EXHIBIT 1.1
CRANE CO.
Debt Securities
Underwriting Agreement
__________, 20__
To the Representatives named
in Schedule I hereto of the
Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto
Dear Sirs:
Crane Co., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue
and sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the "Underwriters"),
for whom you are acting as representatives (the "Representatives"), the
principal amount of its debt securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the
"Securities"), to be issued under the indenture specified in Schedule I hereto
(the "Indenture") between the Company and the Trustee identified in such
Schedule (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.
The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") in accordance with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (collectively, the "Securities Act"), a registration
statement (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto) on Form
S-3, relating to certain debt securities (the "Shelf Securities") to be issued
from time to time by the Company. The Company also has filed with, or proposes
to file with, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a
prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities. The registration
statement as amended to the date of this Agreement is hereinafter referred to as
the "Registration Statement" and the related prospectus covering the Shelf
Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities is
hereinafter referred to as the "Basic Prospectus". The Basic Prospectus as
supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the
Securities in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities is
hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus". Any reference in this Agreement to
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary form of
Prospectus (a "preliminary prospectus") previously filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3
under the Securities Act which were filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder (collectively, the "Exchange Act") on or before the
date of this Agreement or the date of the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to "amend",
"amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, the
Basic Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed
to refer to and include any documents filed under the Exchange Act after the
date of this Agreement, or the date of the Basic Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, which are deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein.
The Company hereby agrees with the Underwriters as follows:
1. The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several
Underwriters as hereinafter provided, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the
representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions
hereinafter stated, agrees to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the
Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto at the purchase price set forth in
Schedule I hereto.
2. The Company understands that the several Underwriters intend (i) to
make a public offering of their respective portions of the Securities and (ii)
initially to offer the Securities upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus.
3. Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the
Representatives, on the closing date set forth in Schedule I hereto (or at such
other time on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth Business Day
thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree in writing). As
used herein, the term "Business Day" means any day other than a day on which
banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City. The time and date
of such payment and delivery with respect to the Securities are referred to
herein as the Closing Date.
Payment for the Securities shall be made against delivery to the
nominee of The Depository Trust Company for the respective accounts of the
several Underwriters of the Securities of one or more global securities (the
"Global Security") representing the Securities, with any transfer taxes payable
in connection with the transfer to the Underwriters of the Securities duly paid
by the Company. The Global Security will be made available for inspection by the
Representatives not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Business
Day prior to the Closing Date.
4. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) the Registration Statement has been declared effective by
the Commission under the Securities Act; no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened by the Commission; and the Registration
Statement and Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company
shall have furnished any
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amendments or supplements thereto) comply, or will comply, as the case
may be, in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (collectively, the "Trust Indenture Act"), and do
not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the date of
the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented at the
Closing Date, if applicable, will not contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; except that the foregoing representations
and warranties shall not apply to (i) that part of the Registration
Statement which constitutes the Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1
under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee, and (ii) statements or
omissions in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus made in
reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any
Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter
through the Representatives expressly for use therein;
(b) the documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material
respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such
documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement
thereto, when such documents are filed with the Commission will conform
in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading;
(c) the financial statements, and the related notes thereto,
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus present fairly the consolidated financial position of
the Company, its consolidated subsidiaries and businesses acquired or
to be acquired by the Company for which separate financial statements
are required to be included as of the dates indicated and the results
of their operations and the changes in their consolidated cash flows
for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared
in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on
a consistent basis, and the supporting schedules included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly
the information required to be stated therein; and the pro forma
financial information, and the related notes thereto, if any, included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus
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has been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable;
(d) since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not
been any material adverse change, or any development that could
reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or
affecting the general affairs, business, prospects, management,
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 Prospectus; and except as set forth or
contemplated in the Prospectus neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or
not in the ordinary course of business) material to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole;
(e) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the state
of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to
own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for
the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of
each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or
conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have
a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as
a whole;
(f) each subsidiary which constitutes a "significant
subsidiary" within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X (the
"Material Subsidiaries") has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation under the laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own
its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus,
and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the
transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any
business so as to require such qualification, other than where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Material
Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully-paid
and non-assessable, and (except in the case of foreign subsidiaries,
for directors' qualifying shares) are owned by the Company, directly or
indirectly, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security
interests and claims;
(g) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(h) the Securities have been duly authorized, and when issued
and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, will have been duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and
binding
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obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the
Indenture, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the
same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity; the
Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company and the Trustee and constitutes a valid and binding instrument,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the same may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally and by general principles of equity; and the Indenture
conforms and the Securities will conform to the descriptions thereof in
the Prospectus;
(i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, or
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would be, in
violation of or in default under, its Certificate of Incorporation or
By-Laws or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them or any of their
respective properties is bound, except for violations and defaults
which individually and in the aggregate are not material to the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or to the holders of the
Securities; the issue and sale of the Securities and the performance by
the Company of all of its obligations under the Securities, the
Indenture and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a
breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will any such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Company or any applicable law or
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company, its subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties; and no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such
court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale
of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except
such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as have been obtained under the Securities Act, the
Trust Indenture Act and as may be required under state securities or
Blue Sky Laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters; and
(j) other than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus,
there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject in which
there is a reasonable probability of an adverse decision which could
individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the general
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affairs, business, prospects, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole and, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened by governmental
authorities or threatened by others; and there are no contracts or
other documents of a character required to be filed as an exhibit to
the Registration Statement or required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or
described as required.
5. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters as
follows:
(a) to file the Prospectus in a form approved by the
Representatives pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act not later
than the Commission's close of business on the second Business Day
following the date of determination of the offering price of the
Securities;
(b) to deliver to each Representative and counsel for the
Underwriters, at the expense of the Company, a signed copy of the
Registration Statement (as originally filed) and each amendment
thereto, in each case including exhibits and documents incorporated by
reference therein and, during the period mentioned in paragraph (f)
below, to each of the Underwriters as many copies of the Prospectus
(including all amendments and supplements thereto) and documents
incorporated by reference therein as the Representatives may reasonably
request;
(c) during the period mentioned in paragraph (f) below, before
filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, to furnish to the Representatives a copy of any proposed
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, for review, and not to file any such proposed amendment or
supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object;
(d) to file promptly, subject to the provisions of paragraph
(c) above, all reports and any definitive proxy or information
statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
during the period mentioned in paragraph (f) below;
(e) during the period mentioned in paragraph (f) below, to
advise the Representatives promptly, and to confirm such advice in
writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement shall
have become effective, (ii) of any request by the Commission for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement
to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (iv) of the receipt
by the Company of any notification with respect to any suspension of
the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any
jurisdiction or the
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initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and to
use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or
notification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the
withdrawal thereof;
(f) if, during such period after the first date of the public
offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the
Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law
to be delivered in connection with sales by an Underwriter or dealer,
any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is delivered to a
purchaser, not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement
the Prospectus to comply with law, forthwith to prepare and furnish, at
the expense of the Company, to the Underwriters and to the dealers
(whose names and addresses the Representatives will furnish to the
Company) to which Securities may have been sold by the Representatives
on behalf of the Underwriters and to any other dealers upon request,
such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so
that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented
will not, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus is
delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will
comply with law;
(g) to endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives shall reasonably request and to continue such
qualification in effect so long as reasonably required for distribution
of the Securities and to pay all fees and expenses (including fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) reasonably incurred in
connection with such qualification and in connection with the
determination of the eligibility of the Securities for investment under
the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate;
provided that the Company shall not be required to file a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(h) to make generally available to its security holders and to
the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement
covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first
fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the effective date of the
Registration Statement, which shall satisfy the provisions of Section
11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated
thereunder;
(i) for a period of two years after the delivery of the
Securities, to furnish to the Representatives copies of all reports or
other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of
Securities, and copies of any reports and financial statements
furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities
exchange, except for such reports and financial statements furnished to
or filed with the Commission via the Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval System;
(j) during the period beginning on the date hereof and
continuing to and including the Business Day following the Closing
Date, not to offer,
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sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of
or guaranteed by the Company which are substantially similar to the
Securities without prior written consent of the Representatives; and
(k) to pay all costs and expenses incident to the performance
of its obligations hereunder, including without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, all costs and expenses (i) incident to the
preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the
Securities, including any expenses of the Trustee, (ii) incident to the
preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any preliminary prospectus
(including in each case all exhibits, amendments and supplements
thereto), (iii) incurred in connection with the registration or
qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the
Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may
designate (including fees of counsel for the Underwriters and their
disbursements), (iv) in connection with the listing of the Securities
on any stock exchange, (v) related to any filing with National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (vi) in connection with the
printing (including word processing and duplication costs) and delivery
of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Preliminary and Supplemental Blue
Sky Memoranda and any Legal Investment Survey and the furnishing to
underwriters and dealers of copies of the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, including mailing and shipping, as herein provided and
(vii) payable to rating agencies in connection with the rating of the
Securities.
6. The several obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be
subject to the following conditions:
(a) the representations and warranties of the Company
contained herein are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as
if made on and as of the Closing Date and the Company shall have
complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be
performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date;
(b) the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 within the applicable time period prescribed for
such filing by the rules and regulations under the Securities Act; no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement
shall be in effect, and no proceedings for such purpose shall be
pending before or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for
additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to the satisfaction of the Representatives;
(c) subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any
downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of (i) any intended
or potential downgrading or (ii) any review or possible change that
does not indicate an improvement, in the rating accorded any securities
of or guaranteed by the
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Company by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization",
as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Securities Act;
(d) since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Prospectus there shall not have been any material adverse
change or any development that could reasonably be expected to result
in a material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs,
business, prospects, management, 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
Prospectus, the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(e) the Representatives shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company
satisfactory to the Representatives to the effect set forth in
subsections (a) through (c) of this Section and to the further effect
that there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or
affecting the general affairs, business, prospects, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole from that set forth
or contemplated in the Prospectus;
(f) the General Counsel of the Company shall have furnished to
the Representatives his written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in
form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect
that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, with corporate
power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) the Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good
standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it
owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to
require such qualification, other than where the failure to be
so qualified or in good standing would not have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole;
(iii) each of the Material Subsidiaries has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under
the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation with corporate
power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus and has been duly
qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of
business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or
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conducts any business, so as to require such qualification,
other than where the failure to be so qualified and in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the
Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and all of the
issued shares of capital stock of each Material Subsidiary
have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully
paid and non-assessable, and (except in the case of foreign
subsidiaries, for directors' qualifying shares) are owned
directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(iv) other than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending or, to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
or, with respect to threatened proceedings, may be a party or
to which any property of the Company or its subsidiaries is
or, with respect to threatened proceedings, may be the subject
in which there is a reasonable probability of an adverse
decision which could individually or in the aggregate
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
the general affairs, business, prospects, management,
financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole; and such counsel does not know of any contracts or
other documents of a character required to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
which are not filed or described as required;
(v) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the Company;
(vi) the Securities have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly
authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the
benefits provided by the Indenture, enforceable in accordance
with their terms, except as the same may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally or by general principles of equity;
(vii) the Indenture has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid
and binding instrument of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally or by general principles of equity; and the
Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act;
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(viii) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time
or both would be, in violation of or in default under, its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws or any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or
instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them
or any of their respective properties is bound, except for
violations and defaults which individually and in the
aggregate are not material to the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole or to the holders of the Securities; the
issue and sale of the Securities and the performance by the
Company of its obligations under the Securities, the Indenture
and this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or
result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other material agreement or
instrument known to such counsel to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property
or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject, nor will any such action result in any violation of
the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, or the
By-Laws of the Company or any applicable law or statute or any
order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction over the Company, its subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties;
(ix) no consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any court or
governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale
of the Securities or the consummation of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture,
except such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations
or qualifications as have been obtained under the Securities
Act and the Trust Indenture Act and as may be required under
state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriter;
(x) the statements in (i) the Prospectus under
"Recent Developments", "Description of the Notes",
"Description of Debt Securities", "Plan of Distribution" and
"Underwriting", (ii) Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 and (iii) the
Registration Statement in Item 15, insofar as such statements
constitute a summary of the legal matters, documents or
proceedings referred to therein, fairly present the
information called for with respect to such legal matters,
documents or proceedings; and
(xi) such counsel (A) is of the opinion that each
document incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (except for the financial
statements and the Form
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T-1 included therein as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) complied as to form when filed with the Commission in
all material respects with the Exchange Act, (B) believes that
(except for the financial statements and the Form T-1 included
therein as to which such counsel need express no belief) each
part of the Registration Statement (including the documents
incorporated by reference therein) filed with the Commission
pursuant to the Securities Act relating to the Securities,
when such part became effective, did not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, (C) is of the opinion that
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any
amendments and supplements thereto (except for the financial
statements and the Form T-1 included therein as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act
and (D) believes that (except for the financial statements and
the Form T-1 included therein as to which such counsel need
express no belief) the Registration Statement, as supplemented
by the prospectus supplement contained in the Prospectus, and
the Prospectus, on the date of this Agreement, did not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, and that the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, if applicable, does not
contain 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.
In rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely (A)
as to matters involving the application of laws other than
the laws of the United States and the States of New York and
Delaware, to the extent such counsel deems proper and to the
extent specified in such opinion, if at all, upon an opinion
or opinions (reasonably satisfactory to Underwriters'
counsel) of other counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Underwriters' counsel, familiar with the applicable laws; and
(B) as to matters of fact, to the extent such counsel deems
proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the
Company and certificates or other written statements of
officials of jurisdictions having custody of documents
respecting the corporate existence or good standing of the
Company. The opinion of such counsel for the Company shall
state that the opinion of any such other counsel is in form
satisfactory to such counsel and, in such counsel's opinion,
the Underwriters and they are justified in relying thereon.
With respect to the matters to be covered in subparagraph
(xi) above, counsel may state their opinion and belief is
based upon their participation in the preparation of the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment
or supplement thereto (including the documents
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incorporated by reference, therein) but is without independent
check or verification except as specified.
(g) on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date,
Deloitte & Touche shall have furnished to the Representatives letters,
dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the
Underwriters, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, containing statements and information of the type
customarily included in accountants "comfort letters" to underwriters
with respect to the financial statements and certain financial
information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the
Closing Date shall use a "cut-off" date no more than three business
days prior to the Closing Date;
(h) the Representatives shall have received on and as of the
Closing Date an opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel to the
Underwriters, with respect to the validity of the Indenture and the
Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and other
related matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such
counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters; and
(i) on or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have
furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and
documents as are usual and customary in transactions of the nature
contemplated herein as the Representatives shall reasonably request.
7. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter,
its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities (including without limitation the legal fees and other expenses
incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim
asserted) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (as
amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by any omission or
alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company
in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use
therein; provided that the foregoing indemnity with respect to any preliminary
prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Underwriter (or to the benefit
of any person controlling such Underwriter) from whom the person asserting any
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities purchased Securities if such untrue
statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in such
preliminary prospectus is eliminated or remedied in the Prospectus (as amended
or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements
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thereto) and, if required by law, a copy of the Prospectus (as so amended or
supplemented) shall not have been furnished to such person at or prior to the
written confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person.
Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration
Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent
as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with
reference to information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company
in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto,
or any preliminary prospectus.
If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or
regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against
any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the
two preceding paragraphs, such person (the "Indemnified Person") shall promptly
notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the "Indemnifying
Person") in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the
Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the
Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and
expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any
Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees
and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person
unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have
mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within
a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified
Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any
impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified
Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be
inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is
understood that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any
proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the
fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local
counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall
be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Underwriters
and such control persons of Underwriters shall be designated in writing by the
first of the named Representatives on Schedule I hereto and any such separate
firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who sign the Registration
Statement and such control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing
by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement
of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such
consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying
Person agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested an
Indemnifying Person to reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of
counsel as contemplated by the third sentence of this paragraph, the
Indemnifying Person agrees that it shall be
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liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent
if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 90 days after receipt by such
Indemnifying Person of the aforesaid request and (ii) such Indemnifying Person
shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request
prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the
prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is
or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by
such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such proceeding.
If the indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs
of this Section 7 is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then
each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the
other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or
omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed
to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering
of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the
total underwriting discounts and the commissions received by the Underwriters
bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities. The relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the
Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata
allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such
purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the
equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The
amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses,
claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in
connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an
Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
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distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person
who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters'
obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion
to the respective principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite their
names in Schedule II hereto, and not joint.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7
are in addition to any liability which the Indemnifying Persons may otherwise
have to the Indemnified Persons referred to above.
The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7
and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this
Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i)
any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any person controlling any Underwriter or by or on behalf
of the Company, its officers or directors or any other person controlling the
Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.
8. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, this Agreement may be
terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to
the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to
the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially
limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market, (ii)
trading of any securities of or guaranteed by the Company shall have been
suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a general
moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared
by either Federal or New York State authorities, (iv) a material disruption of
the settlement or clearance of debt securities in the United States shall occur
and continue until at least the business day preceding the Closing Date or (v)
there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any
change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside
the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and
adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering,
sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated
by this Agreement and the Prospectus.
9. If, on the Closing Date, any one or more of the Underwriters shall
fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase
under this Agreement, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which
such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to
purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities, the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the
proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their
respective names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount
of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting
Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representatives may specify,
to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters
agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event
shall the
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principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase
pursuant to Section 1 be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in
excess of one-ninth of such principal amount of Securities without the written
consent of such Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date, any Underwriter or
Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more
than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased,
and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the
purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default,
this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In any such case either the
Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing
Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required
changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any
other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this
paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect
of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.
10. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters, or any
of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply
with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for
any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or any condition of the Underwriters' obligations cannot be fulfilled,
the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters or such Underwriters as have so
terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all
out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel)
reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or
the offering of Securities.
11. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
the Company, the Underwriters, any controlling persons referred to herein and
their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person, firm or
corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of
this Agreement or any provision herein contained. No purchaser of Securities
from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such
purchase.
12. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the
Representatives jointly or by the first of the named Representatives set forth
in Schedule I hereto alone on behalf of the Underwriters, and any such action
taken by the Representatives jointly or by the first of the named
Representatives set forth in Schedule I hereto alone shall be binding upon the
Underwriters. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any
standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given
at the address set forth in Schedule I hereto. Notices to the Company shall be
given to it at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇; Attention:
Secretary.
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13. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall
be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of
laws provisions thereof.
Very truly yours,
CRANE CO.
By:
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Name:
Title:
Accepted: , 20
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[UNDERWRITER(S)]
Acting severally on behalf of
[itself][themselves] and the several
Underwriters listed in Schedule II
hereto.
By:
By:
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Name:
Title:
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SCHEDULE I
Representatives:
Trustee:
Underwriting Agreement dated:
Registration Statement No.: 333-
Title of Securities:
Aggregate principal amount:
Purchase Price: _____% of the principal amount of the Securities,
plus accrued interest, if any, from _____, 20__.
Price to Public: _____% of the principal amount of the Securities,
plus accrued interest, if any, from ______, 20__.
Indenture: Indenture dated as of ______, ____between the
Company and _______, as Trustee.
Maturity:
Interest Rate: ____% per annum, accruing from _____, 20__.
Interest Payment Dates:
Optional Redemption Provisions:
Sinking Fund Provisions:
Closing Date and Time of Delivery:
Closing Location:
Address for Notices to Underwriters:
I-1
SCHEDULE II
Principal Amount
of Securities
Underwriter To Be Purchased
$
Total $
II-1