Exhibit 1.3 3,000,000 Shares Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK ($41.8875 PAR VALUE) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT ----------------------Underwriting Agreement • October 24th, 1996 • Crown Cork & Seal Co Inc • Metal cans • New York
COMMON STOCK ($5.00 PAR VALUE)Underwriting Agreement • October 24th, 1996 • Crown Cork & Seal Co Inc • Metal cans • New York
October 24, 1996 Lazard Freres & Co. LLC CS First Boston Corporation Salomon Brothers Inc c/o Lazard Freres & Co. LLC 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10020 Lazard Capital Markets CS First Boston Limited Salomon Brothers International Limited...Crown Cork & Seal Co Inc • October 24th, 1996 • Metal cans
This letter is in reference to (i) the U.S. Underwriting Agreement (the "U.S. Underwriting Agreement"), to be entered into today among Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. ("Crown"), Compagnie Generale d'Industrie et de Participations ("CGIP"), Sofiservice ("Sofiservice" and, together with CGIP the "Selling Stockholders") and Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, CS First Boston Corporation and Salomon Brothers Inc, as representatives of several U.S. underwriters to be named in Schedule I thereto (the "U.S. Underwriters") with respect to up to 8,787,500 shares (the "U.S. Common Shares") of Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share ("Common Stock"), of Crown, (ii) the International Underwriting Agreement (the "International Underwriting Agreement"), to be entered into today among Crown, the Selling Stockholders and Lazard Capital Markets, CS First Boston Limited and Salomon Brothers International Limited, as representatives of the several international underwriters to be named in Schedule I thereto (the "I
