Exhibit 1.1
Maytag Corporation
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August 2, 2001
To the Representatives
named in Schedule I
hereto of the Under-
writers named in
Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Maytag Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Company"), proposes to sell to the several 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 (as amended or supplemented, the "Indenture"), dated as of
June 15, 1987, between the Company and Bank One, National Association, formerly
known as The First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee (the "Trustee"). To the
extent there are no additional Underwriters listed on Schedule I other than you,
the term Representatives as used herein shall mean you, as Underwriters, and the
terms Representatives and Underwriters shall mean either the singular or plural
as the context requires. 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. Certain
terms used herein are defined in Section 17 hereof.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the
Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission a registration statement (the
file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form S-3, including a
related 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. The Company will next file with the
Commission one of the following: (1) after the Effective Date of such
registration statement, a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities
in accordance with Rules 430A and 424(b), (2) prior to the Effective Date of
such registration statement, an amendment to such registration statement
(including the form of final prospectus supplement) or (3) a final prospectus in
accordance with Rules 415 and 424(b). In the case of clause (1), 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 such registration statement and the Final
Prospectus. 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, 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. The
Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth
in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when
the Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance with Rule 424(b)
and on the Closing Date (as defined herein), the Final Prospectus (and any
supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Act and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and at
the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did 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 documents
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules thereunder; on the Effective Date and on the Closing
Date the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder; 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 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 Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Final Prospectus.
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(d) The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company, and, when
the terms of the Securities and of their issuance and sale have been duly
established in accordance with the Indenture and this Agreement, and the
Securities have been authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided
in the Indenture and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, the Securities
will be duly and validly issued and will constitute valid and legally binding
obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except to the
extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); the
Indenture has been duly authorized and qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
and the Indenture constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); the
Indenture conforms and the Securities will conform to the descriptions thereof
in the Final Prospectus.
(e) The issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and this
Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein
contemplated will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a
party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the Company is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-laws of the
Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or
governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
properties.
(f) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required
for the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities, the issue and sale of the
Securities or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been, or
will have been prior to the Closing Date, obtained under the Act or the Trust
Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state, securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the solicitation by the Underwriters of offers to purchase the
Securities from the Company and the sale of the Securities by the Company, in
each case, in the manner contemplated hereby.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained,
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus, any loss or interference with
its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not
covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order or decree, which would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the business, properties, financial position, stockholders' equity or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Final Prospectus; and, since
such date, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than
issuances of common stock pursuant to benefit plans, stock options or
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acquisition transactions, repurchases by the Company or conversion of
outstanding convertible securities) or long-term debt (except for changes as a
result of maturities, sinking fund payments, amortization of debt discount,
currency fluctuations or the issuance of the Company's Medium Term Notes, Series
D) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Final Prospectus) or any material adverse change in or
affecting, or any adverse development which materially affects, the business,
properties, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth
or contemplated in the Final Prospectus.
(h) Except as described in the Final Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
the subject which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the business, properties, financial position, stockholders' equity or results
of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and to the
knowledge of the Company, no such proceedings are threatened by governmental
authorities or by others.
(i) Immediately after any sale of the Securities by the Company
hereunder, the aggregate amount of Securities which shall have been issued and
sold by the Company hereunder and of any debt securities and warrants of the
Company (other than such Securities) that shall have been issued and sold
pursuant to the Registration Statement will not exceed the amount of debt
securities and warrants registered under the Registration Statement.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to
the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the
offering of the Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the
Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.
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 Firm Securities set forth opposite
such Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Firm
Securities and the Option Securities (if the option provided for in Section 2(b)
hereof shall have been exercised on or before the fifth Business Day prior to
the Closing Date) shall be made on the date and at the time specified in
Schedule I hereto or at such time on such later date not more than three
Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives and the Company
shall designate, which date and time may be further postponed by agreement
between the Representative and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof
(such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein
called the "Closing Date"). Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the
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 payable in
same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the
Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company
unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
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If the option provided for in Section 2(b) hereof is exercised after
the fifth Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Company will deliver the
Option Securities (at the expense of the Company) to the Representative on the
date specified by the Representative (which shall be within five Business Days
after exercise of said option), for the respective accounts of the several
Underwriters, against payment by the several Underwriters through the
Representative of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company
by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified by the
Company. If settlement for the Option Securities occurs after the Closing Date,
the Company will deliver to the Representative on the settlement date for the
Option Securities, and the obligation of the Initial Purchasers to purchase the
Option Securities shall be conditioned upon receipt of, supplemental opinions,
certificates and letters confirming as of such date the opinions, certificates
and letters delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several
Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth
in the Final Prospectus.
5. 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 thereof, to
become effective. Prior to the termination or completion of the offering of the
Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration
Statement or supplement (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 to which you reasonably
object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, if the Registration Statement has
become or becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A, or filing of the Final
Prospectus is otherwise required under Rule 424(b), 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. The Company will promptly advise the
Representatives (1) when the Registration Statement, if not effective at the
Execution Time, shall have become effective, (2) when the Final Prospectus, and
any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) or when any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall
have been filed with the Commission, (3) when, prior to termination or
completion of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration
Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (4) of any request by the
Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or any
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final
Prospectus or for any additional information, (5) 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 (6) 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 institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The
Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order
or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as
possible the withdrawal thereof.
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(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the 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 (1) notify the
Representatives of such event, (2) prepare and file with the Commission, subject
to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance and (3) supply any supplemented Final 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, signed copies of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the
Registration Statement (without 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 each Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any
supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company
will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating
to the offering.
(e) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of
the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives may designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so
long as required for the distribution of the Securities and will pay any fee of
the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in connection with its
review of the offering; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated
to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified
or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits,
other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
(f) The Company will not, without the prior written consent of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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of, (or enter into any transaction which is designed to, or might reasonably be
expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or
effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by the
Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the
Company or any affiliate of the Company) directly or indirectly, including the
filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the
Commission in respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or
liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section
16 of the Exchange Act, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company
(other than the Securities or the Company's short-term commercial paper) or
publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the
Business Day set forth on Schedule I hereto.
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(g) The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to
cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or
manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale
or resale of the Securities.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations
of the Underwriters to purchase the Firm Securities and the Option Securities,
as the case may be, 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 and any settlement date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, 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 PM New
York City time, on the date of determination of the public offering price, if
such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 PM New York City time on such
date or (ii) 9:30 AM on the Business Day following the day on which the public
offering price was determined, if such determination occurred after 3:00 PM 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, will be filed in the manner and within the time period
required by Rule 424(b); 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) The Company shall have requested and caused ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, the
Company's General Counsel, or Sidley ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇, counsel for the
Company, to have furnished to the Representatives their opinion, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) the Company has the authorized equity capitalization as set
forth in the Final Prospectus;
(ii) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Final Prospectus;
(iii) to such counsel's knowledge and other than as set forth or
contemplated in the Final Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is subject, other than proceedings which would not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a
material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole; and, to such counsel's knowledge, no
such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others;
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(iv) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(v) the Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and,
when the terms of the Securities and of their issuance and sale have
been duly established in accordance with the Indenture (including any
supplemental indenture thereto) and this Agreement, and when each of
the Securities has been duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered in the manner provided in the Indenture (including any
supplemental indenture thereto) and paid for in accordance with this
Agreement, such Securities will be duly and validly issued and will
constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture (including any supplemental
indenture thereto) and enforceable against the Company in accordance
with its terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, solvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
and the Indenture (including any supplemental indenture thereto) and
the Securities conform in all material respects to the descriptions
thereof in the Final Prospectus;
(vi) the Indenture (including any supplemental indenture thereto)
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the
Indenture constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of the
Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors'
rights generally or by general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and the Indenture has
been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;
(vii) the issue and sale of the Securities, the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture
(including any supplemental indenture thereto) and this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated
will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known
to such counsel to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company is subject, nor will such actions result in any violation of
the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or By-
laws of the Company or any statute or any order, rule or regulation
known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body
having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties;
(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
or qualification of or with any court or any governmental agency or
body is required
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for the solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities, the issue
and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture
(including any supplemental indenture thereto), except such as have
been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications
as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the solicitation by the Underwriters of offers to
purchase the Securities from the Company in the manner contemplated
hereby;
(ix) to such counsel's knowledge, there are no contracts or other
documents which are required to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement by the Act or by the rules and regulations
thereunder which have not been so filed; and
(x) the Registration Statement has become effective under the
Act; any required filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule
424(b) has been made in the manner and within the time period required
by Rule 424(b); 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 (including all documents
incorporated by reference therein) and the Final Prospectus (including
all documents incorporated by reference therein) (in each case, other
than the financial statements and related schedules and other
financial information contained or incorporated by reference therein
and the Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act
and the Trust Indenture Act and the respective rules thereunder; and
such counsel has no reason to believe that, on the Effective Date or
the date the Registration Statement was last deemed amended, the
Registration Statement (including all documents incorporated by
reference therein) 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 (including all documents incorporated by reference
therein) as of its date and on the Closing Date included or includes
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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, other than the financial statements and related schedules
and other financial information contained or incorporated by reference
therein and the Form T-1 under the Trust Indenture Act, as to which
such counsel need express no 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 New York or the Federal laws of the United States, to the extent they
deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other
counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are
satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to matters of fact,
to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of
the Company and
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public officials. References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b)
include all documents deemed to be incorporated by reference therein at the
Closing Date.
(c) The Representatives shall have received from Winston & ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date
and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of
the Securities, the Indenture, 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 Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer or Senior Vice President and Treasurer and the Senior Vice
President and General Counsel 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 supplements to the Final
Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct 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 or incorporated by reference in the Final Prospectus
(exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no material
adverse effect on the business, properties, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations 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) The Company shall have requested and caused Ernst & Young LLP to
have furnished to the Representatives, at the Execution Time and at the Closing
Date, letters, (which may refer to letters previously delivered to one or more
of the Representatives), dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of
the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives,
confirming that they are independent accountants within the meaning of the Act
and the Exchange Act and the respective applicable rules and regulations adopted
by the Commission thereunder and that they have performed a review of the
unaudited interim financial information of the Company for three-month period
ended March 31, 2001, and as at March 31, 2001, in accordance with Statement on
Auditing Standards No. 71, and stating in effect, except as provided in Schedule
I hereto, that:
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(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and
financial statement schedules included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and reported on by
them comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the
related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest unaudited financial
statements made available by the Company and its subsidiaries; their
limited review, in accordance with standards established under
Statement on Auditing Standards No. 71, of the unaudited interim
financial information for the three-month period ended March 31, 2001
and as at March 31, 2001; carrying out certain specified procedures
(but not an examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards) which would not necessarily reveal matters of significance
with respect to the comments set forth in such letter; a reading of
the minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, directors and
executive, finance and audit committees of the Company and the
subsidiaries; and inquiries of certain officials of the Company who
have responsibility for financial and accounting matters of the
Company and its subsidiaries as to transactions and events subsequent
to December 31, 2000, nothing came to their attention which caused
them to believe that:
(1) any unaudited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Final Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements of the Act and
with the related rules and regulations adopted by the Commission
with respect to financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q under the Exchange
Act; and said unaudited financial statements are not in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied
on a basis substantially consistent with that of the audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus;
(2) with respect to the period subsequent to March 31, 2001,
there were any changes, at a specified date not more than five
days prior to the date of the letter, in the consolidated capital
stock, the consolidated long-term debt, the consolidated net
current assets or shareowners' equity of the Company and its
subsidiaries, as compared with the amounts shown on the March 31,
2001 consolidated balance sheet included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus,
or for the period from April 1, 2001 to such specified date there
were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding period in
the preceding year, in consolidated net sales or the total or per
share amounts of consolidated income before extraordinary items
or of consolidated net income of the Company and its
subsidiaries, except in all instances for changes or decreases
set forth in such letter, in which case the letter shall be
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accompanied by an explanation by the Company as to the
significance thereof unless said explanation is not deemed
necessary by the Representatives;
(3) the information included or incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and Final Prospectus in response to
Regulation S-K, Item 301 (Selected Financial Data), Item 302
(Supplementary Financial Information), Item 402 (Executive
Compensation) and Item 503(d) (Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges) is not in conformity with the applicable disclosure
requirements of Regulation S-K; and
(iii) they have performed certain other specified procedures as a
result of which they determined that certain information of an
accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to
accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries) set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and in
Exhibit 12 to the Registration Statement, including the information
included or incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K, incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and the Final Prospectus, and the information included in the
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" included or incorporated by reference in the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, agrees with the
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any
questions of legal interpretation.
References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (e) include any
supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
(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 in the matters
specified in paragraph (e)(ii)(2) of this Section 6 other than as previously
disclosed in the letter or letters delivered pursuant to paragraph (e) of this
Section 6 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change,
in the business, properties, financial position, stockholders' equity or results
of operations 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) the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii)
above, is, in the sole 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 any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes
of Rule 436(g) under the Act) or any notice given of any
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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.
(i) The Company shall have applied to have the Securities listed and
admitted and authorized for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, and
satisfactory evidence of such actions shall have been provided to the
Representatives.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 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 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 cancelation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or
facsimile confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be
delivered at the office of Winston & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Underwriters, at ▇▇
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, on the Closing Date.
7. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. 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 6 hereof is not satisfied,
because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 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 through ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. on demand for all out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall
have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of
the Securities.
8. 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
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investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action;
provided, however, that 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; provided further, that
with respect to any untrue statement or omission of material fact made in any
Preliminary Final Prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section
8(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter from whom the person
asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the Securities, to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter
occurs under the circumstance where it shall have been determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment that (w) the Company
had previously furnished copies of the Final Prospectus to the Representatives,
(x) delivery of the Final Prospectus was required by the Act to be made to such
person, (y) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the
Preliminary Final Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus and (z) there
was not sent or given to such person, at or prior to the written confirmation of
the sale of such Securities to such person, a copy of the Final Prospectus. This
indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may
otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs
the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with
reference to 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 documents referred to in the foregoing
indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which
any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that (1) the
statements set forth in the second to last and last paragraphs of the cover page
regarding delivery of the Securities and (2), under the heading "Underwriting",
(A) the list of Underwriters and their respective participation in the sale of
the Securities, (B) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and
(C) the paragraph related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and
penalty bids in any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus
constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
8 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 under this
Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the failure so to 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
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shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate
counsel retained by the indemnified 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 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 to employ separate counsel at the expense
of the indemnifying party. It is understood, however, that the Company shall, in
connection with any one such action or separate but substantially similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of only one
separate firm of attorneys (in addition to any local counsel) at any time for
all such Underwriters and controlling persons, which firm shall be designated in
writing by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Barney. 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.
An indemnifying party shall not be liable under this Section 8 to any
indemnified party regarding any settlement 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
is consented to by such indemnifying party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an
indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally
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 on the one
hand and by the Underwriters on the other 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 severally shall
contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and
of the
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Underwriters on the other 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) received by it, 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, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information provided by the Company on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
untrue statement or omission. 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 from any
person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of
this Section 8, 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).
9. 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 principal amount of
Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto bears to the
aggregate principal 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 principal amount of Securities which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of
the aggregate principal 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 9, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding
five Business Days, as the Representative and the Company 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.
10. 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
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payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (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 sole judgment of the
Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or
delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Final Prospectus (exclusive of
any supplement thereto).
11. 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, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 1
and the agreements contained in Sections 5(c), 5(d) and 8 will survive delivery
of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof
shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed,
delivered or telefaxed to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc. General Counsel (fax
no.: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇) and confirmed to the General Counsel, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Barney
Inc., at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention: General
Counsel; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to
Maytag Corporation General Counsel (fax no.: (641) ▇▇▇- ▇▇▇▇) and confirmed to
it at Maytag Corporation, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, Attention:
General Counsel.
13. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the
officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling persons referred to in
Section 8 hereof, and no other person will have any right or obligation
hereunder.
14. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts
made and to be performed within the State of New York.
15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
16. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience
only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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17. Definitions. The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement,
shall have the meanings indicated.
"Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and the rules
and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
"Basic Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus referred to in paragraph
1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date
including any Preliminary Final Prospectus.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a
legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are
authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.
"Commission" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Effective Date" shall mean each date and time that the Registration
Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto and any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement became or become effective.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
"Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is
executed and delivered by the parties hereto.
"Final Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to
the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the
Execution Time, together with the Basic 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,
together with the Basic Prospectus.
"Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement
referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including 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, shall also mean such
registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement, as the case may be. Such term shall include any Rule 430A
Information deemed to be included therein at the Effective Date as provided
by Rule 430A.
"Rule 415", "Rule 424", "Rule 430A" and "Rule 462" refer to such rules
under the Act.
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"Rule 430A Information" shall mean 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 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration
statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating
to the offering covered by the registration statement referred to in
Section 1(a) hereof.
"Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us 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,
Maytag Corporation
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
The foregoing Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date specified in
Schedule I hereto.
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
For itself and the other
several Underwriters, if any,
named in Schedule II to the
foregoing Agreement.
SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement, dated August 2, 2001
Registration Statement No. 333-62980
Representative(s): ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Barney Inc.
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title: 7.875% Public Income Notes (PINES(R)) due 2031
Principal amount: $250,000,000
Purchase price (include accrued interest or amortization, if any):
96.85% of the principal amount of Securities
Sinking fund provisions: None
Redemption provisions: As set forth in the Final Prospectus
Other provisions: As set forth in the Final Prospectus
Closing Date, Time and Location: August 8, 2001 at 10:00 a.m. at
Winston & ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Type of Offering: Non-delayed
Date referred to in Section 5(f) after which the Company may offer or sell debt
securities issued or guaranteed by the Company without the consent of the
Representative(s): August 8, 2001
Modification of items to be covered by the letter from Ernst & Young LLP
delivered pursuant to Section 6(e) at the Execution Time: None
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SCHEDULE II
Principal Amount
of Securities to
Underwriters be Purchased
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▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc................................................ $ 39,125,000
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Sons, Inc................................................ 39,125,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇ Brothers Inc..................................................... 39,125,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ Incorporated....................... 39,125,000
Prudential Securities Incorporated...................................... 39,125,000
Banc One Capital Markets, Inc........................................... 18,750,000
ABN AMRO Incorporated................................................... 1,250,000
Banc of America Securities LLC.......................................... 1,250,000
Bear, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Inc................................................. 1,250,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., Inc............................................... 1,250,000
CIBC World Markets Corp................................................. 1,250,000
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Incorporated.............................................. 1,250,000
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities Inc.............................................. 1,250,000
Deutsche Banc Alex. ▇▇▇▇▇ Inc........................................... 1,250,000
First Union Securities, Inc............................................. 1,250,000
H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc....................................... 1,250,000
Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation.................................. 1,250,000
McDonald Investments Inc................................................ 1,250,000
Quick & ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc..................................................... 1,250,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Associates, Inc......................................... 1,250,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Incorporated............................................. 1,250,000
U.S. Bancorp ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Inc.......................................... 1,250,000
▇▇▇▇▇ Fargo ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, LLC............................................. 1,250,000
Advest, Inc............................................................. 625,000
BB&T Capital Markets, a Division of ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Inc........... 625,000
▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇ & Associates, Inc............................................. 625,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co.................................................... 625,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Inc.................................................... 625,000
Gibraltar Securities Co................................................. 625,000
Gruntal & Co., L.L.C.................................................... 625,000
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc............................................... 625,000
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, Incorporated.................................... 625,000
J.J.B. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, Inc........................................ 625,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ LLC............................................. 625,000
Mesirow Financial, Inc.................................................. 625,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Company, Inc............................................ 625,000
NatCity Investments, Inc................................................ 625,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇/Hunter Incorporated.............................................. 625,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co. Incorporated...................................... 625,000
Southwest Securities, Inc............................................... 625,000
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Principal Amount
of Securities to
Underwriters be Purchased
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▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Company, Incorporated................................ 625,000
TD Waterhouse, Inc...................................................... 625,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Capital Partners, L.P.......................................... 625,000
Wachovia Securities, Inc................................................ 625,000
Wedbush ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities, Inc.......................................... 625,000
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ & Company, L.L.C.......................................... 625,000
Total.............................................................. $250,000,000
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