writing by the Selling Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto, or any
preliminary prospectus. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Selling Stockholder may otherwise have. No claim against the
assets of the Selling Stockholder shall be created by this paragraph, except as
and to the extent permitted by applicable law.
The Underwriters agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its
directors, each of its officers who sign the Registration Statement, the Selling
Stockholder, its trustees (including the Trustee) and directors and each person,
if any, who controls the Company or the Selling Stockholder within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Underwriters, but
only with reference to information furnished to the Company in writing by the
Underwriters expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
any amendment or supplement thereto, or any preliminary prospectus. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters
may otherwise have.
In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation)
shall be instituted involving any person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought pursuant to any of the three preceding paragraphs, such person
(hereinafter called the indemnified party) shall promptly notify the person
against whom such indemnity may be sought (hereinafter called the indemnifying
party) in writing; provided, however, that the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party of any liability
which it may have to such indemnified party except to the extent that the
indemnifying party was materially prejudiced by such failure to notify and in
any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise
than on account of this indemnity agreement. 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
disbursements 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 shall have agreed in
writing to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have
failed to take reasonable steps necessary to defend diligently any claim within
ten calendar days after receiving written notice from the indemnified party that
the indemnified party believes the indemnifying party has failed to take such
steps or (iii) 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 due to
actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the
indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and
expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for
all such indemnified parties, and that all such fees and expenses shall be
reimbursed as they are incurred after receipt of adequate documentation thereof.
In the case of any such separate firm for the Underwriters and such control
persons of Underwriters, such firm shall be designated in writing by Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co. In the case of any such separate firm for the Selling Stockholder
and such control persons of the Selling Stockholder, such firm shall be
designated in writing by the Named Fiduciary. 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. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with
respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in
respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this
Article VI (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an
unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out
of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement
as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf
of any indemnified party. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if
settled with such consent the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the
indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement.
If the indemnification provided for in the fourth, fifth or sixth
paragraph of this Article VI is unavailable to an indemnified party 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 Company and the Selling Stockholder 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 Company and
of the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling
Stockholder on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to
be in the same proportions as the net proceeds from the offering (before
deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Selling Stockholder bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters,
in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus. The
relative fault of the Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, by the
Selling Stockholder or by the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission.
The Company, the Selling Stockholder and the Underwriters agree that
it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Article VI
were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as
one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately
preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph 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 Article VI, the
aggregate contribution of the Selling Stockholder under this Article VI, will
not exceed the proceeds received by the Selling Stockholder from the Securities
sold by it and the Selling Stockholder shall not be required to contribute under
this Article VI in respect of any costs, expenses, losses, damages or other
liabilities unless the same arise with reference to any information furnished to
the Company in writing by the Trustee acting on behalf of the Selling
Stockholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article VI, the Underwriters shall not be required to
contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission
applicable to the Securities purchased by the Underwriters hereunder. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the 0000 Xxx) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. No party contributing pursuant to
this Article VI shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent, but if settled with such consent such contributing
party agrees to contribute to that amount paid or payable by the indemnified
party as a result of any loss or liability by reason of such settlement.
As between the Company and the Selling Stockholder on the one hand and
the Underwriters on the other, the Company will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including
financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each amendment
thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this
Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters and such other documents as may be
required in connection with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery
of the Securities, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the
certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters (but excluding any stock or
other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale,
issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters), (iv) the fees and
disbursements of the Company's counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the
qualification of the Securities under U.S. state securities or blue sky laws and
foreign securities laws in accordance with the provisions hereof, including
filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of
the Blue Sky Memorandum and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and
delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus and of the
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vii) the preparation,
printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of the Blue Sky Memorandum
and any supplement thereto, (viii) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent
or registrar for the Securities, and (ix) the filing fees incident to the review
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale
of the Securities. This paragraph does not supersede any agreement between the
Company and the Selling Stockholder with respect to the allocation between them
of any such expenses. The Selling Stockholder will pay all stock or other
transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or
delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters.
The representations, warranties and agreements in this Article VI
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
the Underwriters or any person controlling the Underwriters or by or on behalf
of the Company, its officers and directors or any other person controlling the
Company and (iii) acceptance of any payment for any of the Securities.
VII.
This Agreement shall be subject to termination in your absolute
discretion, by notice given to the Company and the Selling Stockholder, if prior
to the Closing Time (i) there has been, since the Representation Time or since
the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, any
material adverse change or any development involving a prospective material
adverse change in the condition of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, the effect
of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Underwriters,
impracticable to market the Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of
Securities, (ii) trading in securities generally or trading in the Common Stock
on the New York Stock Exchange or the London Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have
been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of such
exchanges or by order of the Commission, the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. or any other governmental authority, (iii) a general moratorium on
commercial banking activities in New York or London shall have been declared by
either Federal, New York State or British authorities, as applicable, or (iv)
there shall have occurred
any material outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other calamity the effect
of which on the financial markets of the United States or London is such as to
make it, in your reasonable judgment, impracticable to market the Securities or
enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities.
VIII.
This Agreement shall become effective with respect to an offering when
you and the Selling Stockholder shall have agreed upon the purchase price of the
Securities and shall have executed and delivered a Pricing Agreement. If the
purchase price of the Securities shall not have been agreed upon or a Pricing
Agreement shall not have been executed and delivered by all parties thereto
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York Time, on the seventh full business day after the
date hereof, this Agreement shall thereupon terminate without liability on the
part of the Underwriters, the Company or the Selling Stockholder, except as set
forth herein.
If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of
any failure or refusal on the part of the Company or the Selling Stockholder to
comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement to
be complied with or fulfilled by the Company or the Selling Stockholder, or if
for any reason the Company or the Selling Stockholder shall be unable to perform
its obligations under this Agreement, the party who failed or refused to comply
or fulfill any such condition will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-
pocket expenses (including the fees and disbursements of their counsel)
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the
offering contemplated hereunder; provided, that the provisions of Article VI
shall survive such termination.
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. Each of the Underwriters, the Company,
and the Selling Stockholder agree to accept delivery of facsimile, counterpart
signature pages of this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement to establish the
respective execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement.
When facsimile signature pages are used, the person executing and delivering
this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement by facsimile signature pages agrees to
provide a manually-signed signature page to this Agreement or the Pricing
Agreement, as appropriate, to the other persons party to such agreement as soon
as is reasonably practicable following use of facsimile signature pages, but
failure to do so shall not impair the enforceability of this Agreement or the
Pricing Agreement against that person.
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
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Very truly yours,
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
By: /s/ D. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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D. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
GENERAL MOTORS HOURLY-RATE
EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN
By: United States Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Authorized Agent
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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
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(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
[Signature Page - Pricing Agreement]
EXHIBIT A
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7,500,000 Shares
ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
Common Stock
(Par Value $0.01 Per Share)
PRICING AGREEMENT
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October 30, 2000
XXXXXXX, XXXXX & CO.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Purchase Agreement, dated October 30, 2000
(the "Purchase Agreement"), relating to the purchase by the Underwriters named
in Schedule A hereto (the "Underwriters") of the above shares of Common Stock of
Electronic Data Systems Corporation (the "Company"). This Pricing Agreement is
entered into pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and relates to the purchase and
public offering by the Underwriters of the number of Securities set forth above
(the "Securities").
Pursuant to Article I of the Purchase Agreement, the Selling
Stockholder agrees with the Underwriters that the purchase price per share for
the Securities to be paid by the Underwriters shall be $46.675.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Selling Stockholder a counterpart
hereof (with a copy to the Company), whereupon this instrument, along with all
counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the
Selling Stockholder in accordance with its terms.
GENERAL MOTORS HOURLY-RATE
EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN
By: United States Trust Company of New York,
as Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Authorized Agent
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CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written
XXXXXXX, SACHS & CO.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
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(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
[Signature Page - Purchase Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
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Number of
Name of Underwriter Securities
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. 7,500,000
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Total 7,500,000
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