OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • August 8th, 2008 • Occidental Petroleum Corp /De/ • Crude petroleum & natural gas • New York
Occidental Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms its agreement with [insert names of lead underwriters] (collectively the "Underwriters," which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 11 hereof) with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth opposite their names on Schedule A hereto, of the Company's (the "Notes"). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of [April 1, 1998] [January 20, 1999] (the "Indenture," which term, for purposes of this Agreement, shall include an Officers' Certificate or supplemental indenture with respect to the Notes delivered pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as successor to The Bank of New York, as trustee (the "Trustee"). • and • shall be the representatives
