SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 7, 1998
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WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
Oregon
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-12545
(Commission File No.)
93-0312940
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1300 S.W. Fifth Avenue, Suite 3800
Post Office Box 22187 97201
Portland, Oregon (Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(503) 227-5581
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Item 5. Other Events.
Environmental Proceedings
The registrant reported in its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 1998, that it had received from the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") requests for information under
Section 114 of the Clean Air Act (the "Act") requesting information for a period
covering 22 years and relating to 19 of the registrant's plants, three of which
have been closed.
The EPA has issued to the registrant a Notice of Violation (the "NOV")
dated May 7, 1998, pursuant to the Act alleging violations of the Prevention of
Significant Deterioration provisions of the Act and the New Source Performance
Standards promulgated under the Act. The NOV also alleges that the registrant is
in violation of State Implementation Plans approved under the Act for the states
of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oregon, and South Carolina. The NOV alleges violations
at 15 of the respondent's plants producing medium density fiberboard, plywood,
and particleboard for various periods beginning as early as 1980. Two of the
plants subject to the allegations have been closed.
The registrant is reviewing the allegations contained in the NOV and
expects to meet with the EPA to attempt to negotiate a resolution of the issues
raised by the NOV. Settlements by other companies in the wood products industry
that have received NOVs under the Act have involved the payment of fines and
agreements to install emission control equipment by the companies involved.
Exhibits
The exhibits hereto are filed so as to constitute exhibits to the
registrant's registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-32647).
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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Exhibit
99.1 Form of Distribution Agreement for
Medium-Term Notes
99.2 Form of Medium-Term Note (fixed
rate)
99.3 Form of Medium-Term Note (floating
rate)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Dated: May 13, 1998 By:/s/ J. A. Parsons
J. A. Parsons
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
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WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
$300,000,000
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
May 13, 1998
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004.
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
60 Wall Street,
New York, New York 10260.
Salomon Brothers Inc,
7 World Trade Center, 30th Floor,
New York, New York 10048.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Willamette Industries, Inc., an Oregon corporation (the "Company"),
proposes to issue and sell from time to time its Medium-Term Notes (the
"Securities") in an aggregate amount up to $300,000,000 and agrees with each of
you (individually, an "Agent", and collectively, the "Agents") as set forth in
this Agreement.
Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and to the reservation
by the Company of the right to sell Securities directly on its own behalf, the
Company hereby (i) appoints each Agent as an agent of the Company for the
purpose of soliciting and receiving offers to purchase Securities from the
Company pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof and (ii) agrees that, except as
otherwise contemplated herein, whenever it determines to sell Securities
directly to any Agent as principal, it will enter into a separate agreement
(each a "Terms Agreement"), substantially in the form of Annex I hereto,
relating to such sale in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof. This Distribution
Agreement shall not be construed to create either an obligation on the part of
the Company to sell any Securities or an obligation of any of the Agents to
purchase Securities as principal.
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The Securities will be issued under an indenture, dated as of January 30,
1993 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and The Chase Manhattan Bank, as
Trustee (the "Trustee"). The Securities shall have the maturity ranges, interest
rates, if any, redemption provisions and other terms set forth in the Prospectus
referred to below as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time. The
Securities will be issued, and the terms and rights thereof established, from
time to time by the Company in accordance with the Indenture.
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Agent
that:
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act") and the rules and regulations
under the Act of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") and has filed with the Commission a registration statement
on such Form (File No. 333-32647), which has become effective, for the
registration under the Act of the Securities. Such registration
statement, as it may be amended or supplemented, meets the requirements
set forth in Rule 415(a) under the Act and complies in all other material
respects with said rule. In connection with the offering and sale of the
Securities, the Company proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Act a supplement to the form of prospectus included in
such registration statement relating to the Securities and the plan of
distribution thereof and has previously advised you of all further
information (financial and other) with respect to the Company to be set
forth therein. Such registration statement, including the exhibits
thereto, as amended to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called
the "Registration Statement"; any preliminary prospectus included in such
registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(a) of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Act, is
hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the prospectus (including,
if applicable, any prospectus supplement) relating to the Securities, 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"; and any supplement to the Prospectus
that sets forth only the terms of a particular issue of the Securities is
hereinafter called a "Pricing Supplement". Any reference herein to the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by
reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 that were filed under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") on or before the
date of this Agreement, the date of any Preliminary Prospectus or the
date of the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to
the terms "amend", "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus
shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under
the Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, the date of any
Preliminary Prospectus or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be,
which is incorporated therein by reference;
(b) At the effective date of the Registration Statement, at any
date when any amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective
(including the date of the filing of any document incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement),
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at the date the Prospectus is first filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Act and at the date any supplement to the Prospectus is filed with the
Commission, (i) the Registration Statement, as amended as of any such
time, and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of any such time,
and the Indenture complied and will comply in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(the "Trust Indenture Act") and the Exchange Act and the respective rules
and regulations thereunder and (ii) neither the Registration Statement,
as amended as of any such time, nor the Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented as of any such time, contained or will contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted or will omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that the
Company makes no representations or warranties as to (i) that part of the
Registration Statement, if any, that shall constitute the Statement of
Eligibility (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 Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement
thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Company by any Agent specifically for use in connection
with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or
any amendment thereof or supplement thereto;
(c) The Company has furnished to the Agents a copy of the
Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto,
each document incorporated therein by reference, each consent and exhibit
filed therewith and each supplement to the Prospectus heretofore filed
with the Commission; and
(d) As of the time any Securities are issued and sold hereunder,
the Indenture will constitute a legal, valid and binding instrument
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms and such
Securities will have been duly authorized, executed, authenticated and,
when paid for by the purchasers thereof, will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture.
2. (a) On the basis of the representations and warranties herein
contained, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the
Agents hereby severally and not jointly agrees, as agent of the Company, to use
its reasonable efforts to solicit and receive offers to purchase the Securities
from the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented from time to time. So long as this Agreement shall
remain in effect with respect to any Agent, the Company shall not, without the
consent of such Agent, solicit or accept offers to purchase, or sell, any debt
securities with a maturity at the time of original issuance of 9 months to 30
years except pursuant to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement, or except pursuant
to a private placement not constituting a public offering under the Act or
except in connection with a firm commitment underwriting pursuant to an
underwriting agreement that does not provide for a continuous offering of
medium-term debt securities. However, the Company reserves the right to sell,
and may solicit and accept offers to purchase, Securities directly on its own
behalf in transactions with persons other than broker-dealers, and, in the case
of any such sale not resulting from a solicitation made by any
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Agent, no commission will be payable with respect to such sale. These provisions
shall not limit Section 4(f) hereof or any similar provision included in any
Terms Agreement.
Procedural details relating to the issue and delivery of Securities, the
solicitation of offers to purchase Securities and the payment in each case
therefor shall be as set forth in the Administrative Procedure attached hereto
as Annex II as it may be amended from time to time by written agreement between
the Agents and the Company (the "Administrative Procedure"). The provisions of
the Administrative Procedure shall apply to all transactions contemplated
hereunder other than those made pursuant to a Terms Agreement. Each Agent and
the Company agree to perform the respective duties and obligations specifically
provided to be performed by each of them in the Administrative Procedure. The
Company will furnish to the Trustee a copy of the Administrative Procedure as
from time to time in effect.
The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to instruct the
Agents to suspend at any time, for any period of time or permanently, the
solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. As soon as practicable, but
in any event not later than one business day (in New York City) after receipt of
notice from the Company, the Agents will suspend solicitation of offers to
purchase Securities from the Company until such time as the Company has advised
the Agents that such solicitation may be resumed. During such period, the
Company shall not be required to comply with the provisions of Sections 4(h),
4(i), 4(j) and 4(k). Upon advising the Agents that such solicitation may be
resumed, however, the Company shall simultaneously provide the documents
required to be delivered by Sections 4(h), 4(i), 4(j) and 4(k), and the Agents
shall have no obligation to solicit offers to purchase the Securities until such
documents have been received by the Agents. In addition, any failure by the
Company to comply with its obligations hereunder, including without limitation
its obligations to deliver the documents required by Sections 4(h), 4(i), 4(j)
and 4(k), shall automatically terminate the Agents' obligations hereunder,
including without limitation their obligations to solicit offers to purchase the
Securities hereunder as agent or to purchase Securities hereunder as principal.
The Company agrees to pay each Agent a commission, at the time of
settlement of any sale of a Security by the Company as a result of a
solicitation made by such Agent, in an amount equal to the following applicable
percentage of the principal amount of such Security sold:
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Commission (percentage
Range of Maturities of aggregate principal
amount of Securities sold)
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From 9 months to less than 1 year .125%
From 1 year to less than 18 months .150%
From 18 months to less than 2 years .200%
From 2 years to less than 3 years .250%
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From 3 years to less than 4 years .350%
From 4 years to less than 5 years .450%
From 5 years to less than 6 years .500%
From 6 years to less than 7 years .550%
From 7 years to less than 10 years .600%
From 10 years to less than 15 years .625%
From 15 years to less than 20 years .675%
From 20 years to 30 years .750%
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(b) Each sale of Securities to any Agent as principal shall be made in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (unless the Company and such
Agent shall otherwise agree) a Terms Agreement which will provide for the sale
of such Securities to, and the purchase thereof by, such Agent; a Terms
Agreement may also specify certain provisions relating to the reoffering of such
Securities by such Agent; the commitment of any Agent to purchase Securities as
principal, whether pursuant to any Terms Agreement or otherwise, shall be deemed
to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the
Company herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein
set forth; each Terms Agreement shall specify the principal amount of Securities
to be purchased by any Agent pursuant thereto, the price to be paid to the
Company for such Securities, any provisions relating to rights of, and default
by, underwriters acting together with such Agent in the reoffering of the
Securities and the time and date and place of delivery of and payment for such
Securities; and such Terms Agreement shall also specify any requirements for
opinions of counsel, accountants' letters and officers' certificates pursuant to
Section 4 hereof. Each Agent proposes to offer Securities purchased by it as
principal for sale at prevailing market prices or prices related thereto at the
time of sale, which may be equal to, greater than or less than the price at
which such Securities are purchased by such Agent from the Company.
For each sale of Securities to an Agent as principal that is not made
pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the procedural details relating to the issue and
delivery of such Securities and payment therefor shall be as set forth in the
Administrative Procedure. For each such sale of Securities to an Agent as
principal that is not made pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company agrees to
pay such Agent a commission (or grant an equivalent discount) as provided in
Section 2(a) hereof and in accordance with the schedule set forth therein.
Each time and date of delivery of and payment for Securities to be
purchased by an Agent as principal, whether set forth in a Terms Agreement or in
accordance with the Administrative Procedure, is referred to herein as a "Time
of Delivery".
(c) Each Agent agrees, with respect to any Security denominated in a
currency other than U.S. dollars, as agent, directly or indirectly, not to
solicit offers to purchase, and
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as principal under any Terms Agreement or otherwise, directly or indirectly, not
to offer, sell or deliver, such Security in, or to residents of, the country
issuing such currency, except as permitted by applicable law.
3. The documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6 hereof on
the Commencement Date (as defined below) shall be delivered to the Agents at the
offices of Sullivan & Cromwell, 444 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, California,
at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of this Agreement, which date and
time of such delivery may be postponed by agreement between the Agents and the
Company but in no event shall be later than the day prior to the date on which
solicitation of offers to purchase Securities is commenced or on which any Terms
Agreement is executed (such time and date being referred to herein as the
"Commencement Date").
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4. The Company covenants and agrees with each Agent:
(a) (i) To make no amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus (A) prior to the Commencement Date which
shall be disapproved by any Agent promptly after reasonable notice
thereof or (B) after the date of any Terms Agreement or other agreement
by an Agent to purchase Securities as principal and prior to the related
Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by any Agent party to such
Terms Agreement or so purchasing as principal promptly after reasonable
notice thereof; (ii) to prepare, with respect to any Securities to be
sold through or to such Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Pricing
Supplement with respect to such Securities in a form previously approved
by such Agent and to file such Pricing Supplement pursuant to Rule
424(b)(2) under the Act not later than the close of business of the
Commission on the second business day after the date on which such
Pricing Supplement is first used; (iii) to make no amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, other than any
Pricing Supplement, at any time prior to having afforded each Agent a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon; (iv) to file
promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements
required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the
delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or
sale of the Securities, and during such same period to advise such Agent,
promptly after the Company receives notice thereof, of the time when any
amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or has become
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus
(other than any Pricing Supplement that relates to Securities not
purchased through or by such Agent) 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
Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities 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 amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or for additional information; and (v) in the event of the
issuance of any such stop order or of any such order preventing or
suspending the use of any such prospectus or suspending any such
qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as such Agent
may reasonably request to qualify the Securities for offering and sale
under the securities laws of such domestic jurisdictions as such Agent
may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance
of sales and dealings therein for as long as may be necessary to complete
the distribution or sale of the Securities; provided, however, 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;
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(c) To furnish such Agent with copies of the Registration
Statement and each amendment thereto, with copies of the Prospectus as
each time amended or supplemented, other than any Pricing Supplement
(except as provided in the Administrative Procedure), in the form in
which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act,
and with copies of the documents incorporated by reference therein, all
in such quantities as such Agent may reasonably request from time to
time; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in
connection with the offering or sale of the Securities (including
Securities purchased from the Company by such Agent as principal) 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, the Exchange Act or
the Trust Indenture Act, to notify such Agent and request such Agent, in
its capacity as agent of the Company, to suspend solicitation of offers
to purchase Securities from the Company (and, if so notified, such Agent
shall cease such solicitations as soon as practicable, but in any event
not later than one business day later); and if the Company shall decide
to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as
then amended or supplemented, to so advise such Agent promptly by
telephone (with confirmation in writing) and to prepare and cause to be
filed promptly with the Commission an amendment or supplement to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;
provided, however, that if during such same period such Agent continues
to own Securities purchased from the Company by such Agent as principal
or such Agent is otherwise required to deliver a prospectus in respect of
transactions in the Securities, the Company shall promptly prepare and
file with the Commission such an amendment or supplement;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders 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);
(e) So long as any Securities are outstanding, to furnish to such
Agent copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other)
furnished to stockholders, and deliver to such Agent (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 such Agent may from time to time reasonably request (such
financial
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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
stockholders generally or to the Commission);
(f) That, from the date of any Terms Agreement with such Agent or
other agreement by such Agent to purchase Securities as principal and
continuing to and including the later of (i) the termination of the
trading restrictions for the Securities purchased thereunder, as notified
to the Company by such Agent and (ii) the related Time of Delivery, not
to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt
securities of the Company which both mature more than 9 months after such
Time of Delivery and are substantially similar to the Securities, without
the prior written consent of such Agent;
(g) That each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase
Securities hereunder (including any purchase by such Agent as principal
not pursuant to a Terms Agreement), and each execution and delivery by
the Company of a Terms Agreement with such Agent, shall be deemed to be
an affirmation to such Agent that the representations and warranties of
the Company contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and
correct as of the date of such acceptance or of such Terms Agreement, as
the case may be, as though made at and as of such date, and an
undertaking that such representations and warranties will be true and
correct as of the settlement date for the Securities relating to such
acceptance or as of the Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as the
case may be, as though made at and as of such date (except that such
representations and warranties shall be deemed to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented
relating to such Securities);
(h) That reasonably in advance of each time the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than
by a Pricing Supplement), each time a document filed under the Act or the
Exchange Act is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, and each
time the Company sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to
a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of an
opinion or opinions by Sullivan & Cromwell, counsel to the Agents, as a
condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement,
the Company shall furnish to such counsel such papers and information as
they may reasonably request to enable them to furnish to such Agent the
opinion or opinions referred to in Section 6(b) hereof;
(i) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
shall be amended or supplemented (other than (i) by a Pricing Supplement,
(ii) by a supplement to the Prospectus relating to any offering of
Securities by the Company directly to investors or to one or more
underwriters other than such Agent or (iii) by a supplement to the
Prospectus relating to an offering of securities other than the
Securities), each time a document filed under the Act or the Exchange Act
is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus (other than, unless
requested by such Agent, in connection with
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the filing of a document under Section 14 of the Exchange Act) and each
time the Company sells Securities to such Agent as principal pursuant to
a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement specifies the delivery of an
opinion under this Section 4(i) as a condition to the purchase of
Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the Company shall furnish or
cause to be furnished forthwith to such Agent a written opinion of
Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP, counsel for the Company, or
other counsel for the Company satisfactory to such Agent, dated the date
of such amendment, supplement, incorporation or Time of Delivery relating
to such sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to such Agent, to
the effect that such Agent may rely on the opinion of such counsel
referred to in Section 6(c) hereof which was last furnished to such Agent
to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter
authorizing reliance (except that the statements in such last opinion
shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date) or, in lieu of such
opinion, an opinion of the same tenor as the opinion of such counsel
referred to in Section 6(c) hereof but modified to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to
such date;
(j) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
shall be amended or supplemented and each time that a document filed
under the Act or the Exchange Act is incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus, in either case to set forth financial information included in
or derived from the Company's consolidated financial statements or
accounting records, and each time the Company sells Securities to such
Agent as principal pursuant to a Terms Agreement and such Terms Agreement
specifies the delivery of a letter under this Section 4(j) as a condition
to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms Agreement, the
Company shall cause the independent certified public accountants who have
certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
forthwith to furnish to such Agent a letter, dated the date of such
amendment, supplement, incorporation or Time of Delivery relating to such
sale, as the case may be, in form satisfactory to such Agent, of the same
tenor as the letter referred to in Section 6(d) hereof but modified to
relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented to the date of such letter, with such changes as may be
necessary to reflect changes in the financial statements and other
information derived from the accounting records of the Company, to the
extent such financial statements and other information are available as
of a date not more than five business days prior to the date of such
letter; provided, however, that, with respect to any financial
information or other matter, such letter may reconfirm as true and
correct at such date as though made at and as of such date, rather than
repeat, statements with respect to such financial information or other
matter made in the letter referred to in Section 6(d) hereof which was
last furnished to such Agent;
(k) That each time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
shall be amended or supplemented (other than (i) by a Pricing Supplement,
(ii) by a supplement to the Prospectus relating to any offering of
Securities by the Company directly to
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investors or to one or more underwriters other than such Agent or (iii)
by a supplement to the Prospectus relating to an offering of securities
other than the Securities), each time a document filed under the Act or
the Exchange Act is incorporated by reference into the Prospectus (other
than, unless requested by such Agent, in connection with the filing of a
document under Section 14 of the Exchange Act) and each time the Company
sells Securities to such Agent as principal and the applicable Terms
Agreement specifies the delivery of a certificate under this Section 4(k)
as a condition to the purchase of Securities pursuant to such Terms
Agreement, the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished forthwith
to such Agent a certificate, dated the date of such supplement,
amendment, incorporation or Time of Delivery relating to such sale, as
the case may be, in such form and executed by such officers of the
Company as shall be satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect that the
statements contained in the certificates referred to in Section 6(i)
hereof which was last furnished to such Agent are true and correct at
such date as though made at and as of such date (except that such
statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date) or, in lieu of
such certificate, certificates of the same tenor as the certificates
referred to in said Section 6(i) but modified to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to
such date; and
(l) To offer to any person who has agreed to purchase Securities
from the Company as the result of an offer to purchase solicited by such
Agent the right to refuse to purchase and pay for such Securities if, on
the related settlement date fixed pursuant to the Administrative
Procedure, any condition set forth in Section 6(a), 6(e), 6(f) or 6(g)
hereof shall not have been satisfied (it being understood that the
judgment of such person with respect to the impracticability or
inadvisability of such purchase of Securities shall be substituted, for
purposes of this Section 4(l), for the respective judgments of an Agent
with respect to certain matters referred to in such Sections 6(e) and
6(g), and that such Agent shall have no duty or obligation whatsoever to
exercise the judgment permitted under such Sections 6(e) and 6(g) on
behalf of any such person).
5. The Company covenants and agrees with each Agent 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 Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Pricing Supplements and all other amendments
and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to such
Agent; (ii) the reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel for the
Agents in connection with the establishment of the program contemplated hereby,
any opinions to be rendered by such counsel hereunder and under any Terms
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and under any Terms
Agreement; (iii) the cost of printing, producing or reproducing this Agreement,
any Terms Agreement, any Indenture, any Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda,
closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents
in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities;
(iv)
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all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering
and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 4(b) hereof,
including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agents in connection
with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment
surveys; (v) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the
Securities; (vi) any filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements of
counsel for the Agents in connection with, any required review by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the
Securities; (vii) the cost of preparing the Securities; (viii) the fees and
expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee and any transfer or paying
agent of the Company and the fees and disbursements of counsel for any Trustee
or such agent in connection with any Indenture and the Securities; (ix) any
advertising expenses connected with the solicitation of offers to purchase and
the sale of Securities so long as such advertising expenses have been approved
by the Company; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance
of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for
in this Section. Except as provided in Sections 7 and 8 hereof, each Agent shall
pay all other expenses it incurs.
6. The obligation of any Agent, as agent of the Company, at any time
("Solicitation Time") to solicit offers to purchase the Securities and the
obligation of any Agent to purchase Securities as principal, pursuant to any
Terms Agreement or otherwise, shall in each case be subject, in such Agent's
discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other
statements of the Company herein (and, in the case of an obligation of an Agent
under a Terms Agreement, in or incorporated by reference in such Terms
Agreement) are true and correct at and as of the Commencement Date and any
applicable date referred to in Section 4(k) hereof that is prior to such
Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, and at and as of such
Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the condition that
prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the
Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be
performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) (i) With respect to any Securities sold at or prior to such
Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case may be, the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing Supplement) with
respect to such Securities shall have been filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period
prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and
in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; (ii) no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by
the Commission; and (iii) all requests for additional information on the
part of the Commission shall have been complied with to the reasonable
satisfaction of such Agent;
(b) Sullivan & Cromwell, counsel to the Agents, shall have
furnished to such Agent (i) such opinion or opinions, dated the
Commencement Date, with respect to the matters covered in paragraphs (i),
(iv) and (v) of subsection (c) below, as well as such other related
matters as such Agent may reasonably request, and (ii) if and to the
extent requested by such Agent, with respect to each applicable date
referred to in
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Section 4(h) hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time
of Delivery, as the case may be, an opinion or opinions, dated such
applicable date, to the effect that such Agent may rely on the opinion or
opinions which were last furnished to such Agent pursuant to this Section
6(b) to the same extent as though it or they were dated the date of such
letter authorizing reliance (except that the statements in such last
opinion or opinions shall be deemed to relate to the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date)
or, in any case, in lieu of such an opinion or opinions, an opinion or
opinions of the same tenor as the opinion or opinions referred to in
clause (i) but modified to relate to the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus as amended and supplemented to such date; and in each case
such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen LLP, counsel for the
Company, or other counsel for the Company satisfactory to such Agent,
shall have furnished to such Agent their written opinions, dated the
Commencement Date and each applicable date referred to in Section 4(i)
hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery,
as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to such Agent, to
the effect that:
(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation under the laws of the state of Oregon,
with full corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(ii) the establishment of the series constituting the
Securities has been duly authorized and, when the terms of
particular Securities have been duly established in conformity
with the Indenture and such Securities have been executed and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture
and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof in
accordance with this Agreement, such Securities will constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to
the benefits provided by the Indenture;
(iii) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto
have become effective under the Act; to the knowledge of such
counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof has been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened or
are contemplated by the Commission under the Act; and the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto (as of their respective effective or issue
dates) complied as to form in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust
Indenture Act, and the respective rules and regulations
thereunder; the descriptions in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus of the Securities, of the Indenture, and of statutes,
legal and governmental proceedings and contracts fairly present
the information required to be shown; and to the knowledge of such
counsel, there are no legal or governmental
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proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are
not described as required, nor are there any contracts or
documents of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or
filed as required; it being understood that such counsel need
express no opinion as to the financial statements, financial
schedules or other financial and statistical data contained in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto;
(iv) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company, 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 to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and to general equitable principles);
(v) this Agreement and the Terms Agreement (if applicable)
have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
and
(vi) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any
United States or Oregon court or governmental agency or body is
required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated
herein 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 sale of the Securities as contemplated by this
Agreement and such other approvals (specified in such opinion) as
have been obtained.
In addition, such counsel shall state that such counsel has
participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of
the Company, representatives of the independent public accountants for
the Company, representatives of the Agents, and counsel for the Agents,
as applicable, at which the contents of the Registration Statement and
Prospectus and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel
is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the
Registration Statement and Prospectus (except for those made under the
captions "Description of the Debt Securities" in the Registration
Statement and "Description of the Notes" and "Supplemental Plan of
Distribution" in any prospectus supplement, insofar as they relate to the
provisions of documents therein described) and on the basis of the
foregoing (relying as to materiality to a large extent upon the opinions
of officers and other representatives of the Company), no facts have come
to the attention of such counsel in the course of their representation of
the Company that have led them to believe that either the Registration
Statement or any amendment thereto at the time such Registration
Statement or amendment became effective and at the date of this Agreement
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
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not misleading or that the Prospectus, as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the date of the opinion, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel
need express no opinion or belief with respect to the financial
statements, financial schedules and other financial and statistical data
included in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereto).
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters
involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the
state of Oregon or the United States, to the extent deemed proper and
specified in such opinion, upon the opinion of other counsel of good
standing believed to be reliable and who are satisfactory to such Agent,
and (ii) as to matters of fact, to the extent deemed proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials,
and may assume the due authorization, execution and delivery of the
Indenture by the Trustee.
(d) Not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Commencement Date and on each applicable date referred to in Section 4(j)
hereof that is on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery,
as the case may be, the independent certified public accountants 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 such Agent a letter, dated the Commencement Date or
such applicable date, as the case may be, in form and substance
satisfactory to such Agent, to the effect set forth in Annex III hereto;
(e) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented there shall not have occurred any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting particularly the business
or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole which
is, in the judgment of such Agent, after discussions with the Company, so
material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed
with the soliciting of offers to purchase or delivery of the Securities
as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (or, in
the case of a Terms Agreement, to proceed with the offering or the
delivery of the Securities to be purchased as contemplated by the Terms
Agreement);
(f) Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement there shall not
have occurred any downgrading in the rating of the Company's debt
securities by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization", as defined for the purposes of Rule 436(g) under the Act,
or any notice given by any such organization that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating
of any of the Company's debt securities;
(g) Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement, there shall not
have occurred any outbreak or material escalation of hostilities
involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a
national emergency or war or the
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occurrence of any other calamity or crisis if the effect on the financial
markets is such as to make it, in the judgment of such Agent,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the solicitation of offers
to purchase or delivery of Securities as contemplated by the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus (or, in the case of a Terms Agreement, to
proceed with the offering and delivery of the Securities to be purchased
as contemplated by the Terms Agreement);
(h) Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement (i) trading in
securities generally, or in the securities of the Company, on the New
York Stock Exchange shall not have been suspended or limited nor shall
minimum prices have been established on such exchange, (ii) trading in
any securities of the Company in the over-the-counter market shall not
have been suspended, (iii) a banking moratorium shall not have been
declared by federal, New York State, or Oregon State authorities; and
(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to
such Agent certificates of officers of the Company dated the Commencement
Date and each applicable date referred to in Section 4(k) hereof that is
on or prior to such Solicitation Time or Time of Delivery, as the case
may be, in such form and executed by such officers of the Company as
shall be satisfactory to such Agent, as to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the
Commencement Date or such applicable date, as the case may be, as to the
performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be
performed at or prior to the Commencement Date or such applicable date,
as the case may be, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and
(e) of this Section 6, and as to such other matters as such Agent may
reasonably request.
7. (a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Agent, the
directors, officers, employees and agents of each Agent, and each person who
controls each Agent within the meaning of the Act, if any, against any and all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which any such
Agent, director, officer, employee, agent, or controlling person 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 Prospectus or any
Preliminary Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified
party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them
in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the Company will not be liable
in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability
arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of
any of you specifically for inclusion therein, and (ii) such indemnity with
respect to any Preliminary Prospectus or the
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Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Agent (or any director,
officer, employee, agent of or person controlling such Agent) from whom the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
Securities that are the subject thereof if it shall be established that such
person did not receive a copy of the Prospectus (in the case of such indemnity
with respect to any Preliminary Prospectus) or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented (in the case of such indemnity with respect to the Prospectus),
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 or the
alleged untrue statement or omission in any Preliminary Prospectus was corrected
in the Prospectus or in the Prospectus was corrected in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Agent severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who sign the Registration
Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning
of the Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to
you, but only with reference to written information relating to you furnished to
the Company by or on your behalf specifically for inclusion in the documents
referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in
addition to any liability that you may otherwise have.
(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
Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the
indemnifying party 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 participate
therein, and to the extent that it may elect by written notice delivered to the
indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such
indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party;
provided, however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the
indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall
have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it
and/or other indemnified parties that 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 assert such legal defenses and to
otherwise participate in the defense of 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 assume the defense of such
action and approval by the indemnified party of 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
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liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel, approved by the
Agents 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). An indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any claim or action settled without its consent.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 shall for any
reason (other than as specified herein) be unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 7(a) or 7(b) above in respect
of any loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) referred
to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable ("Losses") to such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim,
damage, or liability (or action in respect thereof) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and each of
you from the offering of the Securities from which such Losses arise and the
relative fault of the parties with respect to the statements or omissions which
resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and each Agent on
the other with respect to such offering shall be determined in light of the
relation of the total net proceeds received by the Company from the sale (before
deducting expenses) of the Securities from which such Losses arise to the total
commissions or discounts received by each Agent with respect to the sale of the
Securities from which such Losses arise. The Company and each Agent agree that
it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section
7(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Agents were treated as
one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount
paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage,
or liability (or action in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section
7(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 Section 7(d), no Agent
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total commission or discount it received on Securities sold by it exceeds the
amount of any damages which such Agent has otherwise paid or become liable 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
Agents in this Section 7(d) to contribute are several and not joint. For
purposes of this Section 7, each person who controls any of you within the
meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and
agent of any of you shall have the same rights to contribution as you 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
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rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable
terms and conditions of this Section 7(d).
8. Each Agent, in soliciting offers to purchase Securities from the
Company and in performing the other obligations of such Agent hereunder (other
than in respect of any purchase by an Agent as principal, pursuant to a Terms
Agreement or otherwise), is acting solely as agent for the Company and not as
principal. Each Agent will make reasonable efforts to assist the Company in
obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to purchase Securities from
the Company was solicited by such Agent and has been accepted by the Company,
but such Agent shall not have any liability to the Company in the event such
purchase is not consummated for any reason. If the Company shall default on its
obligation to deliver Securities to a purchaser whose offer it has accepted, the
Company shall (i) hold each Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage
arising from or as a result of such default by the Company and (ii)
notwithstanding such default, pay to the Agent that solicited such offer any
commission to which it would be entitled in connection with such sale.
9. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements by any Agent and the Company set forth in or made pursuant
to this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Agent or any controlling person of any Agent, or the Company, or any
officer or director or any controlling person of the Company, and shall survive
each delivery of and payment for any of the Securities.
10. The provisions of this Agreement relating to the solicitation of
offers to purchase Securities from the Company may be suspended or terminated at
any time by the Company as to any Agent or by any Agent as to such Agent upon
the giving of written notice of such suspension or termination to such Agent or
the Company, as the case may be. In the event of such suspension or termination
with respect to any Agent, (x) this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect with respect to any Agent as to which such suspension or termination has
not occurred, (y) this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect with
respect to the rights and obligations of any party which have previously accrued
or which relate to Securities which are already issued, agreed to be issued or
the subject of a pending offer at the time of such suspension or termination and
(z) in any event, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect insofar
as the fourth paragraph of Section 2(a), and Sections 4(d), 4(e), 5, 7, 8 and 9
hereof are concerned.
11. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein or in the
Administrative Procedure, all statements, requests, notices and advices
hereunder shall be in writing, or by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing,
and if to Goldman, Sachs & Co. shall be sufficient in all respects when
delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or registered mail to 85 Broad
Street, New York, New York 10004, Facsimile Transmission No. (212) 363-7609,
Attention: Credit Department, if to J. P. Morgan Securities Inc. shall be
sufficient in all respects when delivered or sent
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by facsimile transmission or registered mail to 60 Wall Street, New York, New
York 10260, Facsimile Transmission No. (212) 648-5909, Attention: Medium-Term
Notes Desk, and if to Salomon Brothers Inc shall be sufficient in all respects
when delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or registered mail to 7 World
Trade Center, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10048, Facsimile Transmission No.
(212) 783-2274, Attention: Legal, 32nd Floor, Salomon Brothers Inc (Marianne
Spinelli), and if to the Company shall be sufficient in all respects when
delivered or sent by facsimile transmission or registered mail to 1300 S.W.
Fifth Avenue, Suite 3800, Portland, Oregon 97201, Attention: Controller,
Facsimile Transmission No. (503) 273-5604.
12. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of, each Agent and the Company, and to the extent
provided in Sections 7, 8 and 9 hereof, the officers and directors of the
Company and any person who controls any Agent or the Company, and their
respective personal representatives, successors and assigns, and no other person
shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any
Terms Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities through or from any Agent
hereunder shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such
purchase.
13. Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement and any Terms
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.
14. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
15. This Agreement and any Terms 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 an original, but all of such respective counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us six counterparts hereof, whereupon this letter and the
acceptance by each of you thereof shall constitute a binding agreement between
the Company and each of you in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
Willamette Industries, Inc.
By:
...........................................
Name:
Title:
Accepted in New York, New York, as of the date hereof:
.............................................
(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
By: .........................................
Name:
Title:
Salomon Brothers Inc
By: .........................................
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX I
WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
[TITLE OF SECURITY]
TERMS AGREEMENT
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[Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004.]
[J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10260]
[Salomon Brothers Inc
7 World Trade Center, 30th Floor
New York, New York 10048]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Willamette Industries, Inc. (the "Company") proposes, subject to the
terms and conditions stated herein and in the Distribution Agreement, dated May
13, 1998 (the "Distribution Agreement"), between the Company on the one hand and
Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Salomon Brothers Inc (the
"Agents") on the other, to issue and sell to [Goldman, Sachs & Co.] [J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc.] [Salomon Brothers Inc] the securities specified in the Schedule
hereto (the "Purchased Securities"). Each of the provisions of the Distribution
Agreement not specifically related to the solicitation by the Agents, as agents
of the Company, of offers to purchase Securities is incorporated herein by
reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be part of this Terms
Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full
herein. Nothing contained herein or in the Distribution Agreement shall make any
party hereto an agent of the Company or make such party subject to the
provisions therein relating to the solicitation of offers to purchase Securities
from the Company, solely by virtue of its execution of this Terms Agreement.
Each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to
have been made at and as of the date of this Terms Agreement, except that each
representation and warranty in Section 1 of the Distribution Agreement which
makes reference to the Prospectus shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty as of the date of the Distribution Agreement in relation to the
Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a representation and warranty as of
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the date of this Terms Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as amended and
supplemented to relate to the Purchased Securities.
An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Purchased Securities, 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
Distribution Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to [Goldman, Sachs & Co.] [J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.] [Salomon
Brothers Inc] and [Goldman, Sachs & Co.] [J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.] [Salomon
Brothers Inc] agree[s] to purchase from the Company the Purchased Securities, at
the time and place, in the principal amount and at the purchase price set forth
in the Schedule hereto. If the foregoing is in accordance with your
understanding, please sign and return to us ...... counterparts hereof, and upon
acceptance hereof by you this letter and such acceptance hereof, including those
provisions of the Distribution Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall
constitute a binding agreement between you and the Company.
Willamette Industries, Inc.
By:
Name:
Title:
Accepted:
[.........................................
(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)]
[J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
By: ......................................
Name:
Title:]
[Salomon Brothers Inc
By: ......................................
Name:
Title:]
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SCHEDULE TO ANNEX I
Title of Purchased Securities:
[ %] Medium-Term Notes[, SERIES ....]
Aggregate Principal Amount:
[$.................... or units of other Specified Currency]
[PRICE TO PUBLIC:]
Purchase Price by [GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.] [J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.] [SALOMON
BROTHERS INC]:
% of the principal amount of the Purchased Securities[, PLUS ACCRUED
INTEREST FROM ............... TO ...............] [AND ACCRUED
AMORTIZATION, IF ANY, FROM ................. TO ................]
Method of and Specified Funds for Payment of Purchase Price:
By wire transfer to a bank account specified by the Company in
immediately available funds
Indenture:
Indenture, dated as of January 30, 1993, between the Company and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Trustee
Time of Delivery:
Closing Location for Delivery of Securities:
Maturity:
Interest Rate: [ %]
Interest Payment Dates: [MONTHS AND DATES]
Documents to be Delivered:
The following documents referred to in the Distribution Agreement shall be
delivered as a condition to the Closing:
[(1) THE OPINION OR OPINIONS OF COUNSEL TO THE AGENTS REFERRED TO IN SECTION
4(H).]
[(2) THE OPINION OF COUNSEL TO THE COMPANY REFERRED TO IN SECTION 4(I).]
[(3) THE ACCOUNTANTS' LETTER REFERRED TO IN SECTION 4(J).]
[(4) THE OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE REFERRED TO IN SECTION 4(K).]
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Other Provisions (including Syndicate Provisions, if applicable):
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ANNEX II
WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
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This Administrative Procedure relates to the Securities defined in the
Distribution Agreement, dated May 13, 1998 (the "Distribution Agreement"),
between Willamette Industries, Inc. (the "Company") and Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.
P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Salomon Brothers Inc (together, the "Agents"), to
which this Administrative Procedure is attached as Annex II. Defined terms used
herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the
Distribution Agreement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or the
Indenture.
The procedures to be followed with respect to the settlement of sales of
Securities directly by the Company to purchasers solicited by an Agent, as
agent, are set forth below. The terms and settlement details related to a
purchase of Securities by an Agent, as principal, from the Company will be set
forth in a Terms Agreement pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, unless the
Company and such Agent otherwise agree as provided in Section 2(b) of the
Distribution Agreement, in which case the procedures to be followed in respect
of the settlement of such sale will be as set forth below. An Agent, in relation
to a purchase of a Security by a purchaser solicited by such Agent, is referred
to herein as the "Selling Agent" and, in relation to a purchase of a Security by
such Agent as principal other than pursuant to a Terms Agreement, as the
"Purchasing Agent".
The Company will advise each Agent in writing of those persons with whom such
Agent is to communicate regarding offers to purchase Securities and the related
settlement details.
Each Security will be issued only in fully registered form and will be
represented by either a global security (a "Global Security") delivered to the
Trustee, as agent for The Depository Trust Company (the "Depositary") and
recorded in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary (a "Book-Entry
Security") or a certificate issued in definitive form (a "Certificated
Security") delivered to a person designated by an Agent, as set forth in the
applicable Pricing Supplement. An owner of a Book-Entry Security will not be
entitled to receive a certificate representing such a Security, except as
provided in the Indenture.
Book-Entry Securities will be issued in accordance with the Administrative
Procedure set forth in Part I hereof, and Certificated Securities will be issued
in accordance with the Administrative Procedure set forth in Part II hereof.
PART I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR BOOK-ENTRY SECURITIES
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In connection with the qualification of the Book-Entry Securities for
eligibility in the book-entry system maintained by the Depositary, the Trustee
will perform the custodial, document control and administrative functions
described below, in accordance with its respective obligations under a Letter of
Representation from the Company and the Trustee to the Depositary, dated the
date hereof, and a Medium-Term Note Certificate Agreement between the Trustee
and the Depositary, dated as of December 2, 1988, (the "Certificate Agreement"),
and its obligations as a participant in the Depositary, including the
Depositary's Same-Day Funds Settlement System ("SDFS").
Posting Rates by the Company:
The Company and the Agents will discuss from time to time the rates of
interest per annum to be borne by and the maturity of Book-Entry Securities that
may be sold as a result of the solicitation of offers by an Agent. The Company
may establish a fixed set of interest rates and maturities for an offering
period ("posting"). If the Company decides to change already posted rates, it
will promptly advise the Agents to suspend solicitation of offers until the new
posted rates have been established with the Agents.
Acceptance of Offers by the Company:
Each Agent will promptly advise the Company by telephone or other
appropriate means of all reasonable offers to purchase Book-Entry Securities,
other than those rejected by such Agent. Each Agent may, in its discretion
reasonably exercised, reject any offer received by it in whole or in part. Each
Agent also may make offers to the Company to purchase Book-Entry Securities as a
Purchasing Agent. The Company will have the sole right to accept offers to
purchase Book-Entry Securities and may reject any such offer in whole or in
part.
The Company will promptly notify the Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the
case may be, of its acceptance or rejection of an offer to purchase Book-Entry
Securities. If the Company accepts an offer to purchase Book-Entry Securities,
it will confirm such acceptance in writing to the Selling Agent or Purchasing
Agent, as the case may be, and the Trustee.
Communication of Sale Information to the Company by Agent and Settlement
Procedures:
A. After the acceptance of an offer by the Company, the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, will communicate promptly, but in no event
later than the time set forth under "Settlement Procedure Timetable" below, the
following details of the terms of such offer (the "Sale Information") to the
Company by telephone (confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or
other acceptable written means:
(1) Principal Amount of Book-Entry Securities to be purchased;
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(2) If a Fixed Rate Book-Entry Security, the interest rate and initial
interest payment date;
(3) Trade Date;
(4) Settlement Date;
(5) Maturity Date;
(6) Specified Currency and, if the Specified Currency is other than
U.S. dollars, the applicable Exchange Rate for such Specified
Currency (it being understood that currently the Depositary
accepts deposits of Global Securities denominated in U.S. dollars
only);
(7) Indexed Currency, the Base Rate and the Exchange Rate
Determination Date, if applicable;
(8) Issue Price;
(9) Selling Agent's commission or Purchasing Agent's discount, as the
case may be;
(10) Net Proceeds to the Company;
(11) If a redeemable Book-Entry Security, such of the following as are
applicable:
(i) Redemption Commencement Date,
(ii) Initial Redemption Price (% of par), and
(iii) Amount (% of par) that the Redemption Price shall
decline (but not below par) on each anniversary of the
Redemption Commencement Date;
(12) If a Floating Rate Book-Entry Security, such of the following as
are applicable:
(i) Interest Rate Basis,
(ii) Index Maturity,
(iii) Spread or Spread Multiplier,
(iv) Maximum Rate,
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(v) Minimum Rate,
(vi) Initial Interest Rate,
(vii) Interest Reset Dates,
(viii) Calculation Dates,
(ix) Interest Determination Dates,
(x) Interest Payment Dates,
(xi) Regular Record Dates, and
(xii) Calculation Agent;
(13) Name, address and taxpayer identification number of the registered
owner(s);
(14) Denomination of certificates to be delivered at settlement;
(15) Book-Entry Security or Certificated Security; and
(16) Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent.
B. After receiving the Sale Information from the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, the Company will communicate such Sale
Information to the Trustee by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written
means. The Trustee will assign a CUSIP number to the Global Security from a list
of CUSIP numbers previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company representing
such Book-Entry Security and then advise the Company and the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, of such CUSIP number.
C. The Trustee will enter a pending deposit message through the
Depositary's Participant Terminal System, providing the following settlement
information to the Depositary, and the Depositary shall forward such information
to such Agent and Standard & Poor's Corporation:
(1) The applicable Sale Information;
(2) CUSIP number of the Global Security representing such Book-Entry
Security;
(3) Whether such Global Security will represent any other Book-Entry
Security (to the extent known at such time);
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(4) Number of the participant account maintained by the Depositary on
behalf of the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case may be;
(5) The interest payment period; and
(6) Initial Interest Payment Date for such Book-Entry Security, number of
days by which such date succeeds the record date for the Depositary's purposes
(which in the case of Floating Rate Securities which reset weekly shall be the
date five calendar days immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment
Date and in the case of all other Book-Entry Securities shall be the Regular
Record Date, as defined in the Security) and, if calculable at that time, the
amount of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date.
D. The Trustee will complete and authenticate the Global Security
previously delivered by the Company representing such Book-Entry Security.
E. The Depositary will credit such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's
participant account at the Depositary.
F. The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order through the Depositary's
Participant Terminal System instructing the Depositary to (i) debit such
Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account and credit such
Book-Entry Security to such Agent's participant account and (ii) debit such
Agent's settlement account and credit the Trustee's settlement account for an
amount equal to the price of such Book-Entry Security less such Agent's
commission. The entry of such a deliver order shall constitute a representation
and warranty by the Trustee to the Depositary that (a) the Global Security
representing such Book-Entry Security has been issued and authenticated and (b)
the Trustee is holding such Global Security pursuant to the Certificate
Agreement.
G. Such Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through the Depositary's
Participant Terminal System instructing the Depositary (i) to debit such
Book-Entry Security to such Agent's participant account and credit such
Book-Entry Security to the participant accounts of the Participants with respect
to such Book-Entry Security and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of such
Participants and credit the settlement account of such Agent for an amount equal
to the price of such Book-Entry Security.
H. Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver orders described in
Settlement Procedures "F" and "G" will be settled in accordance with SDFS
operating procedures in effect on the settlement date.
I. Upon confirmation of receipt of funds, the Trustee will transfer to
the account of the Company maintained at [NAME OF BANK], New York, New York, or
such other account as the Company may have previously specified to the Trustee,
in funds available for immediate use in the amount transferred to the Trustee in
accordance with Settlement Procedure "F".
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J. Upon request, the Trustee will send to the Company a statement setting
forth the principal amount of Book-Entry Securities outstanding as of that date
under the Indenture.
K. Such Agent will confirm the purchase of such Book-Entry Security to
the purchaser either by transmitting to the Participants with respect to such
Book-Entry Security a confirmation order or orders through the Depositary's
institutional delivery system or by mailing a written confirmation to such
purchaser.
L. The Depositary will, at any time, upon request of the Company or the
Trustee, promptly furnish to the Company or the Trustee a list of the names and
addresses of the participants for whom the Depositary has credited Book-Entry
Securities.
Preparation of Pricing Supplement:
If the Company accepts an offer to purchase a Book-Entry Security, it
will prepare a Pricing Supplement reflecting the terms of such Book-Entry
Security and arrange to have delivered to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent,
as the case may be, at least ten copies of such Pricing Supplement, not later
than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the Trade Date
(as defined below), or if the Company and the purchaser agree to settlement on
the Business Day following the date of acceptance of such offer, not later than
noon, New York City time, on such date. The Company will arrange to have the
Pricing Supplement filed with the Commission not later than the close of
business of the Commission on the second Business Day following the date on
which such Pricing Supplement is first used.
Delivery of Confirmation and Prospectus to Purchaser by Selling Agent:
The Selling Agent will deliver to the purchaser of a Book-Entry Security
a written confirmation of the sale and delivery and payment instructions. In
addition, the Selling Agent will deliver to such purchaser or its agent the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing Supplement) in
relation to such Book-Entry Security prior to or together with the earlier of
the delivery to such purchaser or its agent of (a) the confirmation of sale or
(b) the Book-Entry Security.
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Date of Settlement:
The receipt by the Company of immediately available funds in payment for
a Book-Entry Security and the authentication and issuance of the Global Security
representing such Book-Entry Security shall constitute "settlement" with respect
to such Book-Entry Security. All orders of Book-Entry Securities solicited by a
Selling Agent or made by a Purchasing Agent and accepted by the Company on a
particular date (the "Trade Date") will be settled on a date (the "Settlement
Date") which is the fifth Business Day after the Trade Date pursuant to the
"Settlement Procedure Timetable" set forth below, unless the Company and the
purchaser agree to settlement on another Business Day which shall be no earlier
than the next Business Day after the Trade Date.
Settlement Procedure Timetable:
For orders of Book-Entry Securities solicited by a Selling Agent and
accepted by the Company for settlement on the fifth Business Day after the Trade
Date, Settlement Procedures "A" through "I" set forth above shall be completed
as soon as possible but not later than the respective times (New York City time)
set forth below:
SETTLEMENT
PROCEDURE TIME
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A 5:00 p.m. on the Business Day following the Trade
Date or 10:00 a.m. on the Business Day
prior to the Settlement Date, whichever is
earlier
B 12:00 noon on the second Business Day immediately
preceding the Settlement Date
C 2:00 p.m. on the second Business Day immediately
preceding the Settlement Date
D 9:00 a.m. on the Settlement Date
E 10:00 a.m. on the Settlement Date
F-G 2:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date
H 4:45 p.m. on the Settlement Date
I 5:00 p.m. on the Settlement Date
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If the initial interest rate for a Floating Rate Book-Entry Security has
not been determined at the time that Settlement Procedure "A" is completed,
Settlement Procedures "B" and "C" shall be completed as soon as such rate has
been determined but no later than 2:00 p.m. on the second Business Day
immediately preceding the Settlement Date. Settlement Procedure "H" is subject
to extension in accordance with any extension of Fedwire closing deadlines and
in the other events specified in the SDFS operating procedures in effect on the
Settlement Date.
If settlement of a Book-Entry Security is rescheduled or canceled, the
Trustee, upon obtaining knowledge thereof, will deliver to the Depositary,
through the Depositary's Participation Terminal System, a cancellation message
to such effect by no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately
preceding the scheduled Settlement Date.
Failure to Settle:
If the Trustee fails to enter an SDFS deliver order with respect to a
Book-Entry Security pursuant to Settlement Procedure "F", the Trustee may
deliver to the Depositary, through the Depositary's Participant Terminal System,
as soon as practicable a withdrawal message instructing the Depositary to debit
such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's participant account, provided that the
Trustee's participant account contains a principal amount of the Global Security
representing such Book-Entry Security that is at least equal to the principal
amount to be debited. If a withdrawal message is processed with respect to all
the Book-Entry Securities represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will
mark such Global Security "canceled", make appropriate entries in the Trustee's
records and send such canceled Global Security to the Company. The CUSIP number
assigned to such Global Security shall, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau
procedures, be canceled and not immediately reassigned. If a withdrawal message
is processed with respect to one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry
Securities represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will exchange such
Global Security for two Global Securities, one of which shall represent such
Book-Entry Security or Securities and shall be canceled immediately after
issuance and the other of which shall represent the remaining Book-Entry
Securities previously represented by the surrendered Global Security and shall
bear the CUSIP number of the surrendered Global Security.
If the purchase price for any Book-Entry Security is not timely paid to
the participants with respect to such Book-Entry Security by the beneficial
purchaser thereof (or a person, including an indirect participant in the
Depositary, acting on behalf of such purchaser), such participants and, in turn,
the Agent for such Book-Entry Security may enter deliver orders through the
Depositary's Participant Terminal System debiting such Book-Entry Security to
such participant's account and crediting such Book-Entry Security to such
Agent's account and then debiting such Book-Entry Security to such Agent's
participant account and crediting such Book-Entry Security to the Trustee's
participant account and shall notify the Company and the
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Trustee thereof. Thereafter, the Trustee will (i) immediately notify the Company
of such order and the Company shall transfer to such Agent funds available for
immediate use in an amount equal to the price of such Book-Entry Security which
was credited to the account of the Company maintained at the Trustee in
accordance with Settlement Procedure I, and (ii) deliver the withdrawal message
and take the related actions described in the preceding paragraph. If such
failure shall have occurred for any reason other than default by the applicable
Agent to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Distribution Agreement,
the Company will reimburse such Agent on an equitable basis for the loss of its
use of funds during the period when the funds were credited to the account of
the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any failure to settle with respect to
a Book-Entry Security, the Depositary may take any actions in accordance with
its SDFS operating procedures then in effect. In the event of a failure to
settle with respect to one or more, but not all, of the Book-Entry Securities to
have been represented by a Global Security, the Trustee will provide, in
accordance with Settlement Procedure "D", for the authentication and issuance of
a Global Security representing the other Book-Entry Securities to have been
represented by such Global Security and will make appropriate entries in its
records. The Company will, from time to time, furnish the Trustee with a
sufficient quantity of Securities.
PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE FOR CERTIFICATED SECURITIES
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Posting Rates by Company:
The Company and the Agents will discuss from time to time the rates of
interest per annum to be borne by and the maturity of Certificated Securities
that may be sold as a result of the solicitation of offers by an Agent. The
Company may establish a fixed set of interest rates and maturities for an
offering period ("posting"). If the Company decides to change already posted
rates, it will promptly advise the Agents to suspend solicitation of offers
until the new posted rates have been established with the Agents.
Acceptance of Offers by Company:
Each Agent will promptly advise the Company by telephone or other
appropriate means of all reasonable offers to purchase Certificated Securities,
other than those rejected by such Agent. Each Agent may, in its discretion
reasonably exercised, reject any offer received by it in whole or in part. Each
Agent also may make offers to the Company to purchase Certificated Securities as
a Purchasing Agent. The Company will have the sole right to accept offers to
purchase Certificated Securities and may reject any such offer in whole or in
part.
The Company will promptly notify the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent,
as the case may be, of its acceptance or rejection of an offer to purchase
Certificated Securities. If the
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Company accepts an offer to purchase Certificated Securities, it will confirm
such acceptance in writing to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent, as the case
may be, and the Trustee.
Communication of Sale Information to Company by Agent:
After the acceptance of an offer by the Company, the Selling Agent or
Purchasing Agent, as the case may be, will communicate the following details of
the terms of such offer (the "Sale Information") to the Company by telephone
(confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written
means:
(1) Principal Amount of Certificated Securities to be purchased;
(2) If a Fixed Rate Certificated Security, the interest rate and
initial interest payment date;
(3) Trade Date;
(4) Settlement Date;
(5) Maturity Date;
(6) Specified Currency and, if the Specified Currency is other than
U.S. dollars, the applicable Exchange Rate for such Specified
Currency;
(7) Indexed Currency, the Base Rate and the Exchange Rate
Determination Date, if applicable;
(8) Issue Price;
(9) Selling Agent's commission or Purchasing Agent's discount, as the
case may be;
(10) Net Proceeds to the Company;
(11) If a redeemable Certificated Security, such of the following as
are applicable:
(i) Redemption Commencement Date,
(ii) Initial Redemption Price (% of par), and
(iii) Amount (% of par) that the Redemption Price shall decline
(but not below par) on each anniversary of the Redemption
Commencement Date;
(12) If a Floating Rate Certificated Security, such of the following as
are applicable:
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(i) Interest Rate Basis,
(ii) Index Maturity,
(iii) Spread or Spread Multiplier,
(iv) Maximum Rate,
(v) Minimum Rate,
(vi) Initial Interest Rate,
(vii) Interest Reset Dates,
(viii) Calculation Dates,
(ix) Interest Determination Dates,
(x) Interest Payment Dates,
(xi) Regular Record Dates, and
(xii) Calculation Agent;
(13) Name, address and taxpayer identification number of the registered
owner(s);
(14) Denomination of certificates to be delivered at settlement;
(15) Book-Entry Security or Certificated Security; and
(16) Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent.
Preparation of Pricing Supplement by Company:
If the Company accepts an offer to purchase a Certificated Security, it
will prepare a Pricing Supplement reflecting the terms of such Certificated
Security and arrange to have delivered to the Selling Agent or Purchasing Agent,
as the case may be, at least ten copies of such Pricing Supplement, not later
than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the Trade
Date, or if the Company and the purchaser agree to settlement on the date of
acceptance of such offer, not later than noon, New York City time, on such date.
The Company will arrange to have the Pricing Supplement filed with the
Commission not later than the close of business of the Commission on the second
Business Day following the date on which such Pricing Supplement is first used.
Delivery of Confirmation and Prospectus to Purchaser by Selling Agent:
The Selling Agent will deliver to the purchaser of a Certificated
Security a written confirmation of the sale and delivery and payment
instructions. In addition, the Selling Agent will deliver to such purchaser or
its agent the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the Pricing
Supplement) in relation to such Certificated Security prior to or together with
the earlier of the delivery to such purchaser or its agent of (a) the
confirmation of sale or (b) the Certificated Security.
Date of Settlement:
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All offers of Certificated Securities solicited by a Selling Agent or
made by a Purchasing Agent and accepted by the Company will be settled on a date
(the "Settlement Date") which is the fifth Business Day after the date of
acceptance of such offer, unless the Company and the purchaser agree to
settlement (a) on another Business Day after the acceptance of such offer or (b)
with respect to an offer accepted by the Company prior to 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the date of such acceptance.
Instruction from Company to Trustee for Preparation of Certificated Securities:
After receiving the Sale Information from the Selling Agent or Purchasing
Agent, as the case may be, the Company will communicate such Sale Information to
the Trustee by telephone (confirmed in writing) or by facsimile transmission or
other acceptable written means.
The Company will instruct the Trustee by facsimile transmission or other
acceptable written means to authenticate and deliver the Certificated Securities
no later than 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement Date. Such
instruction will be given by the Company prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Settlement Date unless the
Settlement Date is the date of acceptance by the Company of the offer to
purchase Certificated Securities in which case such instruction will be given by
the Company by 11:00 a.m., New York City time.
Preparation and Delivery of Certificated Securities by Trustee and Receipt of
Payment Therefor:
The Trustee will prepare each Certificated Security and appropriate
receipts that will serve as the documentary control of the transaction.
In the case of a sale of Certificated Securities to a purchaser solicited
by a Selling Agent, the Trustee will, by 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on the
Settlement Date, deliver the Certificated Securities to the Selling Agent for
the benefit of the purchaser of such Certificated Securities against delivery by
the Selling Agent of a receipt therefor. On the Settlement Date the Selling
Agent will deliver payment for such Certificated Securities in immediately
available funds to the Company in an amount equal to the issue price of the
Certificated Securities less the Selling Agent's commission; provided that the
Selling Agent reserves the right to withhold payment for which it has not
received funds from the purchaser. The Company shall not use any proceeds
advanced by a Selling Agent to acquire securities.
In the case of a sale of Certificated Securities to a Purchasing Agent,
the Trustee will, by 2:15 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement Date,
deliver the Certificated Securities to the Purchasing Agent against delivery of
payment for such Certificated Securities in immediately available funds to the
Company in an amount equal to the issue price of the Certificated Securities
less the Purchasing Agent's discount.
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Failure of Purchaser to Pay Selling Agent:
If a purchaser (other than a Purchasing Agent) fails to make payment to
the Selling Agent for a Certificated Security, the Selling Agent will promptly
notify the Trustee and the Company thereof by telephone (confirmed in writing)
or by facsimile transmission or other acceptable written means. The Selling
Agent will immediately return the Certificated Security to the Trustee.
Immediately upon receipt of such Certificated Security by the Trustee, the
Company will return to the Selling Agent an amount equal to the amount
previously paid to the Company in respect of such Certificated Security. The
Company will reimburse the Selling Agent on an equitable basis for its loss of
the use of funds during the period when they were credited to the account of the
Company.
The Trustee will cancel the Certificated Security in respect of which the
failure occurred, make appropriate entries in its records and, unless otherwise
instructed by the Company, destroy the Certificated Security.
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ANNEX III
ACCOUNTANTS' LETTER
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Pursuant to Sections 4(j) and 6(d), as the case may be, of the
Distribution Agreement, the Company's independent certified public accountants
shall furnish letters 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 audited financial statements and financial
statement schedules included or incorporated in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and reported on by them comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations
thereunder with respect to financial statements and financial statement
schedules;
(iii) on the basis of a reading of the latest unaudited consolidated
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) that 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
shareholders, directors, and executive committee of the Company; and
inquiries of certain officials of the Company and its subsidiaries 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 included or incorporated
in the Registration Statement and Prospectus, nothing came to their
attention which caused them to believe that:
(1) the unaudited financial statements included in the
Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, if any, do not
comply as to form in all material respects with the accounting
requirements of the Exchange Act and the published rules and
regulations thereunder applicable to Form 10-Q or are not fairly
presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a basis substantially consistent with that
of the audited financial statements incorporated in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus (except as to matters of
presentation and disclosure as permitted by Form 10-Q); or
(2) the amounts in the "Selected Consolidated Financial
Data" included or incorporated in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding amounts in the
financial statements from which
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such amounts were derived or were not determined on a basis
substantially consistent with that of the audited financial
statements included or incorporated in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus or do not agree with the accounting records of
the Company and its subsidiaries; or
(3) with respect to the period subsequent to the date of
the most recent financial statements incorporated in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at a specified date not
more than five business days prior to the date of the letter there
were any changes in the capital stock (other than as a result of
awards or amortization of restricted stock and the exercise of
options granted under employee stock option plans of the Company),
or increases in long-term debt or short-term debt of the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries (other than increases which in
the aggregate do not exceed 5% of the sum of the long-term debt
and short-term debt of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as shown on the most recent balance sheet included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus), or
there were any decreases in net current assets or net assets of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, in each case as
compared with the corresponding amounts shown on the most recent
consolidated balance sheet included or incorporated in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, or for the period from
the date of the most recent financial statements incorporated in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus to such specified
date there were any decreases, as compared with the corresponding
period in the preceding year, in consolidated net sales, net
operating income, or the total or per share amounts of income
before extraordinary items or of net income, 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 such Agent; and
(iv) 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) included or incorporated in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented,
agrees with the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries,
excluding any questions of legal interpretation; and
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(v) if unaudited pro forma financial statements are included or
incorporated in the Registration Statement and the 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 responsibility 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 Registration Statement and the Prospectus in this Annex
III are to such documents as amended and supplemented at the date of the letter.
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Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to the Company
or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any
certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name
as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made
to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
REGISTERED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
No. ---- $
CUSIP:
WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C
(FIXED RATE)
INTEREST RATE: ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
MATURITY DATE: INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE:
ADDENDUM ATTACHED: |-| Yes |-| No
OTHER PROVISIONS:
If applicable as indicated above, (i) the Optional Redemption Price
will initially be ------- percent of the principal amount of this Note to be
redeemed declining at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date shown
above by --------- percent of the principal amount to be redeemed until the
Optional Redemption Price is 100 percent of such principal amount and (ii) this
Note may be redeemed either in whole or from time to time in part except if the
following box is marked, this Note may be redeemed in whole only |-|.
WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC., an Oregon corporation (herein called
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
referred to herein), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
CEDE & CO.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of
DOLLARS on the Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon at the
rate per annum shown above (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months) until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.
The Company will pay interest semiannually on May 15 and November 15 commencing
with the May 15 or November 15 immediately following the Original Issue Date
shown above, and on the Maturity Date shown above. Interest on this Note will
accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from the
Original Issue Date shown above. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to the Person in
whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at
the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall
be the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be,
next preceding such Interest Payment Date and interest payable at Maturity shall
be payable to the Person to whom the principal hereof is payable, except if the
Original Issue Date of this Note is between a Regular Record Date and the
Interest Payment Date relating to such Regular Record Date, or on an Interest
Payment Date, the first interest payment on this Note will be made on the
Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not
less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Notes of the series shown above may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
said Indenture. Payment of principal, premium (if any) and interest payable at
Maturity of this Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, and will be made in immediately
available funds if this Note is presented in time for the Trustee, as Paying
Agent, to make such payment in accordance with its normal procedures. Unless
otherwise agreed between the Holder and the Company, payment of interest on this
Note due on any other Interest Payment Date will be made in such coin or
currency by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been manually
executed by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent referred to in said Indenture,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
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DATED: WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION BY
THIS IS ONE OF THE SECURITIES OF THE SERIES DESIGNATED HEREIN
REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN MENTIONED INDENTURE. PRESIDENT
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
AS TRUSTEE ATTEST:
SECRETARY
BY
AUTHORIZED OFFICER
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This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated
as of January 30, 1993 (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties, and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note
is one of the series of the Securities designated as the Medium-Term Notes of
the series designated on the face hereof (herein called the "Notes"). The Notes
may bear different dates and mature at different times, may bear interest at
different rates and may otherwise vary, all as provided in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series under the
Indenture to be affected at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of
all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall
be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium (if any) and
interest on this Note at the times, place, and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed; subject, however, to the provisions for the
discharge of the Company from its obligation under the Notes upon satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in the Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture, the Company may elect to defease and
(a) be discharged from all obligations in respect of the Notes (except for
certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the Notes, to
replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, to maintain paying agencies
and to hold moneys in trust) or (b) be released from its obligations with
respect to the Notes under certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture, in
each case if the Company deposits, in trust, with the Trustee money and/or
Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest thereon and
principal thereof in accordance with their terms will provide money sufficient,
without reinvestment, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes. The Indenture provides that such a trust may only be established if
(i) no Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of
time, or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall
have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Company shall have delivered an
Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income,
gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner,
and at the same times as if such defeasance had not occurred, and (iii) certain
other conditions are satisfied.
This Note may be redeemed at the option of the Company on any date
on or after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the first page
hereof, and prior to the Maturity Date specified on the first page hereof, upon
mailing a notice of such redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to the date fixed for redemption to the Holder of this Note at such Holder's
address appearing in the Security Register, all as provided in the Indenture, at
the Optional Redemption Prices, if any, specified on the first page hereof
(expressed in percentages of the principal amount) together in each case, with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. As provided in the Indenture,
if less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, from Notes that are
subject to redemption pursuant to the terms thereof, the Note or Notes, or
portion or portions thereof, to be redeemed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office
or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of, premium (if any)
and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized
denominations, of like tenor and for the same aggregate principal amount will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Addendum is attached hereto or
"Other Provisions" apply to this Note as specified above, this Note shall be
subject to the terms set forth in such Addendum or such "Other Provisions."
The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons
in denominations of $1,000 and any amount in excess thereof that is an integral
multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, at the option of the Holder, this Note may be
exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination, of like tenor and of
like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of this Note.
This Note is a Global Note and shall be exchangeable for Notes
registered in the name of, and a transfer of this Global Note may be registered
to, any Person other than the Depository for this Global Note or its nominee
only if permitted by the Indenture.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
state of New York.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto
(Please insert social security or other identifying number of assignee)
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[------------]------------------------------------------------------------------
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(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code of assignee)
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
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to transfer said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Note
in every particular, without alteration
or enlargement or any change whatever.
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Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to
the Company or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or
payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of
Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to
such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of
DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
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REGISTERED WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC. Principal Amount
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE, SERIES C $
No. __ (FLOATING RATE) CUSIP:
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ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: MATURITY DATE: INTEREST RATE BASIS:
INITIAL INTEREST RATE: SPREAD: CD RATE [ ]
INDEX MATURITY: SPREAD MULTIPLIER: COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE [ ]
MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: INTEREST PAYMENT PERIOD: FEDERAL FUNDS RATE [ ]
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: INTEREST RATE RESET PERIOD: LIBOR [ ]
REUTERS [ ]
TELERATE [ ]
INITIAL REDEMPTION DATE: INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: PRIME RATE [ ]
INTEREST RESET DATES: CALCULATION AGENT: TREASURY RATE [ ]
ADDENDUM ATTACHED |_| Yes |_| No
OTHER PROVISIONS:
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If applicable as indicated above, (i) the Optional Redemption Price
will initially be % of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed
declining at each anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date shown above by % of
the principal amount to be redeemed until the Optional Redemption Price is 100%
of such principal amount and (ii) this Note may be redeemed either in whole or
from time to time in part except that, if the following box is marked, this Note
may be redeemed in whole only [ ].
WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC., an Oregon corporation (herein called
the "Company," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
referred to herein), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
CEDE & CO.
or registered assigns, the principal sum of DOLLARS
on the Maturity Date shown above, and to pay interest thereon from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from the Original
Issue Date shown above at the rate per annum determined in accordance with the
provisions herein, depending on the Interest Rate Basis specified above, until
the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so
payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date
shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the fifteenth calendar day (whether or not a
Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date and interest payable at
Maturity shall be payable to the Person to whom the principal hereof is payable,
except if the Original Issue Date of this Note is between a Regular Record Date
and the Interest Payment Date relating to such Regular Record Date, or on an
Interest Payment Date, the first interest payment on this Note will be made on
the Interest Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular Record Date to
the Holder on such Regular Record Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid
or duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not
less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange upon which the Notes of the series shown above may be listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in
said Indenture. Payment of principal, premium (if any) and interest payable at
Maturity of this Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States
of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and
private debts at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in the Borough of
Manhattan, the City of New York, New York, and will be made in immediately
available funds if this Note is presented in time for the Trustee, as Paying
Agent, to make such payment in accordance with its normal procedures. Unless
otherwise agreed between the Holder and the Company, payment of interest on this
Note due on any other Interest Payment Date will be made in such coin or
currency by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been manually
executed by or on behalf of the Trustee or Authenticating Agent referred to in
said Indenture, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefits under the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
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DATED: WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
<S> <C>
THIS IS ONE OF THE SECURITIES OF THE SERIES DESIGNATED BY
HEREIN REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED INDENTURE. PRESIDENT
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
AS TRUSTEE
BY Attest:
Secretary
Authorized Officer
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This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities of the
Company, issued and to be issued in one or more series under an indenture dated
as of January 30, 1993, (herein called the "Indenture"), between the Company and
The Chase Manhattan Bank, as trustee (herein called the "Trustee," which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all
indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note
is one of the series of the Securities designated as the Medium-Term Notes of
the series designated on the first page hereof (herein called the "Notes"). The
Notes may bear different dates and mature at different times, may bear interest
at different rates and may otherwise vary, all as provided in the Indenture.
The interest rate with respect to this Note in effect on each day
will be (i) if such day is an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined
as of the interest Determination Date immediately preceding such Interest Reset
Date or (ii) if such day is not an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate
determined as of the Interest Determination Date immediately preceding the most
recent Interest Reset Date, subject in either case to the maximum and minimum
interest rates, if any, specified on the first page hereof, and to adjustment by
the Spread, if any, or the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the first
page hereof.
Commencing with the Interest Reset Date specified on the first page
hereof first following the Original Issue Date specified on the first page
hereof, the rate at which interest on this Note is payable shall be adjusted
weekly, monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually as shown on the first page
hereof under Interest Rate Reset Period; provided, however, that the interest
rate in effect for the period from the Original Issue Date to the first Interest
Reset Date will be the Initial Interest Rate specified on the first page hereof.
Each such adjusted rate shall be applicable on and after the Interest Reset Date
to which it relates, to, but not including, the next succeeding Interest Reset
Date, or until Maturity, as the case may be. If any Interest Reset Date would
otherwise be a day that is not a Market Day (as defined below), such Interest
Reset Date shall be postponed to the next day that is a Market Day, except that
if the Interest Rate Basis specified on the first page hereof is LIBOR, and if
such Market Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset
Date shall be the immediately preceding Market Day. If the Interest Rate Basis
specified on the first page hereof is the Treasury Rate, and any Interest Reset
Date for this Note would otherwise be a day on which Treasury bills are
auctioned, then such Interest Reset Date shall be the first Market Day
immediately following such auction date. Subject to applicable provisions of law
and except as otherwise specified herein, on each Interest Reset Date the rate
of interest on this Note shall be the rate determined in accordance with the
provisions of the applicable heading below.
DETERMINATION OF CD RATE. If the Interest Rate Basis specified on
the first page hereof is the CD Rate, the interest rate with respect to this
Note shall be the CD Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the
Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the first page hereof. The CD Rate
for each Interest Reset Date will be calculated as of the Interest Determination
Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date.
"CD Rate" means, with respect to an Interest Determination Date, the
rate on that date for negotiable certificates of deposit having the Index
Maturity designated on the first page hereof as published by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release H.15(519),
Selected Interest Rates," or any successor publication of the Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System ("H.15(519)") under the heading "CDs (Secondary
Market)." In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the Calculation Date (as defined below) pertaining to such
Interest Determination Date, then the CD Rate will be the rate on such Interest
Determination Date for negotiable certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity
designated on the first page hereof as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York in its daily statistical release "Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.
S. Government Securities" or any successor publication of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York ("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Certificates of
Deposit." If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Calculation Date, such
rate is not published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, then the CD
Rate on such Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation
Agent (as defined below) and shall be the arithmetic mean of the secondary
market offered rates as of 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Interest
Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers of negotiable U.S. dollar
certificates of deposit in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent for
negotiable certificates of deposit of major United States money market banks (in
the market for negotiable certificates of deposit) with a remaining maturity
closest to the Index Maturity designated on the first page hereof in a
denomination of U.S. $5,000,000; provided, however, that if fewer than three
dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned
in this sentence, the CD Rate will be the CD Rate in effect on such Interest
Determination Date.
DETERMINATION OF COMMERCIAL PAPER RATE. If the Interest Rate Basis
specified on the first page hereof is the Commercial Paper Rate, the interest
rate with respect to this Note shall be the Commercial Paper Rate plus or minus
the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified
on the first page hereof. The Commercial Paper Rate for each Interest Reset Date
will be calculated as of the Interest Determination Date pertaining to such
Interest Reset Date.
"Commercial Paper Rate" means, with respect to an Interest
Determination Date, the Money Market Yield (as defined below) of the per annum
rate (quoted on a bank discount basis) on that date for commercial paper having
the Index Maturity specified on the first page hereof as published in H.15(519)
under the heading "Commercial Paper--Non-Financial." In the event that such rate
is not published by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date
pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate
shall be the Money Market Yield of the rate on that Interest Determination Date
for commercial paper having the Index Maturity specified on the first page
hereof as published in Composite Quotations under the heading "Commercial
Paper." If by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Calculation Date such rate
is not yet published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, the Commercial
Paper Rate for that Interest Determination Date shall be calculated by the
Calculation Agent and shall be the Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of
the offered per annum rates (quoted on a bank discount basis) of three leading
dealers of commercial paper in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent
as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, for
commercial paper of the Index Maturity specified on the first page hereof placed
for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA," or the equivalent, from a
nationally recognized rating agency; provided, however, that if fewer than three
dealers selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned
in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate will be the Commercial Paper Rate in
effect on such Interest Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" shall be a yield (expressed as a percentage)
calculated in accordance with the following formula:
Money Market Yield = D x 360 x 100
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360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper, quoted
on a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal; and "M" refers to the
actual number of days in the interest period for which interest is being
calculated.
DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS RATE. If the Interest Rate Basis
specified on the first page hereof is the Federal Funds Rate, the interest rate
with respect to this Note shall be the Federal Funds Rate plus or minus the
Spread, if any, or multiplied
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by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the first page hereof. The
Federal Funds Rate for each Interest Reset Date will be calculated as of the
Interest Determination Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date.
"Federal Funds Rate" means, with respect to an Interest
Determination Date, the rate on that date for Federal Funds as published in
H.15(519) under the heading "Federal Funds (Effective)." In the event that such
rate is not published prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Calculation
Date pertaining to such Interest Determination Date, then the Federal Funds Rate
shall be the rate on such Interest Determination Date as published in Composite
Quotations under the heading "Federal Funds/Effective Rate." If by 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on such Calculation Date, such rate is not published in
either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations, the Federal Funds Rate shall be
calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the arithmetic mean of the
rates, as of 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date
for the last transaction in overnight U.S. dollar Federal Funds arranged by
three leading brokers of Federal Funds transactions in New York City selected by
the Calculation Agent; provided, however, that if fewer than three brokers
selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this
sentence, the Federal Funds Rate will be the Federal Funds Rate in effect on
such Interest Determination Date.
DETERMINATION OF LIBOR. If the Interest Rate Basis specified on the
first page hereof is LIBOR, the interest rate with respect to this Note shall be
LIBOR plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by the Spread Multiplier,
if any, as specified on the first page hereof. LIBOR for each Interest Reset
Date will be calculated on the Interest Determination Date pertaining to such
Interest Reset Date.
"LIBOR" will be determined by the Calculation Agent in accordance
with the following provisions:
(i) With respect to an Interest Determination Date,
LIBOR will be determined as specified on the first page hereof as
either (a) the arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits in
U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity specified on the first page
hereof, commencing on the second Business Day immediately following
that Interest Determination Date, which appear on the Reuters Screen
LIBO Page at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on that Interest
Determination Date, if at least two such offered rates appear on the
Reuters Screen LIBO Page ("LIBOR Reuters"), or (b) the rate for
deposits in U.S. dollars having the Index Maturity specified on the
first page hereof, commencing on the second Business Day immediately
following that Interest Determination Date, which appears on the
Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on that Interest
Determination Date ("LIBOR Telerate"). Unless otherwise indicated on
the first page hereof, "Reuters Screen LIBO Page" means the display
designated as Page "LIBO" on the Reuters Monitor Money Rate Service
(or such other page as may replace the LIBO page on that service for
the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates of major
banks), and "Telerate Page 3750" means the display designated as
page "3750" on the Telerate Service (or such other page as may
replace the 3750 page on that service or such other service or
services as may be nominated by the British Bankers' Association for
the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S.
dollar deposits). If neither LIBOR Reuters nor LIBOR Telerate is
specified on the first page hereof, LIBOR will be determined as if
LIBOR Telerate had been specified. In the case where (a) above
applies, if fewer than two offered rates appear on the Reuters
Screen LIBO Page, or, in the case where (b) above applies, if no
rate appears on the Telerate Page 3750, as applicable, LIBOR in
respect of that Interest Determination Date will be determined as if
the parties had specified the rate described in (ii) below.
(ii) If fewer than two offered rates appear on the
Reuters Screen LIBO Page or no rate appears on Telerate Page 3750,
as applicable, the Calculation Agent will request the principal
London offices of each of four major banks in the London interbank
market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to provide the
Calculation Agent with its offered quotations for deposits in U.S.
dollars having the Index Maturity specified on the first page hereof
to prime banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00
a.m., London time, commencing on the second Business Day immediately
following that Interest Determination Date, and in a principal
amount of not less than $1,000,000 that in the Calculation Agent's
judgment is representative of a single transaction in such market at
such time. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR will
be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two
quotations are provided, LIBOR in respect of that Interest
Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted
by three major banks in New York City selected by the Calculation
Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such LIBOR
Interest Determination Date for loans in U.S. dollars to leading
European banks, having the Index Maturity specified on the first
page hereof, and in a principal amount of not less than $1,000,000
that is in the Calculation Agent's judgment representative for a
single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however,
that if fewer than three banks selected as aforesaid by the
Calculation Agent are quoting rates as mentioned in the foregoing
sentences, the rate of interest in effect for the applicable period
will be the rate of interest in effect on such Interest
Determination Date.
DETERMINATION OF PRIME RATE. If the Interest Rate Basis specified on
the first page hereof is the Prime Rate, the interest rate with respect to this
Note shall be the Prime Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or multiplied by
the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the first page hereof. The Prime
Rate for each Interest Reset Date will be calculated as of the Interest
Determination Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date.
"Prime Rate" means, with respect to an Interest Determination Date,
the rate set forth in H.15(519) for such date under the heading "Bank Prime
Loan." In the event that such rate is not published prior to 9:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such Interest Determination
Date, then the Prime Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest
publicly announced by each bank that appears on the display designated as page
USPRIME1 on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may
replace the USPRIME1 page on that service for the purpose of displaying prime
rates or base lending rates of major United States banks) ("Reuters Screen
USPRIME1 Page") as such bank's prime rate or base lending rate as in effect
for that Interest Determination Date as quoted on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1
Page on that Interest Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates appear
on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 Page on such Interest Determination Date, the
Prime Rate will be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates or base lending rates
(quoted on the basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a
360-day year) as of the close of business on such Interest Determination Date by
three major banks in New York City selected by the Calculation Agent; provided,
however, that if fewer than three banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation
Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Prime Rate will be the
Prime Rate in effect on such Interest Determination Date.
DETERMINATION OF TREASURY RATE. If the Interest Rate Basis specified
on the first page hereof is the Treasury Rate, the interest rate with respect to
this Note shall be the Treasury Rate plus or minus the Spread, if any, or
multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, as specified on the first page
hereof. The Treasury Rate for each Interest Reset Date will be calculated as of
the Interest Determination Date pertaining to such Interest Reset Date.
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"Treasury Rate" means, with respect to an Interest Determination
Date, the rate on that date for the most recent auction of direct obligations of
the United States ("Treasury bills") having the Index Maturity specified on the
first page hereof as published in H.15(519) under the heading "U.S. Government
Securities/Treasury Bills/Auction Average (Investment)" or, if not so published
by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Calculation Date pertaining to such
Interest Determination Date, the auction average rate (expressed as a bond
equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied
on a daily basis) for such auction as otherwise announced by the United States
Department of the Treasury. In the event that the results of such auction of
Treasury bills having the Index Maturity specified on the first page hereof are
not published or reported as provided above by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on
such Calculation Date, or if no such auction is held during such week, then the
Treasury Rate shall be the rate set forth in H.15(519) for that Interest
Determination Date for the Index Maturity specified on the first page hereof
under the heading "U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Bills/Secondary Market."
In the event such rate is not so published by 3:00 p.m. New York City time on
such Calculation Date, the Treasury Rate shall be calculated by the Calculation
Agent and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed as a bond equivalent on the
basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis)
of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid rates as of approximately
3:30 p.m., New York City time, on that Interest Determination Date, of three
leading primary United States government securities dealers in New York City
selected by the Calculation Agent for the issue of Treasury bills with a
remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity specified on the first page
hereof; provided, however, that if fewer than three dealers selected as
aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned in this sentence,
the Treasury Rate will be the Treasury Rate in effect on such Interest
Determination Date.
Notwithstanding the determination of the interest rate as provided
above, the interest rate on this Note shall not be greater than the Maximum
Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum Interest Rate, if any, specified
on the first page hereof. The interest rate on this Note will in no event be
higher than the maximum rate permitted by New York law as the same may be
modified by United States law of general application. The Calculation Agent
shall calculate the interest rate on this Note in accordance with the foregoing
on or before each Calculation Date.
All percentages resulting from any calculation with respect to this
Note will be rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percent, with
five one-millionths of a percent rounded upward; and all dollar amounts used in
or resulting from any such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent, with
one-half cent rounded upward.
"Calculation Agent" means the Person designated as such on the first
page hereof. Upon the request of the Holder of this Note, the Calculation Agent
will provide the interest rate then in effect and, if determined, the interest
rate which will become effective on the next Interest Reset Date with respect to
this Note. The Calculation Agent's determination of any interest rate will be
final and binding in the absence of manifest error.
If any Interest Payment Date specified on the first page hereof
would otherwise be a day that is not a Market Day, such Interest Payment Date
shall be postponed to the next day that is a Market Day, except that if the
Interest Rate Basis specified on the first page hereof is LIBOR, and if any such
Market Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Payment Date
shall be the immediately preceding Market Day. As used in this Note, "Market
Day" means (a) with respect to any Notes other than LIBOR Notes, any day that is
not a Saturday or Sunday and that is not a day on which banking institutions or
trust companies in New York City are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close and (b) with respect to any LIBOR Notes, any such day which is
also a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the
London interbank market.
If the Interest Rate Basis specified on the first page hereof is the
CD Rate, Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR or Prime Rate, the
"Interest Determination Date" pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be the
second Market Day next preceding such Interest Reset Date. If the Interest Rate
Basis specified on the first page hereof is the Treasury Rate, the "Interest
Determination Date" pertaining to an Interest Reset Date will be the day of the
week in which such Interest Reset Date falls on which Treasury bills are
normally sold at auction. Treasury bills are normally sold at auction on Monday
of each week, unless that day is a legal holiday, in which case the auction is
normally held on the following Tuesday, except that the auction may be held on
the preceding Friday. If, as a result of a legal holiday, an auction is so held
on the preceding Friday, such Friday will be the Interest Determination Date
pertaining to the Interest Reset Date occurring in the next succeeding week.
The "Calculation Date," where applicable, pertaining to an Interest
Determination Date will be the earlier of (i) the tenth calendar day after such
Interest Determination Date or if any such day is not a Market Day, the next
succeeding Market Day or (ii) the Market Day immediately preceding the
applicable Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Interest payments on this Note shall include accrued interest from
and including the Original Issue Date or from and including the last date in
respect of which interest has been paid or made available for payment, as the
case may be, to, but excluding, the Interest Payment Date. Accrued interest will
be calculated by multiplying the principal amount of this Note by an accrued
interest factor. The accrued interest factor will be computed by adding the
interest factors calculated for each day in the period for which accrued
interest is being calculated. The interest factor for each such day will be
computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by the actual
number of days in the year if the Interest Rate Basis specified on the first
page hereof is the Treasury Rate or by 360 if the Interest Rate Basis specified
on the first page hereof is the CD Rate, Commercial Paper Rate, Federal Funds
Rate, LIBOR or Prime Rate.
If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of all the Notes may be declared due and payable in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided,
the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series under the
Indenture to be affected at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of
all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and
their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall
be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in
exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium (if any) and
interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency
herein and in the Indenture prescribed; subject, however, to the provisions for
the discharge of the Company from its obligations under the Notes upon
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Indenture.
As provided in the Indenture, the Company may elect to defease and
(a) be discharged from all obligations in respect of the Notes (except for
certain obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the Notes, to
replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes, to maintain paying agencies
and to hold moneys in trust) or (b) be released from its obligations with
respect
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to the Notes under certain restrictive covenants of the Indenture, in each case
if the Company deposits, in trust, with the Trustee money and/or Government
Obligations, which through the payment of interest thereon and principal thereof
in accordance with their terms will provide money sufficient, without
reinvestment, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes. The Indenture provides that such a trust may only be established if (i)
no Event of Default or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time,
or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have
occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Company shall have delivered an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss
for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be
subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner, and at
the same times as if such defeasance had not occurred, and (iii) certain other
conditions are satisfied.
This Note may be redeemed at the option of the Company on any date
on or after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the first page
hereof, and prior to the Maturity Date specified on the first page hereof, upon
mailing a notice of such redemption not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior
to the date fixed for redemption to the Holder of this Note at such Holder's
address appearing in the Security Register, all as provided in the Indenture, at
the Optional Redemption Prices, if any, specified on the first page hereof
(expressed in percentages of the principal amount) together in each case, with
accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. As provided in the Indenture,
if less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select by
such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate, from Notes that are
subject to redemption pursuant to the terms thereof, the Note or Notes, or
portion or portions thereof, to be redeemed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office
or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of, premium (if any)
and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of authorized
denominations, of like tenor and of like aggregate principal amount will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Addendum is attached hereto or
"Other Provisions" apply to this Note as specified above, this Note shall be
subject to the terms set forth in such Addendum or such "Other Provisions."
The Notes are issuable only in fully registered form without coupons
in denominations of $1,000 and any amount in excess thereof that is an integral
multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, at the option of the Holder, this Note may be
exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination, of like tenor and of
like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of this Note.
This Note is a Global Note and shall be exchangeable for Notes
registered in the name of, and a transfer of this Global Note may be registered
to, any Person other than the Depository for this Global Note or its nominee
only if permitted by the Indenture.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
This Note shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
state of New York.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Please insert social security
or other identifying number
of assignee)
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
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to transfer said Note on the books of the within Company, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated:
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as it
appears upon the face of the within Note
in every particular, without alteration
or enlargement or any change whatever.
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