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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): May 6, 1996
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-7543 94-1278569
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
1850 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE, PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85002
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 602/207-6900
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\Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits:
Exhibits Title
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1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated April 30, 1996, between
FINOVA Capital Corporation and Deutsche Morgan
Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc.
4.2 Pricing Agreement, dated April 30, 1996,
between FINOVA Capital Corporation and Deutsche
Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc.
4.3 Officer's Certificate of FINOVA Capital
Corporation, establishing the form of the
Notes.
4.4 Specimen Certificate.
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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.
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Dated: May 6, 1996 By: /s/ Bruno A. Marszowski
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Bruno A. Marszowski
Senior Vice President-Controller
and Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 1.1
$100,000,000
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
7.40% Notes due May 6, 2006
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
April 30, 1996
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc.
31 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Dear Sirs:
FINOVA Capital Corporation (formerly known as Greyhound Financial
Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms its agreement
with Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc. (the "Underwriter") with
respect to the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriter of
$100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 7.40% Notes due May 6,
2006 (the "Securities"). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an
indenture dated as of October 1, 1995 (the "Indenture") between the Company and
First Interstate Bank of Arizona, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee").
Prior to the purchase and public offering of the Securities by the
Underwriter, the Company and the Underwriter shall enter into an agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Pricing Agreement"). The
Pricing Agreement may take the form of an exchange of any standard form of
written telecommunication between the Company and the Underwriter and shall
specify such applicable information as is indicated in Exhibit A hereto. The
offering of the Securities will be governed by this Agreement, as supplemented
by the Pricing Agreement. From and after the date of the execution and delivery
of the Pricing Agreement, this Agreement shall be deemed to incorporate the
Pricing Agreement.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 33-63343) for the
registration of $1,500,000,000 of its Senior Debt Securities, including the
Securities, and the offering thereof from time to time under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), has filed such amendments thereto, if any,
as may have been required to the date hereof, and will file such additional
amendments thereto and such amended prospectuses as may hereafter be required.
Such registration statement has been declared effective by the Commission and
the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the "1939 Act"). Such registration statement, as amended, and the
prospectus constituting a part thereof (including in each case all documents, if
any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to
the 1933 Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"),
or otherwise, are hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement" and
the "Prospectus," respectively, except that if any revised prospectus shall be
provided to the Underwriter by the Company for use in connection with the
offering of the Securities which differs from the Prospectus on file at the
Commission at the time the Registration Statement became effective (whether or
not such revised prospectus is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated under the
1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations"), the term "Prospectus" shall refer to such
revised prospectus from and after the time it is first provided to the
Underwriter for such use. All references in this Agreement to financial
statements and schedules and other information which is "contained," "included"
or "stated" in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (and
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all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all
such financial statements and schedules and other information which are or are
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall
be deemed to mean and include the filing of any documents under the 1934 Act
after the date of this Agreement which are or are deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as the case may be.
The Company understands that the Underwriter proposes to make a public
offering of the Securities as soon as the Underwriter deems advisable after the
Pricing Agreement has been executed and delivered.
Section 1. Representations and Warranties.
(a) The Company represents and warrants to the Underwriter as of the
date hereof, as of the date of the Pricing Agreement (such latter date being
hereinafter referred to as the "Representation Date") and as of the Closing Time
(as defined in Section 2) as follows:
(i) The Registration Statement has been declared effective
by the Commission and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of
the Registration Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act or
proceeding therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission. At the
time the Registration Statement became effective, at the most recent
date on which the Company filed an Annual Report on Form 10-K for a
fiscal year ended prior to the date of this Agreement (the "10-K
Filing Date") and at the Representation Date, the Registration
Statement did comply and will comply in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939
Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder (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. The Prospectus, at the
Representation Date (unless the term "Prospectus" refers to a
prospectus provided to the Underwriter by the Company for use in
connection with the offering of the Securities differing from the
Prospectus on file at the Commission at the time the Registration
Statement became effective, in which case at the time it is first
provided to the Underwriter for such use) and at Closing Time referred
to in Section 2 hereof, will not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the
representations and warranties in this subsection (i) shall not apply
to that part of the Registration Statement which shall constitute the
Statement of Eligibility under the 1939 Act on Form T-1 of the Trustee
or 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 the Underwriter expressly for
use in the Registration Statement or Prospectus.
(ii) The documents of the Company incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with
the Commission, complied with and will comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder (the "1934 Act Regulations"), and, when read together and
with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time the
Registration Statement became, and any amendments to the Registration
Statement become, effective, and at the 10-K Filing Date, 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, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were or are made, not misleading.
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(iii) The accountants who certified the financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus are
independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the
1933 Act Regulations.
(iv) The financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus present fairly the respective financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the
dates indicated and the results of operations for the periods
specified; and except as stated therein, said financial statements
have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis.
(v) Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except as
otherwise stated therein or contemplated thereby, (A) there has been
no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or in
the earnings, 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 (B) there have been no material
transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries
other than those in the ordinary course of business.
(vi) 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, lease and
operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required or appropriate,
except where the failure of the Company to so qualify, in the
aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated
financial condition or combined operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries or of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as
those terms are defined in the Indenture).
(vii) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
incorporated 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
conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement 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 or appropriate, except where the failure of the subsidiaries
to so qualify, in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse
effect on the consolidated financial condition or combined operations
of the Company and its Subsidiaries or of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries; all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of each such subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly
issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and all the capital stock
of each such subsidiary is owned by the Company or its affiliates,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity.
(viii) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock
of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus and the shares of
issued and outstanding Common Stock set forth thereunder have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable and The FINOVA Group Inc. ("FINOVA") owns directly or
indirectly all of the outstanding shares of the Common Stock, which
Common Stock constitutes all of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company, free and clear of any claims, liens,
encumbrances or liabilities.
(ix) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of its charter or in default in the performance or
observance of any obligations, agreements, covenants or conditions,
which alone or in the aggregate are material, contained in any
contracts, indentures,
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mortgages, loan agreements, notes, leases or other instruments, which
alone or in the aggregate are material, to which it is a party or by
which it or any of them or their properties may be bound; and the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and
therein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action
and will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries pursuant to any material contract, indenture, mortgage,
loan agreement, note, lease or other 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 of its subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in
any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the
Company or ,to the best of its knowledge, any law, administrative
regulation or administrative or court order or decree; and no consent,
approval, authorization, order or decree of any court or governmental
agency or body is required for the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as may be
required under the 1933 Act, the 1939 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations or
state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and
distribution of the Securities by the Underwriter.
(x) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or have
obtained ,can obtain on reasonable terms or are in the process of
obtaining, all material governmental licenses, permits, consents,
orders, approvals and other authorizations necessary to lease or own,
as the case may be, and to operate their respective properties and to
carry on their respective businesses as presently conducted, except
such as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by
you.
(xi) The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess
adequate trademarks, service marks and trade names necessary to
conduct the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
trademarks, service marks or trade names which, singly or in the
aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or
finding, would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect
the conduct of the business, operations, financial condition or income
of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(xii) There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by
any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now
pending, or, to the actual knowledge of the Company, threatened
against or affecting, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which
would reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change
in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or in the business
prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one
enterprise or might materially and adversely affect the consummation
of this Agreement; and there are no material contracts or documents of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries which are required to be filed
as exhibits to the Registration Statement by the 1933 Act or by the
1933 Act Regulations which have not been so filed.
(xiii) No material labor dispute with the employees of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the
Company, is imminent.
(xiv) The Securities have been duly authorized for issuance
and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued, authenticated
and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and the
Indenture against payment of the consideration set forth in the
Pricing Agreement, the Securities will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, except as
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enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other
laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by
general equity principles, including concepts of commercial
reasonableness, and will be entitled to the benefits provided by the
Indenture; the Securities and the Indenture conform in all material
respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the
Registration Statement; and, after giving effect to the sale of the
Securities and the sale of any other securities registered pursuant to
the Registration Statement to be issued prior to the delivery of the
Securities, the aggregate amount of Securities which have been issued
and sold by the Company will not exceed the amount of securities
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement.
(xv) The Company and its subsidiaries have made all
necessary filings and taken all other necessary action so that, with
respect to all of the equipment and other property reflected in the
consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of March 31, 1996, and with respect to all equipment
and other property acquired by the Company or a subsidiary since then,
the interest of the Company or of the appropriate subsidiary in such
equipment or other property is free and clear, in all material
respects, of any claims, liens, encumbrances or liabilities not also
reflected in such consolidated balance sheets and that the interest of
the Company or of the appropriate subsidiary has, in all material
respects, been perfected so as not to be subordinate to the claim of a
purchaser in due course or any other bona fide purchaser.
(xvi) The financing contracts reflected in the consolidated
balance sheets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of
March 31, 1996, and the financing contracts entered into by the
Company or a subsidiary since then are, in all material respects,
legal, valid and binding obligations of the obligors enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement thereof
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equity principles,
including concepts of commercial reasonableness; the obligors
thereunder are, in all material respects, in the good faith business
judgment of the Company and except to the extent reflected or stated
in the Prospectus, financially capable of performing their respective
obligations thereunder, and any defaults in the payments under all
such contracts in the aggregate, at the date hereof, are not of such
amount that, were no more payments to be received under the financing
contracts in respect of which such defaults exist, and after
considering estimated collateral values to be recovered, the
consolidated financial condition or operations of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries, or of the Company and the Restricted
Subsidiaries, would be materially adversely affected thereby,
excluding impairment of related reserves.
(xvii) The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company and to the best of the Company's
knowledge, the Trustee; and the Indenture constitutes a legally valid
and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally or by general
equity principles, including concepts of commercial reasonableness.
(xviii) The Company is not an "investment company" nor is
the Company "controlled" by an "investment company" as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act").
(xix) Neither the Company nor any affiliate thereof (as
defined in Section 517.021(1), Florida Statutes) does business with
the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in
Cuba.
(b) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered
to the Underwriter or to counsel for the Underwriter shall be deemed a
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representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriter as to the
matters covered thereby.
Section 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriter; Closing.
(a) 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 the Underwriter and the Underwriter agrees to purchase from
the Company, at the price set forth in the Pricing Agreement, $100,000,000
aggregate principal amount of the Securities.
(b) Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of the
certificates for, the Securities shall be made at the offices of the Company,
1850 North Central Avenue, P.O. Box 2209, Phoenix, Arizona, 85002-2209 or at
such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Underwriter and the Company, at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 6, 1996, or such other time not later
than ten business days after execution of the Pricing Agreement as shall be
agreed upon by the Underwriter 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 against delivery to the
Underwriter of certificates for the Securities to be purchased by it.
Certificates for the Securities shall be in such denominations and registered in
such names as the Underwriter may request in writing at least two business days
before Closing Time. The certificates for the Securities will be made available
for examination and packaging by the Underwriter not later than 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the last business day prior to Closing Time at the offices of
the Trustee.
Section 3. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants with the
Underwriter as follows:
(a) The Company will notify the Underwriter immediately, and
confirm the notice in writing, (i) of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto (including any
post-effective amendment), (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 the initiation of any
proceedings for that purpose. The Company will make every reasonable
effort to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if any stop
order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest
possible moment.
(b) The Company will give the Underwriter notice of its
intention to file or prepare any amendment to the Registration
Statement (including any post-effective amendment) or any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus (including any revised prospectus which
the Company proposes for use by the Underwriter in connection with the
offering of the Securities which differs from the prospectus on file
at the Commission at the time the Registration Statement becomes
effective, whether or not such revised prospectus is required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations, whether
pursuant to the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act or otherwise), will furnish the
Underwriter with copies of any such amendment or supplement a
reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing or use, as the
case may be, and will not file any such amendment or supplement or use
any such prospectus to which the Underwriter or counsel for the
Underwriter shall object.
(c) The Company has delivered to your counsel one signed copy
and will deliver to the Underwriter as many conformed 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) as the Underwriter may reasonably
request.
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(d) The Company will furnish to the Underwriter, from time to
time during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered
under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (including the 1933 Act Regulations
and the 1934 Act Regulations), such number of copies of the Prospectus
(as amended or supplemented) as the Underwriter may reasonably request
for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act or the
respective applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder.
(e) If any event shall occur as a result of which it is
necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriter, to amend or
supplement the Prospectus in order to make the Prospectus not
misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it
is required to be delivered to a purchaser, the Company will forthwith
amend or supplement the Prospectus (in form and substance satisfactory
to counsel for the Underwriter) so that, as so amended or
supplemented, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
existing at the time it is required to be delivered to a purchaser,
not misleading, and the Company will furnish to the Underwriter a
reasonable number of copies of such amendment or supplement.
(f) The Company will endeavor, in cooperation with the
Underwriter, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the
applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions of
the United States as the Underwriter may designate; 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 in any
jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified. 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 qualifications in effect for a period of
not less than one year from the effective date of this Agreement. The
Company will promptly advise the Underwriter of the receipt by the
Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the
qualification of the Securities for sale in any state or jurisdiction
or the initiating or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.
(g) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practicable, but not later than 60 days after the
close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form
complying with the provisions of Rule 158 of the 1933 Act Regulations)
covering a twelve month period beginning not later than the first day
of the Company's fiscal quarter next following the "effective date"
(as defined in said Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(h) The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from
the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Prospectus
under the caption "Use of Proceeds."
(i) Immediately following the execution of the Pricing
Agreement, the Company will prepare, and file or transmit for filing
with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act
Regulations, copies of a supplement to the Prospectus containing the
terms of the Securities and such other information as the Underwriter
and the Company deem appropriate.
(j) From the date of this Agreement until Closing Time, the
Company will not, without the prior written consent of the
Underwriter, directly or indirectly, sell, offer to sell, contract to
sell, or otherwise dispose of, or announce the offering of, any
Securities or securities similar to the Securities, or any securities
convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any Securities or
any such similar securities, except for Securities sold to the
Underwriter pursuant to this Agreement.
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(k) The Company, during the period when the Prospectus is
required to be delivered under the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act (including
the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1934 Act Regulations), will file all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section
13, 14 or 15 of the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the
1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.
Section 4. Payment of Expenses. The Company will pay all expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including
(a) the printing and filing of the Registration Statement as originally filed
and of each amendment thereto, (b) the printing or reproducing of this
Agreement, the Pricing Agreement and the Indenture, (c) the preparation,
issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriter,
(d) the fees and disbursements of the Company's counsel and accountants, (e) the
qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3(f) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fee
and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter in connection therewith and in
connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment
Survey, (f) the printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies of the
Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, of
each preliminary prospectus, and of the Prospectus and any amendments or
supplements thereto, (g) the printing and delivery to the Underwriter of copies
of the Blue Sky Survey and any Legal Investment Survey, (h) any fees of any
rating agencies rating the Securities, (i) 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 (j) any fees and expenses of a
depositary in connection with the holding of the Securities in book-entry form.
If this Agreement is terminated by the Underwriter in accordance with
the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) hereof, the Company shall
reimburse the Underwriter for its out-of-pocket expenses, including the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriter.
Section 5. Conditions of Underwriter's Obligations. The obligations of
the Underwriter hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company herein contained, to the performance by the Company of
its obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:
(a) 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.
The supplement to the Prospectus referred to in Section 3(i) of this
Agreement shall have been transmitted to the Commission for filing
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations within the
prescribed time period, and prior to Closing Time the Company shall
have provided evidence satisfactory to the Underwriter of such timely
filing.
(b) At Closing Time the Underwriter shall have received:
(1) The opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of William J.
Hallinan, Esq., Senior Vice President --General Counsel of the
Company, in form and scope satisfactory to counsel for the
Underwriter, 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.
(ii) The Company has corporate power and corporate
authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct
its business as described in the Registration Statement.
(iii) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to transact business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required,
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except where the failure of the Company to so qualify, in the
aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on the
consolidated financial condition or combined operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (as those terms are defined in the
Indenture).
(iv) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, has corporate power and corporate authority to
own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement, 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, except where the failure to so
qualify, in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse
effect on the consolidated financial condition or combined
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries or of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of each such subsidiary has been
duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and
nonassessable, and all of such capital stock is owned by the
Company or its affiliates, free and clear of any mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim, except with respect to
certain special purpose subsidiaries of the Company for liens
or rights granted in connection with financial transactions and
securitization transactions in the ordinary course of business.
(v) The authorized, issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus
(included by incorporation by reference) and the shares of
issued and outstanding Common Stock set forth therein have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable; FINOVA owns, directly or indirectly, all of the
outstanding shares of the Common Stock, which Common Stock
constitutes all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of
the Company, free and clear of any claims, liens or
encumbrances.
(vi) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement have
each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(vii) The Indenture has been duly and validly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and to such
counsel's knowledge, the Trustee; the Indenture constitutes a
valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally or by general equity
principles, including concepts of commercial reasonableness.
(viii) The Securities are in due and proper form,
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
corporate action for issuance, offer and sale by the Company to
the Underwriter as contemplated by this Agreement and, when
executed and authenticated as specified in the Indenture and
delivered against payment of the consideration therefor in
accordance with this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, will
be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws relating to
or affecting creditors' rights generally, or by general equity
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principles, including concepts of commercial reasonableness, and
each holder of Securities will be entitled to the benefits of
the Indenture.
(ix) The statements in the Prospectus under the
captions "Description of Notes" and "Description of
Securities," insofar as they purport to summarize certain
provisions of documents specifically referred to therein, are
accurate summaries of the subject matter thereof.
(x) The Indenture is qualified under the 1939 Act.
(xi) The Registration Statement is effective under
the 1933 Act and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued under the 1933 Act or proceedings
therefor have been initiated or threatened by the Commission.
(xii) At the time the Registration Statement
became effective, at the 10-K Filing Date and at the
Representation Date, the Registration Statement (other than the
financial statements, schedules and other financial and
statistical data included or incorporated by reference therein,
the Form T-1, and information relating to the Underwriter, as
to which no opinion need be rendered) complied as to form in
all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act,
the 1939 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations and the 1939 Act
Regulations.
(xiii) There are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending or to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
threatened which are required to be disclosed in the
Registration Statement, other than those disclosed therein, and
all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the
Company or any subsidiary is a party or of which any of their
property is the subject which are not described in the
Registration Statement, including ordinary routine litigation
incidental to the business, are reasonably expected to be,
alone or in the aggregate, not material.
(xiv) To the best of such counsel's knowledge,
there are no contracts, indentures, mortgages, loan agreements,
notes, leases or other instruments required to be described or
referred to in, or incorporated by reference in, the
Registration Statement or to be filed as exhibits thereto other
than those described or referred to therein or filed or
incorporated by reference as exhibits thereto, the descriptions
thereof or references thereto are correct, and no default
exists by the Company in the due performance or observance of
obligations, agreements, covenants or conditions, which alone
or in the aggregate are material, contained in any such
contracts, indentures, loan agreements, notes, leases or other
instruments.
(xv) No consent, approval, authorization, or order
of any court or governmental authority or agency is required in
connection with the sale of the Securities, except such as may
be required under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or
state securities laws; and the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and the Indenture and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and
therein did not and will not conflict with or constitute a
breach of, or default 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, any
material contract,
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indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other
instrument known to such counsel and 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 of its subsidiaries is subject, or any law,
administrative regulation or administrative or court decree
known to such counsel to be applicable to the Company of any
court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator having jurisdiction over the Company; nor will such
action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter
or by-laws of the Company.
(xvi) Each document, if any, filed pursuant to the
1934 Act (other than the financial statements, schedules and
other financial and statistical data included therein, as to
which no opinion need be rendered) and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, complied when filed as to form in
all material respects with the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act
Regulations thereunder.
(xvii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge,
the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess or have
obtained or are in the process of obtaining adequate
trademarks, service marks and trade names necessary to conduct
the business now operated by them, and neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement
of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to
any trademarks, service marks or trade names which, singly or
in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision,
ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to materially
adversely affect the conduct of the business, operations,
financial condition or income of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise.
(xviii) The Company is not an "investment company"
nor is it "controlled" by an "investment company" as such terms
are defined in the Investment Company Act.
In giving such opinion such counsel may rely as to all matters
of law other than the federal laws of the United States of America,
the laws of the State of Arizona, and the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware, and as to all matters of foreign law, upon
opinions of counsel satisfactory to counsel to the Underwriter, in
which case, the opinion shall state that although such counsel has not
made an independent investigation of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the federal laws United States of America, the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware or the laws of Arizona, such
counsel believes the Underwriter and he are entitled so to rely. In
giving the opinions referred to in the foregoing clause (iv), such
counsel may omit reference to a foreign subsidiary so long as (A) he
shall have delivered to the Underwriter a signed opinion of other
counsel for such foreign subsidiary, satisfactory to counsel to the
Underwriter which other opinion shall give substantially the same
opinions with respect to such foreign subsidiary as required by the
foregoing clause (iv), and (B) he states that such other opinion is
satisfactory to him and that although he has not made an independent
investigation of the foreign laws applicable to such foreign
subsidiary, he believes the Underwriter is entitled to rely on such
other opinion.
(2) The opinion, dated as of Closing Time, of Brown & Wood,
counsel for the Underwriter, with respect to the matters set forth in
(i) and (vii) through (xii), inclusive, of subsection (b)(l) of this
Section.
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(3) In giving their opinions required by subsections (b)(l) and
(b)(2), respectively, of this Section, Mr. Hallinan and Brown & Wood
shall each additionally state that nothing has come to their attention
that would lead such counsel to believe that the Registration
Statement (other than the financial statements, schedules and other
financial and statistical data included or incorporated therein, the
Form T-1 and information relating to the Underwriter, as to which no
statement need be made), at the time it became effective or at the
10-K Filing Date (with respect to Mr. Hallinan) or at the
Representation Date, contained an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or that the
Prospectus (other than the financial statements, schedules and other
financial and statistical data included or incorporated therein, as to
which no statement need be made), at the Representation Date (unless
the term "Prospectus" refers to a prospectus which has been provided
to the Underwriter by the Company for use in connection with the
offering of the Securities that differs from the Prospectus on file at
the Commission at the time the Registration Statement became
effective, in which case at the time it is first provided to the
Underwriter for such use) or at Closing Time, included 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, not misleading.
(c) 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, of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, 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 Underwriter shall have received a
certificate of the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer or a Senior
Vice President or a Vice President of the Company and of the chief financial
accounting officer or the Vice President - Controller Financial Reporting 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 1
hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly
made at 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 initiated or threatened by the Commission. As used in this Section 5(c),
the term "Prospectus" means the Prospectus in the form first used to confirm
sales of the Securities.
(d) At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Underwriter shall
have received from Deloitte & Touche LLP a letter dated such date, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Underwriter, and substantially in the same form as
the draft letter previously delivered to and approved by the Underwriter.
(e) At Closing Time the Underwriter shall have received from Deloitte
& Touche LLP a letter, dated as of Closing Time, to the effect that they
reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to subsection (d)
of this Section, except that the "specified date" referred to in such letter
shall be a date not more than three days prior to Closing Time.
(f) All proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the
issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter and counsel for the
Underwriter.
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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 Underwriter 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 hereof.
Section 6. Indemnification.
(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriter
and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of
Section 15 of the 1933 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 contained 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, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of
the Company; and
(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred
(including, subject to Section 6(c) hereof, the fees and disbursements
of counsel chosen by the Underwriter), 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 the
Underwriter 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) The Underwriter 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, 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 the Underwriter 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) Each indemnified party shall give as promptly as reasonably
practicable notice to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it
in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so
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notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any
liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity
agreement, except to the extent of any prejudice to such indemnifying party
arising from the failure to provide such notice. An indemnifying party may
participate at its own expense in the defense of such action. In no event shall
the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one
counsel (in addition to any local counsel per jurisdiction) 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.
Section 7. Contribution. To provide for just and equitable
contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in
Section 6 hereof is for any reason held to be unenforceable by the indemnified
parties although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Company and the
Underwriter shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims,
damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by said indemnity agreement
incurred by the Company and the Underwriter, as incurred, in such proportions
that the Underwriter is responsible for that portion represented by the
percentage that the underwriting discount appearing on the cover page of the
Prospectus bears to the initial public offering price appearing thereon and the
Company is responsible for the balance; provided, however, that 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. Furthermore, in no event shall the
Underwriter be required to contribute an amount in excess of the total
underwriting discounts received by the Underwriter in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. For purposes of this Section, each
person, if any, who controls the Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of
the 1933 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 shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company.
Section 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive
Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, or contained in certificates of officers of
the Company submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force
and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the
Underwriter or a controlling person, or by or on behalf of the Company, and
shall survive delivery of the Securities to the Underwriter.
Section 9. Termination of Agreement.
(a) The Underwriter may terminate this Agreement, immediately upon
notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to Closing Time (i) if there has
been, since the date 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 outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
calamity or crisis the effect of which on the financial markets of the United
States is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter,
impracticable to market the Securities or enforce contracts for the sale of the
Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been
suspended by the Commission or a national securities exchange, or if trading
generally on either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange
has been suspended, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or
maximum ranges for prices for securities have been required, by either of said
exchanges or by order of the Commission or any other governmental authority, or
if a banking moratorium has been declared by federal or New York authorities, or
(iv) if the rating assigned by any nationally recognized statistical rating
organization to any debt securities of the Company shall have been lowered or if
any such rating agency shall have publicly announced subsequent to the date of
this agreement that it has placed any debt
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securities of the Company on what is commonly termed a "watch list" for possible
downgrading. As used in this Section 9(a), the term "Prospectus" means the
Prospectus in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities.
(b) 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.
Section 10. 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
Underwriter shall be directed to Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc., 31
West 52nd Street, New York, New York 10019 Attention: Christopher T. Whitman,
Vice President, facsimile (212) 469-7875; and notices to the Company shall be
directed to it at FINOVA Capital Corporation, 1850 North Central Avenue, P.O.
Box 2209, Phoenix, Arizona 85002-2209, Attention: Robert J. Fitzsimmons, Senior
Vice President - Treasurer, facsimile: (602) 207-5543.
Section 11. Parties. This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement shall
each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriter and the Company
and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this
Agreement or the Pricing Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any
person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriter and the Company and
their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and
directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 hereof and their heirs and legal
representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Agreement or the Pricing Agreement or any provision herein or
therein contained. This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and all conditions
and provisions hereof and thereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive
benefit of the Underwriter 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 the Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor
by reason merely of such purchase.
Section 12. Governing Law and Time. This Agreement and the Pricing
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in said
State. Except where otherwise provided, specified times of day refer to New York
City time.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Underwriter and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ ROBERT S. FITZSIMMONS
--------------------------------
Name: Robert S. Fitzsimmons
Title: Senior Vice President-
Treasurer
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
DEUTSCHE MORGAN GRENFELL/
C.J. LAWRENCE INC.
By: /s/ GRANT KVALHEIM
--------------------------
Name: Grant Kvalheim
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/ MICHAEL H. ENGLER
--------------------------
Name: Michael H. Engler
Title: Managing Director
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EXHIBIT A
$100,000,000
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
7.40% Notes due May 6, 2006
PRICING AGREEMENT
April 30, 1996
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc.
31 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Dear Sirs:
Reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement, dated April 30, 1996
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), relating to the purchase by Deutsche Morgan
Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc. (the "Underwriter") of $100,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 7.40% Notes due May 6, 2006 (the "Securities") of FINOVA
Capital Corporation (the "Company").
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company
agrees with the Underwriter as follows:
1. The initial public offering price of the Securities shall be
99.951% of the principal amount thereof.
2. The purchase price of the Securities to be paid by the
Underwriter shall be 99.301% of the principal amount thereof.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Underwriter and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: ________________________
Name:
Title:
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
DEUTSCHE MORGAN GRENFELL/
C.J. LAWRENCE INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
A-2
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EXHIBIT 4.2
$100,000,000
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
(a Delaware corporation)
7.40% Notes due May 6, 2006
PRICING AGREEMENT
April 30, 1996
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc.
31 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
Dear Sirs:
Reference is made to the Underwriting Agreement, dated April 30, 1996
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), relating to the purchase by Deutsche Morgan
Grenfell/C.J. Lawrence Inc. (the "Underwriter") of $100,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 7.40% Notes due May 6, 2006 (the "Securities") of FINOVA
Capital Corporation (the "Company").
Pursuant to Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agrees
with the Underwriter as follows:
1. The initial public offering price of the Securities shall be
99.951% of the principal amount thereof.
2. The purchase price of the Securities to be paid by the
Underwriter shall be 99.301% of the principal amount thereof.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon
this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement
between the Underwriter and the Company in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: /s/ ROBERT S. FITZSIMMONS
-------------------------------
Name: Robert S. Fitzsimmons
Title: Senior Vice President-
Treasurer
CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
as of the date first above written:
DEUTSCHE MORGAN GRENFELL/
C.J. LAWRENCE INC.
By: /s/ GRANT KVALHEIM
-------------------------------
Name: Grant Kvalheim
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/ MICHAEL H. ENGLER
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Name: Michael H. Engler
Title: Managing Director
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EXHIBIT 4.3
OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE
We, Bruno A. Marszowski and Meilee Smythe, do hereby certify that we are
the duly elected Senior Vice President - Controller and Chief Financial Officer,
and Vice President - Assistant Treasurer, respectively, of FINOVA Capital
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"). We further certify that,
pursuant to resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, duly adopted
by unanimous written consent on October 9, 1995 and resolutions of the Pricing
Committee thereof duly adopted by unanimous written consent on May 6, 1996, a
series of the Company's Debt Securities, entitled "7.40% Notes Due May 6, 2006",
is hereby established pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Indenture dated as of
October 1, 1995 (the "Indenture") between the Company and First Interstate Bank
of Arizona, N.A.; and that said series shall have the following terms and
provisions (unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used herein
shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Indenture);
a. the title of these securities, which shall constitute a
separate series of Securities under the Indenture, shall be the "7.40%
Notes Due May 6, 2006" (the "Notes");
b. the aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be
outstanding is $100,000,000 (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.06,
2.08 or 13.05 of the Indenture);
c. the principal amount of the Notes is payable on May 6, 2006;
d. the Notes will bear interest from May 6, 1996, and such
interest will be payable semi-annually in arrears on May 6 and November 6
of each year, commencing on November 6, 1996 (each, an "Interest Payment
Date"). If any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, such Interest
Payment Date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day.
Interest on the Notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months;
e. principal of and interest on the Notes will be payable in
immediately available funds at the office of the Trustee in The City of New
York designated for such purpose;
f. the Notes are not redeemable at the option of the Company
prior to the Stated Maturity of the principal thereof and will not be
subject to any sinking fund;
g. the entire principal amount of the Notes shall initially be
issued in global form, for which The Depository Trust Company (the
"Depositary") shall be the Depositary; and
h. the global Security representing the Notes shall only be
exchangeable for Notes in definitive form pursuant to and in accordance
with the terms of Sections 2.05 and 2.08 of the Indenture.
The certificate evidencing the Notes shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and
caused to be affixed hereto the seal of the Company as of this 6th day of May,
1996.
[SEAL] /s/ BRUNO A. MARSZOWSKI
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Bruno A. Marszowski
Senior Vice President - Controller
and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ MEILEE SMYTHE
--------------------------------------
Meilee Smythe
Vice President - Assistant
Treasurer
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EXHIBIT 4.4
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION ("DTC"), TO ISSUER 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.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE,
BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH
SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE
INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN OR THE REVERSE HEREOF.
REGISTERED REGISTERED
No. 1 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
$100,000,000.00
CUSIP No. 318074AG6
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
7.40% NOTES DUE MAY 6, 2006
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company" or the "Issuer," which
term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered
assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000.00) on
May 6, 2006 (the "Maturity Date") and to pay interest thereon at the rate per
annum described below until the principal hereof is paid or duly made available
for payment. This Note will bear interest from May 6, 1996 at 7.40% per annum,
payable semi-annually on May 6 and November 6 in each year, commencing on
November 6, 1996 (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), to Holders of record on the
preceding April 21 and October 22, respectively (each, a "Record Date").
Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. If any Interest Payment Date would otherwise be a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the next day that
is a Business Day, and such interest payment will have the same force and effect
as if made on such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date, as the case may be,
and no interest shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from
and after such Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date. As used herein, "Business
Day" means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday, and that, in the City of
New York, is not a day on which banking institutions are generally authorized or
obligated by law to close. The interest payment at maturity will include
interest accrued to but excluding the Maturity Date and will be payable to the
person to whom principal is payable.
The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Record
Date for such Interest Payment Date; provided, however, that, if and to the
extent the Company shall default in the payment of the interest due on such
Interest Payment Date, the defaulted interest shall be paid to the Person in
whose name this Note is registered on a subsequent record date, such record date
to be not less than five days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted
interest, established by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Company to
the Holder of this Note not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record
date.
Payment of the principal of or interest on this Note will be made at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose in the City of New
York and in such place or places as the Company may from time to time designate
by written notice to the Trustee, 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, provided that payment of interest on any Interest Payment Date
may at the option of the Company be made by check mailed first-class to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register.
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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.
This Note is one of a separate series of Securities designated under the
Indenture as "7.40% Notes Due May 6, 2006" (the "Notes").
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized
signatories, 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 instrument to be duly
executed, manually or by facsimile, and an imprint or facsimile of its corporate
seal to be imprinted hereon.
Dated: May 6, 1996
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
[SEAL]
By: /s/ SAMUEL L. EICHENFIELD
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Name: Samuel L. Eichenfield
Title: Chairman, President &
Chief Executive Officer
Attest:
By: /s/ WILLIAM J. HALLINAN
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Name: William J. Hallinan
Title: Secretary
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities issued
under the Indenture described herein.
FIRST INTERSTATE BANK OF ARIZONA, N.A.
as Trustee
By: /s/ MARGARET M. MOORE
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Authorized Signatory
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REVERSE OF NOTE
FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION
7.40% NOTES DUE MAY 6, 2006
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Securities of the Company
(hereinafter called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued under an
indenture, dated as of October 1, 1995 (the "Indenture"), between the Company
and First Interstate Bank of Arizona, N.A., as Trustee (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
a respective rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the
Trustee and the holders of the Notes (the "Holders") and the Securities and the
terms upon which the Notes and the Securities are to be authenticated and
delivered.
Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Notes will be issued
in global form only registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company (the
"Depositary") or its nominee. The Notes will not be issued in definitive form,
except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, and ownership of the Notes shall
be maintained in book-entry form by the Depositary for the accounts of
participating organizations of the Depositary.
This Note will not be subject to a sinking fund and is not redeemable at
the option of the Company prior to the Maturity Date stated above. The Indenture
provides for the defeasance of the Notes in certain circumstances.
If an event of default with respect to this Note shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of this Note 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 to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities at the time outstanding which are affected thereby. The Indenture
also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages 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.
As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no
Holder of any Note will have the right to institute any proceeding with respect
to the Indenture or for any remedy thereunder unless: (a) such Holder shall have
previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing event of default
with respect to the Notes; (b) the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of
outstanding Notes shall have made written request and offered reasonable
indemnity and security satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceeding;
and (c) the Trustee shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60
days of receiving such notice, request and offer; provided that such limitations
do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of
payment of the principal of or interest on this Note on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provisions 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 and interest on this Note at
the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency herein or in the
Indenture prescribed.
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As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register
of the Company, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York or such other place or places as the Company may designate by written
notice to the Trustee, 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 the same series and of like tenor, of
authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. As provided in the
Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of different
authorized denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
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 charges payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee, the Security Registrar nor any such agent shall be affected by notice
to the contrary.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and are
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the
Indenture.
The Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE
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the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
attorney to transfer such Note
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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 written upon the face
of the within Note in every
particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
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