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Exhibit 1(a)
The Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Company
[Form of Underwriting Agreement]
New York, New York
To the Representatives
named in Schedule I
hereto of the Underwriters
named in Schedule II hereto
Dear Sirs:
The Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the
"Underwriters"), for whom you (the "Representatives") are acting as
representatives, the principal amount of its securities identified in Schedule I
hereto (the "Securities"), to be issued under an indenture (the "Indenture")
dated as of February 1, 1996, between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank
(formerly known as Chemical Bank), as trustee (the "Trustee"). If the firm or
firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in
Schedule I hereto, then the terms "Underwriters" and "Representatives", as used
herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.
1. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
Certain terms used in this Section 1 are defined in paragraph (c) hereof.
(a) If the offering of the Securities is a Delayed Offering
(as specified in Schedule I hereto), paragraph (i) below is applicable
and, if the offering of the Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering (as so
specified), paragraph (ii) below is applicable.
(i) The Company meets the requirements for the use of
Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") and has
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") registration statements (the file numbers of
which are set forth in Schedule I hereto) on such Form,
including the same basic prospectus, for registration under
the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. The
Company may have
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filed one or more amendments thereto, and may have used a
Preliminary Final Prospectus, each of which has previously
been furnished to you. Schedule I hereto will specify the
registration statement under which such Securities are
registered or, if portions of such Securities are registered
under each of such registration statements, the respective
portions thereof. Such registration statements, as so amended,
have become effective. The offering of the Securities is a
Delayed Offering and, although the Basic Prospectus may not
include all the information with respect to the Securities and
the offering thereof required by the Act and the rules
thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus, the Basic
Prospectus includes all such information required by the Act
and the rules thereunder to be included therein as of the
Effective Date. The Company will next file with the Commission
pursuant to Rules 415 and 424(b)(2) or (5) a final supplement
to the form of prospectus included in such registration
statement relating to the Securities and the offering thereof.
As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall include all
required information with respect to the Securities and the
offering thereof and, except to the extent the Representatives
shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all
substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the
Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the
Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional
information and other changes (beyond that contained in the
Basic Prospectus and any Preliminary Final Prospectus) as the
Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be
included or made therein. If the Rule 434 Delivery Alternative
is used, the Company will also file the Rule 434 Term Sheet in
accordance with Rule 434. As filed, such Rule 434 Term Sheet
shall contain all the information required by Rule 434, and
except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in
writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive
respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution
Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time,
shall contain only such specific additional information and
other changes (beyond that contained in the latest Preliminary
Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the
Execution Time, will be included or made therein. Upon your
request, but not
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without your agreement, the Company will also file
a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 462(b).
(ii) The Company meets the requirements for the use
of Form S-3 under the Act and has filed with the Commission a
registration statement (the file number of which is set forth
in Schedule I hereto) on such Form, including the same basic
prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and
sale of the Securities. The Company may have filed one or more
amendments thereto, including a Preliminary Final Prospectus,
each of which has previously been furnished to you. Schedule I
hereto will specify the registration statement under which
such Securities are registered. The Company will next file
with the Commission either (x) a final prospectus supplement
relating to the Securities in accordance with Rules 430A and
424(b)(1) or (4), or (y) prior to the effectiveness of the
registration statement, an amendment to the registration
statement, including the form of final prospectus supplement.
In the case of clause (x), the Company has included in such
registration statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all
information (other than Rule 430A Information) required by the
Act and the rules thereunder to be included in the Final
Prospectus with respect to the Securities and the offering
thereof. As filed, such final prospectus supplement or such
amendment and form of final prospectus supplement shall
contain all Rule 430A Information, together with all other
such required information, with respect to the Securities and
the offering thereof and, except to the extent the
Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification,
shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to
you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not
completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such
specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
contained in the Basic Prospectus and any Preliminary Final
Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the
Execution Time, will be included or made therein. If the Rule
434 Delivery Alternative is used, the Company will also file
the Rule 434 Term Sheet in accordance with Rule 434. As filed,
such Rule 434 Term Sheet shall contain all the information
required by
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Rule 434, and except to the extent the Representatives shall
agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all
substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the
Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the
Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional
information and other changes (beyond that contained in the
latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you,
prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein.
Upon your request, but not without your agreement, the Company
will also file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule 462(b).
(b) On the Effective Date, the registration statement referred
to in paragraph (a) above did or will, and when the Final Prospectus is
first filed (if required) in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the
Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will,
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and the rules
thereunder; on the Effective Date, such registration statement did not
or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading; on the Effective
Date and on the Closing Date the Indenture did or will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and
the rules thereunder; and, on the Effective Date, the Final Prospectus,
if not filed pursuant to Rule 424(b), did not or will not, and on the
date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the
Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) will not,
include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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 the Company makes no representations or
warranties as to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which
shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form
T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) the
information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or
the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished in writing
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to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall
have the meanings indicated. The term "the Effective Date" shall mean,
with respect to the registration statement referred to in paragraph (a)
above, the date that such registration statement, any post-effective
amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement became or become effective and each date after the date
hereof on which a document incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement is filed. "Execution Time" shall mean the date
and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties
hereto. "Basic Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus referred to in
paragraph (a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the
Effective Date including, in the case of a Non-Delayed Offering, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus. "Preliminary Final Prospectus" shall mean
any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Basic Prospectus which
describes the Securities and the offering thereof and is used prior to
filing of the Final Prospectus. "Final Prospectus" shall mean the
prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is first filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together with the
Basic Prospectus or, if, in the case of a Non-Delayed Offering, no
filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required, shall mean the form of
final prospectus relating to the Securities, including the Basic
Prospectus, included in the Registration Statement at the Effective
Date. If the Rule 434 Delivery Alternative is used, such term shall
also include the Basic Prospectus and the Rule 434 Term Sheet, taken
together. "Registration Statement" shall mean the registration
statement referred to in paragraph (a) above, including incorporated
documents, exhibits and financial statements, as amended at the
Execution Time (or, if not effective at the Execution Time, in the form
in which it shall become effective) and, in the event any
post-effective amendment thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement becomes effective prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter
defined), shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.
Such term shall include any Rule 430A Information and Rule 434
Information deemed to be included therein at the Effective Date as
provided by Rule 430A and Rule 434, respectively. "Rule 415",
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"Rule 424", "Rule 430A", "Rule 434", "Rule 462(b)" and "Regulation S-K"
refer to such rules or regulations under the Act. "Rule 430A
Information" means information with respect to the Securities and the
offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the Registration
Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A. "Rule 434
Delivery Alternative" shall mean the delivery alternative permitted by
Rule 434. "Rule 434 Information" shall mean any information to be
included in a Rule 434 Term Sheet. "Rule 434 Term Sheet" shall mean the
term sheet or abbreviated term sheet delivered by the Underwriters to
investors and filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule
434. "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration
statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
relating to the final Delayed Offering covered by the initial
Registration Statement (file number 333- ). Any reference herein
to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to
Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or
before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue
date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the
terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the
Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the
Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference. A "Non-Delayed Offering" shall mean an offering of
securities which is intended to commence promptly after the effective
date of a registration statement, with the result that, pursuant to
Rules 415 and 430A, all information (other than Rule 430A Information)
with respect to the securities so offered must be included in such
registration statement at the effective date thereof. A "Delayed
Offering" shall mean an offering of securities pursuant to Rule 415
which does not commence promptly after the effective date of a
registration statement, with the result that only information required
pursuant to Rule 415 need be included in such registration statement at
the effective date thereof with respect to the
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securities so offered. Whether the offering of the
Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering or a Delayed
Offering shall be set forth in Schedule I hereto.
2. PURCHASE AND SALE. Subject to the terms and conditions and in
reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company
agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in
Schedule I hereto the principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto, except that, if Schedule I hereto
provides for the sale of Securities pursuant to delayed delivery arrangements,
the respective principal amounts of Securities to be purchased by the
Underwriters shall be as set forth in Schedule II hereto less the respective
amounts of Contract Securities determined as provided below. Securities to be
purchased by the Underwriters are herein sometimes called the "Underwriters'
Securities" and Securities to be purchased pursuant to Delayed Delivery
Contracts as hereinafter provided are herein called "Contract Securities".
If so provided in Schedule I hereto, the Underwriters are authorized to
solicit offers to purchase Securities from the Company pursuant to delayed
delivery contracts ("Delayed Delivery Contracts"), substantially in the form of
Schedule III hereto but with such changes therein as the Company may authorize
or approve. The Underwriters will endeavor to make such arrangements and, as
compensation therefor, the Company will pay to the Representatives, for the
account of the Underwriters, on the Closing Date, the percentage set forth in
Schedule I hereto of the principal amount of the Securities for which Delayed
Delivery Contracts are made. Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be with
institutional investors, including commercial and savings banks, insurance
companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable
institutions. The Company will enter into Delayed Delivery Contracts in all
cases where sales of Contract Securities arranged by the Underwriters have been
approved by the Company but, except as the Company may otherwise agree, each
such Delayed Delivery Contract must be for not less than the minimum principal
amount set forth in Schedule I hereto and the aggregate principal amount of
Contract Securities may not exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount set
forth in Schedule I hereto. The Underwriters will not have any responsibility in
respect of the validity or performance of Delayed Delivery Contracts. The
principal amount of Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter as set forth
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Schedule II hereto shall be reduced by an amount which shall bear the same
proportion to the total principal amount of Contract Securities as the principal
amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to
the aggregate principal amount set forth in Schedule II hereto, except to the
extent that you determine that such reduction shall be otherwise than in such
proportion and so advise the Company in writing; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the
total principal amount of Securities to be purchased by all Underwriters shall
be the aggregate principal amount set forth in Schedule II hereto less the
aggregate principal amount of Contract Securities.
3. DELIVERY AND PAYMENT. Delivery of and payment for the Underwriters'
Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in Schedule I
hereto (or such later date not later than five business days after such
specified date as the Representatives shall designate), which date and time may
be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as
provided in Section 8 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the
Underwriters' Securities being herein called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of
the Underwriters' Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the
respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several
Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or
upon the order of the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
Delivery of the Underwriters' Securities shall be made at such location as the
Representatives shall reasonably designate at least one business day in advance
of the Closing Date. Certificates for the Underwriters' Securities shall be
registered in such names and in such denominations as the Representatives may
request not less than two full business days in advance of the Closing Date.
The Company agrees to have the Underwriters' Securities available for
inspection, checking and packaging by the Representatives in New York, New York,
not later than 1:00 p.m. on the business day prior to the Closing Date.
4. AGREEMENTS. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any
amendment thereto, to become effective. Prior to the termination of the
offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of
the Registration Statement or supple-
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ment (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Final
Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review
prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or
supplement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you
reasonably object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will
cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement
thereto to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the applicable
paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will
provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely
filing. If the Rule 434 Delivery Alternative is used, the Company will
also cause the Rule 434 Term Sheet, properly completed, to be filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 434 within the time period
prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the
Representatives of each timely filing. Upon your request, the Company
will cause the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, properly completed,
to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) and will
provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such filing.
The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any
amendment thereto, shall have become effective, (ii) when the Final
Prospectus, any supplement thereto, any Rule 434 Term Sheet or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b), (iii) when, prior to termination of the
offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement
shall have been filed or become effective, (iv) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or
supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information,
(v) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose and (vi) of the receipt
by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of
the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The
Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such
stop order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Securities is required to be delivered under the
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Act, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then
supplemented would include 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 under which they were made
not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration
Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or
the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the Company
promptly will (i) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the
second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance and (ii) supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such
quantities as you may reasonably request.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally
available to its security holders and to the Representatives an
earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule
158 under the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and
counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, copies of the
Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and, so long as
delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by
the Act, as many copies of any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the
Final Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may
reasonably request.
(e) The Company will use its best efforts to arrange for the
qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such
jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and to maintain such
qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of
the Securities and, if requested by the Representatives, will arrange
for the determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by
institutional investors.
(f) Until the business date set forth on Schedule I hereto,
the Company will not, without the consent of the Representatives,
offer, sell or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or announce the offering of, any debt securities issued or
guaranteed by the Company (other than (i) the Securities, (ii)
commercial paper with a maturity which
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does not exceed 270 days, (iii) debt securities issued by foreign
wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company, and (iv) borrowings under the
Company's five-year and 364 day revolving credit agreements).
(g) The Company confirms as of the date hereof that it is in
compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida, Chapter
92-198, AN ACT RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF DOING BUSINESS WITH CUBA, and
the Company further agrees that if it commences engaging in business
with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in
Cuba after the date the Registration Statement becomes or has become
effective with the Commission or with the Florida Department of Banking
and Finance (the "Department"), whichever date is later, or if the
information reported in the Prospectus, if any, concerning the
Company's business with Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in
Cuba changes in any material way, the Company will provide the
Department notice of such business or change, as appropriate, in a form
acceptable to that Department.
5. CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE UNDERWRITERS. The obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwriters' Securities shall be subject to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date, to the accuracy
of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the
provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective
prior to the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in
writing to a later time, the Registration Statement will become
effective not later than (i) 6:00 p.m. New York City time, on the date
of determination of the public offering price, if such determination
occurred at or prior to 3:00 p.m. New York City time on such date or
(ii) 12:00 Noon on the business day following the day on which the
public offering price was determined, if such determination occurred
after 3:00 p.m. New York City time on such date; if filing of the Final
Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is required pursuant to Rule
424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any such supplement, shall have been
filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b),
or if the filing of the Rule 434 Term Sheet is required
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pursuant to Rule 434, the Rule 434 Term Sheet will be filed in the
manner and within the time period required by Rule 434; and no stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall
have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or threatened.
(b) (i) The Company shall have furnished to the
Representatives the opinion of the Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(1) the Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the State of Ohio, with full corporate power to own
its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Final Prospectus and is qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction which requires such qualification wherein it owns
or leases material properties or conducts material business
except where the failure to so qualify would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole. The Company's significant subsidiaries (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (the
"Subsidiaries") are duly incorporated and validly existing as
corporations in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which it is organized, each with full
corporate power and authority to own properties and conduct
business as described in the Final Prospectus, and are duly
qualified to do business as foreign corporations and are in
good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which
requires such qualification wherein each such Subsidiary owns
or leases material properties or conducts material business
except where the failure to so qualify would not have a
material adverse effect on the operations of the Company and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(2) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of
each Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as
otherwise set forth in the Final Prospectus, all outstanding
shares of capital stock of the Subsidiaries are owned by the
Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries
free and clear of any
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perfected security interest and, to the knowledge of such
counsel, after due inquiry, any other security interests,
claims, liens or encumbrances;
(3) the Company's authorized equity capitalization
is as set forth in the Final Prospectus;
(4) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium
or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally from time
to time in effect); and the Securities have been duly
authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance
with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid
for by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, in the
case of the Underwriters' Securities, or by the purchasers
thereof pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts, in the case of
any Contract Securities, will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of
the Indenture;
(5) to the knowledge of such counsel, after due
inquiry, there is no pending or threatened action, suit or
proceeding before any court or governmental agency, authority
or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, of a character required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in
the Final Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or
other document of a character required to be described
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in the Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be
filed as an exhibit, which is not described or filed as
required; and the statements included or incorporated in the
Final Prospectus describing any legal proceedings or material
contracts or agreements relating to the Company fairly
summarize such matters;
(6) the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the
documents incorporated by reference therein as of such date,
other than the financial statements and other financial and
statistical information contained therein as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act
and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder;
(7) this Agreement and any Delayed Delivery
Contracts have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(8) no consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or in
any Delayed Delivery Contracts, except such as have been
obtained under the Act and such as may be required under the
blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters and such other approvals (specified in such
opinion) as have been obtained;
(9) neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the Indenture, the issue and sale of the
Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated nor the fulfillment of the
terms hereof or of any Delayed Delivery Contracts will
conflict with, result in a breach or violation of, or
constitute a default under the Amended Articles of
Incorporation or the Code of Regulations, as amended, of the
Company or the terms of any indenture or other material
agreement or instrument known to such counsel and to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or any
judgment, order or decree known to such counsel to be
applicable to the Company or
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any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, or
administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and
(10) no holders of securities of the Company have
rights to the registration of such securities under the
Registration Statement.
Such counsel shall also state that nothing has caused him to
believe that at the Effective Date the Registration Statement contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus includes
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (including in
each such case, for the avoidance of doubt, the documents incorporated
by reference therein as of such date, but other than the financial
statements and other financial and statistical information contained
therein as to which such counsel need not express an opinion).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to
matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other
than the State of Ohio or the United States, to the extent deemed
proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel
of good standing believed to be reliable and who are satisfactory to
counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact, to the
extent deemed proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the
Company and public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in
this paragraph (b) (i) include any supplements thereto at the Closing
Date.
(ii) The Company shall have furnished to the
Representatives the opinion of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx, outside
counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect
that:
(1) the Securities conform to the
description thereof contained in the Final
Prospectus;
(2) the Indenture has been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act; and
(3) the Registration Statement has become
effective under the Act; any required filing of
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the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the
Final Prospectus, and any supplements thereto, pursuant to
Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 424(b), or if the Rule 434 Delivery
Alternative was used, the required filing of the Rule 434 Term
Sheet has been made in the manner and time period required by
Rule 434; to the knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has
been issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or threatened, and the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus (other than the financial statements and
other financial and statistical information contained therein
as to which such counsel need express no opinion) comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable requirements
of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the respective
rules thereunder.
Such counsel shall also state that nothing has caused them to
believe that at the Effective Date the Registration Statement contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that the Final Prospectus includes
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case
except for the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus and the financial statements and
other financial and statistical information contained therein, as to
which such counsel need not express any opinion).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to
matters involving the application of laws of State of Ohio, to the
extent deemed proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of
the Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company and
(B) as to matters of fact, to the extent deemed proper, on certificates
of responsible officers of the Company and public officials. References
to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b)(ii) include any
supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(c) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath,
Swaine & Xxxxx, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions,
dated the Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the
Securities, the
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Indenture, any Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Registration Statement,
the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other
related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the
Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate of the Company, signed by the Senior Vice
President-Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer and Vice
President and Assistant Treasurer of the Company, dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully
examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any
supplement to the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company
in this Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same effect as
if made on the Closing Date and the Company has complied with
all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's
knowledge, threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial
statements included in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change
in the condition (financial or other), earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the
ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or
contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(e) At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date, Ernst &
Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter or
letters (which may refer to letters previously delivered to the
Representatives), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of
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the Closing date, substantially in the forms attached hereto as
Exhibits A and B.
(f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement
(exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i)
any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to
in paragraph (e) of this Section 5 or (ii) any change, or any
development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the
business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries the effect
of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in
the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to
make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or
delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration
Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto).
(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have
been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company's debt securities
by Xxxxx'x Investors Service Inc. ("Moody's"), Standard & Poor's
Corporation ("S&P"), Duff & Xxxxxx Inc. ("Duff & Xxxxxx") or any
successor to such rating organizations or any other nationally
recognized statistical rating organization which is comparable to
Moody's, S&P or Duff & Xxxxxx, or any notice given of any intended or
potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any
such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible
change.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates
and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request, including
any further items specified in Schedule I.
(i) The Company shall have accepted Delayed Delivery Contracts
in any case where sales of Contract Securities arranged by the
Underwriters have been approved by the Company.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have
been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement,
or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or
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elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder
may be canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing or by telephone or telecopy confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 5 shall be
delivered at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx, counsel for the
Underwriters, at Worldwide Plaza, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, xx the
Closing Date.
6. REIMBURSEMENT OF UNDERWRITERS' EXPENSES. The Company will pay all
costs, expenses, fees, disbursements and taxes incident to (i) the preparation
by the Company, printing, filing and distribution under the Act of the
Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits), the Final
Prospectus, each Preliminary Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements
to any of them prior to or during the period specified in Section 4(b), (ii) the
printing (including duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement,
preliminary and supplemental blue sky memoranda and all other agreements,
memoranda, correspondence and other documents printed and delivered in
connection with the offering of the Securities, (iii) the registration with the
Commission and the offer and sale of the Securities, (iv) the registration or
qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue
sky laws of the several states (including the reasonable fees and disbursements
of your counsel relating to such registration or qualification), (v) filings and
clearance with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in
connection with the offering, and (vi) the performance by the Company of its
other obligations under this Agreement.
In addition, if the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not
consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set
forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant
to Section 9 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part
of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision
hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of
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counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed
purchase and sale of the Securities.
7. INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees
and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act 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, the Exchange Act or other Federal or
state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that (i) the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission
made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the
Representatives specifically for inclusion therein and (ii) such indemnity with
respect to the Basic Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus shall not
inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or any person controlling such
Underwriter) from whom the person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or
liability purchased the Securities which are the subject thereof if such person
did not receive a copy of the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as
supplemented) excluding documents incorporated therein by reference at or prior
to the confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person in any case
where such delivery is required by the Act and the untrue statement or omission
of a material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus or any Preliminary Final
Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as
supplemented). This indemnity agreement will be in
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addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers and employees who sign
the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, against any and all losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them
may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal
or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact in written information relating to such Underwriter furnished
to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the registration statement for the registration of
the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or in any
amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state in such written information a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and
agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may
otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth in the
last paragraph of the cover page, under the heading "Underwriting" or "Plan of
Distribution" and, if Schedule I hereto provides for sales of Securities
pursuant to delayed delivery arrangements, in the last sentence under the
heading "Delayed Delivery Arrangements" in any Preliminary Final Prospectus or
the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or
on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in the documents referred to
above, and you, as the Representatives, confirm that such statements are
correct.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 7
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
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under this Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i)
will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and
to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results
in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses
and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any
obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation
provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled
to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party's choice at the indemnifying
party's expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which
indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not
thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel
retained by the indem nified party or parties except as set forth below);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified
party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party's election to appoint counsel to
represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have
the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the
indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such
separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to
represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of
interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such
action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded after consultation with legal
counsel of its choosing that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or
other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of
such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party
in writing to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party.
An indemnifying party will not, 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 may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential
parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent
includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding. Any
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indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement, compromise or consent
of any proceeding effected by the indemnified party without the written consent
of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
unless the indemnifying party has waived its right to appoint counsel to
represent the indemnified party in such proceeding in which case the indemnified
party may effect such a settlement, compromise or consent without the consent of
the indemnifying party.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of
this Section 7 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified
party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters agree to contribute to
the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending same)
(collectively "Losses") to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters
may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company and by the Underwriters from the offering of
the Securities; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except
as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering
of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting
discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such
Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding
sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters shall
contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and of the
Underwriters in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits
received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds
from the offering (before deducting expenses), and benefits received by the
Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final
Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether any
alleged untrue statement or omission relates to information provided by the
Company or the Underwriters. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it
would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata
allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution
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from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For
purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls an Underwriter within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer,
employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution
as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning
of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall
have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the
applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).
8. DEFAULT BY AN UNDERWRITER. If any one or more Underwriters shall
fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by
such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall
constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this
Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up
and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount of Securities set
forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate amount
of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters)
the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the event that the aggregate
amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set
forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to
purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the
Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the
Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting
Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set
forth in this Section 8, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period,
not exceeding seven days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that
the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or
in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in
this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if
any, to the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by
its default hereunder.
9. TERMINATION. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the
absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company
prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if prior to such time
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(i) trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have been suspended by the
Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on
the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum
prices shall have been established on such Exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium
shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State authorities or
(iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities,
declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other
calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is such as to make
it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).
10. REPRESENTATIONS AND INDEMNITIES TO SURVIVE. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof,
and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of
Sections 6 and 7 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this
Agreement.
11. NOTICES. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to them, at the address specified in
Schedule I hereto; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to it at 000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx
00000, attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq., Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary.
12. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no
other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. APPLICABLE LAW. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us
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the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall
represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
THE XXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX COMPANY,
by
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Name:
Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the date
specified in Schedule I hereto.
SALOMON BROTHERS INC
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX
& XXXXX INCORPORATED
by Salomon Brothers Inc
by
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Name:
Title:
For themselves and the other several
Underwriters, if any, named in Schedule
II to the foregoing Agreement.
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated ,
Representatives:
Salomon Brothers Inc
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated
World Financial Center
Xxxxx Xxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title:
Principal amount:
Purchase price: (include accrued interest or
amortization, if any)
Sinking fund provisions:
Redemption provisions:
Other provisions:
Registration Statements: $ of such Securities are registered under Registration
Statement No. 333- .
Closing Date, Time and Location:
Type of Offering: [Delayed Offering or Non-Delayed
Offering]
Delayed Delivery Arrangements:
Fee:
Minimum Principal Amount of all Contracts: $
Maximum Principal Amount of all Contracts: $
Date referred to in Section 4(f) after which the Company may offer or sell debt
securities issued or guaranteed by the Company without the consent of the
Representative:
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Modification of items to be covered by the letter from Ernst & Young LLP
delivered pursuant to Section 5(e) at the Execution Time.
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SCHEDULE II
Principal Amount
of Securities
UNDERWRITERS TO BE PURCHASED
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Total............................................... $
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SCHEDULE III
Delayed Delivery Contract
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Salomon Brothers Inc.
Seven Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co.
Word Financial Center
Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from The Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
Company (the "Company"), and the Company agrees to sell to the undersigned, on ,
19 , (the "Delivery Date"), $ principal amount of the Company's (the
"Securities") offered by the Company's Prospectus dated , 19 , and related
Prospectus Supplement dated , 19 , receipt of a copy of which is hereby
acknowledged, at a purchase price of % of the principal amount thereof, plus
[accrued interest] [amortization of original issue discount], if any, thereon
from , 19 , to the date of payment and delivery, and on the further terms and
conditions set forth in this contract.
Payment for the Securities to be purchased by the undersigned shall be
made on or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Delivery Date to or
upon the order of the Company in New York Clearing House (next day) funds, at
your office or at such other place as shall be agreed between the Company and
the undersigned, upon delivery to the undersigned of the Securities in
definitive fully registered form and in such authorized denominations and
registered in such names as the undersigned may request by written or telecopy
communication addressed to the Company not less than five full business days
prior to the Delivery Date. If no request is received, the Securities will be
registered in the name of the undersigned and issued in a denomination equal to
the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased by the undersigned
on the Delivery Date.
The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment
for Securities on the Delivery Date, and the obligation of the Company to sell
and deliver Securities
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on the Delivery Date, shall be subject to the conditions (and neither party
shall incur any liability by reason of the failure thereof) that (1) the
purchase of Securities to be made by the undersigned, which purchase the
undersigned represents is not prohibited on the date hereof, shall not on the
Delivery Date be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which the
undersigned is subject, and (2) the Company, on or before the Delivery Date,
shall have sold to certain underwriters (the "Underwriters") such principal
amount of the Securities as is to be sold to them pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement mentioned
above. Promptly after completion of such sale to the Underwriters, the Company
will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below notice to
such effect, accompanied by a copy of the opinion of counsel for the Company
delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith. The obligation of the
undersigned to take delivery of and make payment for the Securities, and the
obligation of the Company to cause the Securities to be sold and delivered,
shall not be affected by the failure of any purchaser to take delivery of and
make payment for the Securities pursuant to other contracts similar to this
contract.
This contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by
either party hereto without the written consent of the other.
It is understood that acceptance of this contract and other similar
contracts is in the Company's sole discretion and, without limiting the
foregoing, need not be on a first come, first served basis. If this contract is
acceptable to the Company, it is required that the Company sign the form of
acceptance below and mail or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the
undersigned at its address set forth below. This will become a binding contract
between the Company and the undersigned, as of the date first above written,
when such counterpart is so mailed or delivered.
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This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
Very truly yours,
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(Name of Purchaser)
by
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(Signature and Title
of Officer)
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(Address)
Accepted:
The Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Company,
by
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(Authorized Signature)
