SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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): July 15, 1998
CATERPILLAR INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-768
(Commission File Number)
37-0602744
(IRS Employer I.D. No.)
100 NE Adams Street, Peoria, Illinois
(Address of principal executive offices)
61629
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (309) 675-1000
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
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1 Form of Underwriting Agreement
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.
CATERPILLAR INC.
By: /s/ R. Rennie Atterbury III
R. Rennie Atterbury III
Vice President
Date: July 15, 1998
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
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1 Form of Underwriting Agreement
CATERPILLAR INC.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Chase Securities Inc.
Citicorp Securities, Inc.
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
July 15, 1998
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Caterpillar Inc. (the "Company") confirms its agreement with Goldman,
Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs") and each of the other "Underwriters"
named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the "Underwriters," which
term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter
provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Goldman Sachs is acting as
representative) (in such capacity, the "Representative"), with respect
to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the
Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective
principal amounts set forth in said Schedule A of $300 million aggregate
principal amount of the Company's debt securities (the "Securities")
described in Schedule B. The Securities are to be issued pursuant to
an indenture, dated as of May 1, 1987, as supplemented (the
"Indenture"), between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as trustee
(the "Trustee"). The term "Indenture," as used herein, includes the
Officer's Certificate (as defined in the Indenture) establishing the
form and terms of the Securities pursuant to Section 201 of the
Indenture.
The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public
offering of the Securities as soon as the Representative deems
advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-43983)
covering the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), including the related preliminary
prospectus or prospectuses. Promptly after execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a prospectus in
accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") of the
rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933
Act Regulations"). Each prospectus used before such registration
statement became effective is herein called a "preliminary prospectus."
Such registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, schedules
thereto, if any, and the documents incorporated by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act is herein called
the "Registration Statement." Any registration statement filed pursuant
to Rule 462(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations is herein referred to as the
"Rule 462(b) Registration Statement," and after such filing the term
"Registration Statement" shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement. The final prospectus, including the documents incorporated
by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act,
in the form first furnished to the Underwriters for use in connection
with the offering of the Securities is herein called the "Prospectus."
For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment
or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the
copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval system ("EDGAR").
All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules
and other information which is "contained," "included" or "stated"
in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus (or other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean
and include all such financial statements and schedules and other
information which is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case
may be; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus
or the Prospectus shall be deemed to mean and include the filing of
any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"1934 Act"), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case
may be.
SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as
of the Closing Time referred to in Section 2(b) hereof, and agrees
with each Underwriter, as follows:
(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements. The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. Each of the
Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement has
become effective under the 1933 Act and no stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act and no
proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or,
to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission,
and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information
has been complied with.
At the respective times the Registration Statement, any Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments thereto became
effective and at the Closing Time, the Registration Statement, the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto
complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements
of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as amended (the "1939 Act"), and the rules and regulations of
the Commission under the 1939 Act (the "1939 Act Regulations"), and did
not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor
any amendments or supplements thereto, at the time the Prospectus or any
such amendment or supplement was issued and at the Closing Time, included
or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or will
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. The representations and warranties in this subsection
shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement or Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished to the Company in writing by any Underwriter
through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus.
Each preliminary prospectus and the prospectus filed as part of the
Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment
thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act, complied when
so filed in all material respects with the 1933 Act Regulations and each
preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters
for use in connection with this offering was identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission
pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(ii) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the
Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read
together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time the
Registration Statement became effective, at the time the Prospectus was
issued and at the Closing Time, did not and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
(iii) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the
financial statements and supporting schedules included in the
Registration Statement are independent public accountants as required
by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.
(iv) Financial Statements. The financial statements included in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, together with the related
schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and
the statement of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified;
said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any,
included in the Registration Statement present fairly in accordance
with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected
financial data and the summary financial information included in the
Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been
compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial
statements included in the Registration Statement.
(v) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Since the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has been no
material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not
arising in the ordinary course of business (a "Material Adverse Effect"),
(B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any
of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business,
which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, and (C) except for regular quarterly
dividends on the Common Stock in amounts per share that are consistent
with past practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any
kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital
stock.
(vi) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under
this Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation
to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction
in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the
ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except
where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(vii) Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each "significant subsidiary" of
the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X)
has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties
and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required,
whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct
of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good
standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; except as
otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of each such Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and
is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and
clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance,
claim or equity; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock
of any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar
rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary.
(viii) Capitalization. The shares of issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid and non-assessable; and none of the outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of the preemptive
or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.
(ix) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.
(x) Authorization of the Indenture. The Indenture has been duly
authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the 1939 Act and,
when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will
constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including,
without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers),
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is
subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(xi) Authorization of the Securities. The Securities have been duly
authorized and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed by
the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner
provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the
purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the
Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without
limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered
in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form
contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture.
(xii) Description of the Securities and the Indenture. The Securities
and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the respective
statements relating thereto contained in the Prospectus and will be in
substantially the respective forms filed or incorporated by reference,
as the case may be, as exhibits to the Registration Statement.
(xiii) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. Neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or
in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement
or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party
or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the
property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject
(collectively, "Agreements and Instruments"), except for such defaults
that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture and the
Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein
and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the
Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as
described in the Prospectus under the caption "Use of Proceeds") and
compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and under the
Indenture and the Securities have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the
giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute
a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance
upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to,
the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches or
defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in a
Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation
of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Company or any
subsidiary or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment,
order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or
court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any
subsidiary or any of their assets, properties or operations. As used
herein, a "Repayment Event" means any event or condition which gives
the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness
(or any person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the
repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such
indebtedness by the Company or any subsidiary.
(xiv) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees
of the Company or any subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or
imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any
subsidiary's principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors,
which, in either case, may reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xv) Absence of Proceedings. There is no action, suit, proceeding,
inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental
agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any
subsidiary, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration S
tatement (other than as disclosed therein), or which might reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Properties
or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder; the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings
to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of
their respective property or assets is the subject which are not
described in the Registration Statement, including ordinary routine
litigation incidental to the business, could not reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xvi) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents
which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be
filed as exhibits thereto which have not been so described and filed as
required.
(xvii) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and its
subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate
patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how
(including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable
proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures),
trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property
(collectively, "Intellectual Property") necessary to carry on the
business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any
infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect
to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which
would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect
the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and
which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or
in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(xviii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or
authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration,
qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or
agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or
sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or for the due execution, delivery or
performance of the Indenture by the Company, except such as have been
already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933
Act Regulations or state securities laws and except for the qualification
of the Indenture under the 1939 Act.
(xix) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Company and its
subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and
other authorizations (collectively, "Governmental Licenses") issued
by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies
or bodies necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; the
Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and
conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure
so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full
force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental
Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full
force and effect would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject
of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(xx) Title to Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and
marketable title to all real property owned by the Company and its
subsidiaries and good title to all other properties owned by them, in
each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security
interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such
as (a) are described in the Prospectus or (b) do not, singly or in the
aggregate, materially affect the value of such Property and do not
interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and
subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries,
considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries holds properties described in the Prospectus, are in full
force and effect, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has any
notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone
adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the
leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the
rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of
the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.
(xxi) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration
Statement and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, result
in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of
common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof,
including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or
judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the
environment (including without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including,
without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or
threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products
(collectively, "Hazardous Materials") or to the manufacture, processing,
distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling
of Hazardous Materials (collectively, "Environmental Laws"), (B) the
Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and
approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are
each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or
threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits,
demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or
violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental
Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) there are
no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form
the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or
proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against
or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous
Materials or any Environmental Laws.
(b) Officer's Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representative
or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered
thereby.
SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.
(a) Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties
herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and
not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees
to purchase from the Company, at the price set forth in Schedule B,
the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in Schedule A
opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional principal
amount of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to
purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.
(b) Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of
certificates for, the Securities shall be made at the offices of
Underwriters' counsel, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon
by the Representative and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (Eastern time) on
the third (fourth, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (Eastern time)
on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed
in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not
later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by
the Representative and the Company (such time and date of payment and
delivery being herein called "Closing Time").
Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against
delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the
Underwriters of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by
them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the
Representative, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for,
and make payment of the purchase price for, the Securities which it
has agreed to purchase. Goldman Sachs, individually and not as
Representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to)
make payment of the purchase price for the Securities, if any, to be
purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the
Closing Time, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve
such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.
(c) Denominations; Registration. The Securities shall be in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Representative may
request in writing at least one full business day prior to the Closing
Time. The Securities will be made available for examination and
packaging by the Representative in The City of New York no later than
10:00 A.M. (Eastern Time) on the business day prior to the Closing Time.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with each
Underwriter as follows:
(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests.
The Company, subject to Section 3(b), will comply with the requirements
of Rule 424 and will notify the Representative immediately, and confirm
the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement shall become effective, or any supplement to the
Prospectus or any amended Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the
receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any
amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information
and (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any order
preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, or of
the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or
sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any
proceedings for any of such purposes. The Company will promptly effect
the filings necessary pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will take such steps
as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of
prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for
filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will
promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable
effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order and, if any stop order
is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(b) Filing of Amendments. The Company will give the Representative
notice of its intention to file or prepare any amendment to the
Registration Statement (including any filing under Rule 462(b)), or any
amendment, supplement or revision to either the prospectus included in
the Registration Statement at the time it became effective or to the
Prospectus, whether pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise,
will furnish the Representative with copies of any such documents a
reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the
case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the
Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall object.
(c) Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished
or will deliver to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters,
without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally
filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith
or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all
consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the
Representative, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration
Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without
exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration
Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will
be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with
the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by
Regulation S-T.
(d) Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each
Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary
prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company
hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by
the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without
charge, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be
delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, such number of copies
of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may
reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements
thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the
electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the commission
pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.
(e) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will
comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and
the 1934 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act and the 1939 Act Regulations
so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as
contemplated in this Agreement and in the Prospectus. If at any time
when a prospectus is required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in
connection with the sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or
condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to amend
the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Prospectus in
order that the Prospectus will not include any untrue statements of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the
circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser,
or if it shall be necessary, in the opinion of such counsel, at any
such time to amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement
the Prospectus in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933
Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly prepare and
file with the Commission, subject to Section 3(b), such amendment or
supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or
to make the Registration Statement or the Prospectus comply with such
requirements, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriters such
number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters
may reasonably request.
(f) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its best efforts,
in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for
offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states
and other jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and to
maintain such qualifications in effect for a period of not less than
one year from the later of the effective date of the Registration
Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to
service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer
in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or
to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject. In each
jurisdiction in which the Securities have been so qualified, the
Company will file such statements and reports as may be required by
the laws of such jurisdiction to continue such qualification in effect
for a period of not less than one year from the effective date of the
Registration Statement and any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.
The Company will also supply the Underwriters with such information as
is necessary for the determination of the legality of the Securities
for investment under the laws of such jurisdiction as the Underwriters
may request.
(g) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to
the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to
its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the
purposes of, and to provide the benefits contemplated by, the last
paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.
(h) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received
by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the
Prospectus under "Use of Proceeds."
(i) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when the
Prospectus is required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934
Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act Regulations.
(j) Other Offerings. During the period beginning from the date of this
Agreement and continuing to and including the Closing Time, not to offer,
sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the
Company which mature more than one year after such Closing Time and which
are substantially similar to the Securities, without the prior written
consent of the Representative.
SECTION 4. Payments of Expenses.
(a) Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the
preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including
financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and of each
amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the
Underwriters of this Agreement, any Agreement among Underwriters, the
Indenture and such other documents as may be required in connection
with the offering, purchase, sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities,
(iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the
Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the
Company's counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification
of the Securities under state securities laws in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of the
Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) the printing and
delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus
and of the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (
vii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of
copies of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (viii) the
fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the
Securities, and (ix) any fees payable in connection with the rating
of the Securities.
(b) Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the
Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or
Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters
for all of their out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.
SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters' Obligations. The obligations
of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 1
hereof or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the
performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations
hereunder, and to the following further conditions.
(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement,
including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective
and at Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement shall have been issued under the 1933 Act or
proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any
request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall
have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the
Underwriters.
(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company. At Closing Time, the Representative
shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of
Richard P. Konrath, counsel for the Company, in form and substance
satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to
the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto and to such further effect as
counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request.
(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. At Closing Time, the
Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of
Closing Time, of Sullivan & Cromwell, counsel for the Underwriters,
together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of
the other Underwriters with respect to the incorporation of the Company,
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably request,
and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as the
Representative may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such
matters. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely, as to all matters
governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of
New York and the federal law of the United States and the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, upon the opinions of counsel
satisfactory to the Representative. Such counsel may also state that,
insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to
the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers of the Company
and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
(d) Officers' Certificate. At Closing Time, there shall not have been,
since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the Prospectus, any material adverse change in
the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business, and the Representative shall have received a
certificate of the President or a Vice President of the Company and of
the chief financial or chief accounting officer of the Company, dated
as of Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such
material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties in
Section l(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect
as though expressly made at and as of Closing Time, (iii) the Company
has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to Closing Time and
(iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are pending or are contemplated by the Commission.
(e) Accountants' Comfort Letter. At the time of the execution of this
Agreement, the Representative shall have received from
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP a letter dated such date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Representative, together with signed or
reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters
containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included
in accountants' "comfort letters" to underwriters with respect to
the financial statements and certain financial information contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(f) Bring-down Comfort Letter. At Closing Time, the Representative
shall have received from Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP a letter, dated
as of Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements
made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (e) of this Section,
except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than
three business days prior to Closing Time.
(g) Maintenance of Rating. At Closing Time, the Securities shall be
rated at least "A2" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. and "A+" by
Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., and
the Company shall have delivered to the Representative a letter dated
the Closing Time, from each such rating agency, or other evidence
satisfactory to the Representative, confirming that the Securities
have such ratings; and since the date of this Agreement, there shall
not have occurred a downgrading in the rating assigned to the Securities
or any of the Company's other securities by any "nationally recognized
statistical rating agency," as that term is defined by the Commission
for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the 1933 Act, and no such
organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance
or review its rating of the Securities or any of the Company's other
securities.
(h) Additional Documents. At Closing Time, counsel for the Underwriters
shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may
require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and
sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence
the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the
fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all
proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale
of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form
and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.
(i) Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this
Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be
fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by
notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time and such
termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party
except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8
shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person, if any, who controls
any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or
Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:
(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration
Statement (or any amendment thereto), or the omission or alleged omission
therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included
in any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense
whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in
settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any
governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any
such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to
Section 6(d) below) such settlement is effected with the written consent
of Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including
the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative),
reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against
any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental
agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based
upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue
statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid
under (i) or (ii) above; provided, however, that this indemnity agreement
shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the
extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through
the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or
any amendment thereto), or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each
Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement,
and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and
all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity
contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with
respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements
or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment
thereto), or any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through
the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or
any amendment thereto) or such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus
(or any amendment or supplement thereto).
(c) Actions Against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party
shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each
indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of
which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an
indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any
liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a
result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability
which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement.
In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) above, counsel
to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representative, and,
in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, counsel
to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying
party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such
action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall
not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel
to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be
liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to
any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified
parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise
or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation,
or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body,
commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which
indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or
Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or
potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or
consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party
from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation,
proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of
any indemnified party.
(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse. If at any
time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such
indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of
the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written
consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after
receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such
indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such
settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered
into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such
indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of
such settlement.
SECTION 7. Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in
Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to
hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities,
claims damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified
party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect
the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand from the offering of the Securities
pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause
(i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in
clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one
hand and of the Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the
statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, liabilities,
claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations.
The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other hand in connection with the offering of the
Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same
respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of
the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses)
received by the Company and the total underwriting discount received
by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth on the cover of the
Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the
Securities as set forth on such cover.
The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other
things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to
correct or prevent such statement or omission.
The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by
pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity
for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this
Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages
and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in
this Section shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing
or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding
by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or claim
whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall
be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed
to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of any 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 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an
Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section
20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such
Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the
Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any,
who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933
Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company. The Underwriters' respective obligations
to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to
the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective
names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained
in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any
of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative
and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of any Underwriter or controlling person, or by or on behalf
of the Company, and shall survive delivery of the Securities to the
Underwriters.
SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) Termination; General. The Representative may terminate this
Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing
Time (i) if there has been, since the time of execution of this Agreement
or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise,
whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if
there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets
in the United States or the international financial markets, any
outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or
crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change
in national or international political, financial or economic conditions,
in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment
of the Representative, impracticable to market the Securities or to
enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading
in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited
by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, Chicago Stock Exchange
or the Pacific Stock Exchange, or if trading generally on the American
Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq National
Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum
prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have
been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order
of the Commission or any other Governmental authority, or (iv) if a
banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York
authorities.
(b) Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to
any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided
further that Sections 1, 6, 7 and 8 shall survive such termination and
remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or
more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time to purchase the
Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this
Agreement (the "Defaulted Securities"), the Representative shall have
the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or
more of the nondefaulting Underwriters, or any other Underwriters, to
purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such
amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if,
however, the Representative shall not have completed such arrangements
within such 24-hour period, then:
(a) if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased hereunder,
each of the nondefaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and
not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that
their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the
underwriting obligations of all nondefaulting Underwriters, or
(b) if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the aggregate
principal amount of the Securities to be purchased hereunder, this
Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter.
No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability with respect to its default.
In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination
of this Agreement, either the Representative or the Company shall have
the right to postpone Closing Time for a period not exceeding seven days
in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement or
Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein,
the term "Underwriter" includes any person substituted for any
Underwriter under this Section 10.
SECTION 11. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication.
Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative at
85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, attention of Registration
Department; and notices to the Company shall be directed to it at its
corporate offices in Peoria, Illinois, attention of Secretary.
SECTION 12. Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit
of and be binding upon the Underwriters and the Company and their
respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement
is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation,
other than the Underwriters and the Company and their respective
successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors
referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives,
any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of
this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and
all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the Underwriters and the Company and their
respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and
directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit
of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities
from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely
of such purchase.
SECTION 13. GOVERNING LAW AND TIME. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.
SECTION 14. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction thereof.
Very truly yours,
CATERPILLAR INC.
BY:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
Chase Securities Inc.
Citicorp Securities, Inc.
By:
EXHIBIT A
Pursuant to Section 5(b) of the Underwriting Agreement, Richard P.
Konrath, counsel for the Company, shall furnish his written opinion
to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware with corporate power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for
the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of
the State of Illinois;
(iv) Such counsel does not know of any litigation or any governmental
proceeding instituted or threatened against the Company or any of its
consolidated subsidiaries which in such counsel's opinion would be
likely to result in a judgment or decree having a material adverse
effect on the business or financial position of the Company and its
subsidiaries as a whole or otherwise be required to be disclosed in
the Registration Statement which is not disclosed and accurately
summarized in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(v) This Underwriting Agreement (and any applicable Terms Agreement)
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(vi) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when duly executed,
authenticated, issued and delivered by the Company, will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits
provided by the Indenture, subject to limitations imposed by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance,
moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, and to general principles of equity,
regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
and the Indenture conforms and the Securities will conform in all
material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented;
(vii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by parties thereto and constitutes a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
subject to limitations imposed by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws relating to
or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law; and the Indenture has been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act;
(viii) The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture and
this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and
therein contemplated, will not conflict with or result in a breach of
any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any
agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the Company is
a party or by which the Company is bound, and which conflicts, breaches
and defaults, if any, would individually or in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on the business or financial position of the
Company and its subsidiaries as a whole; nor will such action result
in any violation of the provisions of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation or the ByLaws of the Company or any statute of the United
States of America or the State of Delaware or any Rule or Regulation
thereunder (provided that no opinion need be expressed in this paragraph
as to compliance with the Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the Exchange
Act or the Delaware Securities Act, or with the Bankruptcy Code of 1978,
as amended, with respect to any proceeding in which the Company is the
debtor) or, to such counsel's knowledge, any order of any court or
governmental agency or body of the United States of America or the State
of Delaware; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or
body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities by the Company
or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or any Terms Agreement or the Indenture, except such
as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such
consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as
may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection
with the issue and sale of the Securities;
(ix) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other
than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial
data therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion or belief),
when they were filed with the Commission, complied as to form in all
material respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act,
as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;
(x) The Registration Statement, as of the date on which any part thereof
became effective, and the Prospectus, as of the date of such opinion
(other than the financial statements and related schedules and other
financial data therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion
or belief) complied or complies as to form in all material respects with
the requirements of the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder;
(xi) The statements made in the Prospectus under the caption
"Description of the Debentures" and "Plan of Distribution" and in the
Prospectus Supplement under the captions "Description of the Debentures"
and "Underwriting" are accurate summaries of the matters therein set
forth insofar as they relate to the provisions of documents therein
described and fairly present the information called for with respect
thereto by the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.
In addition, such counsel shall state that while he makes no
representation that he has independently verified the accuracy or
completeness of the information contained in the documents incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus, he has no reason to believe that any of
such documents (other than the financial statements and related schedules
and other financial data therein, as to which he need express no opinion
or belief), when they were so filed, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made when such documents were so filed, not misleading,
in each case after excluding any statement in any such documents which
does not constitute part of the Registration Statement or Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 412 or Regulation C under the Act; further, such counsel
shall state that while he makes no representation that he has
independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the information
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (other than
under the captions identified in paragraph (xi) hereof), he has no reason to
believe that any part of the Registration Statement, insofar as relevant
to the offering of the Securities, as of the date on which such part
became effective, or the Prospectus, as of the date of such opinion
(other than the financial statements and related schedules and other
financial data therein, as to which he need express no opinion or belief),
contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case
after excluding any statement in any such document which does not
constitute part of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus pursuant
to Rule 412 of Regulation C under the Act; and he does not know of any
contracts or other documents of a character required to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to be incorporated by
reference into the Prospectus or required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which are not filed or
incorporated by reference or described as required.
SCHEDULE A
Principal
Amount of
Designated
Securities
to be
Underwriter Purchased
- ----------- ----------
Goldman, Sachs & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . US$120,000,000
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . 60,000,000
Chase Securities Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 60,000,000
Citicorp Securities, Inc. . . . . . . . . 60,000,000
Total . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . US$300,000,000
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SCHEDULE B
Title of Designated Securities:
6.625% Debentures due July 15, 2028
Aggregate Principal Amount:
US$300,000,000
Price to Public:
99.691% of the principal amount of the Debentures, plus accrued
interest, if any, from July 20, 1998
Purchase Price by Underwriters:
98.816% of the principal amount of the Debentures, plus accrued
interest, if any, from July 20, 1998
Underwriting Discount or Commission (including aggregate dollar
amount):
0.875% of the principal amount of the Debentures (US$2,625,000)
Specified Funds for and Method of Payment of Purchase Price and
Underwriting Commission (if not paid in the form of a discount):
Same-day funds, to be paid by wire transfer or certified or official
bank check or checks, payable to the order of the Company
Indenture:
Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1987, as supplemented to date (the
"Indenture"), made between the Company and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee
Maturity Date:
July 15, 2028
Interest Rate:
6.625%
Interest Payment Dates:
January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 1999
Optional Redemption Provisions:
The Company will be able to redeem the Debentures in whole or in part
at any time at a redemption price equal to the greater of a) 100% of
the principal amount of the Securities; or b) the sum of the present
values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest
discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis at the Treasury
Rate plus 10 basis points, plus in each case accrued interest thereon
to the date of redemption.
Sinking Fund Provisions:
No sinking fund provisions
Manner of Delivery of Securities:
Registered Global Securities through The Depository Trust Company
Time of Delivery:
10:00 A.M., New York time, on July 20, 1998
Closing Location:
Sullivan & Cromwell
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
Name and Address of the Representative:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
85 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
