EXHIBIT 1(a)
FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
Underwriting Agreement
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New York, New York
To the Representatives named in Schedule I
hereto of the Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto
Dear Sirs:
First Chicago NBD Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to sell to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the
"Underwriters"), for whom you are acting as representatives (the
"Representatives"), (1) the principal amount of its debt securities, if any,
identified in Schedule I hereto (the "Debt Securities"), to be issued under an
indenture (the "Indenture") dated as of December 1, 1995, between the Company
and [Trustee], as trustee (the "Trustee"), and/or (2) the warrants, if any,
indicated in Schedule I hereto (the "Warrants") to purchase the aggregate
principal amount listed in Schedule I hereto of the debt securities listed in
Schedule I hereto (the "Warrant Securities"), to be issued pursuant to the
Warrant Agreement listed in Schedule I hereto (the "Warrant Agreement") between
the Company and the Warrant Agent listed in Schedule I hereto (the "Warrant
Agent") and/or (3) the foreign currency warrants, if any, indicated in Schedule
I hereto (the "Currency Warrants") described in Schedule I hereto to be issued
pursuant to the Currency Warrant Agreement listed in Schedule I hereto (the
"Currency Warrant Agreement") between the Company and the Currency Warrant Agent
listed in Schedule I hereto (the "Currency Warrant Agent") and/or (4) the stock-
index warrants, if any, indicated in Schedule I hereto (the "Stock-Index
Warrants") described in Schedule I hereto to be issued pursuant to the Stock-
Index Warrant Agreement listed in Schedule I hereto (the "Stock-Index Warrant
Agreement") between the Company and the Stock-Index Warrant Agent listed in
Schedule I hereto (the "Stock-Index Warrant Agent") and/or (5) the common stock
warrants, if any, indicated in Schedule I hereto (the "Common Stock Warrants")
described in Schedule I hereto to be issued pursuant to the Common Stock Warrant
Agreement listed in Schedule I hereto (the "Common Stock Warrant Agreement")
between the Company and the Common Stock Warrant Agent listed in Schedule I
hereto (the "Common Stock Warrant Agent"). The Debt Securities, if any, the
Warrants, if any, the Warrant Securities, if any, the
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Currency Warrants, if any, the Stock-Index Warrants, if any, and the Common
Stock Warrants, if any, are hereinafter referred to as the "Securities". The
Debt Securities, if any, the Warrants, if any, the Currency Warrants, if any,
the Stock-Index Warrants, if any, and the Common Stock Warrants, if any, are
hereinafter referred to as the "Purchased Securities". If the firm or firms
listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in Schedule I
hereto, then the terms "Underwriters" and "Representatives", as used herein,
shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
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warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this
Section 1. Certain terms used in this Section 1 are defined in paragraph (c)
hereof.
(a) If the offering of the Securities is a Delayed Offering (as
specified in Schedule I hereto), paragraph (i) below is applicable and, if
the offering of the Securities is a Non-Delayed Offering (as so specified),
paragraph (ii) below is applicable.
(i) The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") and has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration
statement (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto)
on such Form, including a basic prospectus, for registration under the
Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have
filed one or more amendments thereto, and may have used a Preliminary
Final Prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you.
Such registration statement, as so amended, has become effective. The
offering of the Securities is a Delayed Offering and, accordingly, it
is not necessary that any further information with respect to the
Securities and the offering thereof required by the Act and the rules
thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus be included in an
amendment to such registration statement prior to the Effective Date.
The Company will next file with the Commission pursuant to Rules 415
and 424(b)(2) or (5) a final supplement to the form of prospectus
included in such registration statement relating to the Securities and
the offering thereof. As filed, such final prospectus supplement
shall include all required information with respect to the Securities
and the offering thereof and, except to the extent the Representatives
shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be
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in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the
Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time,
shall contain only such specific additional information and other
changes (beyond that contained in the Basic Prospectus and any
Preliminary Final Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to
the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. If the Rule 434
Delivery Alternative is used, the Company will also file the Rule 434
Term Sheet in accordance with Rule 434. As filed, such Rule 434 Term
Sheet shall contain all the information required by Rule 434, and
except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a
modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form
furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not
completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific
additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the
latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior
to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. Upon your
request, but not without your agreement, the Company will also file a
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 462(b).
(ii) The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3
under the Act and has filed with the Commission a registration
statement (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I hereto)
on such Form, including a basic prospectus, for registration under the
Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. The Company may have
filed one or more amendments thereto, including a Preliminary Final
Prospectus, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The
Company will next file with the Commission either (x) a final
prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with
Rules 430A and 424(b)(1) or (4), or (y) prior to the effectiveness of
such registration statement, an amendment to such registration
statement, including the form of final prospectus supplement. In the
case of clause (x), the Company has included in such registration
statement, as amended at the Effective Date, all information (other
than Rule 430A Information) required by the Act and the rules
thereunder to be included in the Final Prospectus with respect to the
Securities and the offering thereof. As filed, such final prospectus
supplement or such amendment and form of final prospectus supplement
shall contain all Rule 430A Infor-
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mation, together with all other such required information, with
respect to the Securities and the offering thereof and, except to the
extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification,
shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you
prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the
Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional
information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Basic
Prospectus and any Preliminary Final Prospectus) as the Company has
advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made
therein. If the Rule 434 Delivery Alternative is used, the Company
will also file the Rule 434 Term Sheet in accordance with Rule 434.
As filed, such Rule 434 Term Sheet shall contain all the information
required by Rule 434, and except to the extent the Representatives
shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive
respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or,
to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only
such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
contained in the latest Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has
advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made
therein. Upon your request, but not without your agreement, the
Company will also file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement in
accordance with Rule 462(b).
(b) On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did or will,
and when the Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance
with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (and any
supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange Act") and the respective rules thereunder; on the Effective
Date, the Registration Statement did not or will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading; on the Effective Date and on the Closing Date the Indenture did
or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and the rules thereunder;
and, on the Effective Date, the Final Prospectus, if not filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b), did not or will not, and on the date of any filing pursuant to
Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with
any supplement thereto) will not, include any untrue
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statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
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Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the
Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility
and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee
or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Registration
Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically
for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or
the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto).
(c) The terms which follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have
the meanings indicated. The term "the Effective Date" shall mean each date
that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or amendments
thereto and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or become
effective. "Execution Time" shall mean the date and time that this
Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto. "Basic
Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus referred to in paragraph (a) above
contained in the Registration Statement at the Effective Date including, in
the case of a Non-Delayed Offering, any Preliminary Final Prospectus.
"Preliminary Final Prospectus" shall mean any preliminary prospectus
supplement to the Basic Prospectus which describes the Securities and the
offering thereof and is used prior to filing of the Final Prospectus.
"Final Prospectus" shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the
Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution
Time, together with the Basic Prospectus or, if, in the case of a Non-
Delayed Offering, no filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) is required, shall mean
the form of final prospectus relating to the Securities, including the
Basic Prospectus, included in the Registration Statement at the Effective
Date. If the Rule 434 Delivery Alternative is used, such term shall also
include the Basic Prospectus and the Rule 434 Term Sheet, taken together.
"Registration Statement" shall mean the registration statement referred to
in paragraph (a) above, including incorporated documents, exhibits and
financial statements, as amended at the Execution Time (or, if not
effective at the Execution Time, in the form in which it shall become
effective) and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any
Rule 462(b) Registration Statement becomes
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effective prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), shall also
mean such registration statement as so amended. Such term shall include
any Rule 430A Information and Rule 434 Information deemed to be included
therein at the Effective Date as provided by Rule 430A and Rule 434,
respectively. "Rule 415", "Rule 424", "Rule 430A", "Rule 434", "Rule
462(b)" and "Regulation S-K" refer to such rules or regulation under the
Act. "Rule 430A Information" means information with respect to the
Securities and the offering thereof permitted to be omitted from the
Registration Statement when it becomes effective pursuant to Rule 430A.
"Rule 434 Delivery Alternative" shall mean the delivery alternative
permitted by Rule 434. "Rule 434 Information" shall mean any information
to be included in a Rule 434 Term Sheet. "Rule 434 Term Sheet" shall mean
the term sheet or abbreviated term sheet delivered by the Underwriters to
investors and filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule
434. "Rule 462(b) Registration Statement" shall mean a registration
statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) relating
to the final Delayed Offering covered by the initial Registration Statement
(file number 33- ). Any reference herein to the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the
Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents
incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which
were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the
Registration Statement or the issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be;
and any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement"
with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act
after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of
the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference. A "Non-Delayed Offering" shall mean an offering of securities
which is intended to commence promptly after the effective date of a
registration statement, with the result that, pursuant to Rules 415 and
430A, all information (other than Rule 430A Information) with respect to
the securities so offered must be included in such registration statement
at the effective date thereof. A "Delayed Offering" shall mean an offering
of securities pursuant to Rule 415 which does not commence promptly after
the effective date of a registration statement, with the
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result that only information required pursuant to Rule 415 need be included
in such registration statement at the effective date thereof with respect
to the securities so offered. Whether the offering of the Securities
is a Non-Delayed Offering or a Delayed Offering shall be set forth in
Schedule I hereto.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in
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reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company
agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in
Schedule I hereto the principal amount of the Purchased Securities set forth
opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto, except that, if Schedule
I hereto provides for the sale of Purchased Securities pursuant to delayed
delivery arrangements, the respective principal amounts of Purchased Securities
to be purchased by the Underwriters shall be as set forth in Schedule II hereto
less the respective amounts of Contract Securities determined as provided below.
Purchased Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters are herein sometimes
called the "Underwriters' Securities" and Purchased Securities to be purchased
pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts as hereinafter provided are herein called
"Contract Securities".
If so provided in Schedule I hereto, the Underwriters are authorized
to solicit offers to purchase Purchased Securities from the Company pursuant to
delayed delivery contracts ("Delayed Delivery Contracts"), substantially in the
form of Schedule III hereto but with such changes therein as the Company may
authorize or approve. The Underwriters will endeavor to make such arrangements
and, as compensation therefor, the Company will pay to the Representatives, for
the account of the Underwriters, on the Closing Date, the percentage set forth
in Schedule I hereto of the principal amount of the Purchased Securities for
which Delayed Delivery Contracts are made. Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be
with institutional investors, including commercial and savings banks, insurance
companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable
institutions. The Company will enter into Delayed Delivery Contracts in all
cases where sales of Contract Securities arranged by the Underwriters have been
approved by the Company but, except as the Company may otherwise agree, each
such Delayed Delivery Contract must be for not less than the minimum principal
amount set forth in Schedule I hereto and the aggregate principal amount of
Contract Securities may not exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount set
forth in Schedule I hereto. The Underwriters will not have any responsibility
in respect of the validity or performance of Delayed Delivery Contracts. The
principal amount of Purchased Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter as
set
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forth in Schedule II hereto shall be reduced by an amount which shall bear the
same proportion to the total principal amount of Contract Securities as the
principal amount of Purchased Securities set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter bears to the aggregate principal amount set forth in Schedule II
hereto, except to the extent that you determine that such reduction shall be
otherwise than in such proportion and so advise the Company in writing;
provided, however, that the total principal amount of Purchased Securities to be
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purchased by all Underwriters shall be the aggregate principal amount set forth
in Schedule II hereto less the aggregate principal amount of Contract
Securities.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the
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Underwriters' Securities shall be made at the office, on the date and at the
time specified in Schedule I hereto (or such later date not later than five
business days after such specified date as the Representatives shall designate),
which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives
and the Company or as provided in Section 8 hereof (such date and time of
delivery and payment for the Underwriters' Securities being herein called the
"Closing Date"). Delivery of the Underwriters' Securities shall be made to the
Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against
payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase
price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by certified or official bank
check or checks payable in Federal (same-day) funds or by wire transfer in
Federal (same-day) funds or by same-day transfer of funds on the books of the
First National Bank of Chicago. Delivery of the Underwriters' Purchased
Securities shall be made at such location as the Representatives shall
reasonably designate at least one business day in advance of the Closing Date
and payment for the Purchased Securities shall be made at the office specified
in Schedule I hereto. Certificates for the Underwriters' Purchased Securities
shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the
Representatives may request not less than two full business days in advance of
the Closing Date. The Currency Warrants, the Stock-Index Warrants and the
Common Stock Warrants shall be issued as provided in their respective Warrant
Agreements.
The Company agrees to have the Underwriters' Securities (other than
the Currency Warrants, the Stock-Index Warrants and the Common Stock Warrants,
if any) available for inspection, checking and packaging by the representatives
in New York, New York, not later than 1:00 P.M. on the business day prior to the
Closing Date.
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4. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters
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that:
(a) The Company will use its best efforts to cause the Registration
Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any amendment
thereto, to become effective. Prior to the termination of the offering of
the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration
Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary
Final Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus or any Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement (other than a supplement to the Basic Prospectus that relates to
securities other than the Securities) unless the Company has furnished you
a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed
amendment or supplement or Rule 462(b) Registration Statement to which you
reasonably object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will
cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto
to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of
Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence
satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. If the Rule 434
Delivery Alternative is used, the Company will also cause the Rule 434 Term
Sheet, properly completed, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
434 within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence
satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. Upon your
request, The Company will cause the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
properly completed, to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b)
and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such
filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the
Registration Statement, if not effective at the Execution Time, and any
amendment thereto, shall have become effective, (ii) when the Final
Prospectus, any supplement thereto, any Rule 434 Term Sheet or any Rule
462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b), (iii) when, prior to termination of the offering
of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement relating to
the Securities shall have become effective, (iv) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement to
the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (v) of the issuance
by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding
for that purpose and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for
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sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the
issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as
possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of
which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend
the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply
with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the
Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the
second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available
to its security holders and to the Representatives a consolidated earnings
statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the
Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for
the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration
Statement (including exhibits thereto), so long as delivery of a prospectus
by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of
any Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any
amendments thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may
reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other
production of all documents relating to the offering.
(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may
designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of the Securities and will arrange for the
determination of the legality of the Securities for purchase by
institutional investors.
(f) Until the business day following the Closing Date, the Company
will not, without the consent of the Representatives, offer, sell or
contract to sell, or
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announce the offering of, any debt securities (if the Securities include
Debt Securities or Warrants) or any currency warrants in the same
currencies as the Currency Warrants (if the Purchased Securities include
Currency Warrants) covered by the Registration Statement or any other
registration statement filed under the Act.
(g) The Company confirms as of the date hereof that it is in
compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of Laws of Florida, Chapter 92-198,
An Act Relating to Disclosure of doing Business with Cuba, and the Company
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further agrees that if it commences engaging in business with the government of
Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba after the date the
Registration Statement becomes or has become effective with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or with the Florida Department of Banking and Finance (the
"Department"), whichever date is later, or if the information reported in the
Prospectus, if any, concerning the Company's business with Cuba or with any
person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material way, the Company
will provide the Department notice of such business or change, as appropriate,
in a form acceptable to the Department.
5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
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obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwriters' Securities shall
be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of
the Company contained herein as of the date hereof, as of the Execution Time and
the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any
certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) If the Registration Statement has not become effective prior to
the Execution Time, unless the Representatives agree in writing to a later
time, the Registration Statement will become effective not later than (i)
6:00 P.M. New York City time, on the date of determination of the public
offering price, if such determination occurred at or prior to 3:00 P.M. New
York City time on such date or (ii) 12:00 Noon on the business day
following the day on which the public offering price was determined, if
such determination occurred after 3:00 P.M. New York City time on such
date; if filing of the Final Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is
required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Final Prospectus, and any such
supplement, shall have been filed in the manner and within the time period
required by Rule 424(b), or if the filing of the Rule 434 Term Sheet is
required pursuant to Rule 434,
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the Rule 434 Term Sheet will be filed in the manner and within the time
period required by Rule 434; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness
of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for
that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the
opinion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq., Executive Vice President, Secretary
and General Counsel of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect
that:
(i) each of the Company and each subsidiary of the Company with
assets having a book value equal to or greater than 5% of the total
book value of all assets of the Company as of the date of its most
recent financial statements contained in a report filed with the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act (collectively, the
"Subsidiaries") has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly
existing as a corporation or national banking association, as the case
may be, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which
it is chartered or organized, with full corporate power and authority
to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction which requires such qualification wherein it owns or
leases material properties or conducts material business and the
Company is duly organized as a bank holding company under the Bank
Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended;
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and (except as provided in 12 U.S.C. (S) 55) nonassessable,
and, except as otherwise set forth in the Final Prospectus, are owned
by the Company either directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries
free and clear of any perfected security interest and, to the
knowledge of such counsel, after due inquiry, any other security
interests, claims, liens or encumbrances;
(iii) the Company's authorized equity capitalization is as set
forth or incorporated in the Final Prospectus; the Securities conform
to the description thereof contained in the Final Prospectus; and, if
the Securities are to be
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listed on any stock exchange, authorization therefor has been given,
subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory
distribution, or the Company has filed a preliminary listing
application and all required supporting documents with respect to the
Securities with such stock exchange, as the case may be, and such
counsel has no reason to believe that the Securities will not be
authorized for listing, subject to official notice of issuance and
evidence of satisfactory distribution (except that in the case of
Currency Warrants, if any, Stock-Index Warrants, if any, or Common
Stock Warrants, if any, the opinion shall state the Currency Warrants,
Stock-Index Warrants or Common Stock Warrants have been approved for
listing subject to official notice of issuance);
(iv) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered, has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms (subject, as to enforcement
of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally from
time to time in effect); and the Debt Securities have been duly
authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, in the case of the
Underwriters' Securities, or by the purchasers thereof pursuant to
Delayed Delivery Contracts, in the case of any Contract Securities,
will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
(v) to the best knowledge of such counsel, there is no pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, of a character required to be disclosed in
the Registration Statement which is not adequately disclosed in the
Final Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or other
document of a character required to be described in the Registration
Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit, which is
not described or filed as required; and the statements included or
incorporated in the Final Prospectus describing any legal proceedings
or material contracts or agreements
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relating to the Company fairly summarize such matters as of the date
thereof;
(vi) the Registration Statement has become effective under the
Act; any required filing of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus, and any supplements
thereto, pursuant to Rule 424(b) has been made in the manner and
within the time period required by Rule 424(b), or if the Rule 434
Delivery Alternative was used, the required filing of the Rule 434
Term Sheet has been made in the manner and time period required by
Rule 434; to the best knowledge of such counsel, no stop order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been
issued, no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or
threatened, and the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
(other than the financial statements and other financial and
statistical information contained therein as to which such counsel
need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and
the respective rules thereunder; and such counsel has no reason to
believe that at the Effective Date and at the date of this Agreement,
the Registration Statement contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Final Prospectus includes any 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;
(vii) this Agreement and any Delayed Delivery Contracts have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(viii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body is required for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein or in any Delayed Delivery Contracts,
except such as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be
required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection
with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the
Underwriters and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as
have been obtained;
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(ix) neither the issue and sale of the Securities, nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated nor
the fulfillment of the terms hereof or of any Delayed Delivery
Contracts will conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a
default under the charter or by-laws of the Company or the terms of
any indenture or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel
and to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
bound, or any order or regulation known to such counsel to be
applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or
arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; and
(x) each of the Warrant Agreement, the Currency Warrant
Agreement, if any, the Stock-Index Warrant Agreement, if any, and the
Common Stock Warrant Agreement, if any, has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms (subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect);
and the Warrants, the Currency Warrants, if any, the Stock-Index
Warrants, if any, and the Common Stock Warrants, if any, have been
duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in accordance
with the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, the Currency Warrant
Agreement, the Stock-Index Warrant Agreement or the Common Stock
Warrant Agreement, as the case may be, and delivered to and paid for
by the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement, or by the purchasers
thereof, pursuant to Delayed Delivery contracts, in the case of any
Contract Securities, will constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Warrant
Agreement, the Currency Warrant Agreement, the Stock-Index Warrant
Agreement or the Common Stock Warrant Agreement, as the case may be;
and
(xi) no holders of securities of the Company have rights to the
registration of such securities under the Registration Statement.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (A) as to matters
involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the State
of Delaware or the
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upon the opinion of other counsel of good standing believed to be reliable
and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters and (B) as to
matters of fact, to the extent deemed proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials.
References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (b) include any
supplements thereto at the Closing Date.
(c) The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine &
▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the
Closing Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the
Indenture, if any, the Warrant Agreement, if any, the Currency Warrant
Agreement, if any, the Stock-Index Warrant Agreement, if any, the Common
Stock Warrant Agreement, if any, the Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any,
the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus (together with any
supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may
reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel
such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them
to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President, the Vice Chairman of the Board or the Treasurer and the
principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing
Date, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully
examined the Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, any Supplement
to the Final Prospectus and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date
and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all
the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement, as amended, has been issued and no proceedings
for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened; and
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(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
included or incorporated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change in the
condition (financial or other), earnings, business or properties of
the Company and its subsidiaries, whether or not arising from
transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth
in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto).
(e) At the Closing Date, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, certified public
accountants, shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter or
letters (which may refer to letters previously delivered to one or more of
the Representatives), dated as of the Closing Date, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives, confirming that they are independent
accountants within the meaning of the Act and the Exchange Act and the
respective applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and
stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion the audited financial statements and
financial statement schedules and pro forma financial statements, if
any, included or incorporated in the Registration Statement and the
Final Prospectus and reported on by them comply in form in all
material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and
regulations;
(ii) on the basis of a reading of the amounts included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus in
response to Item 301 of Regulation S-K and of the latest unaudited
financial statements made available by the Company and its
subsidiaries; carrying out certain specified procedures (but not an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards)
which would not necessarily reveal matters of significance with
respect to the comments set forth in such letter; a reading of the
minutes of the meetings of the stockholders, directors and executive
committees of the Company ; and inquiries of certain officials of the
Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters
of the Company and its subsidiaries as to transactions and events
subsequent to the date of the most recent audited financial statements
in or incorporated in the Final Pro-
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spectus, nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe
that:
(1) the amounts in the unaudited "Summary Consolidated
Financial Data", if any, included in the Final Prospectus, and
the amounts in the "Selected Financial Data" included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus, do not agree with the corresponding amounts in the
audited financial statements from which such amounts were
derived;
(2) any unaudited financial statements included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and with the published rules
and regulations of the Commission with respect to financial
statements included or incorporated in quarterly reports on Form
10-Q under the Exchange Act; and said unaudited financial
statements are not in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a basis substantially consistent
with that of the audited financial statements included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus; or
(3) with respect to the period subsequent to the date of the
most recent financial statements (other than any capsule
information), audited or unaudited, in or incorporated in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, there were any
changes, at a specified date not more than five business days
prior to the date of the letter, in the capital stock or long-
term debt (other than scheduled repayments of such debt or
changes resulting from foreign currency translation rate
fluctuations) or any decrease in total capital of the Company or
the Company and its subsidiaries, as compared with the amounts
shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus, or for the period from the date of the most recent
financial statements included or incorporated in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus to such specified date there
were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding
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period in the preceding year in net interest income or income
before income taxes of the Company and its subsidiaries, or net
income of the Company and its subsidiaries except in all
instances for changes or decreases set forth in such letter, in
which case the letter shall be accompanied by an explanation by
the Company as to the significance thereof unless said
explanation is not deemed necessary by the Representatives;
(4) the amount included in any unaudited "capsule"
information included or incorporated in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus do not agree with the amounts
set forth in the unaudited financial statements for the same
periods or were not determined on a basis substantially
consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in the audited
financial statements included or incorporated in the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus; and
(iii) they have performed certain other specified procedures as a
result of which they determined that certain information of an
accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to
accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries) set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus and in
Exhibit 12 to the Registration Statement, including the information
included or incorporated in Items 1, 6, 7 and 11 of the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K, incorporated in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus, and the information included in the "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" included or incorporated in any of the Company's quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q incorporated in the Registration Statement and
the Final Prospectus, agrees with the accounting records of the
Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any questions of legal
interpretation; and
(iv) if pro forma financial statements are included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus,
on the basis of a reading of the unaudited pro forma financial
statements, carrying out certain specified procedures, inquiries of
certain officials of the Company and the acquired company who have
respon-
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sibility for financial and accounting matters, and proving the
arithmetic accuracy of the application of the pro forma adjustments to
the historical amounts in the pro forma financial statements, nothing
came to their attention which caused them to believe that the pro
forma financial statements do not comply in form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Rule 11-02 of
Regulation S-X or that the pro forma adjustments have not been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such
statements.
References to the Final Prospectus in this paragraph (e) include any
supplement thereto at the date of the letter.
In addition, except as provided in Schedule I hereto, at the Execution
Time, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter
or letters, dated as of the Execution Time, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Representatives, to the effect set forth above.
(f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any
amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement
thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in
the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 5 or
(ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting the business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries
the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above,
is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to
make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the
delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement
(exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of
any supplement thereto).
(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any
decrease in the ratings of any of the Company's debt securities by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇
Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Corporation.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to
the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as
the Representatives may reasonably request.
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(i) The Company shall have accepted Delayed Delivery Contracts in any
case where sales of Contract Securities arranged by the Underwriters have
been approved by the Company.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have
been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement,
or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this
Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled at,
or at any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of
such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or
telegraph confirmed in writing.
6. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of the
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Purchased Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any
condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 5 hereof
is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of
the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof
other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will
reimburse the Underwriters severally upon demand for all reasonable out-of-
pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that
shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and
sale of the Securities.
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
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indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any
and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they
or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other
Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the
registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof,
or in the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final
Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of
or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in
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connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the Company will not be liable
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in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use in connection
with the preparation thereof, and (ii) such indemnity with respect to the Basic
Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of
any Underwriter (or any person controlling such Underwriter) from whom the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
Securities which are the subject thereof if such person did not receive a copy
of the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented)
excluding documents incorporated therein by reference at or prior to the
confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person in any case where
such delivery is required by the Act and the untrue statement or omission of a
material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus or any Preliminary Final
Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as
amended or supplemented). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the
Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the
foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with
reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use in the preparation of the documents referred to in the
foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges
that the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page, under the
heading "Underwriting" or "Plan of Distribution" and, if Schedule I hereto
provides for sales of Securities pursuant to delayed delivery arrangements, in
the last sentence under the heading "Delayed Delivery Arrangements" in any
Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus constitute the only
information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for
inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity, and you, as
the Representatives, confirm that such statements are correct.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from
any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under
this Section 7. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to appoint counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party in such action; provided,
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however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified
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party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified
party or parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to appoint counsel to defend such action
and approval by the indemnified party of such counsel, the indemnifying party
will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal
or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed
separate counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in
accordance with the proviso to the next preceding sentence (it being understood,
however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of
more than one separate counsel, approved by the Representatives in the case of
paragraph (a) of this Section 7, representing the indemnified parties under such
paragraph (a) who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall
not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to
represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of
commencement of the action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the
employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the
indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such
liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i)
or (iii).
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) of this
Section 7 is due in accordance with its terms but is for any reason held by a
court to be unavailable from the Company on grounds of policy or otherwise, the
Company and the Underwriters shall
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contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or
defending same) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be
subject in such proportion so that the Underwriters are responsible for that
portion represented by the percentage that the underwriting discount bears to
the sum of such discount and the purchase price of the Purchased Securities
specified in Schedule I hereto and the Company is responsible for the balance;
provided, however, that (y) in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be
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provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the
Purchased Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the
underwriting discount applicable to the Purchased Securities purchased by such
Underwriter hereunder and (z) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to
contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the
Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of
the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject
in each case to clauses (y) of this paragraph (d). Any party entitled to
contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any
action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim for
contribution may be made against another party or parties under this paragraph
(d), notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the
omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or
parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it or
they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this paragraph (d).
8. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall
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fail to purchase and pay for any of the Purchased Securities agreed to be
purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to
purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their
obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated
severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the amount
of Purchased Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule II hereto
bears to the aggregate amount of Purchased Securities set forth opposite the
names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Purchased Securities which the
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided,
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however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Purchased Securities
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which the default-
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ing Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10%
of the aggregate amount of Purchased Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto,
the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not
be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Purchased Securities, and if
such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Purchased Securities,
this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter
or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in
this Section 8, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not
exceeding seven days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the
required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to
the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
9. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in
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the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company
prior to delivery of and payment for the Purchased Securities, if prior to such
time (i) trading in the Company's common stock or preferred stock shall have
been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been suspended or
limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such Exchange, (ii) a
banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal or New York State
or Illinois State authorities or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or
escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national
emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on the
financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the reasonable
judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to market the Securities.
10. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
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agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof,
and will survive delivery of the Purchased Securities. The provisions of
Sections 6 and 7 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this
Agreement.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
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effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed,
delivered or tele-
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graphed and confirmed to them, at the address specified in Schedule I hereto;
or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and
confirmed to it at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇, attention of the Treasurer.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
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binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no
other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed
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in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon
this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the
Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
By:
_______________________
[Title]
...........................
The foregoing Agreement
is hereby confirmed and
accepted as of the date
specified in Schedule I
hereto.
[REPRESENTATIVES]
By:
_________________________
For themselves [itself]
and the other several
Underwriters, if any,
named in Schedule II
to the foregoing Agreement.
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SCHEDULE I
Underwriting Agreement dated:
Registration Statement No. 33-
Representative(s):
Title, Purchase Price and Description of Securities:
Title:
Principal amount:
Purchase price (include accrued
interest or amortization, if
any):
Interest payment dates:
Sinking fund provisions:
Redemption provisions:
Other provisions:
Description of Warrants:
Title of Warrants:
Warrant Agent:
Warrant exercise price, currency and date:
Principal amount and currency of Warrant Securities
issuable upon exercise of one Warrant:
Date after which Warrants may be exercised:
Expiration date:
Detachable date:
Description of Warrant Securities:
Title: Principal amount and currency:
Purchase price and currency:
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Sinking fund provisions:
Redemption provisions:
Other provisions
Description of Currency Warrants:
Title of Currency Warrants:
Number of Currency Warrants:
Principal Amount of Each Currency Warrant:
Currency:
Price to Public of Currency Warrants:
Underwriting Discount:
Purchase Price of Currency Warrants:
Currency Warrants Exercise Price and date:
Expiration Date:
Currency Warrant Agent:
Closing Date, Time and Location:
Delayed Delivery Arrangements:
Fee:
Minimum principal amount of each contract: $
Maximum aggregate principal amount of all contracts: $
Modification of items to be covered by the letter from ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP
delivered pursuant to Section 5(e) at the Execution Time:
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SCHEDULE II
Principal
Amount
of Purchased
Securities to
Underwriters be Purchased
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Total ............................ $
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SCHEDULE III
Delayed Delivery Contract
, 19
[Insert name and address of lead Representative]
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from First Chicago NBD
Corporation (the "Company"), and the Company agrees to sell to the undersigned,
on , 19 , (the "Delivery Date"), $ principal amount of the
Company's
(the "Securities") offered by the Company's Prospectus dated
, 19 , and related Prospectus Supplement dated , 19 , receipt of a
copy of which is hereby acknowledged, at a purchase price of
% of the principal amount thereof, plus [accrued interest or amortization of
original issue discount], if any, thereon from , 19 , to the date of
payment and delivery, and on the further terms and conditions set forth in this
contract.
Payment for the Securities to be purchased by the undersigned shall be
made on or before 11:00 AM, New York City time, on the Delivery Date to or upon
the order of the Company in funds, at your office or at
such other place as shall be agreed between the Company and the undersigned,
upon delivery to the undersigned of the Securities in definitive fully
registered form and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as the undersigned may request by written or telegraphic communication
addressed to the Company not less than five full business days prior to the
Delivery Date. If no request is received, the Securities will be registered in
the name of the undersigned and issued in a denomination equal to the aggregate
principal amount of Securities to be purchased by the undersigned on the
Delivery Date.
The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment
for Securities on the Delivery Date, and the obligation of the Company to sell
and deliver Securities on the Delivery Date, shall be subject to the conditions
(and neither party shall incur any liability by reason of the failure thereof)
that (1) the purchase of Securities to be made by the undersigned, which
purchase the undersigned represents is not prohibited on the date hereof,
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shall not on the Delivery Date be prohibited under the laws
of the jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject, and (2) the Company, on
or before the Delivery Date, shall have sold to certain underwriters (the
"Underwriters") such principal amount of the Securities as is to be sold to them
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement referred to in the Prospectus and
Prospectus Supplement mentioned above. Promptly after completion of such sale to
the Underwriters, the Company will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its
address set forth below notice to such effect, accompanied by a copy of the
opinion of counsel for the Company delivered to the Underwriters in connection
therewith. The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make
payment for the Securities, and the obligation of the Company to cause the
Securities to be sold and delivered, shall not be affected by the failure of any
purchaser to take delivery of and make payment for the Securities pursuant to
other contracts similar to this contract.
This contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by
either party hereto without the written consent of the other.
It is understood that acceptance of this contract and other similar
contracts is in the Company's sole discretion and, without limiting the
foregoing, need not be on a first come, first served basis. If this contract is
acceptable to the Company, it is required that the Company sign the form of
acceptance below and mail or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the
undersigned at its address set forth below. This will become a binding contract
between the Company and the undersigned, as of the date first above written,
when such counterpart is so mailed or delivered.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
Very truly yours,
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(Name of Purchaser)
By
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(Signature and Title of Officer)
..................................
(Address)
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Accepted:
FIRST CHICAGO NBD CORPORATION
By
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(Authorized Signature)