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Exhibit 1.2
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
[Depositary Shares
Each Representing ............ Shares of]
Preferred Stock
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Underwriting Agreement
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To the Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in the respective
Pricing Agreements hereinafter described.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
From time to time Forest City Enterprises, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a
"Pricing Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and
deletions as the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein and therein, to issue and sell to the firms named in
Schedule I to the applicable Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the
"Underwriters" with respect to such Pricing Agreement and the securities
specified therein) certain shares of its Preferred Stock without par value (the
"Shares") which may be represented by depositary shares (the "Depositary
Shares") deposited against delivery of Depositary Receipts (the "Depositary
Receipts") evidencing the Depositary Shares which are to be issued by the
depositary specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement (the
"Depositary"), under a deposit agreement, dated the date specified in Schedule
II to such Pricing Agreement, among the Company, the Depositary and the holders
from time to time of the Depositary Receipts issued thereunder. Each Depositary
Share will represent beneficial ownership of the fraction of a share of
Preferred Stock, as specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement. The
shares of Preferred Stock or the Depositary Shares representing such shares
specified in such Pricing Agreement, as the case may be, are referred to as the
"Firm Shares" with
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respect to such Pricing Agreement and the shares of Preferred Stock represented
by such Pricing Agreement are referred to as the shares of "Designated Preferred
Stock" with respect to such Pricing Agreement. If specified in such Pricing
Agreement, the Company may grant the Underwriters the right to purchase at their
election an additional number of shares of Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares,
as the case may be, specified as provided in such Pricing Agreement as provided
in Section 3 hereof (the "Optional Shares"). The Firm Shares and the Optional
Shares, if any, which the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 3
hereof are herein collectively referred to as the "Designated Shares". The
Designated Preferred Stock may be convertible into shares of Class A Common
Stock of the Company (the "Stock"), as specified in Schedule II to such Pricing
Agreement. The securities so specified, if any, are referred to in such Pricing
Agreement as the Designated Securities with respect to such Pricing Agreement.
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Shares shall
be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto.
1. Particular sales of Designated Shares may be made from time to time to
the Underwriters of such Shares, for whom the firms designated as
representatives of the Underwriters of such Shares in the Pricing Agreement
relating thereto will act as representatives (the "Representatives"). The term
"Representatives" also refers to a single firm acting as sole representative of
the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act without any firm being designated
as their representative. This Underwriting Agreement shall not be construed as
an obligation of the Company to sell any of the Shares or as an obligation of
any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Shares. The obligation of the
Company to issue and sell any of the Shares and the obligation of any of the
Underwriters to purchase any of the Shares shall be evidenced by the Pricing
Agreement with respect to the Designated Shares specified therein. Each Pricing
Agreement shall specify the aggregate number of the Firm Shares, the maximum
number of Optional Shares, if any, the initial public offering price of such
Firm and Optional Shares or the manner of determining such price, the terms of
the Designated Shares, including the terms on which and terms of the securities
into which the Designated Shares will be convertible or exchangeable, whether
the Designated Shares will be represented by Depositary Shares, the name of the
Depositary and date of the Deposit Agreement, the purchase price to the
Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the Underwriters of such
Designated Shares, the names of the Representatives of such Underwriters, the
number of such Designated Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter and the
commission, if any, payable to the Underwriters with respect thereto and shall
set forth the date, time and manner of delivery of such Firm and Optional
Shares, if any, and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall also specify
(to the extent not set forth in the registration statement and prospectus with
respect thereto) the terms of such Designated Shares. A Pricing Agreement shall
be in the form of an executed writing (which may be in counterparts), and may be
evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic communications or any other rapid
transmission device designed to produce a written record of communications
transmitted. The obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each
Pricing Agreement shall be several and not joint.
2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-....) in
respect of the Shares has been filed with the Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"); such registration statement and any post-effective
amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be
delivered to the Representatives and, excluding exhibits to such
registration statement, but including all documents incorporated by
reference in the prospectus included therein, to the Representatives
for each of the other Underwriters have been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any,
increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act") which became effective upon filing, no
other document with respect to such registration statement or document
incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed, or
transmitted for filing, with the Commission (other than prospectuses
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the
Commission under the Act each in the form heretofore delivered to the
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Representatives); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the registration statement, any post-effective amendments thereto or
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in such registration
statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under
the Act, is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various
parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto
and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus
contained in the registration statement at the time such part of the
registration statement became effective; each as amended at the time
such part of the registration statement and the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, became effective, are hereinafter
collectively called the "Registration Statement"; the prospectus
relating to the Shares, in the form in which it has most recently been
filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to
the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus";
any reference herein to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to the applicable form under the Act, as of
the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may
be; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include
any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated by reference
in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; any
reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable
Designated Shares in the form in which it is filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as
of the date of such filing);
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the
case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein 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 become effective
or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in
all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange
Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and will 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; provided,
however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of
Designated Shares through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares;
(c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and
any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder 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 applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and
any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit
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to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that
this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or
omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter of Designated
Shares through the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares;
(d) 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 Prospectus any material 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, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus; and, since the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change in the
capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development
involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the
general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders' equity
or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus;
(e) The Company and its subsidiaries have, or in those cases
where such subsidiary is a general partner in a partnership, such
partnership has good and marketable title in fee simple to all real
property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned
by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
defects except as such are described in the Prospectus or such as do
not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the
Company and their subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings
held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them
under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as
are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed
to be made of such property and buildings by the Company, and its
subsidiaries, in each case except as set forth in the Prospectus;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Ohio, has the 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 conducts any
business, or is subject to no material liability or disability by
reason of the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing in any
such jurisdiction; each partnership subsidiary of the Company has been
duly organized and is validly existing as a partnership in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has the
partnership power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified
as a foreign partnership or otherwise 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, or is
subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing in any such
jurisdiction; and each corporate subsidiary of the Company has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, has the
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 or otherwise 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, or is
subject to no material liability or disability by reason of the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing in any such
jurisdiction;
(g) The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have an
authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus, and all of
the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been
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duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; the shares of Stock initially issuable upon conversion
of the Shares have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for
issuance and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the
provisions of the Shares, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Stock
contained in the Prospectus; all of the partnership interests in each
partnership subsidiary of the Company and all of the issued shares of
capital stock of each corporate subsidiary of the Company have been
duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and, in the
case of corporate subsidiaries, are non-assessable, and (except as
described in the Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the
Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims;
(h) The Shares and the Depositary Shares have been duly and
validly authorized, and, when the Firm Shares are issued and delivered
pursuant to this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to
such Designated Shares and, in the case of any Optional Shares,
pursuant to Overallotment Options (as defined in Section 3 hereof)
with respect to such Shares, such Designated Shares will be duly and
validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares conform
to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and
the Designated Shares will conform to the description thereof
contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented with respect to
such Designated Shares;
(i) The issue and sale of the Shares and the Depositary Shares
and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of this
Agreement, any Pricing Agreement and each Overallotment Option and the
Deposit Agreement, if any, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated herein and therein will not conflict with or 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
or [list relevant subsidiaries] is a party or by which the Company or
[list relevant subsidiaries] is bound or to which any of the property
or assets of the Company or [list relevant subsidiaries] is subject,
nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the
Certificate of Incorporation or Code of Regulations of the Company or
the organizational documents of [list relevant subsidiaries] or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or [list relevant
subsidiaries] or any of their 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 Shares or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement
or any Overallotment Option or the Deposit Agreement, except such as
have been, or will have been prior to each Time of Delivery (as
defined in Section 4 hereof), obtained under the Act with respect to
the Shares and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the
Shares; and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky
laws or [relevant real estate laws] in connection with the purchase
and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters;
(j) Other than as set forth in the 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, if determined adversely to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future
consolidated financial position, shareholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of
the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
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(k) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in
violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or Code of Regulations
or other organizational documents or (ii) in default in the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound;
(l) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of Preferred Stock", "Description of Depositary Shares"
and "Description of Common Stock", insofar as they purport to
constitute a summary of the terms of the securities described therein,
[, under the caption ["Taxation"],] and under the caption "Plan of
Distribution" "Underwriting", insofar as they purport to describe the
provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are
accurate, complete and fair;
(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the issuance
and sale of the Shares, will not be an "investment company" or an
entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act");
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does business
with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in
Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes; and
(o) Coopers & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public
accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder.
(p) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, no holders of any
securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries have any rights
to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any such
securities under the Act; and
(q) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
authorized or conducted, or has knowledge of the generation,
transportation, storage, presence, use, treatment, disposal, release
or other handling of any hazardous substance, asbestos, radon,
polychlorinated byphenyls ("PCBs"), petroleum product or waste
(including crude oil or any fraction thereof), natural gas, liquified
gas, synthetic gas or other material defined, regulated, controlled or
potentially subject to any remediation requirement under an
environmental law (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") on, in, under
or affecting any real property owned or by any means controlled by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, except in full compliance with and
as would not result in any liability under any federal, state and
local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and other governmental
requirements relating to pollution, control of chemicals, management
of waste, discharges of materials into the environment, health,
safety, natural resources, and the environment (collectively,
"Environmental Laws"); and the Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with all Environmental Laws and have been and are in
compliance with all licenses, permits, registrations and government
authorizations necessary to operate under all applicable Environmental
Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, none of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any written or oral
notice from any governmental entity or any other person of any claim
and there is no pending or threatened claim, litigation, or any
administrative agency proceeding that (a) alleges a violation of any
Environmental Laws by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or that
alleges that any such person is a liable party or potentially
responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq., or
any state superfund law; (b) has resulted in or could result in the
attachment of an environmental lien on any of the properties owned or
leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (c) alleges
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contamination of any of the properties owned or leased by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, damage to natural resources, property
damage or personal injury based on their activities or the activities
of their predecessors or third parties involving Hazardous Materials,
whether arising under the Environmental Laws, common law principles,
or other legal standards.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any Designated
Shares and authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Firm
Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon
the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented.
The Company may specify in the Pricing Agreement applicable to any
Designated Shares that the Company thereby grants to the Underwriters the right
(an "Overallotment Option") to purchase at their election up to the number of
Optional Shares set forth in such Pricing Agreement, on the terms set forth in
the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering over-allotments in the
sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be
exercised by written notice from the Representatives to the Company, given
within a period specified in the Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate
number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional
Shares are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives but in no event
earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or,
unless the Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier
than or later than the respective number of business days after the date of such
notice set forth in such Pricing Agreement.
The number of Optional Shares to be added to the number of Firm Shares to
be purchased by each Underwriter as set forth in Schedule I to the Pricing
Agreement applicable to such Designated Shares shall be, in each case, the
number of Optional Shares which the Company has been advised by the
Representatives have been attributed to such Underwriter; provided that, if the
Company has not been so advised, the number of Optional Shares to be so added
shall be, in each case, that proportion of Optional Shares which the number of
Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter under such Pricing Agreement
bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares (rounded as the Representatives may
determine to the nearest 100 shares). The total number of Designated Shares to
be purchased by all the Underwriters pursuant to such Pricing Agreement shall be
the aggregate number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I to such Pricing
Agreement plus the aggregate number of Optional Shares which the Underwriters
elect to purchase.
4. Certificates for the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares to be purchased
by each Underwriter pursuant to the Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in the
form available in such Pricing Agreement, and in such authorized denominations
and registered in such names as the Representatives may request upon at least
forty-eight hours' prior notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on
behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the account of such
Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the
purchase price therefor payable to the Company in the funds specified in such
Pricing Agreement, (i) with respect to the Firm Shares, all in the manner and at
the place and time and date specified in such Pricing Agreement or at such other
place and time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in
writing, such time and date being herein called the "First Time of Delivery" and
(ii) with respect to the Optional Shares, if any, in the manner and at the time
and date specified by the Representatives in the written notice given by the
Representatives of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares,
or at such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree
upon in writing, such time and date, if not the First Time of Delivery, herein
called the "Second Time of Delivery". Each such time and date for delivery is
herein called a "Time of Delivery".
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any Designated
Shares:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented in
relation to the applicable Designated Shares in a form approved by the
Representatives and to file such Prospectus
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pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's
close of business on the second business day following the execution
and delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to the applicable
Designated Shares or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be
required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus as amended or
supplemented after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such
Shares and prior to any Time of Delivery for such Shares which shall
be disapproved by the Representatives for such Shares promptly after
reasonable notice thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of
any such amendment or supplement after any Time of Delivery for such
Shares and furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; if the
Company elects to rely upon Rule 462(b), to file a Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement with the Commission in compliance with Rule
462(b) by 10:00 p.m., Washington D.C. time, on the date of this
Agreement, and the Company shall at the time of filing either pay to
the Commission the filing fee for the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement or give irrevocable instructions for the payment of such
fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the Act; to file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required
to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the
delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering
or sale of such Shares, and during such same period to advise the
Representatives, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the
time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed
or becomes effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any
amended Prospectus has been filed with the Commission, of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the
Shares, of the suspension of the qualification of such Shares or the
shares of Stock, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Shares, for
offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request
by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information;
and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any
such order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus
relating to the Shares or suspending any such qualification, promptly
to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Shares or the
shares of Stock, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Shares, for
offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as
the Representatives may request and to comply with such laws so as to
permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such
jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of such Shares, provided that in connection therewith the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or
to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented in such quantities as the Representatives may
from time to time reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or
sale of the Shares or the shares of Stock, if any, issuable upon
conversion of the Shares, and if at such time any event shall have
occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if
for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to
amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act
any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to
comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives
and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and
furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in
securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time to time
reasonably request of an
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amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will
correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
(d) To make generally available to its security holders as soon
as practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after
the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule
158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its
subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a)
of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158); and
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing
Agreement for such Designated Shares and continuing to and including
the later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such
Designated Shares, as notified to the Company by the Representatives
and (ii) the last Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, not to
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as
provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the Designated Shares, including but not
limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable
for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee
stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion of convertible
or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of the Pricing
Agreement for such Designated Shares) without the prior written
consent of the Representatives;
(f) During a period of five years from the effective date of the
Registration Statement, to furnish to the Underwriters copies of all
reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to
shareholders, and deliver to the Underwriters (i) as soon as they are
available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to
or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on
which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such
additional information concerning the business and financial condition
of the Company as the Underwriters may from time to time reasonably
request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to
the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are
consolidated in reports furnished to its shareholders generally or to
the Commission);
(g) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Designated Shares in the manner specified in the Prospectus under the
caption "Use of Proceeds";
(h) To use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of
issuance, the Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares on the New
York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange;
(i) Not to invest, reinvest or otherwise use the proceeds
receiving the Company in such a manner, or take any action, or omit to
take any action, that would cause the Company to become an "investment
company" as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act;
(j) If necessary, to cause to be registered, pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the Act, the shares of Stock
issuable upon conversion of the Shares and to use its best efforts to
maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement during the
entire period during which the Shares may be converted; and
(k) To reserve and keep available at all times, free of
preemptive fights, shares of Stock for the purpose of enabling the
Company to satisfy any obligation to issue shares of its Stock upon
conversion of the Shares.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the
Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements
and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the
registration of the Shares, and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of
the Shares, under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments
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and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement
among Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, the Deposit Agreement
any Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof)
and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and
delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification
of the Shares, and the shares of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares,
for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b)
hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky
survey(s); (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the
Shares; (v) any filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required reviews by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the
Shares; (vi) any fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares and the
Stock; (vii) the cost of preparing certificates for the Shares; (viii) the cost
and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or dividend disbursing agent; and
(ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations
hereunder and under any Overallotment Options which are not otherwise
specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however, that,
except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of
their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and any
advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Shares under the
Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Shares shall be subject, in the
discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all representations and
warranties and other statements of the Company in or incorporated by reference
in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Shares are, at and as of
each Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, true and correct, the
condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to such
Designated Shares shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such
filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance
with Section 5(a) hereof; if the Company has elected to rely upon Rule
462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become
effective by 10:00 p.m., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this
Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and
no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened
by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the
part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the
Representatives' reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Counsel for the Underwriters shall have furnished to the
Representatives such opinion or opinions, dated such Time of Delivery
for such Designated Shares, with respect to the incorporation of the
Company, the validity of the Designated Shares being delivered at such
Time of Delivery, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and such
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;
(c) Counsel for the Company satisfactory to the Representatives
shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinions,
dated each Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, respectively,
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
Ohio, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
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(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set
forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and all of
the issued shares of capital stock of the Company (including the
Designated Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery) have
been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid
and non-assessable; and the shares of Stock initially issuable
upon conversion of the Shares have been duly and validly
authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued and
delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Shares, will
be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, and
will conform to the description of the Stock contained in the
Prospectus; and the Designated Shares and the Stock conform to
the description thereof contained in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented;
(iii) Each corporate subsidiary of the Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; all
of the issued shares of capital stock of each such corporate
subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and
are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims;
(iv) Each direct or indirect partnership subsidiary of the
Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
partnership in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction
of organization; the partnership agreement of each direct or
indirect partnership subsidiary of the Company has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or any of their
subsidiaries, as the case may be, and constitutes the valid and
legally binding obligation of the Company or such subsidiaries,
as the case may be, and, assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by each other party thereto, constitutes
the valid and legally binding obligation of each such party, and
is enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to
or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
and except as described in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, all of the partnership interests in each
partnership subsidiary of the Company are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company or one or more of their subsidiaries,
free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(v) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or otherwise 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, except 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;
(vi) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than
as set forth in the 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, if
determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries,
would individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse
effect on the current or future consolidated financial position,
shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and
its subsidiaries; and to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no
such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental
authorities or threatened by others;
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(vii) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and the
Deposit Agreement with respect to the Designated Shares have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(viii) The issue and sale of the Designated Shares being
delivered at such Time of Delivery and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the
Pricing Agreement and the Deposit Agreement with respect to the
Designated Shares and the consummation of the transactions herein
and therein contemplated will not conflict with or 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 or any of its subsidiaries is a
party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
subject, nor will such action result in any violation of the
provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or Code of
Regulations 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
subsidiaries or any of their properties;
(ix) 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 Designated Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery or
the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement and the Deposit
Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and
such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue
Sky or [list real estate laws] laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Designated Shares or the shares
of Stock issuable upon conversion of the Shares by the
Underwriters;
(x) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, Code of
Regulations or other organizational documents or in default in
the performance or observance of any material obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement
or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
properties may be bound;
(xi) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the
caption "Description of Preferred Stock" "Description of
Depositary Shares" and "Description of Common Stock" insofar as
they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the
securities described therein under the caption ["Taxation"], and
under the caption "Plan of Distribution" and "Underwriting",
insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws
and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and
fair;
(xii) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the
issue and sale of the Designated Shares by the Company will not
be, an "Investment Company" or an entity "controlled" by an
"Investment Company", as such terms are defined in the Investment
Company Act;
(xiii) The documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than the financial
statements and related schedules therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or
were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, complied as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act
or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder; and such counsel has no reason to
believe that any of such
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documents, when they became effective or were so filed, as the
case may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement
which became effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were filed
under the Act or the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made when such
documents were so filed, not misleading; and
(xiv) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, and any further amendments and
supplements thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), comply as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder;
although they do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus, except for those
referred to in the opinion in subsection (xi) of this Section
7(c), such counsel has no reason to believe that, as of its
effective date, the Registration Statement or any further
amendment thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion) contained an untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that,
as of its date, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any
further amendment or supplement thereto made by the Company prior
to such Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express
no opinion) 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 or that, as of such Time of Delivery, either
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made
by the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which
such counsel need express no opinion) contains an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and
they do not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement
required to be filed or any contracts or other documents of a
character required to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement or required to be incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented or required to be described
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented which are not filed or incorporated by reference or
described as required;
(d) On the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated Shares at
a time prior to the execution of the Pricing Agreement with respect to the
Designated Shares and at each Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares,
the independent accountants of the Company who have certified the financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall have furnished to the
Representatives a letter, dated the effective date of the Registration
Statement or the date of the most recent report filed with the Commission
containing financial statements and incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, if the date of such report is later than such
effective date, and a letter dated such Time of Delivery, respectively, to
the effect set forth in Annex II hereto, and with respect to such letter
dated such Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as the
Representatives may reasonably request and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives;
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(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries [or their
material properties] shall have sustained since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating
to the Designated Shares 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, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as
amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Shares, and (ii) since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the
Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Shares there shall not have
been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or
any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs, management,
financial position, shareholders' equity or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated
in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement
relating to the Designated Shares, the effect of which, in any such case
described in Clause (i) or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives
so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to
proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Designated Shares
on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus as amended
relating to the Designated Shares;
(f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Shares (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating
accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred stock by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and
(ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
any of the Company's debt securities or preferred stock;
(g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Shares there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange or on the American Stock Exchange; (ii) a
suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on
The American Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial
banking activities declared by either Federal or New York or State
authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving
the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national
emergency or war, if the effect of any such event specified in this Clause
(iv) in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or
inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Firm
Shares or Optional Shares or both on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented relating to
the Designated Shares;
(h) The Shares at each Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed,
subject to notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange or American
Stock Exchange;
(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the
Representatives at each Time of Delivery for the Designated Shares
certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory to the Representatives
as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company
herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the
Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to
such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and
(e) of this Section and as to such other matters as the Representatives may
reasonably request; and
(j) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Underwriters
of the Designated Shares executed copies of an agreement from each of the
shareholders listed in Schedule [III]
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hereto substantially to the effect set forth in subsection 5(e) hereof with
respect to securities beneficially owned by such shareholders in form and
substance satisfactory to you.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Shares, or any amendment
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 will periodically
reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall 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 an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus relating to
the Shares, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
of Designated Shares through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus
relating to the Shares, or any amendment 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, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other
prospectus relating to the Shares, or any such amendment or supplement in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use
therein; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party
otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the
commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate
therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other
indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and,
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any
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other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in
connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the
indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the
entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim
in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder
(whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such
action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an
unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of
such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as to, or an
admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any
indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Shares on
the other from the offering of the Designated Shares to which such loss, claim,
damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however, the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by
applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required
under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to
such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party 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 the Underwriters of the Designated
Shares on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which
resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on the
other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to
the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriters.
The relative fault 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 on the one hand or such Underwriters on the other 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 contributions
pursuant to this subsection (d) 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 which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the applicable Designated Shares underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The obligations of the Underwriters
of Designated Shares in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such
Shares and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters
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under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective
Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if
any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Firm Shares or Optional Shares which it has agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Shares, the Representatives may in their discretion
arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to purchase such Shares
on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after such default by
any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, then the Company shall be
entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another
party or other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such
Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed
period, the Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for
the purchase of such Shares, or the Company notifies the Representatives that it
has so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, the Representatives or the
Company shall have the right to postpone a Time of Delivery for such Shares for
a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may
thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the
Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in
this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like
effect as if such person had originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement
with respect to such Designated Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection
(a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains unpurchased does
not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of the Firm Shares or Optional
Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased at the respective Time of Delivery,
then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter
to purchase the number of Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be,
which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating
to such Designated Shares and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting
Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Firm Shares
or Optional Shares, as the case may be, which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as
the case may be, of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such
arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter
or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection
(a) above, the aggregate number of Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case
may be, which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number
of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased at
the respective Time of Delivery, as referred to in subsection (b) above, or if
the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to
require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Firm Shares or Optional Shares,
as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the
Pricing Agreement relating to such Firm Shares or the Overallotment Option
relating to such Optional Shares, as the case may be, shall thereupon terminate,
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company,
except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Underwriters as
provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in
Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth in
this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this
Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
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investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If any Pricing Agreement or Overallotment Option shall be terminated
pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not then be under any liability
to any Underwriter with respect to the Firm Shares or Optional Shares with
respect to which such Pricing Agreement shall have been terminated except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason, Designated
Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the
Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all
out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives, including
fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, reasonably incurred by the
Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such
Designated Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no
further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Shares
except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of
Designated Shares shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by such
Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as may be
designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the
Pricing Agreement; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice
to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set
forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the
Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent
provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company
and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their
respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no
other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this
Agreement or any such Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from
any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such
purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used herein,
the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH PRICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one or
more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
Very truly yours,
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
By: ...........................
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX I
PRICING AGREEMENT
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[Name(s) of Representative(s),]
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto,
, 19..
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Forest City Enterprises, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting
Agreement, dated .......... , 19.. (the "Underwriting Agreement"), between the
Company on the one hand [and (names of Representatives named therein)] on the
other hand, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto
(the "Underwriters") the Shares specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated
Shares" consisting of Firm Shares and any Optional Shares the Underwriters may
elect to purchase) [which are represented by depositary shares (the "Depositary
Shares") deposited against delivery of Depositary Receipts (the "Depositary
Receipts") evidencing the Depositary Shares which are to be issued by the
depositary (the "Depositary"), under the Deposit Agreement, dated the date
specified in Schedule II to this Agreement, among the Company, the Depositary
and the holders from time to time of the Depositary Receipts issued hereunder.
Each Depositary Share represents beneficial ownership of the fraction of a share
of Preferred Stock, as specified in this Agreement]. Each of the provisions of
the Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety,
and shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each of the representations
and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of
the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty
which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall
be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting
Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a
representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated Shares
which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to the
Representatives herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so
incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise
defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as
therein defined. The Representatives designated to act on behalf of the
Representatives and on behalf of each of the Underwriters of the Designated
Shares pursuant to Section 12 of the Underwriting Agreement and the address of
the Representatives referred to in such Section 12 are set forth in Schedule II
hereto.
An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Shares, in the form
heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, [(a)] the Company
agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
the time and place and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in
Schedule II hereto, the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of
such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto [and, (b) in the event and to the extent
that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares,
as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to
purchase from the Company at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in
Schedule II hereto that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to which
such election shall have been exercised].
[The Company hereby grants to each of the Underwriters the right to
purchase at their election up to the number of Optional Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto on
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the terms referred to in the paragraph above for the sole purpose of covering
overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase
Optional Shares may be exercised by written notice from the Representatives to
the Company given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this
Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be
purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as
determined by the Representatives, but in no event earlier than the First Time
of Delivery or, unless the Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in
writing, no earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of
such notice.]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us [ ] counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incor- porated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters
and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf
of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set forth in
a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to
the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on the part of
the Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
Forest City Enterprises, Inc.
By: ............................
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
[NAME(S) OF REPRESENTATIVE(S)]
[By: ( )].....................................................
[[NAME(S) OF CO-REPRESENTATIVE CORPORATION(S)]
BY:...........................................................
NAME:
TITLE:
..............................................................
[(NAME(S) OF CO-REPRESENTATIVE PARTNERSHIP(S))
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
[Maximum Number
of Optional
Number of Shares Which
Firm Shares May be
Underwriter to be Purchased Purchased]
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[Names of Co-Representative(s)]
[NAMES OF OTHER UNDERWRITERS]
Total
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SCHEDULE II
TITLE OF DESIGNATED SHARES:
[[DEPOSITARY SHARES]
DEPOSITARY:
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, DATED .................., 19..
EACH DEPOSITARY SHARE REPRESENTS ................... SHARES
OF [TITLE OF SECURITIES]
CONVERTIBLE INTO .................. SHARES
OF STOCK
NUMBER OF DESIGNATED SHARES:
Number of Firm Shares:
Maximum Number of Optional Shares:
INITIAL OFFERING PRICE TO PUBLIC:
[$........ per Share] [Formula]
PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:
[$........ per Share] [Formula]
[COMMISSION PAYABLE TO UNDERWRITERS:
$........ per Share in [specify same form of funds as in Specified Funds below]]
FORM OF DESIGNATED SHARES:
[Definitive form, to be made available for checking [and packaging] at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of [The Depository
Trust Company or its designated custodian] [the Representatives]]
[Book-entry only form represented by one or more global securities deposited
with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") or its designated custodian, to be
made available for checking by the Representatives at least twenty-four hours
prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of DTC.]
SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE:
[Federal (same day)][New York Clearing House (next day)] funds
[DESCRIBE ANY BLACKOUT PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGNATED SHARES]
TIME OF DELIVERY:
........ a.m. (New York City time), ................., 19..
CLOSING LOCATION:
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NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Designated Representatives:
Address for Notices, etc.:
[OTHER TERMS]
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ANNEX II
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect
to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and
the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any
supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable,
financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by
them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange
Act, as applicable, and the related published rules and regulations
thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance
with standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants of the consolidated interim financial statements,
selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial
forecasts and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited
financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such
letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have
been [SEPARATELY] furnished to the representatives of the Underwriters
(the "Representatives") [AND ARE ATTACHED HERETO];
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus and/or included in the Company's quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as
indicated in their reports thereon copies of which [HAVE BEEN
SEPARATELY FURNISHED TO THE REPRESENTATIVES] [ARE ATTACHED HERETO]; and
on the basis of specified procedures including inquiries of officials
of the Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting
matters regarding whether the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements referred to in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply
as to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the [ACT AND THE EXCHANGE] Act and the related
published rules and regulations, nothing came to their attention that
caused them to believe that the unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements do not comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements of the [ACT AND THE
EXCHANGE] Act and the related published rules and regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to
the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the
Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the
Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year
agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement where
applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for such
five fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in
the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K
and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter
nothing came to their attention as a result of the foregoing
procedures that caused them to believe that this information does not
conform in all material respects with the disclosure requirements of
items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available
interim financial
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statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the
minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and
its subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and
such other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such
letter, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe
that:
(A) (i) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of
income, consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements
of cash flows included in the Prospectus and/or included or
incorporated by reference in the Company's Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Exchange Act and the related
published rules and regulations, or (ii) any material
modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed
consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets
and consolidated statements of cash flows included in the
Prospectus or included in the Company's Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, for them
to be in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance
sheet items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the
corresponding items in the unaudited consolidated financial
statements from which such data and items were derived, and any
such unaudited data and items were not determined on a basis
substantially consistent with the basis for the corresponding
amounts in the audited consolidated financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not
included in the Prospectus but from which were derived the
unaudited condensed financial statements referred to in clause
(A) and any unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus and referred to in Clause (B)
were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with
the basis for the audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in
the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and the published rules and regulations thereunder or the pro
forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the
historical amounts in the compilation of those statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days
prior to the date of such letter, there have been any
changes in the consolidated capital stock (other than
issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options and
stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance
shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in
each case which were outstanding on the date of the latest
balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus) or any increase in the consolidated long-term
debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any decreases
in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity
or other items specified by the Representatives, or any
increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in
each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest
balance sheet included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases or
decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or
may occur or which are described in such letter; and
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(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus to the specified date referred to in Clause (E)
there were any decreases in consolidated net revenues or
operating profit or the total or per share amounts of
consolidated net income or other items specified by the
Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the
Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable
period of the preceding year and with any other period of
corresponding length specified by the Representatives, except
in each case for increases or decreases which the Prospectus
discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in
such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited
procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures
referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out
certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to
certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the
Representatives which are derived from the general accounting records
of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus
(excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or
in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by
the Representatives or in documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain
of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found
them to be in agreement.
All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) as
defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter delivered on
the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents incorporated by
reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated Shares for purposes
of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares.
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