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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 23, 1998
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TRIBUNE COMPANY
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
DELAWARE 36-1880355
(STATE OF INCORPORATION) (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
435 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611
(312) 222-9100
(ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
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DAVID J. GRANAT, VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER
TRIBUNE COMPANY
435 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60611
(312) 222-3897
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
Copies of communications to:
PAUL L. CHOI EDWARD S. BEST
SIDLEY & AUSTIN MAYER, BROWN & PLATT
ONE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA 190 SOUTH LASALLE STREET
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603 CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603-3441
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: From time
to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective as determined by
market conditions.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the
following box. [_]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following
box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [_]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [_]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [_]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED PROPOSED
MAXIMUM MAXIMUM
AGGREGATE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
AMOUNT TO BE PRICE OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION
TITLE OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED (1) PER UNIT (1) FEE
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Debt Securities and Warrants to Purchase
Debt Securities.......................... $500,000,000 (2) $500,000,000 $139,000
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(1) In United States dollars or the equivalent thereof in foreign denominated
currencies or composite currencies; or, if any Debt Securities are issued
at an original issue discount, such greater amount as shall result in an
aggregate public offering price or purchase price of $500,000,000 or the
equivalent thereof in foreign denominated currencies or composite
currencies. Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration
fee.
(2) The maximum offering price per unit has been omitted pursuant to Rule
457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Act Release No.
6964. The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule
457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933 and reflects the public offering
price rather than the principal amount of any Debt Securities issued at a
discount.
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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING
PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED OCTOBER 23, 1998
PROSPECTUS
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TRIBUNE COMPANY
DEBT SECURITIES AND
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE DEBT SECURITIES
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By this prospectus, we may offer in one or more discrete offerings up to
$500,000,000 of our Debt Securities and Warrants to purchase Debt Securities.
The Debt Securities may be issued in one or more series and will be unsecured.
We will determine the terms for the Debt Securities and Warrants at the time of
sale. We will provide the specific terms of the Debt Securities and Warrants in
one or more supplements to this prospectus. You should read this prospectus and
the applicable supplements carefully before you invest.
Our executive offices are located at 435 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois 60611, and our telephone number is (312) 222-9100.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if
this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is
a criminal offense.
We may offer the Debt Securities and Warrants in any of the following ways:
. directly to purchasers;
. through agents;
. through dealers; or
. through one or more underwriters or a syndicate of underwriters in an
underwritten offering.
Additional information on our plan of distribution can be found inside under
"Plan of Distribution." We will describe the plan of distribution for any Debt
Securities and Warrants in the applicable prospectus supplements.
The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may
not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an
offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these
securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
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The date of this Prospectus is , 1998.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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About This Prospectus...................................................... 2
Where You Can Find More Information........................................ 2
The Company................................................................ 4
Use of Proceeds............................................................ 4
Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges........................................ 4
Description of Debt Securities............................................. 4
Description of Warrants.................................................... 13
Plan of Distribution....................................................... 15
Legal Matters.............................................................. 16
Experts.................................................................... 16
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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement (No. 333- ) that we
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") utilizing a "shelf"
registration process. Under this shelf process, we may offer the Debt
Securities and Warrants described in this prospectus in one or more offerings
with a total aggregate principal amount or initial purchase price not to exceed
$500,000,000. The Debt Securities and the Warrants are collectively called the
"Securities." This prospectus provides you with a general description of the
Securities we may offer. Each time we offer Securities, we will provide you
with a prospectus supplement and, if applicable, a pricing supplement. The
prospectus supplement and any applicable pricing supplement will describe the
specific amounts, prices and terms of the Debt Securities being offered and, in
the case of Warrants, will describe the Debt Securities issuable upon exercise
of the Warrants and the offering price, if any, exercise price, duration or any
other terms of the Warrants. The prospectus supplement and any applicable
pricing supplement may also add, update or change the information in this
prospectus. Please carefully read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus
supplement and any applicable pricing supplement, together with the information
contained in the documents referred to under the heading "Where You Can Find
More Information."
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements, and other
information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file with the
SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549. You may obtain further information on the operation of the Public
Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our SEC filings are also
available to the public over the Internet at the SEC's web site at
http://www.sec.gov. In addition, you may inspect our SEC filings at the offices
of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005; the
Chicago Stock Exchange, 440 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60605; and
the Pacific Stock Exchange, 301 Pine Street, San Francisco, California 94104.
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" into this prospectus the
information we file with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important
information to you by referring you to those documents. The information
incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this
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prospectus, unless we update or supersede that information by the information
contained in this prospectus or a prospectus supplement or by information that
we file subsequently that is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. We
are incorporating by reference the following documents that we have filed with
the SEC and our future filings with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 until our offering of the
Securities is completed:
. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 1997 (as
amended by the amended Annual Report on Form 10-K/A dated June 24,
1998);
. Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 29, 1998
and June 28, 1998; and
. Current Reports on Form 8-K dated July 30, 1998 and August 24, 1998.
This prospectus is part of a registration statement we have filed with the
SEC relating to the Securities. As permitted by SEC rules, this prospectus does
not contain all of the information included in the registration statement and
the accompanying exhibits and schedules we file with the SEC. You may refer to
the registration statement, the exhibits and schedules for more information
about us and our Securities. The registration statement, exhibits and schedules
are also available at the SEC's Public Reference Room or through its web site.
You may obtain a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing to or
telephoning us at the following address:
Corporate Relations Department
Tribune Company
Suite 600
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Telephone (312) 222-3238.
You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided
in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, and in any pricing
supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different
information. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus, any
applicable prospectus supplement or any pricing supplement is accurate as of
any date other than the date on the cover of the document. We are not making an
offer of the Securities in any state in which the offer or sale is not
permitted.
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THE COMPANY
Tribune Company is a media company. Through our subsidiaries, we are engaged
in the publishing of newspapers, books, educational materials and information
in print and digital formats and the broadcasting, production and syndication
of information and entertainment principally in metropolitan areas in the
United States. We were founded in 1847 and incorporated in Illinois in 1861. As
a result of a corporate restructuring in 1968, we became a holding company
incorporated in Delaware.
USE OF PROCEEDS
We expect to add substantially all of the net proceeds from the sale of the
Securities to our general funds to be used for general corporate purposes,
including securities repurchase programs, capital expenditures, working
capital, repayment of long-term and short-term debt and the financing of
acquisitions. We may invest funds that we do not immediately require in short-
term marketable securities.
RATIOS OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Our ratios of earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods indicated are
as follows:
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ENDED JUNE DECEMBER
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges...... 8.0 6.6 6.9 7.1 8.7 8.2 6.4
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For purposes of computing the foregoing ratios: (i) "earnings" consist of
income from continuing operations plus income tax expense and losses on equity
investments plus fixed charges (including amortization of capitalized interest
but excluding capitalized interest and interest related to our guarantees of
the debt of our employee stock ownership plan); and (ii) "fixed charges"
consist of interest, whether expensed or capitalized, the portion of rental
payments on operating leases estimated to represent an interest component and
interest related to our guarantees of the debt of our employee stock ownership
plan.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
GENERAL
The Debt Securities will be issued under an Indenture dated as of January 1,
1997 between the Company and Bank of Montreal Trust Company (the "Trustee").
The following brief summary of the Indenture and the Debt Securities is subject
to the detailed provisions of the Indenture, a copy of which is an exhibit to
the registration statement. Wherever we refer to particular provisions of the
Indenture, such provisions are incorporated by reference as a part of the
statements made in this document and such statements are qualified in their
entirety by such reference. References in italics are to section numbers of the
Indenture.
The Indenture does not limit the amount of Debt Securities which we may issue
under the Indenture. It provides that Debt Securities may be issued from time
to time in series. The Debt Securities will be our unsecured obligations and
will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated
indebtedness.
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The Prospectus Supplement may contain a description of the following terms of
the Debt Securities:
. the title of the Debt Securities;
. the limit, if any, upon the aggregate principal amount of the Debt
Securities;
. the dates on which or periods during which the Debt Securities may be
issued and the date or dates on which the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) such Debt Securities will be payable;
. the rate or rates, if any, or the method of determining the rate or
rates, at which the Debt Securities will bear interest, if any; the
date or dates from which interest will accrue; the dates on which
such interest will be payable; and the regular record dates for the
payment of interest;
. the terms and conditions under which we may be obligated to redeem,
repay or purchase the Debt Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of a holder;
. the terms and conditions upon which we may redeem the Debt
Securities, in whole or in part, at our option;
. if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of
$1,000, the denominations in which the Debt Securities will be
issuable;
. whether the Debt Securities are to be issued at less than the
principal amount thereof and the amount of discount with which such
Debt Securities will be issued;
. provisions, if any, for the defeasance of the Debt Securities;
. if denominated in a currency other than United States dollars, the
currency or composite currency in which the Debt Securities are to be
denominated, or in which payments of the principal, premium, if any,
and interest will be made and the circumstances, if any, when such
currency of payment may be changed;
. if we or a holder have the right to elect that the payments of the
principal, premium, if any, or interest are to be made in a currency
or composite currency other than that in which the Debt Securities
are denominated or stated to be payable, the terms and conditions
upon which such election may be made and how the exchange rate
between the currency or composite currency in which such Debt
Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency
in which such Debt Securities are elected to be paid pursuant to such
election will be determined;
. if the payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest may be
determined with reference to a currency or other index, how such
amounts shall be determined;
. whether the Debt Securities will be issued in the form of one or more
global securities and, if so, the identity of the depositary for such
global securities;
. any additional events of default or covenants relating solely to the
Debt Securities or any events of default or covenants generally
applicable to Debt Securities which are not to apply to the
particular series of Debt Securities; and
. any other terms of the Debt Securities not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Indenture. (Section 3.01)
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Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Indenture does not afford the holder of any series of Debt Securities the right
to tender such Debt Securities to us for repurchase, or provide for any
increase in the rate or rates of interest per annum at which such Debt
Securities will bear interest, in the event that we should become involved in a
highly leveraged transaction.
The Debt Securities may be issued under the Indenture bearing no interest or
interest at a rate below the prevailing market rate at the time of issuance, to
be offered and sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. We will
describe, in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, any federal income tax
consequences and other special considerations applicable to any such discounted
Debt Securities or to other Debt Securities offered and sold at par which are
treated as having been issued at a discount for federal income tax purposes.
Our subsidiaries hold a substantial portion of our assets. Our right and the
rights of our creditors, including the holders of Debt Securities, to
participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon its liquidation or
recapitalization would be subject to the prior claims of such subsidiary's
creditors, except to the extent that we may ourselves be a creditor with
recognized claims against such subsidiary. There is no restriction in the
Indenture against our subsidiaries incurring unsecured indebtedness.
Unless otherwise described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the Debt
Securities will be issued only in fully registered form without coupons, in
denominations of $1,000 and multiples of $1,000, and will be payable only in
United States dollars. (Section 3.02) In addition, all or a portion of the Debt
Securities of any series may be issued in permanent registered global form
which will be exchangeable for definitive Debt Securities only under certain
conditions. (Section 2.03) The applicable Prospectus Supplement may indicate
the denominations to be issued, the procedures for payment of interest and
principal thereon, and other matters. No service charge will be made for any
registration of transfer or exchange of the Debt Securities, but we may, in
certain instances, require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection with such transactions.
(Section 3.05)
GLOBAL SECURITIES
The Debt Securities of a particular series may be issued in the form of one
or more global securities which will be deposited with a depositary, or its
nominee, each of which will be identified in the Prospectus Supplement relating
to such series. Unless and until exchanged, in whole or in part, for Debt
Securities in definitive registered form, a global security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the depositary for such global security to a
nominee of such depositary, by a nominee of such depositary to such depositary
or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee
to a successor of such depositary or a nominee of such successor. (Section
2.03) The specific terms of the depositary arrangement with respect to any
portion of a particular series of Debt Securities will be described in the
Prospectus Supplement relating to such series. We anticipate that the following
provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements.
Upon the issuance of a global security, the depositary or its nominee will
credit, on its book entry and registration system, the respective principal
amounts of the Debt Securities represented by
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such global security to the accounts of such persons having accounts with such
depositary ("participants") as shall be designated by the underwriters or
agents participating in the distribution of such Debt Securities or by us if we
directly offer and sell such Debt Securities. Ownership of beneficial interests
in a global security will be limited to participants or persons that may hold
beneficial interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in
a global security will be shown on, and the transfer of such ownership will be
effected only through, records maintained by the depositary or its nominee
(with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or
persons that hold through participants (with respect to interests of persons
other than participants). The laws of some states require certain purchasers of
securities to take physical delivery thereof in definitive form. Such
depositary arrangements and such laws may impair the ability to transfer
beneficial interests in a global security.
So long as the depositary or its nominee is the registered owner of the
global security, such depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner or holder of the Debt Securities represented by such
global security for all purposes under the Indenture. Except as provided below,
owners of beneficial interests in a global security will not be entitled to
have Debt Securities of the series represented by such global security
registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical
delivery of Debt Securities of such series in definitive form and will not be
considered the owners or holders of the global security under the Indenture.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on a global security
registered in the name of a depositary or its nominee will be made to such
depositary or nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of such
global security. Neither we, the Trustee nor any paying agent for Debt
Securities of the series represented by such global security will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial interests in such global security or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
interests.
We expect that the depositary for a global security or its nominee, upon
receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest, will immediately
credit participants' accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their
respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such global security
as shown on the records of such depositary or its nominee. We also expect that
payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in such global
security held through such participants will be governed by standing
instructions and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held
for the accounts of customers registered in "street name," and will be the
responsibility of such participants.
If the depositary for a global security representing Debt Securities of a
particular series is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as depositary
and a successor depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days, we will issue
Debt Securities of such series in definitive form in exchange for such global
security. In addition, we may at any time and in our sole discretion determine
not to have the Debt Securities of a particular series represented by one or
more global securities and, in such event, we will issue Debt Securities of
such series in definitive form in exchange for all of the global securities
representing Debt Securities of such series.
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CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Limitation on Indebtedness Secured by a Mortgage. The Indenture provides that
neither we nor any Restricted Subsidiary will create, assume, guarantee or
suffer to exist any Indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien,
security interest, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other
similar encumbrance ("Mortgage") on any of our assets or those of a Restricted
Subsidiary unless we secure or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to secure the
Debt Securities equally with, or prior to, such secured Indebtedness. This
restriction will not apply to Indebtedness secured by:
. Mortgages on the property of any corporation, which Mortgages existed
at the time such corporation became a Restricted Subsidiary;
. Mortgages in favor of us or a Restricted Subsidiary;
. Mortgages on our property or that of a Restricted Subsidiary in favor
of the United States of America or any State or political
subdivision, or in favor of any other country or any political
subdivision of such country, to secure payment pursuant to any
contract or statute or to secure any indebtedness incurred to finance
all or part of the purchase price or the cost of construction or
improvement of the property subject to such Mortgages;
. Mortgages on any property subsequently acquired by us or any
Restricted Subsidiary, contemporaneously with such acquisition or
within 120 days thereafter, to secure or provide for the payment of
any part of the purchase price of such property, or Mortgages assumed
by us or any Restricted Subsidiary upon any property subsequently
acquired by us or any Restricted Subsidiary which were existing at
the time of such acquisition, provided that the amount of any
Indebtedness secured by any such Mortgage created or assumed does not
exceed the cost to us or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, of the property covered by such Mortgage;
. Mortgages representing the extension, renewal or refunding of any
Mortgage referred to in the foregoing bullet point paragraphs; and
. any other Mortgage, other than Mortgages referred to in the foregoing
bullet point paragraphs, so long as the aggregate of all Indebtedness
secured by Mortgages pursuant to this bullet point paragraph and the
aggregate Value of the Sale and Lease-Back Transactions in existence
at that time (not including those in connection with which we have
voluntarily retired funded debt as provided in the Indenture) does
not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. (Section 10.07)
Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions. The Indenture provides that
neither we nor any Subsidiary will enter into any Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction with respect to any Principal Property unless either:
. we or such Subsidiary would be entitled, under the covenant described
under "Limitation on Indebtedness Secured by a Mortgage," to create,
assume, guarantee or suffer Indebtedness in a principal amount equal
to or exceeding the Value of such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction
secured by a Mortgage on the property to be leased without equally
securing the Debt Securities; or
. we, within four months after the effective date of such transaction,
apply an amount equal to the greater of (x) the net proceeds of the
sale of the property subject to the Sale
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and Lease-Back Transaction and (y) the Value of such Sale and Lease-
Back Transaction, to the voluntary retirement of the Debt Securities
or our other unsubordinated Indebtedness. (Section 10.08)
Certain Definitions.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" is defined in the Indenture to mean total
consolidated assets of us and our Consolidated Subsidiaries, less:
. current liabilities of us and our Consolidated Subsidiaries;
. contracts payable for broadcast rights;
. the net book amount of all intangible assets of us and our
Consolidated Subsidiaries;
. appropriate amounts to account for minority interests of other
persons holding stock in Subsidiaries; and
. investments in Subsidiaries (other than Restricted Subsidiaries)
aggregating in excess of 10% of the Net Worth of us and our
Consolidated Subsidiaries. (Section 10.07)
"Consolidated Subsidiary" is defined in the Indenture to mean a Subsidiary
the accounts of which are consolidated with our accounts for public financial
reporting purposes. (Section 1.01)
"Indebtedness" is defined in the Indenture to mean:
. long-term liabilities representing borrowed money and purchase money
obligations as shown on the liability side of a balance sheet (other
than liabilities evidenced by obligations under leases and contracts
payable for broadcast rights);
. indebtedness secured by any mortgage, pledge or lien existing on
property owned subject to such mortgage, pledge or lien, whether or
not such secured indebtedness has been assumed; and
. contingent obligations in respect of, or to purchase or otherwise
acquire, any such indebtedness of others described in the foregoing
bullet point paragraphs, including guarantees and endorsements (other
than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business of
any such indebtedness). (Section 10.07)
"Net Worth" is defined in the Indenture to mean the aggregate amount of
stockholders' investment as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. (Section 10.07)
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"Principal Property" is defined in the Indenture to mean any manufacturing or
printing plant, warehouse, office building, power plant or transmission
facility owned by us or any Subsidiary or any property or right owned by or
granted to us or any Subsidiary and used or held for use in the newspaper,
newsprint, radio or television business conducted by us or any Subsidiary,
except for any such property or right which, in the opinion of our Board of
Directors, is not material to the total business conducted by us and our
Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise. (Section 1.01)
"Restricted Subsidiary" is defined in the Indenture to mean each of our
Subsidiaries as of the date of the Indenture and each Subsidiary thereafter
created or acquired, unless expressly excluded by resolution of our Board of
Directors before, or within 120 days following, such creation or acquisition.
(Section 10.07)
A "Sale and Lease-Back Transaction" is defined in the Indenture as the
leasing by us or a Subsidiary for a period of more than three years of any
Principal Property which has been sold or is to be sold or transferred by us or
any such Subsidiary to any party (other than us or a Subsidiary) to which funds
have been or will be advanced by such party on the security of the leased
property. (Section 10.08)
"Significant Subsidiary" is defined in the Indenture to mean any Subsidiary:
. which, as of the close of our fiscal year immediately preceding the
date of determination, contributed more than 7% of our and our
Subsidiaries' consolidated gross operating revenues; or
. the Net Worth of which (determined in a manner consistent with the
manner of determining our and our Subsidiaries' consolidated Net
Worth) as of the close of such immediately preceding fiscal year
exceeded 7% of our and our Subsidiaries' consolidated Net Worth.
(Section 5.01)
"Subsidiary" is defined in the Indenture to mean a corporation more than 50%
of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by
us or by one or more other Subsidiaries or by us and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means stock
which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all
times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by
reason of any contingency. (Section 1.01)
"Value" is defined in the Indenture to mean, with respect to any particular
Sale and Lease-Back Transaction, as of any particular time, the amount equal to
the greater of:
. the net proceeds of the sale or transfer of the property leased
pursuant to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction; or
. the fair value in the opinion of our Board of Directors of such
property at the time we entered into such Sale and Lease-Back
Transaction, subject to adjustment at any particular time for the
length of the remaining initial lease term. (Section 10.08)
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CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS
The Indenture provides that we may not consolidate with or merge into any
other corporation, or convey, transfer or lease our properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any other party, unless, among other things:
. the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which we are
merged or the party which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or
which leases our properties and assets substantially as an entirety,
is organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any
State or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes our
obligations on the Debt Securities and under the Indenture by means
of an indenture supplemental to the Indenture; and
. immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both,
would become an Event of Default, has happened and is continuing.
(Section 8.01)
EVENTS OF DEFAULT, WAIVER AND NOTICE
With respect to the Debt Securities an "Event of Default" is defined in the
Indenture as being:
. default for 30 days in payment of any interest upon the Debt
Securities;
. default in payment of the principal of or premium, if any, on the
Debt Securities when due either at maturity or upon acceleration,
redemption or otherwise;
. our default in the performance of any other of the covenants or
warranties in the Indenture applicable to us which shall not have
been remedied for a period of 60 days after notice of default; and
. certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of us or
any Significant Subsidiary. (Section 5.01).
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default under the Indenture, the
Trustee is required to notify the holders of Debt Securities of any default
(except in payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Debt
Securities), unless our Board of Directors, the executive committee or a trust
committee of our Board of Directors or certain officers of the Trustee in good
faith considers it in the interest of the holders of Debt Securities not to do
so. (Section 6.02)
The Indenture provides that if an Event of Default with respect to Debt
Securities has occurred and is continuing, either the Trustee or the holders of
at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities then
outstanding may declare the entire principal and accrued interest of all Debt
Securities to be due and payable immediately. However, at any time after a
declaration of acceleration with respect to the Debt Securities has been made,
but before a judgment or decree for the payment of money based on such
acceleration has been obtained by the Trustee, the holders of a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities may, under certain
circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration. The holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding Debt Securities may waive any past
defaults under the Indenture with respect to the Debt Securities, except
defaults in payment of principal of or premium, if any (other than by a
declaration of acceleration), or interest on the Debt Securities or covenants
that may not be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of all
outstanding Debt Securities. (Sections 5.02 and 5.13)
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We will be required to furnish to the Trustee annually a statement as to our
performance of our covenants and agreements under the Indenture. (Section
10.09)
Subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the holders of a
majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Debt Securities have the
right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Trustee under the Indenture with regard to such series.
No holder of any Debt Securities will have any right to institute any
proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or any remedy
under the Indenture unless, among other things, the holder or holders of Debt
Securities have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against costs,
expenses and liabilities relating to such proceedings. (Sections 5.12 and 5.07)
MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURE
With respect to the Debt Securities, we and the Trustee may modify or amend
the Indenture with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Debt Securities. However, no such modification or
amendment may, without the consent of the holders of all then outstanding Debt
Securities:
. change the due date of the principal of, or any installment of
principal of or interest on, any Debt Securities;
. reduce the principal amount of, or rate of interest on, or any
premium payable on redemption of any Debt Securities;
. reduce the principal amount of any Debt Securities payable upon
acceleration of the maturity of such Debt Securities;
. change the place or the currency of payment of principal of, or any
premium or interest on, any Debt Securities;
. impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment
on or with respect to any Debt Securities on or after the due date
thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption
date thereof);
. reduce the percentage in principal amount of any Debt Securities then
outstanding, the consent of whose holders is required for
modification or amendment of the Indenture or for waiver of
compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or for waiver of
certain defaults; or
. modify certain provisions of the Indenture regarding the amendment or
modification of, or waiver with respect to, any provision of the
Indenture or the Debt Securities. (Section 9.02)
DEFEASANCE
If provision is made pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture for the
defeasance of a series of Debt Securities, and if such series is payable only
in United States dollars (unless otherwise specifically provided), we, at our
option, with regard to such series of Debt Securities:
. will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of such
Debt Securities (except for certain obligations to register the
transfer or exchange of Debt Securities, replace
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stolen, lost or mutilated Debt Securities, maintain paying agencies
and hold moneys for payment in trust); or
. will not be subject to, among other things, the provisions of the
Indenture described above under "Consolidation, Merger and Sale of
Assets," "Limitation on Indebtedness Secured by a Mortgage," and
"Limitation on Sale and Lease-Back Transactions,"
if we deposit with the Trustee, in trust, money or U.S. Government Obligations
which through the payment of interest and principal in accordance with their
terms will provide sufficient funds to pay all the principal of, and interest
on, such Debt Securities on the dates such payments are due in accordance with
the terms of such Debt Securities. To exercise any such option, we are required
to deliver to the Trustee:
. an opinion of a nationally recognized tax counsel to the effect that
the deposit and related defeasance would not cause the holders of the
Debt Securities to recognize income, gain or loss for federal income
tax purposes as a result of our exercise of our option and would
cause the holders of the Debt Securities to be subject to federal
income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case if we had not exercised such
option, and, if we are being discharged from any and all obligations
in respect of such Debt Securities (other than as specified above),
accompanied by a ruling to that effect received from or published by
the Internal Revenue Service; and
. if the Debt Securities are then listed on the New York Stock
Exchange, an opinion of counsel to the effect that the Debt
Securities would not be delisted from the exchange as a result of the
exercise of such option. (Sections 13.01 and 13.02)
THE TRUSTEE
Bank of Montreal Trust Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris Trust and
Savings Bank, will be the Trustee under the Indenture. The Trustee is a
depository for our funds and performs other services for us and transacts other
banking business with us in the normal course of business. Bank of Montreal, an
affiliate of the Trustee, is a commercial lender under our credit facilities.
DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
The following description of the terms of the Warrants sets forth certain
general terms and provisions of the Warrants to which any Prospectus Supplement
may relate. The particular terms of the Warrants offered by any Prospectus
Supplement and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions may apply
to the Warrants so offered will be described in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such Warrants.
GENERAL
We may offer Warrants together with any series of Debt Securities offered by
a Prospectus Supplement. Any Warrants so offered will be attached to such Debt
Securities and will entitle the holder of the Warrants to purchase additional
Debt Securities having the same terms and interest rate as the offered Debt
Securities. Each series of Warrants will be issued under a separate warrant
agreement (a "Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between us and a bank or
trust company, as
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warrant agent (the "Warrant Agent"), all as described in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such series of Warrants. The Warrant Agent will act
solely as our agent under the applicable Warrant Agreement and in connection
with the certificates for the Warrants (the "Warrant Certificates") of such
series, and the Warrant Agent will not assume any obligation or relationship of
agency or trust for or with any holders of such Warrant Certificates or
beneficial owners of Warrants. A copy of the form of Warrant Agreement,
including the form of Warrant Certificates, is filed as an exhibit to the
registration statement. The following summary of certain provisions of the
forms of Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificates does not purport to be
complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to,
all the provisions of the Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Certificates.
The Prospectus Supplement relating to a particular series of Warrants, if
any, may contain the terms of such Warrants, including, where applicable:
. the offering price;
. the currency or currencies in which such Warrants are being offered;
. the designation, aggregate principal amount, currency or currencies,
denominations and other terms of the series of Debt Securities
purchasable upon exercise of such Warrants;
. the designation and terms of the series of Debt Securities with which
such Warrants are being offered and the number of such Warrants being
offered with each such Debt Security;
. the date on and after which such Warrants and the related series of
Debt Securities will be transferable separately;
. the principal amount of the Debt Securities purchasable upon exercise
of each such Warrant and the price at which and currency or
currencies in which such principal amount of Debt Securities may be
purchased upon such exercise;
. the date on which the right to exercise such Warrants shall commence
and the date on which such right shall expire; and
. any other terms of such Warrants not inconsistent with the applicable
Warrant Agreement.
Warrants of any series will be exchangeable into Warrants of the same series
representing in the aggregate the number of Warrants surrendered for exchange.
Warrant Certificates may be presented for exchange or transfer at the corporate
trust office of the Warrant Agent for such series of Warrants (or any other
office indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series of
Warrants). Prior to the exercise of their Warrants, holders of Warrants will
not have any of the rights of holders of the series of Debt Securities
purchasable upon such exercise, including the right to receive payments of
principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Debt Securities
purchasable upon such exercise, or to enforce any of the covenants in the
Indenture.
EXERCISE OF WARRANTS
Each Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase such principal
amount of the related series of Debt Securities at such exercise price as shall
in each case be set forth in, or calculable as set forth in, the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such Warrant. Warrants of a series may be
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exercised at the corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent for such series
(or any other office indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
series) at any time on or after the exercise date indicated in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such Warrants and prior to 5:00 P.M., Chicago time
(unless otherwise indicated in the Prospectus Supplement), on the expiration
date set forth in such Prospectus Supplement. After the close of business on
the expiration date relating to such series of Warrants, unexercised Warrants
of such series will be void.
Warrants of a series may be exercised by delivery to the appropriate Warrant
Agent of payment, as provided in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such
series of Warrants, of the consideration required to purchase the principal
amount of the series of Debt Securities purchasable upon such exercise,
together with certain information as set forth on the reverse side of the
Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrants. Such Warrants will be deemed to
have been exercised upon receipt of the exercise price, subject to the receipt
of the Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrants within five business days.
Upon receipt of such payment and such Warrant Certificate, properly completed
and duly executed, at the corporate trust office of the appropriate Warrant
Agent (or any other office indicated in the Prospectus Supplement relating to
such series of Warrants), we will, as soon as practicable, issue and deliver
the principal amount of the series of Debt Securities purchasable upon such
exercise. If fewer than all of the Warrants represented by a Warrant
Certificate are exercised, a new Warrant Certificate will be issued and
delivered for the remaining amounts of Warrants.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the Securities in any of four ways:
.directly to purchasers;
.through agents;
.through dealers; or
. through one or more underwriters or a syndicate of underwriters in an
underwritten offering.
With respect to each series of Securities, the terms of any offering,
including the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents, the
purchase price of such Securities and the proceeds to us from such sale, any
underwriting discounts, selling commissions and other items constituting
underwriters', dealers' or agents' compensation, any initial public offering
price and any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers
or agents, and any securities exchanges on which the Securities of such series
may be listed, will be set forth in, or may be calculated from the information
set forth in, the related Prospectus Supplement. Only underwriters named in the
Prospectus Supplement are deemed to be underwriters in connection with the
Securities offered thereby.
If we sell Securities through underwriters, the underwriters will acquire the
Securities for their own account. The Securities may be resold from time to
time in one or more transactions, including negotiated transactions, at a fixed
public offering price or at varying prices determined at the time of sale. The
Securities may be offered to the public either through underwriting syndicates
represented by managing underwriters or by underwriters without a syndicate.
Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
obligations of the underwriters to purchase Securities will be
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subject to certain conditions precedent and the underwriters will be obligated
to purchase all the Securities offered by the Prospectus Supplement if any of
such Securities are purchased. Any initial public offering price and any
discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be changed
from time to time.
We may also sell the Securities directly or through agents (which may also
act as principals) which we may designate from time to time. Any agent involved
in the offer or sale of the Securities with regard to which this Prospectus is
delivered will be named, and any commissions we may pay to such agent will be
set forth in, or may be calculated from the information set forth in, the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement, any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis
for the period of its appointment. In the case of sales we may directly make,
no commission will be payable.
If so indicated in a Prospectus Supplement, we will authorize agents,
underwriters or dealers to solicit offers by certain specified institutions to
purchase Securities from us at the public offering price set forth in that
Prospectus Supplement pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for
payment and delivery on a future date specified in the Prospectus Supplement.
Such contracts will be subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement, and the Prospectus Supplement will set forth the commissions
payable for solicitation of such contracts.
Agents and underwriters may be entitled under agreements entered into with us
to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including
liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, or to contribution with respect
to payments which the agents or underwriters may be required to make with
respect to such liabilities. Agents and underwriters may be customers of,
engage in transactions with, or perform services for us or our affiliates in
the ordinary course of business.
In the event that the Securities of any series are not listed on a national
securities exchange, certain broker-dealers may make a market in the Securities
of such series, but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any
market making at any time without notice. We can give no assurance that any
broker-dealer will make a market in the Securities or as to the liquidity of
the trading market for the Securities. The Prospectus Supplement with respect
to the Securities of any series will state, if known, whether or not any
broker-dealer intends to make a market in such Securities. If no such
determination has been made, the Prospectus Supplement will so state.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters relating to the Securities will be passed upon for us
by Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Illinois, and for the underwriters and agents, if
any, by Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Illinois.
EXPERTS
The financial statements incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 28, 1997
have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTIONS.*
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Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee............. $139,000
Accounting fees................................................. 50,000
Trustee's fees and expenses..................................... 7,500
Printing, distribution, and engraving fees...................... 75,000
Rating agency fees.............................................. 130,000
Legal fees and expenses......................................... 40,000
Miscellaneous................................................... 8,500
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Total....................................................... $450,000
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*All amounts are estimated except for the Securities and Exchange Commission
registration fee.
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Certain provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
(the "DGCL") provide that the Registrant may indemnify the directors and
officers of the Registrant and affiliated companies against liabilities and
expenses incurred by reason of the fact that such persons were serving in such
capacities, subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the
statute. Article TWELFTH of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that the Registrant shall indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. In accordance with
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that no directors of the Registrant shall be personally
liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director except for (i) breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) unlawful payment of dividends under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv)
transactions from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
Pursuant to Section 145 of the DGCL and the Registrant's Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, the directors and officers of the Registrant are covered by
Directors and Officers Liability and Corporation Reimbursement insurance
policies.
Reference is made to Section 7 of the form of Underwriting Agreement (filed
as Exhibit 1.1 to this Registration Statement) and Section 8 of the form of
Selling Agency Agreement (filed as Exhibit 1.2 to this Registration Statement),
which provide for indemnification of directors and officers of the Registrant
against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of
1933, in certain circumstances.
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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS.
Exhibits marked with an asterisk (*) are incorporated by reference to
documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as indicated. All other documents listed are filed with this
Registration Statement.
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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1.1 Form of proposed Underwriting Agreement.
1.2 Form of proposed Selling Agency Agreement.
*4.1 Indenture dated as of January 1, 1997 between the Registrant and
Bank of Montreal Trust Company (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
January 14, 1997).
4.2 Forms of proposed Debt Securities.
*4.3 Forms of proposed Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificates
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 33-45793).
5 Opinion of Sidley & Austin.
*12 Statement of Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28,
1997 and to Exhibit 12 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 28, 1998, File No. 1-8572).
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of Sidley & Austin (included in Exhibit 5).
24 Powers of Attorney (contained in the Signatures page to this
Registration Statement).
25 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Bank of Montreal Trust
Company under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
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ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS.
The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of
the securities registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and
(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the provisions described under Item 15 above, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement on Form S-3 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of
Illinois, as of October 23, 1998.
Tribune Company
/s/ John W. Madigan
By: _________________________________
John W. Madigan
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints John W. Madigan and James C. Dowdle, and each of them,
his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, including any filings under Rule 462 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of October 23, 1998.
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/s/ John W. Madigan
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John W. Madigan Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ James C. Dowdle
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James C. Dowdle Executive Vice President and Director
/s/ Donald C. Grenesko
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Donald C. Grenesko Senior Vice President/Finance and
Administration
(principal financial officer)
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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/s/ R. Mark Mallory
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R. Mark Mallory Vice President and Controller
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Diego E. Hernandez
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Diego E. Hernandez Director
/s/ Robert E. La Blanc
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Robert E. La Blanc Director
/s/ Nancy Hicks Maynard
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Nancy Hicks Maynard Director
/s/ Andrew J. McKenna
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Andrew J. McKenna Director
/s/ Kristie Miller
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Kristie Miller Director
/s/ James J. O'Connor
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James J. O'Connor Director
/s/ Donald H. Rumsfeld
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Donald H. Rumsfeld Director
/s/ Patrick G. Ryan
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Patrick G. Ryan Director
/s/ Dudley S. Taft
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Dudley S. Taft Director
/s/ Arnold R. Weber
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Arnold R. Weber Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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1.1 Form of proposed Underwriting Agreement.
1.2 Form of proposed Selling Agency Agreement.
4.1 Indenture dated as of January 1, 1997 between the Registrant and Bank
of Montreal Trust Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 14, 1997).
4.2 Forms of proposed Debt Securities.
4.3 Forms of proposed Warrant Agreement and Warrant Certificates
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 33-45793).
5 Opinion of Sidley & Austin.
12 Statement of Computation of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 12 to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 1997 and to
Exhibit 12 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 28, 1998, File No. 1-8572).
23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2 Consent of Sidley & Austin (included in Exhibit 5).
24 Powers of Attorney (contained in the Signatures page to this
Registration Statement).
25 Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Bank of Montreal Trust Company
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
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Exhibit 1.1
TRIBUNE COMPANY
Underwriting Agreement
Chicago, Illinois
__________, 199__
[Identity and Address
of Representatives]
Dear Sirs:
Tribune Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), proposes to sell
to the underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the "Underwriters"), for whom
you are acting as representatives (the "Representatives"), the principal amount
of its securities identified in Schedule I hereto [1: (the "Securities")] [2:
(the "Purchased Debt Securities")]/1/, to be issued under an indenture dated as
of January 1, 1997, between the Company and Bank of Montreal Trust Company, as
trustee (the "Trustee"), as supplemented to the date hereof (the "Indenture")
[2: and the Company's warrants identified in Schedule I hereto (the "Warrants")
to be issued under a warrant agreement to be dated as of ____________, 19___,
between the Company and ______________________________, as warrant agent (the
"Warrant Agreement"), which Warrants shall be exercisable to purchase the
additional securities identified in Schedule I hereto, which securities shall
have the same terms and interest rate as the Purchased Debt Securities (the
"Warrant Debt Securities") to be issued under the Indenture. Each _____________
principal amount of the Purchased Debt Securities and _______________ Warrant[s]
are hereinafter called a "Unit", and the Units and the Warrant Debt Securities
are hereinafter called the "Securities"]. If the firm or firms listed in
Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed as the Representatives
in Schedule I hereto, then the terms "Underwriters" and "Representatives", as
used herein, shall each be deemed to refer to such firm or firms.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, each Underwriter that:
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration
statement on such Form (the file number of which is set forth in Schedule I
hereto), which has become effective, for the registration under the Act of
the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the date of
this Agreement, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under
the Act and complies in all other material respects with said Rule. The
Company proposes to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Act a supplement to the form of prospectus included in such registration
statement relating to the Securities and the plan of distribution thereof
and has previously advised you of all further information (financial and
other) with respect to the Company to be set forth therein. Such
registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended at the
date of this Agreement is hereinafter called the "Registration Statement";
such prospectus in the form in which it appears in the Registration
Statement is hereinafter called the "Basic Prospectus"; and such
supplemented form of prospectus, in the form in which it shall be filed
with the
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Commission pursuant to Rule 424 (including the Basic Prospectus as so
supplemented) is hereinafter called the "Final Prospectus". Any
preliminary form of the Final Prospectus, which has heretofore been filed
pursuant to Rule 424 is hereinafter called the "Preliminary Final
Prospectus." Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference
therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on or
before the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as
the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms "amend", "amendment"
or "supplement" with respect to the Registration Statement, the Basic
Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall
be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the
Exchange Act after the date of this Agreement, or the issue date of the
Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus,
as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference.
(b)(i) As of the date hereof, (ii) when the Final Prospectus is first
filed or transmitted for filing pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, (iii)
when, prior to the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined in Section 3), any
amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective (including the
filing of any document incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement), (iv) when any supplement to the Final Prospectus is filed with
the Commission and (v) at the Closing Date: (x) the Registration
Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the Final Prospectus, as
amended or supplemented as of any such time, and the Indenture will comply
in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and
the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder, (y) the Registration
Statement, as amended as of any such time, will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not
misleading and (z) the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented as of
any such time, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or
warranties as to (x) that part of the Registration Statement which shall
constitute the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust
Indenture Act of the Trustee or (y) any information contained in or omitted
from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus or any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any
Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use in connection
with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus.
(c) As of the date hereof and at the Closing Date:
(i) each of the Company and Chicago Tribune Company, Sentinel
Communications Company, Sun-Sentinel Company and Tribune Broadcasting
Company (individually, a "Designated Subsidiary" and collectively, the
"Designated Subsidiaries") has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full
corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Basic Prospectus (as of the date hereof)
or the Final Prospectus (as of the Closing Date), and is duly
qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is
in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties owned or leased or the nature of the
activities conducted by such corporations, respectively, makes such
qualifications or licensing necessary, and where the failure to be so
qualified or licensed might materially adversely affect the financial
condition, assets, operations or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise;
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Designated Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set
forth in the Basic Prospectus (as of the date hereof) or the Final
Prospectus (as of the Closing Date), all outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Designated Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either
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directly or through wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any
perfected security interest and any other security interests, claims,
liens or encumbrances;
(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject,
as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)); the Indenture has
been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and the [1:
Securities] [2: Units] have been duly authorized and, when executed
and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture
and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof, will
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, except
as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditor's rights or by
the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture;
(iv) the financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the
Basic Prospectus (as of the date hereof) or the Final Prospectus (as
of the Closing Date) present fairly the financial position of the
Company and such consolidated subsidiaries as at the dates indicated
and the results of their operations for the periods specified; except
as stated therein, said financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis;
(v) to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or
any of the Designated Subsidiaries of a character required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately
disclosed in the Basic Prospectus (as of the date hereof) or the Final
Prospectus (as of the Closing Date), and there is no franchise,
contract or other document of a character required to be described in
the Registration Statement or Basic Prospectus (as of the date hereof)
or the Final Prospectus (as of the Closing Date), or to be filed as an
exhibit, which is not described or filed as required;
(vi) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(vii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, is required for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein except such
as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be obtained under
the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of
the [1: Securities] [2: Notes] as contemplated by this Agreement and
such other approvals as have been obtained; and
(viii) none of the execution of the Indenture, the issuance and
sale of the [1: Securities] [2: Notes], the consummation of any other
of the transactions herein contemplated or the fulfillment of the
terms hereof will conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute
a default under the charter or by-laws of the Company or the terms of
any indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of the Designated Subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any order,
decree, rule or regulation known to the Company to be applicable to
the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
(d) The Company confirms as of the date hereof, and at the Closing
Date, that the Company is in compliance with all provisions of Section 1 of
Laws of Florida, Chapter 92-198, An Act Relating to
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Disclosure of Doing Business with Cuba, and the Company further agrees that
if it commences engaging in business with the government of Cuba or with
any person or affiliate located in Cuba after the date the Registration
Statement becomes or has become effective with the Commission or with the
Florida Department of Banking and Finance (the "Department"), whichever
date is later, or if the information reported in the Basic, Preliminary
Final or the Final Prospectus, if any, concerning the Company's business
with Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any
material way, the Company will provide the Department notice of such
business or change, as appropriate, in a form acceptable to the Department.
2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in
reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company
agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price set forth in
Schedule I hereto, the [1: principal amount of the Securities] [2: number of
Units] set forth opposite such Underwriter's name in Schedule II hereto except
that, if Schedule I hereto provides for the sale of [1: Securities] [2: Units]
pursuant to delayed delivery arrangements, the respective [1: principal amounts
of Securities] [2: numbers of Units] to be purchased by the Underwriters shall
be as set forth in Schedule II hereto less the respective amounts of Contract
Securities determined as provided below. [1: Securities] [2: Units] to be
purchased by the Underwriters are herein sometimes called the "Underwriters'
Securities" and [1: Securities] [2: Units] to be purchased pursuant to Delayed
Delivery Contracts as hereinafter provided are herein called "Contract
Securities".
If so provided in Schedule I hereto, the Underwriters are authorized to
solicit offers to purchase [1: Securities] [2: Units] from the Company pursuant
to delayed delivery contracts ("Delayed Delivery Contracts"), substantially in
the form of Schedule III hereto but with such changes therein as the Company may
authorize or approve. The Underwriters will endeavor to make such arrangements
and, as compensation therefor, the Company will pay to the Representatives, for
the account of the Underwriters, on the Closing Date, the percentage set forth
in Schedule I hereto of the [1: principal amount of the Securities] [2: number
of Units] for which Delayed Delivery Contracts are made. Delayed Delivery
Contracts are to be with institutional investors, including commercial and
savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies and
educational and charitable institutions. The Company will enter into Delayed
Delivery Contracts in all cases where sales of Contract Securities arranged by
the Underwriters have been approved by the Company but, except as the Company
may otherwise agree, each such Delayed Delivery Contract must be for not less
than the minimum [1: principal amount] [2: number] set forth in Schedule I
hereto and the [1: aggregate principal amount] [2: number] of Contract
Securities may not exceed the maximum aggregate [1: principal amount] [2:
number] set forth in Schedule I hereto. The Underwriters will not have any
responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of Delayed Delivery
Contracts. The [1: principal amount of Securities] [2: number of Units] to be
purchased by each Underwriter as set forth in Schedule II hereto shall be
reduced by an amount which shall bear the same proportion to the total [1:
principal amount] [2: number] of Contract Securities as the [1: principal amount
of Securities] [2: number of Units] set forth opposite the name of such
Underwriter bears to the aggregate [1: principal amount] [2: number] set forth
in Schedule II hereto, except to the extent that you as Representatives
determine that such reduction shall be otherwise than in such proportion and so
advise the Company in writing; provided, however, that the total [1: principal
amount of Securities] [2: number of Units] to be purchased by all Underwriters
shall be the aggregate [1: principal amount] [2: number] set forth in Schedule
II hereto less the aggregate principal amount of Contract Securities.
3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwriters'
Securities shall be made at the location, in the currency, on the date and at
the time specified in Schedule I hereto (or such later date not later than five
business days after such specified date as the Representatives shall designate),
which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives
and the Company as provided in Section 8 hereof (such date and time of delivery
and payment for the Underwriters' Securities being herein called the "Closing
Date"). Delivery of the Underwriters' Securities shall be made to the
Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against
payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase
price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by certified or official bank
check or checks payable (or wire transfer) in immediately available (same day)
funds. Certificates for the Underwriters' Securities shall be registered in
such names and in such denominations as the Representatives may request not less
than three full business days in advance of the Closing Date.
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The Company agrees to have the Underwriters' Securities available for
inspection, checking and packaging by the Representatives in New York, New York,
not later than 1:00 p.m. on the business day prior to the Closing Date, except
as otherwise provided in Schedule I hereto.
4. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the [1: Securities]
[2: Units], the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration
Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus) to the Basic
Prospectus [2: , and prior to the exercise or expiration of all the
Warrants, the Company will not file any such amendment or supplement
relating to the Warrant Debt Securities,] unless the Company has furnished
to the Representatives for their review a copy thereof prior to filing.
Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause the Final
Prospectus to be filed (or transmitted for filing) with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives
(i) when the Final Prospectus shall have been filed (or transmitted for
filing) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424, (ii) when any amendment
to the Registration Statement relating to the Securities shall have become
effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment of the
Registration Statement or amendment of or supplement to the Final
Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding
for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification
with respect to the suspension of the qualification of [2: any of] the
Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of
any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if issued, to obtain as
soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is
required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of
which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to
amend or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the
Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act or the respective rules thereunder,
the Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission, subject to
the first sentence of subparagraph (a) of this Section 4, an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment
which will effect such compliance.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available
to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or
statements (which need not be audited) of the Company and its subsidiaries
which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158
under the Act.
(d) The Company will furnish to each of the Representatives and to
counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, one signed copy of the
Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other
Underwriter a conformed copy of the Registration Statement (without
exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become effective
on or prior to the Closing Date and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by
an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act, as many copies of each
Preliminary Final Prospectus and the Final Prospectus and any amendments
thereof and supplements thereto as the Representatives may reasonably
request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing all documents
relating to the offering.
(e) The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the representatives may
designate, will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of the Securities, will arrange for the determination
of the legality of the Securities for purchase by institutional investors
and will pay the fee of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc., if any, in connection with its review of the offering; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to effect or maintain any
such qualification in any jurisdiction that would result in it having to
execute or file a general consent to service of process under the laws of
such jurisdiction or to qualify to do business as a foreign corporation in
such jurisdiction.
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(f) Until the business day following the Closing Date, the Company
will not, without the consent of the Representatives, offer, sell or
contract to sell, or announce the offering of, any debt securities or
warrants to purchase debt securities covered by the Registration Statement
or any other registration statement filed under the Act.
5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of
the Underwriters to purchase the Underwriters' Securities shall be subject to
the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained herein as of the date hereof, as of the date of the effectiveness of
any amendment to the Registration Statement filed prior to the Closing Date
(including the filing of any document incorporated by reference therein) and as
of the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in
any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the
Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened; and
the Final Prospectus shall have been filed or transmitted for filing with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the business day following the date hereof.
(b) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives the
opinion of Sidley & Austin, special counsel for the Company, dated the
Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) each of the Company and the Designated Subsidiaries has been
duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered
or organized, with full corporation power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Final
Prospectus;
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Designated Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, to the knowledge of such
counsel, except as otherwise set forth in the Final Prospectus, all
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Designated Subsidiaries are
owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned
subsidiaries free and clear of any security interests, claims, liens
or encumbrances;
(iii) the Securities and the Indenture conform in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Final Prospectus;
the holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are
not entitled to rights to subscribe for the Securities;
(iv) the Indenture [2: and the Warrant Agreement] has [2:
have] been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, and
constitute[s a] legal, valid and binding instrument[s] enforceable
against the Company in accordance with [1: its] [2: their] terms
except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights or by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law); the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act; and the Securities have been duly authorized and, when executed
and authenticated [2: or countersigned] in accordance with the
provisions of the Indenture [2: or the Warrant Agreement, as the case
may be,] and the procedures adopted by the Special Committee thereof
and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to this
Agreement, in the case of the Underwriters' Securities, or by the
purchasers thereof pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts, in the case
of any Contract Securities, [2: or by the purchasers thereof pursuant
to the Warrant Agreement, in the case of the Warrant Debt Securities]
will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency,
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reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights or by
the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and
will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture [2: or the Warrant
Agreement, as the case may be];
(v) to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or
any of its Designated Subsidiaries of a character required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately
disclosed in the Final Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract
or other document of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or Final Prospectus, or to be filed as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement, which is not described or filed
as required; and the statements included or incorporated in the Final
Prospectus with respect to any such action, suit, proceeding,
franchise, contract or other document fairly summarize the matters
required to be disclosed or described;
(vi) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto have
become effective under the Act; to the best knowledge of such counsel,
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, as amended, has been issued, no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or threatened; the Registration
Statement, the Final Prospectus and each amendment thereof or
supplement thereto as of their respective effective or issue dates
(other than the financial statements, financial data, statistical data
and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference
therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion) complied as
to form in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder; and
although such counsel has not independently verified, is not passing
upon and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of statements contained in the Registration Statement or any
amendment thereof or the Final Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement thereof, except as noted above, nor has such counsel
verified the computation or compilation of financial statements and
other financial data, nothing has come to such counsel's attention
which causes such counsel to believe that the Registration Statement
or any amendment thereof (other than the financial statements,
financial data, statistical data and supporting schedules, as to which
such counsel need express no belief), at the time it became effective
and at the date of this Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading or that the Final Prospectus, as amended or supplemented
(other than the financial statements, financial data, statistical data
and supporting schedules, as to which such counsel need express no
belief), at the Closing Date, includes any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading;
(vii) this Agreement and any Delayed Delivery Contracts have
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(viii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, is required for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or in any
Delayed Delivery Contracts except such as have been obtained under the
Act and such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any
jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Securities by the Underwriters and such other approvals (specified in
such opinion) as have been obtained;
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(ix) neither the execution of the Indenture, the issuance and
sale of the Securities, nor the consummation of any other of the
transactions herein contemplated or the fulfillment of the terms
hereof or of any Delayed Delivery Contracts will result in a breach
of, or constitute a default under, the charter or by-laws of the
Company or the terms of any indenture or other material agreement or
instrument known to such counsel and to which the Company or any of
its Designated Subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any order, decree,
rule or regulation known to such counsel to be applicable to the
Company or any of its Designated Subsidiaries of any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator, domestic
or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
Designated Subsidiaries;
(x) no holders of outstanding securities of the Company have
rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration
Statement; and
(xi) if the Securities are to be listed on any stock exchange,
authorization therefor has been given, subject to official notice of
issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution, or the Company has
filed a preliminary listing application and all required supporting
documents with respect to the Securities with such stock exchange and
such counsel has no reason to believe that the Securities will not be
authorized for listing, subject to official notice of issuance and
evidence of satisfactory distribution.
Such counsel may limit its opinion to matters involving the
application of the laws of the State of Illinois or the United States or
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and, in rendering such
opinion, may rely as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on
certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials.
(c) The Representatives shall have received from Mayer, Brown &
Platt, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinions, dated the Closing Date,
with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Indenture, any
Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Registration Statement, the Final
Prospectus [2: , the Warrant Agreement] and other related matters as the
Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have
furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of
enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a
certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the
President or any Vice President and by the principal financial or
accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect
that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the
Registration Statement, the Final Prospectus, the Indenture [2: , the
Warrant Agreement] and this Agreement and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the Closing Date with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date
and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all
the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to
the Closing Date;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
included in the Final Prospectus, there has been no material adverse
change in the condition (financial or other), earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, whether or not arising
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from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Final Prospectus.
(e) At the Closing Date, Price Waterhouse shall have furnished to the
Representatives a letter or letters, dated as of the Closing Date, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Representatives and Price Waterhouse,
confirming that they are independent accountants with respect to Tribune
Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules
and regulations thereunder, and stating in effect that:
(i) in their opinion, the consolidated financial statements
(including financial schedules) of the Company and its subsidiaries
examined by and reported on by them and included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus
comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the
related published rules and regulations thereunder with respect to
registration statements on Form S-3;
(ii) on the basis of procedures of review in accordance with
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (but not an audit in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards) consisting of:
(a) reading the minutes of meetings of stockholders and the
Board of Directors of the Company as set forth in the minute
books through a specified date not more than five business days
prior to the date of delivery of such letter;
(b) reading the latest available unaudited interim
consolidated financial data of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus and the latest
unaudited interim financial data made available by the Company
and its subsidiaries; and
(c) making inquiries of certain officials of the Company
who have responsibilities for financial and accounting matters
regarding the specific items for which representations are
requested below;
nothing has come to their attention as a result of the foregoing
procedures that caused them to believe that:
(1) the unaudited interim consolidated financial data of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Final Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act
and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and
regulations thereunder;
(2) any material modifications should be made to said
unaudited consolidated financial data of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries for it to be in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(3)(a) with respect to the period subsequent to the date of
the most recent financial statements (other than any capsule
information), audited or unaudited, included or incorporated by
reference in the
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Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, at the date of
the latest available interim financial data and at a specified
date not more than five business days prior to the date of
delivery of such letter, except as otherwise disclosed in the
Final Prospectus or incorporated by reference and except when
such data is not prepared by or available from the Company, there
was any change in the common stock or long-term debt of the
Company and its consolidated subsidiaries or any decreases in
consolidated total assets, net current assets (working capital)
or stockholders' investment as compared with amounts shown in the
latest consolidated balance sheet included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus
or (b) for the period from the date of the most recent financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus to a specified
date not more than five business days prior to delivery of such
letter, there were any decreases, as compared with the
corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated
operating revenues, operating profit, income before income taxes
or in the total or per-share amounts of net income, except in all
instances for changes or decreases which the Registration
Statement and the Final Prospectus disclose have occurred or may
occur, or as set forth in such letter accompanied by an
explanation thereof;
(4) with regard to the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, the amounts included in any unaudited "capsule"
information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus do not agree with
the corresponding amounts in the audited or unaudited
consolidated financial statements from which such amounts were
derived or were not determined on a basis substantially
consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in the audited
financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus;
(iii) they have performed certain other specified procedures as
a result of which they determined that certain information of an
accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to
accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and
subject to the Company's system of internal accounting controls
relating to the preparation of the financial statements) set forth or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, including Exhibit 12 to the
Registration Statement and the information included or incorporated in
Items 1, 6 and 7 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and in
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" included or incorporated by reference in any of
the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, agrees with the
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any
questions of legal interpretation; and
(iv) if unaudited pro forma financial statements are included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Final
Prospectus, on the basis of a reading of the unaudited pro forma
financial statements, carrying out certain specified procedures,
inquiries of certain officials of the Company and the acquired company
who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters, and
proving the arithmetic accuracy of the pro forma financial statements,
nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe
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that the pro forma financial statements were not properly compiled on
the pro forma bases set forth in the notes thereto.
References to the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus in
the paragraph (e) are to such documents as amended and supplemented at the date
of the letter.
(f) Subsequent to the date as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus, there shall not have been
(i) any change or decrease specified in the letter referred to in paragraph
(e) of this Section 5 or (ii) any change, or any development involving a
prospective change, in or affecting the business or properties of the
Company and its subsidiaries the effect of which, in any case referred to
in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the judgment of the Representatives, so
material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed
with the offering or the delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the
Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus.
(g) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading,
nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential
downgrading, in the rating accorded any of the Company's securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization," as such term is
defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act.
(h) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to
the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as
the Representatives may reasonably request.
(i) The Company shall have accepted Delayed Delivery Contracts in any
case where sales of Contract Securities arranged by the Underwriters have
been approved by the Company.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have
been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or
elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and
their counsel, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters
hereunder may be canceled at, or any time prior to, the Closing Date by the
Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company
in writing or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.
6. Reimbursement of Underwriters' Expenses. If the sale of the [1:
Securities] [2: Units] provided for herein is not consummated because any
condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 5 hereof
is not satisfied or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of
the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof
other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, including a
default under Section 8, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally
upon demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of Mayer, Brown & Platt) that shall have been reasonably incurred
by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the [1: Securities]
[2: Units].
7. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter and each person who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act against any and
all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or
any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal
or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the registration
of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the
Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or
in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party for any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however,
that (i) the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim,
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damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for use in connection with the preparation thereof, or arises out
of or is based upon the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust
Indenture Act of the Trustee, and (ii) such indemnity with respect to the Basic
Prospectus or any Preliminary Final Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of
any Underwriter (or any person controlling such Underwriter) from whom the
person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the
Securities which are the subject thereof if such person did not receive a copy
of the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as amended or supplemented)
excluding documents incorporated therein by reference at or prior to the
confirmation of the sale of such Securities to such person in any case where
such delivery is required by the Act and the untrue statement or omission of a
material fact contained in the Basic Prospectus or any Preliminary Final
Prospectus was corrected in the Final Prospectus (or the Final Prospectus as
amended or supplemented). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the
Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing
indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to
written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by on
or behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use
in the preparation of the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity.
This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any
Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
7 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
Section 7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from
any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under
this Section 7. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent
that it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly
after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided,
however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by
the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to
such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso
to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (other than local counsel used principally to facilitate local
litigation), approved by the Representatives in the case of paragraph (a) of
this Section 7, representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph (a)
who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have
employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the
action or (iii) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel
for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and except
that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in
respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i) or (iii). The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment (after all rights to appeal have been exhausted) for
the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party
from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party
shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party
for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel required to be paid by this Section
8(c), the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement
of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is
entered into
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more than 90 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid
request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the
indemnified party in accordance with such aforesaid request prior to the date of
such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent
of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld),
effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of
which any indemnified party is a party unless such settlement includes an
unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims
that are the subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) of this
Section 7 is due in accordance with its terms but is for any reason held by a
court to be unavailable from the Company on grounds of policy or otherwise, the
Company and the Underwriters shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
in connection with investigating or defending same) to which the Company and one
or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion so that the
Underwriters are responsible for that portion represented by the percentage that
the underwriting discount bears to the sum of such discount and the purchase
price of the [1: Securities] [2: Units] specified in Schedule I hereto and the
Company is responsible for the balance; provided, however, that (y) in no case
shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in the agreement among
underwriters relating to the offering of the [1: Securities] [2: Units]) be
responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount applicable to
the [1: Securities] [2: Units]) purchased by such Underwriter hereunder and (z)
no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 7,
each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of the Act shall have
the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act or the Exchange Act, each
officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each
director of the Company shall have the same rights to contributions as the
Company, subject in each case to clause (y) of this paragraph (d). Any party
entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement
of any action, suit or proceeding against such party in respect of which a claim
for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this
paragraph (d), notify such party or parties from whom contribution may be
sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve
the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any other
obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than under this paragraph
(d).
8. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail
to purchase and pay for any of the [1: Securities] [2: Units] agreed to be
purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to
purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their
obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated
severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the [1:
principal amount of Securities] [2: number of Units] set forth opposite their
names in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate [1: principal amount of
Securities] [2: number of Units] set forth opposite the names of all the
remaining Underwriters) the [1: Securities] [2: Units] which the defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; provided, however,
that in the event that the aggregate [1: principal amount of Securities] [2:
number of Units] which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate [1: principal amount of
Securities] [2: number of Units] set forth in Schedule II hereto, the remaining
Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any
obligation to purchase any, of the [1: Securities] [2: Units], and if such
nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the [1: Securities] [2: Units]
this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter
or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in
this Section 8, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not
exceeding seven days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the
required changes in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus or in
any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this
Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to
the Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its
default hereunder.
9. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the
absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Company prior
to delivery of and payment for the [1: Securities] [2: Units], if prior to such
time (i) trading in the Company's Common Stock shall have been suspended by the
Commission or the New
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York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
Exchange shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been
established on such Exchange, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared
either by Federal or New York State authorities or (iii) there shall have
occurred any outbreak or material 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 judgment of the Representatives, impracticable to market
the [1: Securities] [2: Units].
10. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or the Company or any of
the officers, directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof,
and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of
Section 6 and 7 hereof shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.
The provisions of Sections 6 and 7 hereof shall survive the termination or
cancellation of this Agreement.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to them, at the address specified in
Schedule I hereto; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or
telegraphed and confirmed to it at Tribune Company, 435 North Michigan Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois 60611, attention of David J. Granat, Vice President and
Treasurer (with a copy to the General Counsel of Tribune Company).
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof, and no
other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments hereto may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original but all of which together shall constitute but one agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon
this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the
Company and the several Underwriters.
Very truly yours,
TRIBUNE COMPANY
By:
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Its:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written.
[Signature of Representatives]
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For themselves and the other several
Underwriters named in Schedule II to
the foregoing Agreement.
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Schedule I
Underwriting Agreement dated
Registration Statement No.
Representatives:
Title, Purchase Price and Description of [1:Securities]
[2: Purchased Debt Securities]
Title:
Principal amount and currency:
Purchase price and currency (include accrued interest
or amortization, if any):
Sinking fund provisions:
Redemption provisions:
Other provisions:
[2: Title, Purchase Price and Description of Warrants:
Title:
Number:
Warrant exercise price and currency:
Purchase price and currency:
Principal amount and currency of Warrant Debt Securities issuable
upon exercise of one Warrant:
Date after which Warrants are exercisable:
Expiration Date:
Detachable Date:
Other Provisions:]
[2: Title and Description of Warrant Debt Securities:
Title:
Principal amount and currency;
Sinking Fund Provisions:
Redemption Provisions:
Other Provisions]:
Closing Date, Time and Location:
Delayed Delivery Arrangements [if any]:
Fee:
Minimum principal amount of each contract: $
Maximum aggregate principal amount of all contracts: $
Modification of items to be covered by the letter[s]
delivered pursuant to Section 5(e) at the time this Agreement is
executed
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SCHEDULE II
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[1: Principal
Amount of
Securities to be [2: Number of Units
Underwriters Purchased] to be Purchased]
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Total................................ $ $
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SCHEDULE III
Delayed Delivery Contract
[Identity and Address of Representatives]
Dear Sirs:
The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from Tribune Company (the
"Company"), and the Company agrees to sell to the undersigned, on
__________________, 19__ (the "Delivery Date"), [1: aggregate principal amount
of the Company's ____________ (the "Securities") [2: (the "Purchased Debt
Securities")] to be issued under an indenture dated as of January 1, 1997,
between the Company and Bank of Montreal Trust Company, as supplemented to the
date hereof (the "Indenture") [2: and _______________ of the Company's
_______________ (the "Warrants") to be issued under a warrant agreement [to be]
dated as of ____________________, 19___, between the Company and
_____________________________________, as warrant agent (the "Warrant
Agreement"), which Warrants shall be exercisable to purchase _____________
aggregate principal amount of additional securities, which securities shall have
the terms and interest rate as of the Purchased Debt Securities, to be issued
under the Indenture (the "Warrant Debt Securities"). Each _______ principal
amount of the Purchased Debt Securities and ___________ Warrant[s] are
hereinafter called a "Unit".] [1: The Securities] [2: The Units and Warrant Debt
Securities are] offered by the Company's Prospectus dated October ___, 1998, and
related Prospectus Supplement dated _____________, 19___, receipt of a copy of
which is hereby acknowledged. The [1: Securities] [2: Units] are offered at a
purchase price of [1: __% of the principal amount thereof, plus [accrued
interest] [amortization of original issue discount], if any, thereon from
______________, 19___ to the date of payment and delivery,] [2: ____ per Unit]
and on the further terms and conditions set forth in this contract.
Payment for the [1: Securities] [2: Units] to be purchased by the
undersigned shall be made on or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Delivery Date to or upon the order of the Company in Chicago Clearing House
(next day) funds, at your office or at such other place as shall be agreed
between the Company and the undersigned, upon delivery to the undersigned of the
[1: Securities] [2: Units] in definitive fully registered form and in such
authorized denominations and registered in such names as the undersigned may
request by written or telegraphic communication addressed to the Company not
less than five full business days prior to the Delivery Date. If no request is
received, the [1: Securities] [2: Units] will be registered in the name of the
undersigned and issued in [a] denomination[s] equal to the aggregate [1:
principal amount of Securities] [2: number of Units] to be purchased by the
undersigned to the Delivery Date.
The obligation of the undersigned to take delivery of and make payment
for [1: Securities] [2: Units] on the Delivery Date, and the obligation of the
Company to sell and deliver [1: Securities] [2: Units] on the Delivery Date,
shall be subject to the conditions (and neither party shall incur any liability
by reason of the failure thereof) that (a) the purchase of [1:Securities] [2:
Units] to be made by the undersigned, which purchase the undersigned represents
is not prohibited on the date hereof, shall not on the Delivery Date be
prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which the undersigned is
subject, and (b) the Company, on or before the Delivery Date, shall have sold to
certain underwriters (the "Underwriters") such [1: principal amount of the
Securities] [2: Units] as is to be sold to them pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement referred to in the Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement mentioned
above. Promptly after completion of such sale to the Underwriters, the Company
will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below notice to
such effect, accompanied by a copy of the opinion of counsel for the Company
delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith. The obligation of the
undersigned to take delivery of and make payment for the [1: Securities] [2:
Units], and the obligation of the Company to cause the [1: Securities] [2:
Units] to be sold and delivered, shall not be affected by the failure of any
purchaser to take delivery of and make payment for the [1: Securities] [2:
Units] pursuant to other contracts similar to this contract.
This contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by
either party hereto without the written consent of the other.
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It is understood that the acceptance of this contract and other
similar contracts is in the Company's sole discretion and, without limiting the
foregoing, need not be on a first come, first served basis. If this contract is
acceptable to the Company, it is required that the Company sign the form of
acceptance below and mail or deliver one of the counterparts hereof to the
undersigned at its address set forth below. This will become a binding contract
between the Company and the undersigned, as of the date first above written,
when such counterpart is so mailed or delivered.
This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York.
Very truly yours,
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(Name of Purchaser)
By:
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(Signature and Title of Officer)
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(Address)
Accepted:
Tribune Company
By:
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(Authorized Signature)
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Exhibit 1.2
$_00,000,000
TRIBUNE COMPANY
Medium-Term Notes, Series F
Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue
Selling Agency Agreement
Chicago, Illinois
____________, 1998
[NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENTS]
Dear Sirs:
Tribune Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms its
agreement with each of you with respect to the issue and sale by the Company of
up to the aggregate principal amount set forth in Schedule I hereto of its
Medium-Term Notes, Series F Due Nine Months or More from Date of Issue (the
"Notes"). The Notes will be issued under an indenture dated as of January 1,
1997 between the Company and Bank of Montreal Trust Company, as trustee (the
"Trustee"), as supplemented to the date hereof and/or as modified from time to
time by resolutions of the Board of Directors as provided in Section 3.01
thereof (the "Indenture"). The Notes will, unless otherwise specified, be issued
in minimum denominations of $1,000 and in denominations exceeding such amount by
integral multiples of $1,000, will be issued only in fully registered form and
will have the maturities, annual interest rates, redemption provisions and other
terms set forth in a supplement to the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined)
referred to below. The Notes will be issued, and the terms thereof established,
in accordance with the Indenture and, in the case of Notes sold pursuant to
Section 2(a) hereof, the Medium-Term Notes Administrative Procedures attached
hereto as Exhibit A (the "Procedures"). The Procedures may only be amended by
written agreement of the Company and the Agents after notice to, and with the
approval of, the Trustee. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "Agent"
shall refer to any of you acting solely in the capacity as agent for the Company
pursuant to Section 2(a) and not as principal (collectively, the "Agents"), the
term the "Purchaser" shall refer to any of you acting solely as principal
pursuant to Section 2(b) and not as agent (collectively, the "Purchasers"), and
the term "you" shall refer to you collectively whether at any time any of you is
acting in both such capacities or in either such capacity. Nothing in this
agreement shall preclude an Agent from purchasing Notes as a principal hereunder
while acting as an Agent.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, the Agents that:
(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement
on such Form (the file number of which is set forth on Schedule I hereto), which
has become effective, for the registration under the Act of the aggregate
principal amount set forth in Schedule I hereto of debt securities, and warrants
to purchase debt securities, including the Notes (collectively, the
"Securities"). Such registration statement, as amended at the date of this
Agreement, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the Act
and complies in all other material respects with said Rule. In connection with
the sale of Notes the Company has filed or transmitted for filing with the
Commission, pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, a supplement to the form of
prospectus included in such registration statement relating to the Notes and the
plan of distribution thereof (the "Prospectus Supplement") and has previously
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advised the Agents of all further information (financial and other) with respect
to the Company to be set forth therein. In connection with the sale of Notes,
the Company will file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act
further supplements to that supplement specifying the maturity dates, interest
rates and other similar terms of any Notes sold pursuant thereto. Such
registration statement, including the exhibits thereto, as amended to the date
of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the "Registration Statement"; such
prospectus, in the form included in the Registration Statement, as supplemented
from time to time (including, without limitation, as supplemented by the
Prospectus Supplement) is hereinafter called the "Prospectus". Any reference
herein to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item
12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"), on or before the date of this Agreement or the
date of the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the
terms "amend," "amendment" or "supplement" with respect to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any
amendment to the Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to
the Act after the date of this Agreement, any supplement to the Prospectus filed
with this Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act after the date of this
Agreement and the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the date
of this Agreement or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference.
(b) (i) As of the date hereof, (ii) at the date of any acceptance by
the Company of an offer to purchase Notes, (iii) when any amendment to the
Registration Statement becomes effective (including the filing of any document
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), (iv) as of the date of
any Terms Agreement (as defined by Section 2(b)), (v) when any supplement to the
Prospectus is filed with the Commission and (vi) at the date of delivery by the
Company of any Notes sold hereunder (a "Closing Date"): (x) the Registration
Statement, as amended as of any such time, and the Prospectus, as supplemented
as of any such time, and the Indenture will comply in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and the Exchange Act and the respective
rules and regulations thereunder, (y) the Registration Statement, as amended as
of any such time, did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and (z) the
Prospectus, as supplemented as of any such time, will not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no
representations or warranties as to (x) that part of the Registration Statement
which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust
Indenture Act of the Trustee or (y) the information contained in or omitted from
the Registration Statement or Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any of you
specifically for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(c) As of the date hereof, at the date of any acceptance by the
Company of an offer to purchase Notes, when any amendment to the Registration
Statement becomes effective (including the filing of any document incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement), as of the date of any Terms
Agreement, when any supplement to the Prospectus is filed with the Commission
and at a Closing Date:
(i) each of the Company and Chicago Tribune Company, Sentinel
Communications Company, Sun-Sentinel Company and Tribune Broadcasting
Company (individually, a "Designated Subsidiary" and collectively, the
"Designated Subsidiaries") has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction in which it is chartered or organized, with full
corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and is duly qualified or
licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of
the properties owned or leased or the nature of the activities
conducted by such corporations, respectively, makes such
qualifications or licensing necessary, and where the failure to be so
qualified or licensed might materially adversely affect the financial
condition, assets, operations or prospects of the Company and its
subsidiaries considered as one enterprise;
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Designated Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set
forth in the Prospectus,
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all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Designated Subsidiaries
are owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned
subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security interest and any
other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances;
(iii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered and constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms (subject,
as to enforcement of remedies, to applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or other laws affecting
creditors' rights generally from time to time in effect and to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)); the Indenture has
been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; and the Notes have
been duly authorized and, when executed and authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and
paid for by the purchasers thereof, will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company, except as enforcement thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditor's rights or by the effect of general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will be entitled
to the benefits of the Indenture;
(iv) the financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus present fairly the financial position of the Company and
such consolidated subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the
results of their operations for the periods specified; except as
stated therein, said financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis;
(v) to the best knowledge of the Company, there is no pending
or threatened action, suit or proceeding before any court or
governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the
Company or any of the Designated Subsidiaries of a character required
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not adequately
disclosed in the Prospectus, and there is no franchise, contract or
other document of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit,
which is not described or filed as required;
(vi) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(vii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, is required for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein except such
as have been obtained under the Act and such as may be obtained under
the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the sale of
the Notes as contemplated by this Agreement and such other approvals
as have been obtained; and
(viii) none of the execution of the Indenture, the issuance and
sale of the Notes, the consummation of any other of the transactions
herein contemplated or the fulfillment of the terms hereof will
conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under
the charter or by-laws of the Company or the terms of any indenture or
other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the
Designated Subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any order, decree,
rule or regulation known to the Company to be applicable to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator, domestic or
foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
(d) The Company confirms as of the date hereof, and each acceptance
by the Company of an offer to purchase Notes will be deemed to be an
affirmation, that the Company is in compliance with all provisions of Section 1
of Laws of Florida, Chapter 92-198, An Act Relating to Disclosure of Doing
Business with Cuba, and the Company further agrees that if it commences engaging
in business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located
in Cuba after the date the Registration Statement becomes or has become
effective with the Commission or with the Florida Department of Banking and
Finance (the "Department"), whichever date is later, or if the information
reported
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in the Prospectus, if any, concerning the Company's business with Cuba or with
any person or affiliate located in Cuba changes in any material way, the Company
will provide the Department notice of such business or change, as appropriate,
in a form acceptable to the Department.
2. Appointment of Agent(s); Solicitation by the Agents of Offers to
Purchase; Sales of Notes to a Purchaser. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth herein and subject to the reservation by the Company of the right to
sell Notes directly to purchasers on its own behalf or through other agents,
dealers or underwriters on terms substantially identical to the terms contained
herein, including the commission schedule set forth in Schedule I hereto, except
in the case of sales pursuant to a Terms Agreement (as defined herein) the
Company hereby authorizes each of the Agents to act as its agent to solicit
offers for the purchase of all or part of the Notes from the Company.
On the basis of the representations and warranties, and subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, each of the Agents agrees, as agent of
the Company, to use its reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase
the Notes from the Company upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented and in the Procedures.
The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to instruct
the Agents to suspend at any time, for any period of time or permanently, the
solicitation of offers to purchase the Notes. Upon receipt of instructions from
the Company, the Agents will forthwith suspend solicitation of offers to
purchase Notes from the Company until such time as the Company has advised them
that such solicitation may be resumed. If the Company has instructed the Agents
to suspend for any period of time the solicitation of offers to purchase the
Notes and thereafter requests the Agents to resume the solicitation of offers to
purchase the Notes, the Agents shall not be required to resume such solicitation
(i) earlier than the date five business days (or such fewer business days as
shall be acceptable to each such Agent) after such request and (ii) unless each
Agent shall have received prior to such resumption the documents referred to in
Sections 4(i), (j) and (k) which the Agents had been entitled to receive
(assuming that any required notices had been timely made) but which such Agents
shall not have theretofore received.
The Company agrees to pay each Agent a commission on the Closing Date
with respect to each sale of Notes by the Company as a result of a solicitation
made by such Agent, in an amount equal to that percentage specified on Schedule
I hereto of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes so sold by the Company
and such commission shall be payable as specified in the Procedures.
Subject to the provisions of this Section and to the Procedures,
offers for the purchase of Notes may be solicited by an Agent as agent for the
Company at such time and in such amounts as such Agent deems advisable. The
Company may from time to time offer Notes for sale otherwise than through an
Agent.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, whenever the
Company and one of you determines that the Company shall sell Notes directly to
you as Purchaser, each such sale of Notes shall be made in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and a supplemental agreement relating thereto between
the Company and the Purchaser. Each such supplemental agreement (which (i) may
be an oral agreement between the Purchaser and the Company or (ii) may take the
form of an exchange of any standard form of written telecommunication between a
Purchaser and the Company) is herein referred to as a "Terms Agreement." Each
such Terms Agreement, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit B and, if oral, shall be confirmed in writing as soon as practicable
after the agreement between the Purchaser and the Company, such confirmation to
be substantially in the form of Exhibit B. The Purchaser's commitment to
purchase Notes pursuant to any Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made
on the basis of the representations and warranties of the Company herein
contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth.
Each Terms Agreement shall describe the Notes to be purchased by the Purchaser
pursuant thereto, specify the principal amount of such Notes, the price to be
paid to the Company for such Notes, the rate at which interest will be paid on
the Notes, the Closing Date for such Notes, the place of delivery of the Notes
and payment therefor, the method of payment and any modification of the
requirements for the delivery of the opinions of counsel, the certificates from
the Company or its officers, and the letter from the Company's independent
public accountants, pursuant to Section 6(b). Such Terms Agreement shall also
specify the period of time referred to in Section 4(1).
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Delivery of the certificates for Notes sold to the Purchaser pursuant
to any Terms Agreement shall be made as agreed to between the Company and the
Purchaser as set forth in the respective Terms Agreement, not later than the
Closing Date set forth in such Terms Agreement, against payment of funds to the
Company in the net amount due the Company for such Notes by the method and in
the form set forth in the respective Terms Agreement.
Unless otherwise agreed to between the Company and the Purchaser in a
Terms Agreement, any Note sold to a Purchaser (i) shall be purchased by such
Purchaser at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof less a
percentage equal to the commission applicable to an agency sale of a Note of
identical maturity and (ii) may be resold by such Purchaser at varying prices
from time to time or, if set forth in the applicable Terms Agreement and Pricing
Supplement, at a fixed public offering price. In connection with any resale of
Notes purchased, a Purchaser may use a selling or dealer group and may reallow
to any broker or dealer any portion of the discount or commission payable
pursuant hereto.
3. Offering and Sale of Notes. Each Agent and the Company agree to
perform the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to be
performed by them in the Procedures.
4. Agreements. The Company agrees with you that:
(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Notes, the
Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement
to the Prospectus (except for a supplement relating to an offering of securities
other than the Notes) unless the Company has previously furnished to each of you
a copy for your review prior to filing. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the
Company will cause each supplement to the Prospectus to be filed with the
Commission as required pursuant to Rule 424. The Company will promptly advise
each of you (i) when each supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424, (ii) when any amendment of the
Registration Statement shall have become effective, (iii) of any request by the
Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement or amendment of or
supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for
that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Notes for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any
such stop order or notification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible
the withdrawal thereof.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Notes is
required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs as a result of which
the Registration Statement, as then amended, or the Prospectus, as then
supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, or if it shall be
necessary to amend the Registration Statement or to supplement the Prospectus to
comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the
Company promptly will (i) notify each of you to suspend solicitation of offers
to purchase Notes (and, if so notified by the Company, each of you shall
forthwith suspend such solicitation and cease using the Prospectus as then
amended or supplemented), (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to
the first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, an amendment or
supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment or
supplement which will effect such compliance and (iii) supply any such amended
or supplemented Prospectus to each of you in such quantities as you may
reasonably request. If such amendment or supplement, and any documents,
certificates and opinions furnished to each of you pursuant to paragraph (f) of
this Section 4 in connection with the preparation or filing of such amendment or
supplement, are satisfactory in all respects to you, you will, upon the filing
of such amendment or supplement with the Commission and upon the effectiveness
of an amendment to the Registration Statement if such an amendment is required,
resume your obligation to solicit offers to purchase Notes hereunder.
(c) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available
to its security holders and to each of you an earnings statement or statements
(which need not be audited) of the Company and its subsidiaries which will
satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 under the Act.
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(d) The Company will furnish to each of you and your counsel, without
charge, one signed and/or conformed copy of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and each amendment thereto which shall become
effective and, so long as delivery of a prospectus may be required by the Act,
the Company will furnish to each of you as many copies of any preliminary
Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments thereof and supplements thereto
as you may reasonably request.
(e) The Company will (i) arrange for the qualification of the Notes
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as you and the Company may
mutually agree, which agreement will not be unreasonably withheld, (ii) maintain
such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the
Notes, and (iii) arrange for the determination of the legality of the Notes for
purchase by institutional investors; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to effect or maintain any such qualification in any jurisdiction
that would result in it having to execute or file a general consent to service
of process under the laws of such jurisdiction or to qualify to do business as a
foreign corporation in such jurisdiction.
(f) The Company shall furnish to each of you such documents,
certificates of officers of the Company and opinions of counsel for the Company
relating to the business, operations and affairs of the Company, the
Registration Statement, any preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, and any
amendments thereof or supplements thereto, the Indenture, the Notes, this
Agreement, any Terms Agreement, and the performance by the Company and each of
you of your respective obligations hereunder and thereunder as the Company and
each of you may from time to time and at any time prior to the termination of
this Agreement reasonably request.
(g) The Company shall, whether or not any sale of the Notes is
consummated (including, without limitation, if such non-sale occurs through any
termination pursuant to Section 9 hereof or any refusal, inability or failure on
the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any
provision hereof), (i) pay all expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, including the fees and disbursements of its
accountants and counsel, the cost of printing and delivery of the Registration
Statement, any preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, all amendments thereof
and supplements thereto, the Indenture, this Agreement and all other documents
relating to the offering, the cost of preparing, printing, packaging and
delivering the Notes, the fees and disbursements, including fees of counsel,
incurred in connection with Section 4(e), the fees and disbursements of the
Trustee and the fees of any agency that rates the Notes and (ii) be responsible
for the fees of your counsel incurred in connection with both this Agreement and
the offering and sale of the Notes (up to an aggregate of $50,000).
(h) Each acceptance by the Company of an offer to purchase Notes will
be deemed to be (i) a representation and warranty to you that neither the
Registration Statement nor the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
fails to reflect any facts or events which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a material change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented and (ii) a
reconfirmation of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section
1(b).
(i) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is
amended (including by the filing of any document incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement other than a current report on form 8-K which is
reasonably deemed immaterial by all of the Agents) or supplemented (other than
by an amendment or supplement relating solely to any offering of securities
other than the Notes or providing solely for the specification of or a change in
the maturity dates, the interest rates, the issuance prices or other similar
terms offered on any Notes), the Company will deliver or cause to be delivered
promptly to each of you a certificate of the Company signed by the President or
any Vice President and the principal financial or accounting officer of the
Company, dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of
filing of such supplement, in form reasonably satisfactory to you, to the effect
that the statements contained in the certificate that was last furnished to you
pursuant to either Section 5(d) or this Section 4(i) are true and correct at the
time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement as
though made at and as of such time (except that (i) the last day of the fiscal
quarter for which financial statements of the Company were last filed with the
Commission shall be substituted for the corresponding date in such certificate
and (ii) such statements shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness
of such amendment or the filing of such supplement) or, in lieu of such
certificate, a certificate of the
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same tenor as the certificate referred to in Section 5(d) but modified to relate
to the last day of the fiscal quarter for which financial statements of the
Company were last filed with the Commission and to the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the effectiveness
of such amendment or the filing of such supplement.
(j) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is
amended (including by the filing of any document incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement) or supplemented (other than by an amendment or
supplement (i) relating solely to any offering of securities other than the
Notes, (ii) providing solely for the specification of or a change in the
maturity dates, the interest rates, the issuance prices or other similar terms
offered on any Notes or (iii) setting forth or incorporating by reference
financial statements or other information as of and for a fiscal quarter,
unless, in the case of clause (iii) above, in the reasonable judgment of any of
you, confirmed to the Company in writing, such financial statements or other
information are of such a nature that an opinion of counsel should be
furnished), the Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished promptly to each
of you a written opinion of counsel of the Company satisfactory to each of you,
dated the date of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of
such supplement, in form satisfactory to each of you, of the same tenor as the
opinion referred to in Section 5(b) but modified to relate to the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of the
effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement or, in lieu of
such opinion, counsel last furnishing such an opinion to you may furnish each of
you with a letter to the effect that you may rely on such last opinion to the
same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance
(except that statements in such last opinion will be deemed to relate to the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the
time of the effectiveness of such amendment or the filing of such supplement).
(k) Each time that the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is
amended or supplemented to set forth amended or supplemental financial
information or such amended or supplemental information is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company, upon the
written request of any Agent (except that no such request shall be required with
respect to audited financial statements and related financial information
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on Form
10-K), shall cause Price Waterhouse LLP ("Price Waterhouse"), its independent
public accountants, promptly to furnish to each of you a letter, dated the date
of the effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing of such supplement,
in form satisfactory to each of you, of the same tenor as the letter referred to
in Section 5(e) with such changes as may be necessary to reflect the amended and
supplemental financial information included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented to the
date of such letter, provided that if the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus is amended or supplemented solely to include or incorporate by
reference financial information as of and for a fiscal quarter, Price Waterhouse
may limit the scope of such letter, which shall be satisfactory in form to each
of you, to the unaudited financial statements included in such amendment or
supplement, unless any other information included or incorporated by reference
therein of an accounting, financial or statistical nature is of such a nature
that, in your reasonable judgment, such letter should cover such other
information.
(l) During the period, if any, specified in any Terms Agreement, the
Company shall not, without the prior consent of the Purchaser(s) thereunder,
issue or announce the proposed issuance of any of its debt securities, including
Notes, with terms substantially similar to the Notes being purchased pursuant to
such Terms Agreement.
(m) The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the
Notes is required to be delivered under the Act, will file promptly all
documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and will furnish to each of you copies of
such documents. In addition, if the Company makes any announcement to the
general public concerning earnings or concerning any other event which is
required to be described, or which the Company proposes to describe, in a
document filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company will furnish to each of
you upon request the information contained in such announcement as soon as
practicable after such announcement. The Company also will furnish to each of
you upon request copies of all other press releases or announcements to the
general public. The Company will immediately notify each of you of any
downgrading in the rating of the Notes or any other debt securities of the
Company, by any "nationally recognized statistical rating
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organization" (as defined for purposes of Rule 426(g) under the Act), as soon as
the Company learns of any such downgrading.
5. Conditions to the Obligations of the Agent(s). The obligations of each
Agent to solicit offers to purchase the Notes shall be subject to (i) the
accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company
contained herein as of (v) the date hereof, (w) the date of acceptance by the
Company of an offer to purchase Notes, (x) the date of the effectiveness of any
amendment to the Registration Statement (including the filing of any document
incorporated by reference therein), (y) the date any supplement to the
Prospectus is filed with the Commission and (z) each Closing Date, (ii) the
accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to
the provisions hereof, (iii) the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and (iv) the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) If filing of the Prospectus, or any supplement thereto, is
required pursuant to Rule 424(b), the Prospectus, and any such supplement, shall
have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule
424(b); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) The Company shall have furnished to each Agent the opinion of
Sidley & Austin, counsel for the Company, dated the date hereof, to the effect
that:
(i) each of the Company and the Designated Subsidiaries has
been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
chartered or organized, with full corporate power and authority to own
its properties and conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus;
(ii) all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Designated Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable, and, to the knowledge of such
counsel, except as otherwise set forth in the Prospectus, all
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Designated Subsidiaries are
owned by the Company either directly or through wholly owned
subsidiaries and are free and clear of any security interests, claims,
liens or encumbrances;
(iii) the Notes and the Indenture conform in all material
respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus; the
holders of outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are not
entitled to rights to subscribe for the Notes;
(iv) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding
instrument enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditor's
rights or by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law); the Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture
Act; and the Notes have been duly authorized and when executed and
authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and
the procedures adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and
the Special Committee thereof and delivered to and paid for by the
purchasers thereof in the manner provided in this Agreement, the
Prospectus and any applicable Terms Agreement, will constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Company except as enforcement
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditor's rights or by the effect of
general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and will be entitled
to the benefits of the Indenture;
(v) to the knowledge of such counsel, there is no pending or
threatened action, suit or proceeding before any court or governmental
agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or
any of its Designated Subsidiaries of a character required to be
disclosed in the Registration Statement which is not
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adequately disclosed in the Prospectus, and there is no franchise,
contract or other document of a character required to be described in
the Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to be filed as an exhibit
to the Registration Statement, which is not described or filed as
required; and the statements included or incorporated in the
Prospectus with respect to any such action, suit, proceeding,
franchise, contract or other document fairly summarize the matters
required to be disclosed or described;
(vi) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto
have become effective under the Act; to the best knowledge of such
counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued, no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or threatened; the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and each amendment thereof or supplement
thereto as of their respective effective or issue dates (other than
the financial statements, financial data, statistical data and
supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference therein, as
to which such counsel need express no opinion) complied as to form in
all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and
the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder; and, although
such counsel has not independently verified, is not passing upon and
assumes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness
of statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, except as noted above,
nor has such counsel verified the computation or compilation of
financial statements and other financial data, nothing has come to
such counsel's attention which causes such counsel to believe that the
Registration Statement or any amendment thereof (other than the
financial statements, financial data, statistical data and supporting
schedules, as to which such counsel need express no belief) at the
time it became effective and at the date of this Agreement, contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that the Prospectus (other than
the financial statements, financial data, statistical data and
supporting schedules, as to which such counsel need express no
belief), at the date of such opinion, includes any untrue statement of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading;
(vii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company;
(viii) no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court
or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, is required for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein except such
as have been obtained under the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and
such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in
connection with the sale or offer for sale of the Notes as
contemplated by this Agreement and such other approvals (specified in
such opinion) as have been obtained;
(ix) none of the execution of the Indenture, the issuance and
sale of the Notes, the consummation of any other of the transactions
herein contemplated or the fulfillment of the terms hereof will result
in a breach of, or constitute a default under, the charter or by-laws
of the Company or the terms of any indenture or other material
agreement or instrument known to such counsel and to which the Company
or any of its Designated Subsidiaries is a party or bound, or any
order, decree, rule or regulation known to such counsel to be
applicable to the Company or any of its Designated Subsidiaries of any
court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or
arbitrator, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company
or any of its Designated Subsidiaries;
(x) no holders of outstanding securities of the Company have
rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration
Statement; and
(xi) such counsel confirms the statements contained in the
Prospectus under the caption "United States Federal Income Tax
Consequences" as to the principal anticipated Federal income tax
consequences of the ownership of the Notes for the purposes and to the
extent set forth therein.
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Such counsel may limit its opinion to matters involving the
application Move of the laws of the State of Illinois, the State of
New York and the United States and the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware and, in rendering such opinion, may rely as to
matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and public officials.
(c) Each Agent shall have received from Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel
for the Agents, such opinion or opinions, dated the date hereof, with respect to
the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Indenture, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus and other related matters as the Agents may reasonably require,
and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they
request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
(d) The Company shall have furnished to each Agent a certificate of
the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice
President and by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company,
dated the date hereof, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have
carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and this Agreement
and that:
(i) the representations and warranties of the Company in this
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of
the date hereof with the same effect as if made on the date hereof and
the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the
conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied as a condition to
the obligation of the Agents to solicit offers to purchase the Notes;
(ii) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose have been instituted or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened; and
(iii) since the date of the most recent financial statements
included in the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change
in the condition (financial or other), earnings, business or
properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, whether or not arising
from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set
forth in or contemplated in the Prospectus.
(e) At the date hereof, Price Waterhouse shall have furnished to the
Agents a letter or letters (which may refer to letters previously furnished to
the Agents), dated as of the date hereof, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agents and Price Waterhouse, confirming that they are independent
accountants with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and stating in effect
that:
(i) in their opinion, the consolidated financial statements
(including financial schedules) of the Company and its subsidiaries
examined by and reported on by them and included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply as
to form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published
rules and regulations thereunder with respect to registration
statements on Form S-3;
(ii) on the basis of procedures of review in accordance with
standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (but not an audit in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards) consisting of:
(1) reading the minutes of meetings of the stockholders
and the Board of Directors of the Company as set forth in the
minute books through a specified date not more than five business
days prior to the date of delivery of such letter;
(2) reading the latest available unaudited interim
consolidated financial data of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and the latest unaudited
interim financial data made available by the Company and its
subsidiaries; and
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(3) making inquiries of certain officials of the Company
who have responsibilities for financial and accounting matters
regarding the specific items for which representations are
requested below;
nothing has come to their attention as a result of the foregoing
procedures that caused them to believe that:
(A) the unaudited interim consolidated financial data of
the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the
Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and
regulations thereunder;
(B) any material modifications should be made to said
unaudited consolidated financial data of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries for it to be in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(C) (i) with respect to the period subsequent to the
date of the most recent financial statements (other than any
capsule information), audited or unaudited, included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus, at the date of the latest available interim
financial data and at a specified date not more than five
business days prior to the date of delivery of such letter,
except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus or
incorporated by reference, there was any change in the
common stock or long-term debt of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries or any decreases in consolidated
total assets, net current assets (working capital) or
stockholders' investment as compared with amounts shown in
the latest consolidated balance sheet included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or (ii) for the period from the date of the
most recent financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus to
a specified date not more than five business days prior to
delivery of such letter, except as otherwise disclosed in
the Prospectus or incorporated by reference or disclosed to
you, there were any decreases, as compared with the
corresponding period in the preceding year, in consolidated
operating revenues, operating profit, income before income
taxes or in the total or per-share amounts of net income,
except in all instances for changes or decreases which the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus disclose have
occurred or may occur, or as set forth in such letter
accompanied by an explanation thereof;
(D) with regard to the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries, the amounts included in any unaudited
"capsule" information included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus do not agree
with the corresponding amounts in the unaudited or audited
consolidated financial statements from which such amounts
were derived or were not determined on a basis substantially
consistent with that of the corresponding amounts in the
audited financial statements included or incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
(iii) they have performed certain other specified procedures as
a result of which they determined that certain information of an
accounting, financial or statistical nature (which is limited to
accounting, financial or statistical information derived from the
general accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and
subject to the Company's system of internal accounting controls
relating to the preparation of the financial statements) set forth or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, including Exhibit 12 to the
Registration Statement and the information included or incorporated in
Items 1, 6 and 7 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and in
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations" included or incorporated by reference in any of
the
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Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, agrees with the accounting
records of the Company and its subsidiaries, excluding any questions
of legal interpretation; and
(iv) if unaudited pro forma financial statements are included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, on the basis of a reading of the unaudited pro forma
financial statements, carrying out certain specified procedures,
inquiries of certain officials of the Company and the acquired company
who have responsibility for financial and accounting matters, and
proving the arithmetic accuracy of the pro forma financial statements,
nothing came to their attention which caused them to believe that the
pro forma financial statements were not properly compiled on the pro
forma bases set forth in the notes thereto.
References to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus in this
paragraph (e) are to such documents as amended and supplemented at the date of
the letter.
(f) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there shall not have
been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to
in paragraph (e) of this Section 5, except as otherwise disclosed in the
Prospectus or incorporated by reference or (ii) any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting the business or properties of,
the Company and its subsidiaries the effect of which, in any case referred to in
clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the judgment of each Agent, so material and
adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the soliciting
of offers to purchase the Notes as contemplated by the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus.
(g) Prior to the date hereof, the Company shall have furnished to
each Agent such further information, certificates and documents as such Agent
may reasonably request.
If any of the conditions specified in this Section 5 shall not have
been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement,
or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this
Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form
and substance to either Agent and its counsel, this Agreement and all
obligations of such Agent hereunder may be canceled at any time by such Agent.
Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by
telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.
The documents required to be delivered by this Section 5 shall be
delivered at the office of Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel for the Agents, at 190
South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois on the date hereof.
6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Purchaser(s). The obligations
of the Purchaser(s) to purchase any Notes will be subject to the accuracy of the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company herein as of the date
of any related Terms Agreement and as of the Closing Date for such Notes, to the
performance and observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein
contained on its part to be performed and observed and to the following
additional conditions precedent:
(a) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, as amended from time to time, shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b) If specified by any related Terms Agreement and except to the
extent modified by such Terms Agreement, the Purchaser(s) shall have received,
appropriately updated, (i) a certificate of the Company, dated as of the Closing
Date, to the effect set forth in Section 5(d), (ii) the opinion of Sidley &
Austin, counsel for the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set
forth in Section 5(b), (iii) the opinion of Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel for
the Purchaser(s), dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in
Section 5(c), and (iv) a letter of Price Waterhouse, independent accountants for
the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect set forth in Section
5(e).
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to
the Purchaser(s) such further information, certificates and documents as the
Purchaser(s) may reasonably request.
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If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have
been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this Agreement
and any Terms Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned
above or elsewhere in this Agreement or such Terms Agreement shall not be in all
material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Purchaser(s) and its counsel, such Terms Agreement and all obligations of the
Purchaser(s) thereunder and with respect to the Notes subject thereto may be
canceled at, or at any time prior to, the respective Closing Date by the
Purchaser(s). Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in
writing or by telephone or telegraph confirmed in writing.
7. Right of Person Who Agreed to Purchase to Refuse to Purchase. The
Company agrees that any person who has agreed to purchase and pay for any Note,
including a Purchaser and any person who purchases pursuant to a solicitation by
any of the Agents, shall have the right to refuse to purchase such Note if, at
the Closing Date therefor, either (a) any condition set forth in Section 5 or 6,
as applicable, shall not be satisfied or (b) subsequent to the agreement to
purchase such Note, any change, or any development involving a prospective
change, in or affecting the business or properties of the Company and its
subsidiaries shall have occurred the effect of which is, in the judgment of such
Purchaser or the Agent which presented the offer to purchase such Note, as
applicable, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to
proceed with the delivery of such Note.
8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless each of you and each person who controls each of you
within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any
of you or them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other
Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement for the
registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof,
or in the Prospectus or any preliminary Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof
or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and agrees to reimburse
each such indemnified party, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim,
damage, liability or action; provided, however, that (i) the Company will not be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of such of you specifically for use therein or arises out of or is based
on the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the
Trustee and (ii) such indemnity with respect to the Prospectus, in the form
included in the registration statement as filed, any Preliminary Prospectus or
any preliminary Prospectus Supplement shall not inure to the benefit of any
Agent (or any person controlling such Agent) through which the person asserting
any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the Notes which are the
subject thereof if such person did not receive a copy of the Prospectus
Supplement (or the Prospectus Supplement as amended or supplemented) excluding
documents incorporated therein by reference at or prior to the confirmation of
the sale of such Notes to such person in any case where such delivery is
required by the Act and the untrue statement or omission of a material fact
contained in the Prospectus, in the form included in the registration statement
as filed, any Preliminary Prospectus or any preliminary Prospectus Supplement
was corrected in the Prospectus Supplement (or the Prospectus Supplement as
amended or supplemented). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability which the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Each of you agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company,
each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration
Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either
the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from
the Company to you, but only with reference to written information relating to
such of you furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such of you specifically
for use in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity
agreement will be in addition to any liability which you may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this
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Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof;
but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from
any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under
this Section 8. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified
party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to the extent
that it may elect by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly
after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided,
however, that if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified
party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other
indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to
the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise
participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or
parties. Upon receipt of notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense of such action and approval by
the indemnified party of counsel, the indemnifying party will not be liable to
such indemnified party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses
subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense
thereof unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in
connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso
to the next preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the
indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one
separate counsel (other than local counsel used principally to facilitate local
litigation), approved by you in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 8,
representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) who are parties to
such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel
satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within
a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) the
indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified
party at the expense of the indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i)
or (iii) is applicable, such liability shall be only in respect of the counsel
referred to in such clause (i) or (iii). The indemnifying party shall not be
liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written
consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment (after
all rights to appeal have been exhausted) for the plaintiff, the indemnifying
party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or
liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the
foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel required to be paid by this Section 8(c), the indemnifying
party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more
than 90 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request
and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party
in accordance with such aforesaid request prior to the date of such settlement.
No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the
indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any
settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any
indemnified party is a party unless such settlement includes an unconditional
release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the
subject matter of such proceeding.
(d) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in
circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) of this
Section 8 is due in accordance with its terms but is for any reason held by a
court to be unavailable from the Company on grounds of policy or otherwise, the
Company and each of you shall contribute to the aggregate losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred
in connection with investigating or defending same) to which the Company and
such of you may be subject in such proportion so that each of you is responsible
for that portion represented by the percentage that the aggregate commissions
received by you individually pursuant to Section 2 in connection with the Notes
from which such losses, claims, damages and liabilities arise (or, in the case
of Notes sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the aggregate commissions that
would have been received by you individually if such commissions had been
payable), bears to the aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold and the
Company is responsible for the balance; provided, however, that (y) in no case
shall you individually be responsible for any amount in excess of the
commissions received by you individually in connection with the Notes from which
such losses, claims, damages and liabilities arise (or, in the case of Notes
sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the aggregate commissions that would have
been received by you individually if such commissions had been payable), and (z)
no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8,
each person who controls each of you within the meaning of the Act shall have
the same rights to contribution
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as you and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the
Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the
Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same
rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to clause (y) of
this paragraph (d). Any party entitled to contribution will, promptly after
receipt of notice of commencement of any action, suit or proceeding against such
party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another
party or parties under this paragraph (d), notify such party or parties from
whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or
parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be
sought from any other obligation it or they may have hereunder or otherwise than
under this paragraph (d).
9. Termination. (a) This Agreement will continue in effect until
terminated as provided in this Section 9. This Agreement may be terminated by
either the Company as to any of you or by any of you insofar as this Agreement
relates to you by giving written notice of such termination to you or the
Company, as the case may be; provided, however, that for so long as is required
by the Act, the Company shall keep available a current Prospectus meeting the
requirements of the Act and shall file all amendments and supplements under the
Act required for that purpose. This Agreement shall so terminate at the close of
business on the first business day following the receipt of such notice by the
party to whom such notice is given. In the event of such termination, no party
shall have any liability to the other party hereto, except as provided in the
fourth paragraph of Section 2(a) with respect to unpaid commissions, Section
4(g), Section 8 and Section 10.
(b) Each Terms Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute
discretion of the Purchaser, by notice given to the Company prior to delivery of
any payment for Notes to be purchased thereunder, if prior to such time (i)
there has been, since the date of such Terms Agreement or since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, 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 the business, (ii) trading in the Company's common stock
shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or
trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange shall have been
suspended or limited or minimum prices shall have been established on such
Exchange, (iii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal
or New York State authorities, (iv) there shall have occurred any material
adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or any outbreak or
escalation of hostilities or other national or international calamity or crisis
the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Purchaser,
impracticable to market such Notes or enforce contracts for the sale of such
Notes, or (v) there shall have been, subsequent to the agreement to purchase
such Note, any downgrading in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities
by any "nationally recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for
purposes of Rule 426(g) under the Act).
10. Representation and Indemnities to Survive. The respective
agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the
Company or its officers and of you set forth in or made pursuant to this
Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation
made by or on behalf of either of you or the Company or any of the officers,
directors or controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will
survive delivery of and payment for the Notes. The provisions of Section 4(g)
and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and
effective only on receipt, and, if sent to either of you, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such of you, at the addresses
specified in Schedule I hereto; or if sent to the Company, will be mailed,
delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Tribune Company, 435 North
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, attention of David J. Granat, Vice
President and Treasurer (with a copy to the General Counsel of Tribune Company).
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers
and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and no
other person will have any right or obligation hereunder, except as otherwise
provided in Section 7 hereof.
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13. Applicable Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments hereto may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original but all of which together shall constitute but one agreement.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement,
please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this
letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company
and each other countersigning party.
Very truly yours,
TRIBUNE COMPANY
By:
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Title:
The foregoing Agreement is hereby
confirmed and accepted as of the
date hereof.
[SIGNATURES OF AGENTS]
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SCHEDULE I
Selling Agency Agreement dated _________, 1998
Registration Statement No. 333-
Amount of the Notes: $_00,000,000
Amount of the Securities: $500,000,000
The Company agrees to pay the Agents a commission equal to the following
percentage of the principal amount of each Note sold by the Agents:
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<CAPTION>
Term Commission Rate
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<S> <C>
9 months to less than 12 months............ .125%
12 months to less than 18 months........... .150%
18 months to less than 2 years............. .200%
2 years to less than 3 years............... .250%
3 years to less than 4 years............... .350%
4 years to less than 5 years............... .450%
5 years to less than 6 years............... .500%
6 years to less than 7 years............... .550%
7 years to less than 10 years.............. .600%
10 years to less than 15 years............. .625%
15 years to less than 20 years............. .700%
20 years to less than 30 years............. .750%
Over 30 years.............................. To be negotiated
at the time of
such sale.
</TABLE>
Addresses for Notice to Agents:
Notices to the Agents shall be directed to them at:
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EXHIBIT A
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TRIBUNE COMPANY
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
for Fixed Rate and Floating Rate Medium-Term Notes
(Dated as of ________, 1998)
Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue (the
"Notes") are to be offered on a continuous basis by TRIBUNE COMPANY, a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), to or through [NAMES OF AGENTS] (each, an "Agent"
and, collectively, the "Agents") pursuant to a Selling Agency Agreement, dated
_______, 1998 (the "Selling Agency Agreement"), by and among the Company and the
Agents. The Selling Agency Agreement provides both for the sale of Notes by the
Company to one or more of the Agents as principal for resale to investors and
other purchasers and for the sale of Notes by the Company directly to investors
(as may from time to time be agreed to by the Company and the related Agent or
Agents), in which case each such Agent will act as an agent of the Company in
soliciting purchases of Notes.
Unless otherwise agreed by the related Agent or Agents and the
Company, Notes will be purchased by the related Agent or Agents as principal.
Such purchases will be made in accordance with terms agreed upon by the related
Agent or Agents and the Company (which terms shall be agreed upon orally, with
written confirmation prepared by the related Agent or Agents and mailed to the
Company). If agreed upon by any Agent or Agents and the Company, the Agent or
Agents, acting solely as agent or agents for the Company and not as principal,
will use reasonable best efforts to solicit offers to purchase the Notes. Only
those provisions in these Administrative Procedures that are applicable to the
particular role to be performed by the related Agent or Agents shall apply to
the offer and sale of the relevant Notes.
The Notes will be issued as a series of debt securities under an
Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1997, as amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time (the "Indenture"), between the Company and Bank of Montreal
Trust Company, as trustee (together with any successor in such capacity, the
"Trustee"). The Company has filed a Registration Statement with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") registering debt securities and
warrants to purchase debt securities (which includes the Notes) (the
"Registration Statement", which term shall include any additional registration
statements filed in connection with the Notes). The most recent base prospectus
deemed part of the Registration Statement, as supplemented with respect to the
Notes, is herein referred to as "Prospectus". The most recent supplement to the
Prospectus setting forth the purchase price, interest rate or formula, maturity
date and other terms of the Notes (as applicable) is herein referred to as the
"Pricing Supplement".
The Notes will either be issued (a) in book-entry form and represented
by one or more fully registered Notes without coupons (each, a "Global Note")
delivered to the Trustee, as agent for The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), and
recorded in the book-entry system maintained by DTC, or (b) in certificated form
(each, a "Certificated Note") delivered to the investor or other purchaser
thereof or a person designated by such investor or other purchaser.
General procedures relating to the issuance of all Notes are set forth
in Part I hereof. Additionally, Notes issued in book-entry form will be issued
in accordance with the procedures set forth in Part II hereof and Certificated
Notes will be issued in accordance with the procedures set forth in Part III
hereof. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture or the Notes, as the case may be.
PART I: PROCEDURES OF GENERAL
APPLICABILITY
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Date of Issuance/
Authentication: Each Note will be dated as of the date of its
authentication by the Trustee. Each Note shall also bear
an original issue date (each, an "Original Issue Date").
The Original Issue Date shall remain the same for all
Notes subsequently issued upon transfer, exchange or
substitution of an original Note regardless of their
dates of authentication.
Maturities: Each Note will mature on a date nine months or more from
its Original Issue Date (the "Stated Maturity Date")
selected by the investor or other purchaser and agreed
to by the Company.
Registration: Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, Notes will be issued only in fully
registered form.
Denominations: Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the Notes will be issued in denominations of
$1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
Interest Rate Bases
applicable to
Floating Rate
Notes: Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, Floating Rate Notes will bear interest at a
rate or rates determined by reference to the CD Rate,
the CMT Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate,
LIBOR, the Prime Rate, the Treasury Rate, or such other
interest rate basis or formula as may be set forth in
applicable Pricing Supplement, or by reference to two or
more such rates, as adjusted by the Spread and/or Spread
Multiplier, if any, applicable to such Floating Rate
Notes.
Redemption/Repayment: The Notes will be subject to redemption by the Company
in accordance with the terms of the Notes, which will be
fixed at the time of sale and set forth in the
applicable Pricing Supplement. If no Initial Redemption
Date is indicated with respect to a Note, such Note will
not be redeemable prior to its Stated Maturity Date.
The Notes will be subject to repayment at the option of
the Holders thereof in accordance with the terms of the
Notes, which will be fixed at the time of sale and set
forth in the applicable Pricing Supplement. If no
Optional Repayment Date is indicated with respect to a
Note, such Note will not be repayable at the option of
the Holder prior to its Stated Maturity Date.
Calculation of
Interest: In case of Fixed Rate Notes, interest (including
payments for partial periods) will be calculated and
paid on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
The interest rate on each Floating Rate Note will be
calculated by reference to the specified Interest Rate
Basis or Bases plus or minus the applicable Spread, if
any, and/or multiplied by the applicable Spread
Multiplier, if any.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, interest on each Floating Rate Note will be
calculated by multiplying its face amount by an accrued
interest factor. Such accrued interest factor is
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computed by adding the interest factor calculated for
each day in the period for which accrued interest is
being calculated. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest factor for
each such day is computed by dividing the interest rate
applicable to such day by 360 if the CD Rate, Commercial
Paper Rate, Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate,
Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR or Prime Rate is an applicable
Interest Rate Basis, or by the actual number of days in
the year if the CMT Rate or Treasury Rate is an
applicable Interest Rate Basis. As provided in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, the interest factor for
Notes for which the interest rate is calculated with
reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases will be
calculated in each period in the same manner as if only
one of the applicable Interest Rate Bases applied as
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement and the
Notes.
Interest: General. Each Note will bear interest in accordance
with its terms. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, interest on each Note
will accrue from and including the Original Issue Date
of such Note for the first interest period or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to
which interest has been paid or duly provided for all
subsequent interest periods to but excluding applicable
Interest Payment Date or the Stated Maturity Date or
date of earlier redemption or repayment, as the case may
be (the Stated Maturity Date or date of earlier
redemption or repayment is referred to herein as the
"Maturity Date" with respect to the principal repayable
on such date).
If an Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date with
respect to any Fixed Rate Note falls on a day that is
not a Business Day (as defined below), the required
payment to be made on such day need not be made on such
day, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day
with the same force and effect as if made on such day,
and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable
for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date
or Maturity, as the case may be. If an Interest Payment
Date other than the Maturity Date with respect to any
Floating Rate Note would otherwise fall on a day that is
not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will be
postponed to the next succeeding Business Day, except
that in the case of a Note for which LIBOR is an
applicable Interest Rate Basis, if such Business Day
falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such
Interest Payment Date will be the immediately preceding
Business Day. If the Maturity Date with respect to any
Floating Rate Note falls on a day that is not a Business
Day, the required payment to be made on such day need
not be made on such day, but may be made on the next
succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect
as if made on such day, and no interest shall accrue
from and after such Maturity. Unless otherwise provided
in the applicable Pricing Supplement, "Business Day"
means any day that is not a day on which banking
institutions are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to close in The City of
New York; provided, however, that, with respect to Notes
the payment of which is to be made in a currency other
than U.S. dollars or composite currencies (such currency
or composite currency in which a Note is denominated is
the "Specified Currency"), such day is also not a day on
which banking institutions are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to close in the
Principal Financial Center (as defined below) of the
country issuing such Specified Currency (or, in the case
of European Currency Units ("ECUs"), is not a day that
is designated as an ECU non-settlement day by the ECU
Banking Association in Paris or
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otherwise generally regarded in the ECU interbank market
as a day on which payments on ECUs shall not be made;
provided, further, that, with respect to Notes for which
LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis, such day is
also a London Business Day (as defined below). "London
Business Day" means (i) if the currency (including
composite currencies) specified in the applicable
Pricing Supplement as the currency (the "Index
Currency") for which LIBOR is calculated is other than
ECU, any day on which dealings in such Index Currency
are transacted in the London interbank market or (ii) if
the Index Currency is ECU, any day that is not
designated as an ECU non-settlement day by the ECU
Banking Association in Paris or otherwise generally
regarded in the ECU interbank market as a day on which
payments on ECUs shall not be made. It being understood
that if no such currency or composite currency is
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement, the
Index Currency shall be U.S. dollars. "Principal
Financial Center" means the capital city of the country
issuing the currency or composite currency in which any
payment in respect of the Notes is to be made or, solely
with respect to the calculation of LIBOR, the Index
Currency, except that with respect to U.S. dollars,
Australian dollars, Deutsche marks, Dutch guilders,
Italian lire, Swiss francs and ECUs, the Principal
Financial Center shall be The City of New York, Sydney,
Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich and Luxembourg,
respectively.
Regular Record Dates. Unless otherwise provided in the
applicable Pricing Supplement, the "Regular Record Date"
for a Note shall be the date 15 calendar days (whether
or not a Business Day) preceding the applicable Interest
Payment Date.
Interest Payment Dates. Interest payments will be made
on each Interest Payment Date commencing with the first
Interest Payment Date following the Original Issue Date;
provided, however, the first payment of interest on any
Note originally issued between a Regular Record Date and
an Interest Payment Date will occur on the Interest
Payment Date following the next succeeding Regular
Record Date.
Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, interest payments on Fixed Rate Notes will
be made semiannually in arrears on May 15 and November
15 of each year and on the Maturity Date, while interest
payments on Floating Rate Notes will be made as
specified in the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Acceptance and
Rejection of Offers
from Solicitation
as Agents: If agreed upon by any Agent and the Company, then such
Agent acting solely as agent for the Company and not as
principal will solicit purchases of the Notes. Each
Agent will communicate to the Company, orally or in
writing, each reasonable offer to purchase Notes
solicited by such Agent on an agency basis, other than
those offers rejected by such Agent. Each Agent has the
right, in its discretion reasonably exercised, to reject
any proposed purchase of Notes, as a whole or in part,
and any such rejection shall not be a breach of such
Agent's agreement contained in the Selling Agency
Agreement. The Company has the sole right to accept or
reject any proposed purchase of Notes, in whole or in
part, and any such rejection shall not a breach of the
Company's agreement contained in the Selling Agency
Agreement. Each Agent has agreed to
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make reasonable best efforts to assist the Company in
obtaining performance by each purchaser whose offer to
purchase Notes has been solicited by such Agent and
accepted by the Company.
Preparation of
Pricing Supplement: If any offer to purchase a Note is accepted by the
Company, the Company will promptly prepare a Pricing
Supplement reflecting the terms of such Note.
Information to be included in the Pricing Supplement
shall include:
1. the name of the Company;
2. the title of the Notes;
3. the date of the Pricing Supplement and the date of
the Prospectus to which the Pricing Supplement
relates;
4. the name of the Offering Agent (as defined below);
5. whether such Notes are being sold to the Offering
Agent as principal or to an investor or other
purchaser through the Offering Agent acting as
agent for the Company;
6. with respect to Notes sold to the Offering Agent
as principal, whether such Notes will be resold by
the Offering Agent to investors and other
purchasers at (i) a fixed public offering price of
a specified percentage of their principal amount
or (ii) at varying prices related to prevailing
market prices at the time of resale to be
determined by the Offering Agent;
7. with respect to Notes sold to an investor or other
purchaser through the Offering Agent acting as
agent for the Company, whether such Notes will be
sold at (i) 100% of their principal amount or (ii)
a specified percentage of their principal amount;
8. the Offering Agent's discount or commission;
9. Net proceeds to the Company;
10. the Principal Amount, Specified Currency, Original
Issue Date, Stated Maturity Date, Interest Payment
Date(s), Authorized Denomination, Initial
Redemption Date, if any, Initial Redemption
Percentage, if any, Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction, if any, Optional Repayment Date(s), if
any, Exchange Rate Agent, if any, Default Rate, if
any, and, in the case of Fixed Rate Notes, the
Interest Rate, and whether such Fixed Rate Note is
an Original Issue Discount Note (and, if so, the
Issue Price), and, in the case of Floating Rate
Notes, the Interest Category, the Interest Rate
Basis or Bases, the Day Count Convention, Index
Maturity (if applicable), Initial Interest Rate,
if any, Maximum Interest Rate, if any, Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, Initial Interest Reset
Date, Interest Reset Dates, Spread and/or Spread
Multiplier, if any, and Calculation Agent; and
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11. any other additional provisions of the Notes
material to investors or other purchasers of the
Notes not otherwise specified in the Prospectus.
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
send such Pricing Supplement by telecopy or overnight
express (for delivery by the close of business on the
applicable trade date, but in no event later than 11:00
a.m. New York City time, on the Business Day following
the applicable trade date) to the Agent which made or
presented the offer to purchase the applicable Note (in
such capacity, the "Offering Agent") and the Trustee at
the following applicable address: if to [NAMES AND
CONTACTS FOR AGENTS].
In each instance that a Pricing Supplement is prepared,
the Offering Agent will provide a copy of such Pricing
Supplement to each investor or purchaser of the
relevant Notes or its agent. Pursuant to Rule 434
("Rule 434") of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Pricing Supplement may be delivered separately from
the Prospectus. Outdated Pricing Supplements (other
than those retained for files) will be destroyed.
Settlement: The receipt of immediately available funds by the
Company in payment for a Note and the authentication
and delivery of such Note shall, with respect to such
Note, constitute "settlement". Offers accepted by the
Company will be settled three Business Days, or at such
time as the purchaser, the applicable Agent and the
Company shall agree, pursuant to the timetable for
settlement set forth in Parts II and III hereof under
"Settlement Procedure Timetable" with respect to Global
Notes and Certificated Notes, respectively (each such
date fixed for settlement is hereinafter referred to as
a "Settlement Date"). If procedures A and B of the
applicable Settlement Procedures with respect to a
particular offer are not completed on or before the
time set forth under the applicable "Settlement
Procedures Timetable", such offer shall not be settled
until the Business Day following the completion of
settlement procedures A and B or such later date as the
purchaser and the Company shall agree.
The foregoing settlement procedures may be modified
with respect to any purchase of Notes by an Agent as
principal if so agreed by the Company and such Agent.
Procedure for Changing
Rates or Other
Variable Terms: When a decision has been reached to change the interest
rate or any other variable term on any Notes being sold
by the Company, the Company will promptly advise the
Agents and the Trustee by facsimile transmission and
the Agents will forthwith suspend solicitation of
offers to purchase such Notes. The Agents will
telephone the Company with recommendations as to the
changed interest rates or other variable terms. At such
time as the Company notifies the Agents and the Trustee
of the new interest rates or other variable terms, the
Agents may resume solicitation of offers to purchase
such Notes. Until such time, only "indications of
interest" may be recorded. Immediately after acceptance
by the Company of an offer to purchase Notes at a new
interest rate or new variable term, the Company, the
Offering Agent and the Trustee shall follow the
procedures set forth under the applicable "Settlement
Procedures".
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Suspension of
Solicitation;
Amendment or
Supplement: The Company may instruct the Agents to suspend
solicitation of offers to purchase Notes at any time.
Upon receipt of such instructions, the Agents will
forthwith suspend solicitation of offers to purchase
from the Company until such time as the Company has
advised the Agents that solicitation of offers to
purchase may be resumed. If the Company decides to
amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus (other than to establish or change interest
rates or formulas, maturities, prices or other similar
variable terms with respect to the Notes), it will
promptly advise the Agents and will furnish the Agents
and their counsel with copies of the proposed amendment
or supplement. Copies of such amendment or supplement
will be delivered or mailed to the Agents, their
counsel and the Trustee in quantities which such
parties may reasonably request at the following
respective addresses: [NAMES AND ADDRESSES]. For record
keeping purposes, one copy of each such amendment or
supplement shall also be mailed or telecopied to Mayer,
Brown & Platt, 190 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,
Illinois 60603-3441, Attention: Edward S. Best,
telecopier: (312) 701-7711.
In the event that at the time the solicitation of
offers to purchase from the Company is suspended (other
than to establish or change interest rates or formulas,
maturities, prices or other similar variable terms with
respect to the Notes) there shall be any offers to
purchase Notes that have been accepted by the Company
which have not been settled, the Company will promptly
advise the Offering Agent and the Trustee whether such
offers may be settled and whether copies of the
Prospectus as theretofore amended and/or supplemented
as in effect at the time of the suspension may be
delivered in connection with the settlement of such
offers. The Company will have the sole responsibility
for such decision and for any arrangements which may be
made in the event that the Company determines that such
offers may not be settled or that copies of such
Prospectus may not be so delivered.
Delivery of Prospectus
and applicable
Pricing Supplement: A copy of the most recent Prospectus and the applicable
Pricing Supplement, which pursuant to Rule 434 may be
delivered separately from the Prospectus, must
accompany or precede the earlier of (a) the written
confirmation of a sale sent to an investor or other
purchaser or its agent and (b) the delivery of Notes to
an investor or other purchaser or its agent.
Authenticity of
Signatures: The Agents will have no obligation or liability to the
Company or the Trustee in respect of the authenticity
of the signature of any officer, employee or agent of
the Company or the Trustee on any Note.
Documents Incorporated
by Reference: The Company shall supply the Agents with an adequate
supply of all documents incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
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PART II: PROCEDURES FOR NOTES ISSUED
IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM
In connection with the qualification of Notes issued in book-entry
form for eligibility in the book-entry system maintained by DTC, the Trustee
will perform the custodial, document control and administrative functions
described below, in accordance with its respective obligations under a Letter of
Representations from the Company and the Trustee to DTC, dated __________, 1998,
and a Certificate Agreement, dated __________, 1998, between the Trustee and
DTC, as amended (the "Certificate Agreement"), and its obligations as a
participant in DTC, including DTC's Same-Day Funds Settlement System ("SDFS").
Issuance: All Fixed Rate Notes issued in book-entry form having
the same Original Issue Date, Specified Currency,
Interest Rate, Default Rate, Interest Payment Dates,
redemption and/or repayment terms, if any, and Stated
Maturity Date (collectively, the "Fixed Rate Terms")
will be represented initially by a single Global Note;
and all Floating Rate Notes issued in book-entry form
having the same Original Issue Date, Specified
Currency, Interest Category, formula for the
calculation of interest (including the Interest Rate
Basis or Bases, which may be the CD Rate, the CMT Rate,
the Commercial Paper Rate, the Eleventh District Cost
of Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR, the Prime
Rate or the Treasury Rate or any other interest rate
basis or formula, and Spread and/or Spread Multiplier,
if any), Day Count Convention, Initial Interest Rate,
Default Rate, Index Maturity (if applicable), Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, Maximum Interest Rate, if any,
redemption and/or repayment terms, if any, Interest
Payment Dates, Initial Interest Reset Date, Interest
Reset Dates and Stated Maturity Date(collectively, the
"Floating Rate Terms") will be represented initially by
a single Global Note.
For other variable terms with respect to the Fixed Rate
Notes and Floating Rate Notes, see the Prospectus and
the applicable Pricing Supplement.
Owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will be
entitled to physical delivery of Certificated Notes
equal in principal amount to their respective
beneficial interests only upon certain limited
circumstances described in the Prospectus.
Identification: The Company has arranged with the CUSIP Service Bureau
of Standard & Poor's Corporation (the "CUSIP Service
Bureau") for the reservation of one series of CUSIP
numbers, which series consists of approximately 900
CUSIP numbers which have been reserved for and relate
to Global Notes and the Company has delivered to each
of the Trustee and DTC such list of such CUSIP numbers.
The Company will assign CUSIP numbers to Global Notes
as described below under Settlement Procedure B. DTC
will notify the CUSIP Service Bureau periodically of
the CUSIP numbers that the Company has assigned to
Global Notes. The Trustee will notify the Company at
any time when fewer than 100 of the reserved CUSIP
numbers remain unassigned to Global Notes, and, if it
deems necessary, the Company will reserve and obtain
additional CUSIP numbers for assignment to Global
Notes. Upon obtaining such additional CUSIP numbers,
the Company will deliver a list of such additional
numbers to the Trustee and DTC. Notes issued in book-
entry form in excess of $200,000,000 (or the equivalent
thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies)
aggregate principal amount and otherwise required to be
represented by the same Global
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Note will instead be represented by two or more Global
Notes which shall all be assigned the same CUSIP
number.
Registration: Unless otherwise specified by DTC, each Global Note
will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as
nominee for DTC, on the register maintained by the
Trustee under the Indenture. The beneficial owner of a
Note issued in book-entry form (i.e., an owner of a
beneficial interest in a Global Note) (or one or more
indirect participants in DTC designated by such owner)
will designate one or more participants in DTC (with
respect to such Note issued in book-entry form, the
"Participants") to act as agent for such beneficial
owner in connection with the book-entry system
maintained by DTC, and DTC will record in book-entry
form, in accordance with instructions provided by such
Participants, a credit balance with respect to such
Note issued in book-entry form in the account of such
Participants. The ownership interest of such
beneficial owner in such Note issued in book-entry form
will be recorded through the records of such
Participants or through the separate records of such
Participants and one or more indirect participants in
DTC.
Transfers: Transfers of beneficial ownership interests in a Global
Note will be accomplished by book entries made by DTC
and, in turn, by Participants (and in certain cases,
one or more indirect participants in DTC) acting on
behalf of beneficial transferors and transferees of
such Global Note.
Exchanges: The Trustee may deliver to DTC and the CUSIP Service
Bureau at any time a written notice specifying (a) the
CUSIP numbers of two or more Global Notes outstanding
on such date that represent Global Notes having the
same Fixed Rate Terms or Floating Rate Terms, as the
case may be (other than Original Issue Dates), and for
which interest has been paid to the same date; (b) a
date, occurring at least 30 days after such written
notice is delivered and at least 30 days before the
next Interest Payment Date for the related Notes issued
in book-entry form, on which such Global Notes shall be
exchanged for a single replacement Global Note; and (c)
a new CUSIP number, obtained from the Company, to be
assigned to such replacement Global Note. Upon receipt
of such a notice, DTC will send to its Participants
(including the Trustee) a written reorganization notice
to the effect that such exchange will occur on such
date. Prior to the specified exchange date, the
Trustee will deliver to the CUSIP Service Bureau
written notice setting forth such exchange date and the
new CUSIP number and stating that, as of such exchange
date, the CUSIP numbers of the Global Notes to be
exchanged will no longer be valid. On the specified
exchange date, the Trustee will exchange such Global
Notes for a single Global Note bearing the new CUSIP
number and the CUSIP numbers of the exchanged Notes
will, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau
procedures, be canceled and not immediately reassigned.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Global Notes to
be exchanged exceed $200,000,000 (or the equivalent
thereof in one or more foreign or composite currencies)
in aggregate principal amount, one replacement Note
will be authenticated and issued to represent each
$200,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in one or more
foreign or composite currencies) in aggregate principal
amount of the exchanged Global Notes and an additional
Global Note or Notes will be authenticated and
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issued to represent any remaining principal amount of
such Global Notes (See "Denominations" below).
Denominations: Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, Notes issued in book-entry form will be
issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof. Global Notes will not be
denominated in excess of $200,000,000 (or the
equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or composite
currencies) aggregate principal amount. If one or more
Notes are issued in book-entry form in excess of
$200,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in one or more
foreign or composite currencies) aggregate principal
amount and would, but for the preceding sentence, be
represented by a single Global Note, then one Global
Note will be issued to represent each $200,000,000 (or
the equivalent thereof in one or more foreign or
composite currencies) in aggregate principal amount of
such Notes issued in book-entry form and an additional
Global Note or Notes will be issued to represent any
remaining aggregate principal amount of such Note or
Notes issued in book-entry form. In such a case, each
of the Global Notes representing Notes issued in book-
entry form shall be assigned the same CUSIP number.
Payments of Principal
and Interest: Payments of Interest Only. Promptly after each Regular
Record Date, the Trustee will deliver to the Company
and DTC a written notice specifying by CUSIP number the
amount of interest to be paid on each Global Note on
the following Interest Payment Date (other than an
Interest Payment Date coinciding with the Maturity
Date) and the total of such amounts. DTC will confirm
the amount payable on each Global Note on such Interest
Payment Date by reference to the daily bond reports
published by Standard & Poor's Corporation. On such
Interest Payment Date, the Company will pay to the
Trustee in immediately available funds an amount
sufficient to pay the interest then due and owing on
the Global Notes, and upon receipt of such funds from
the Company, the Trustee in turn will pay to DTC such
total amount of interest due on such Global Notes
(other than on the Maturity Date) which is payable in
U.S. dollars, at the times and in the manner set forth
below under "Manner of Payment". The Trustee shall
make payment of that amount of interest due and owing
on any Global Notes that Participants have elected to
receive in foreign or composite currencies directly to
such Participants.
Notice of Interest Rates. Promptly after each Interest
Determination Date or Calculation Date, as the case may
be, for Floating Rate Notes issued in book-entry form,
the Trustee will notify each of Moody's Investors
Service, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Corporation of the
interest rates determined as of such Interest
Determination Date.
Payments at Maturity. On or about the first Business
Day of each month, the Trustee will deliver to the
Company and DTC a written list of principal, premium,
if any, and interest to be paid on each Global Note
maturing or otherwise becoming due in the following
month. The Trustee, the Company and DTC will confirm
the amounts of such principal, premium, if any, and
interest payments with respect to each such Global Note
on or about the fifth Business Day preceding the
Maturity Date of such Global Note. On the Maturity
Date, the Company will pay to the Trustee in
immediately available funds an amount sufficient to
make the required payments, and upon receipt of
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such funds the Trustee in turn will pay to DTC the
principal amount of Global Notes, together with
premium, if any, and interest due on the Maturity Date,
which are payable in U.S. dollars, at the times and in
the manner set forth below under "Manner of Payment".
The Trustee shall make payment of the principal,
premium, if any, and interest to be paid on the
Maturity Date of each Global Note that Participants
have elected to receive in foreign or composite
currencies directly to such Participants. Promptly
after (i) payment to DTC of the principal, premium, if
any, and interest due on the Maturity Date of such
Global Note which are payable in U.S. dollars and (ii)
payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest
due on the Maturity Date of such Global Note to those
Participants who have elected to receive such payments
in foreign or composite currencies, the Trustee will
cancel such Global Note and deliver it to the Company
with an appropriate debit advice. On the first
Business Day of each month, the Trustee will deliver to
the Company a written statement indicating the total
principal amount of outstanding Global Notes as of the
close of business on the immediately preceding Business
Day.
Manner of Payment. The total amount of any principal,
premium, if any, and interest due on Global Notes on
any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the
case may be, which is payable in U.S. dollars shall be
paid by the Company to the Trustee in funds available
for use by the Trustee no later than 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on such date. The Company will make
such payment on such Global Notes to an account
specified by the Trustee. Upon receipt of such funds,
the Trustee will pay by separate wire transfer (using
Fedwire message entry instructions in a form previously
specified by DTC) to an account at the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York previously specified by DTC, in funds
available for immediate use by DTC, each payment in
U.S. dollars of principal, premium, if any, and
interest due on Global Notes on such date. Thereafter
on such date, DTC will pay, in accordance with its SDFS
operating procedures then in effect, such amounts in
funds available for immediate use to the respective
Participants in whose names the beneficial interests in
such Global Notes are recorded in the book-entry system
maintained by DTC. Neither the Company nor the Trustee
shall have any responsibility or liability for the
payment in U.S. dollars by DTC of the principal of, or
premium, if any, or interest on, the Global Notes. The
Trustee shall make all payments of principal, premium,
if any, and interest on each Global Note that
Participants have elected to receive in foreign or
composite currencies directly to such Participants.
Withholding Taxes. The amount of any taxes required
under applicable law to be withheld from any interest
payment on a Global Note will be determined and
withheld by the Participant, indirect participant in
DTC or other Person responsible for forwarding payments
and materials directly to the beneficial owner of such
Global Note.
Settlement
Procedures: Settlement Procedures with regard to each Note in book-
entry form sold by an Agent, as agent of the Company,
or purchased by an Agent, as principal, will be as
follows:
A. The Offering Agent will advise the Company by
telephone, confirmed by facsimile, of the following
settlement information:
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1. Principal amount, Authorized Denomination, and
Specified Currency.
2. Exchange Rate Agent, if any.
3. (a) Fixed Rate Notes:
(i) Interest Rate.
(ii) Interest Payment Dates.
(iii) Whether such Note is being issued with
Original Issue Discount and, if so, the
terms thereof.
(b) Floating Rate Notes:
(i) Interest Category.
(ii) Interest Rate Basis or Bases.
(iii) Initial Interest Rate.
(iv) Spread and/or Spread Multiplier, if any.
(v) Initial Interest Reset Date or Interest
Reset Dates.
(vi) Interest Payment Dates.
(vii) Index Maturity, if any.
(viii) Maximum and/or Minimum Interest Rates,
if any.
(ix) Day Count Convention.
(x) Calculation Agent.
4. Price to public, if any, of such Note (or whether
such Note is being offered at varying prices
relating to prevailing market prices at time of
resale as determined by the Offering Agent).
5. Trade Date.
6. Settlement Date (Original Issue Date).
7. Stated Maturity Date.
8. Redemption provisions, if any.
9. Repayment provisions, if any.
10. Default Rate, if any.
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11. Net proceeds to the Company.
12. The Offering Agent's discount
or commission.
13. Whether such Note is being sold to the Offering
Agent as principal or to an investor or other
purchaser through the Offering Agent acting as
agent for the Company.
14. Such other information specified with respect
to such Note (whether by Addendum or
otherwise).
B. The Company will assign a CUSIP number to the
Global Note representing such Note and then advise
the Trustee by facsimile transmission or other
electronic transmission of the above settlement
information received from the Offering Agent, such
CUSIP number and the name of the Offering Agent.
The Company will also advise the Offering Agent of
the CUSIP number assigned to the Global Note.
C. The Trustee will communicate to DTC and the
Offering Agent through DTC's Participant Terminal
System a pending deposit message specifying the
following settlement information:
1. The information set forth in the Settlement
Procedure A.
2. Identification numbers of the participant
accounts maintained by DTC on behalf of the
Trustee and the Offering Agent.
3. Identification of the Global Note as a Fixed
Rate Global Note or Floating Rate Global Note.
4. Initial Interest Payment Date for such Note,
number of days by which such date succeeds the
related record date for DTC purposes (or, in
the case of Floating Rate Notes which reset
daily or weekly, the date five calendar days
preceding the Interest Payment Date) and, if
then calculable, the amount of interest payable
on such Interest Payment Date (which amount
shall have been confirmed by the Trustee).
5. CUSIP number of the Global Note representing
such Note.
6. Whether such Global Note represents any other
Notes issued or to be issued in book-entry
form.
DTC will arrange for each pending deposit message
described above to be transmitted to Standard &
Poor's Corporation, which will use the information
in the message to include certain terms of the
related Global Note in the appropriate daily bond
report published by Standard & Poor's Corporation.
D. The Trustee will complete and authenticate the
Global Note representing such Note.
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E. DTC will credit such Note to the participant
account of the Trustee maintained by DTC.
F. The Trustee will enter an SDFS deliver order
through DTC's Participant Terminal System
instructing DTC (i) to debit such Note to the
Trustee's participant account and credit such Note
to the participant account of the Offering Agent
maintained by DTC and (ii) to debit the settlement
account of the Offering Agent and credit the
settlement account of the Trustee maintained by
DTC, in an amount equal to the price of such Note
less such Offering Agent's discount or underwriting
commission, as applicable. Any entry of such a
deliver order shall be deemed to constitute a
representation and warranty by the Trustee to DTC
that (i) the Global Note representing such Note has
been issued and authenticated and (ii) the Trustee
is holding such Global Note pursuant to the
Certificate Agreement.
G. In the case of Notes in book-entry form sold
through the Offering Agent, as agent, the Offering
Agent will enter an SDFS deliver order through
DTC's Participant Terminal System instructing DTC
(i) to debit such Note to the Offering Agent's
participant account and credit such Note to the
participant account of the Participants maintained
by DTC and (ii) to debit the settlement accounts of
such Participants and credit the settlement account
of the Offering Agent maintained by DTC in an
amount equal to the initial public offering price
of such Note.
H. Transfers of funds in accordance with SDFS deliver
orders described in Settlement Procedures F and G
will be settled in accordance with SDFS operating
procedures in effect on the Settlement Date.
I. Upon receipt, the Trustee will pay the Company, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account specified by the Company to the Trustee
from time to time, the amount transferred to the
Trustee in accordance with Settlement Procedure F.
J. The Trustee will send a copy of the Global Note by
first class mail to the Company together with a
statement setting forth the principal amount of
Notes Outstanding as of the related Settlement Date
after giving effect to such transaction and all
other offers to purchase Notes of which the Company
has advised the Trustee but which have not yet been
settled.
K. If such Note was sold through the Offering Agent,
as agent, the Offering Agent will confirm the
purchase of such Note to the investor or other
purchaser either by transmitting to the Participant
with respect to such Note a confirmation order
through DTC's Participant Terminal System or by
mailing a written confirmation to such investor or
other purchaser.
Settlement Procedures
Timetable: For offers to purchase Notes accepted by the Company,
Settlement Procedures A through K set forth above shall
be completed as soon as
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possible following the trade but not later than the
respective times (New York City time) set forth below:
Settlement
Procedure Time
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A 11:00 a.m. on the trade date or within one
hour following the trade
B 12:00 noon on the trade date or within one
hour following the trade
C No later than the close of business on the
trade date
D 9:00 a.m. on Settlement Date
E 10:00 a.m. on Settlement Date
F-G No later than 2:00 p.m. on Settlement Date
H 4:00 p.m. on Settlement Date
I-J 5:00 p.m. on Settlement Date
Settlement Procedure H is subject to extension in
accordance with any extension of Fedwire closing
deadlines and in the other events specified in the SDFS
operating procedures in effect on the Settlement Date.
If settlement of a Note issued in book-entry form is
rescheduled or canceled, the Trustee will deliver to
DTC, through DTC's Participant Terminal System, a
cancellation message to such effect by no later than
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day
immediately preceding the scheduled Settlement Date.
Failure to Settle: If the Trustee fails to enter an SDFS deliver order
with respect to a Note issued in book-entry form
pursuant to Settlement Procedure F, the Trustee may
deliver to DTC, through DTC's Participant Terminal
System, as soon as practicable a withdrawal message
instructing DTC to debit such Note to the participant
account of the Trustee maintained at DTC. DTC will
process the withdrawal message, provided that such
participant account contains a principal amount of the
Global Note representing such Note that is at least
equal to the principal amount to be debited. If
withdrawal messages are processed with respect to all
the Notes represented by a Global Note, the Trustee
will mark such Global Note "canceled", make appropriate
entries in its records and send certification of
destruction of such canceled Global Note to the
Company. The CUSIP number assigned to such Global Note
shall, in accordance with CUSIP Service Bureau
procedures, be canceled and not immediately reassigned.
If withdrawal messages are processed with respect to a
portion of the Notes represented by a Global Note, the
Trustee will exchange such Global Note for two Global
Notes, one of which shall represent the Global Notes
for which withdrawal messages are processed and shall
be canceled immediately after issuance and the other of
which shall represent the other Notes previously
represented by the surrendered Global Note and shall
bear the CUSIP number of the surrendered Global Note.
In the case of any Note in book-entry form sold through
the Offering Agent, as agent, if the purchase price for
any such Note is not timely paid to the Participants
with respect thereto by the beneficial investor or
other purchaser thereof (or a person, including an
indirect participant in
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DTC, acting on behalf of such investor or other
purchaser), such Participants and, in turn, the related
Offering Agent may enter SDFS deliver orders through
DTC's Participant Terminal System reversing the orders
entered pursuant to Settlement Procedures F and G,
respectively. Thereafter, the Trustee will deliver the
withdrawal message and take the related actions
described in the preceding paragraph. If such failure
shall have occurred for any reason other than default
by the applicable Offering Agent to perform its
obligations hereunder or under the Selling Agency
Agreement, the Company will reimburse such Offering
Agent on an equitable basis for its reasonable loss of
the use of funds during the period when the funds were
credited to the account of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon any failure to
settle with respect to a Note in book-entry form, DTC
may take any actions in accordance with its SDFS
operating procedures then in effect. In the event of a
failure to settle with respect to a Note that was to
have been represented by a Global Note also
representing other Notes, the Trustee will provide, in
accordance with Settlement Procedure D, for the
authentication and issuance of a Global Note
representing such remaining Notes and will make
appropriate entries in its records.
PART III: PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES
Denominations: Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Pricing
Supplement, the Certificated Notes will be issued in
denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
Payments of Principal,
Premium, if any, and
Interest: Upon presentment and delivery of the Certificated Note,
the Trustee upon receipt of immediately available funds
from the Company will pay the principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on, each Certificated Note on the
Maturity Date in immediately available funds. All
interest payments on a Certificated Note, other than
interest due on the Maturity Date, will be made by
check mailed to the address of the person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register; provided, however, that Holders of
$10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of
Certificated Notes (whether having identical or
different terms and provisions) shall be entitled to
receive such interest payments by wire transfer of
immediately available funds if appropriate wire
transfer instructions have been received in writing by
the Trustee not less than 15 calendar days prior to the
applicable Interest Payment Date.
The Trustee will provide monthly to the Company a list
of the principal, premium, if any, and interest to be
paid on Certificated Notes maturing in the next
succeeding month. The Trustee will be responsible for
withholding taxes on interest paid as required by
applicable law.
Certificated Notes presented to the Trustee on the
Maturity Date for payment will be canceled by the
Trustee. All canceled Certificated Notes held by the
Trustee shall be destroyed, and the Trustee shall
furnish to the Company a certificate with respect to
such destruction.
Settlement
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Procedures: Settlement Procedures with regard to each Certificated
Note purchased by an Agent, as principal, or through an
Agent, as agent, shall be as follows:
A. The Offering Agent will advise the Company by
telephone, confirmed by facsimile, of the following
Settlement information with regard to each
Certificated Note:
1. Exact name in which the Certificated Note(s)
is to be registered (the "Registered Owner").
2. Exact address or addresses of the Registered
Owner for delivery, notices and payments of
principal, premium, if any, and interest.
3. Taxpayer identification number of the
Registered Owner.
4. Principal amount, Authorized Denomination and
Specified Currency.
5. Exchange Rate Agent, if any.
6. (a) Fixed Rate Notes:
(i) Interest Rate.
(ii) Interest Payment Dates.
(iii) Whether such Note is being issued
with Original Issue Discount and,
if so, the terms thereof.
(b) Floating Rate Notes:
(i) Interest Category.
(ii) Interest Rate Basis or Bases.
(iii) Initial Interest Rate.
(iv) Spread and/or Spread Multiplier,
if any.
(v) Initial Interest Reset Date and
Interest Reset Dates.
(vi) Interest Payment Dates.
(vii) Index Maturity, if any.
(viii) Maximum and/or Minimum
Interest Rates, if any.
(ix) Day Count Convention.
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(x) Calculation Agent.
7. Price to public of such Certificated Note (or
whether such Note is being offered at varying
prices relating to prevailing market prices at
time of resale as determined by the Offering
Agent).
8. Trade Date.
9. Settlement Date (Original Issue Date).
10. Stated Maturity Date.
11. Redemption provisions, if any.
12. Repayment provisions, if any.
13. Default Rate, if any.
14. Net proceeds to the Company.
15. The Offering Agent's discount or commission.
16. Whether such Note is being sold to the
Offering Agent as principal or to an investor
or other purchaser through the Offering Agent
acting as agent for the Company.
17. Such other information specified with respect
to such Note (whether by Addendum or
otherwise).
B. After receiving such settlement information from
the Offering Agent, the Company will advise the
Trustee of the above settlement information by
facsimile transmission confirmed by telephone. The
Company will cause the Trustee to complete,
authenticate and deliver the Certificated Note.
C. The Trustee will complete the Certificated Note in
the form approved by the Company and the Offering
Agent, and will make three copies thereof (herein
called "Stub 1", "Stub 2" and "Stub 3"):
1. Certificated Note with the Offering Agent's
confirmation, if traded on a principal basis,
or the Offering Agent's customer confirmation,
if traded on an agency basis.
2. Stub 1 for Trustee.
3. Stub 2 for Offering Agent.
4. Stub 3 for the Company.
D. With respect to each trade, the Trustee will
deliver the Certificated Note and Stub 2 thereof to
the Offering Agent at the following applicable
address: [NAMES AND ADDRESSES]. The Trustee will
keep Stub 1. The Offering Agent will acknowl edge
receipt of the Certificated Note through a broker's
receipt
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and will keep Stub 2. Delivery of the Certificated
Note will be made only against such acknowledgment
of receipt. Upon determination that the
Certificated Note has been authorized, delivered
and completed as aforementioned, the Offering Agent
will wire the net proceeds of the Certificated Note
after deduc tion of its applicable commission to
the Company pursuant to standard wire instructions
given by the Company.
E. In the case of a Certificated Note sold through the
Offering Agent, as agent, the Offering Agent will
deliver such Certificated Note (with the
confirmation) to the purchaser against payment in
immediately available funds.
F. The Trustee will send Stub 3 to the Company.
Settlement Procedures
Timetable: For offers to purchase Certificated Notes accepted by
the Company, Settlement Procedures A through F set
forth above shall be completed as soon as possible
following the trade but not later than the respective
times (New York City time) set forth below:
Settlement
Procedure Time
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A 11:00 a.m. on the trade date or within one
hour following the trade
B 12:00 noon on the trade date or within one
hour following the trade
C-D 2:15 p.m. on Settlement Date
E 3:00 p.m. on Settlement Date
F 5:00 p.m. on Settlement Date
Failure to Settle: In the case of Certificated Notes sold through the
Offering Agent, as agent, if an investor or other
purchaser of a Certificated Note from the Company shall
either fail to accept delivery of or make payment for
such Certificated Note on the date fixed for
settlement, the Offering Agent will forthwith notify
the Trustee and the Company by telephone, confirmed in
writing, and return such Certificated Note to the
Trustee.
The Trustee, upon receipt of such Certificated Note
from the Offering Agent, will immediately advise the
Company and the Company will promptly arrange to credit
the account of the Offering Agent in an amount of
immediately available funds equal to the amount
previously paid to the Company by such Offering Agent
in settlement for such Certificated Note. Such credits
will be made on the Settlement Date if possible, and in
any event not later than the Business Day following the
Settlement Date; provided that the Company has received
notice on the same day. If such failure shall have
occurred for any reason other than failure by such
Offering Agent to perform its obligations hereunder or
under the Selling Agency Agreement, the Company will
reimburse such Offering Agent on an equitable basis for
its reasonable loss of the use of funds during the
period when the funds were credited to the account of
the Company. Immediately upon receipt of the
Certificated Note in respect of which the failure
occurred, the Trustee will cancel and destroy such
Certificated Note, make appropriate entries in its
records
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to reflect the fact that such Certificated Note was
never issued, and accordingly notify in writing the
Company.
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EXHIBIT B
TRIBUNE COMPANY
[Description of Notes]
TERMS AGREEMENT
[_________], 1998
Tribune Company
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Attention: David J. Granat
Vice President and Treasurer
Subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the Underwriting
Agreement (the "Agreement") dated _______, 1998, among [NAMES OF AGENTS] and
you, the undersigned agrees to purchase the following Notes of TRIBUNE COMPANY:
Specified Currency:
Aggregate Principal Amount:
Interest Rate:
Date of Maturity:
Interest Payment Dates:
Regular Record Dates:
Purchase Price: % of Principal Amount
Purchase Date and Time:
Place for Delivery of Notes
and Payment Therefor:
Method of Payment:
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Other Terms:
Modification, if any, in
the requirements to
deliver the documents
specified in Section 6(b)
of the Agreement:
Period during which additional
Notes may not be sold pursuant
to Section 4(1) of the Agreement:
[PURCHASER]
By: ________________________
Title:
Accepted:
TRIBUNE COMPANY
By: __________________________
Title:
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Exhibit 4.2
[FACE OF NOTE]
TRIBUNE COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE
ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME
AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN./1/
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY./2/
REGISTERED CUSIP No.: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
No. FLR-___ ______________ ________________
TRIBUNE COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
INTEREST RATE BASIS ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: STATED MATURITY DATE:
OR BASES:
IF LIBOR: IF CMT RATE:
[ ] LIBOR Reuters Designated CMT Telerate Page:
[ ] LIBOR Telerate Designated CMT Maturity Index:
INDEX CURRENCY:
INDEX MATURITY: INITIAL INTEREST RATE: % INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S):
SPREAD (PLUS OR SPREAD MULTIPLIER:
INITIAL INTEREST RESET
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/1/ This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
/2/ This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
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MINUS): DATE:
MINIMUM INTEREST RATE: % MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE: % INTEREST RESET DATE(S):
INITIAL REDEMPTION INITIAL REDEMPTION ANNUAL REDEMPTION
DATE: PERCENTAGE: % PERCENTAGE REDUCTION: %
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT CALCULATION AGENT:
DATE(S):
INTEREST CATEGORY: DAY COUNT CONVENTION:
[ ] Regular Floating Rate Note [ ] 30/360 for the period
[ ] Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note
from to .
Fixed Rate Commencement Date: [ ] Actual/360 for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: % from to .
[ ] Inverse Floating Rate Note [ ] Actual/Actual for the period
Fixed Interest Rate: % from to .
[ ] Original Issue Discount Note Applicable Interest Rate Basis:
Issue Price: %
SPECIFIED CURRENCY: AUTHORIZED DENOMINATION:
[ ] United States dollars [ ] $1,000 and integral multiples
[ ] Other: thereof
[ ] Other:
EXCHANGE RATE AGENT:
DEFAULT RATE: %
ADDENDUM ATTACHED
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
OTHER/ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:
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TRIBUNE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Company", which terms include
any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of , on the Stated
Maturity Date specified above (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date, each as
defined on the reverse hereof) (each such Stated Maturity Date, Redemption Date
or Repayment Date being hereinafter referred to as the "Maturity Date" with
respect to the principal repayable on such date) and to pay interest thereon, at
a rate per annum equal to the Initial Interest Rate specified above until the
Initial Interest Reset Date specified above and thereafter at a rate determined
in accordance with the provisions specified above and on the reverse hereof with
respect to one or more Interest Rate Bases specified above until the principal
hereof is paid or duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per
annum specified above on any overdue principal, premium and/or interest. The
Company will pay interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any,
specified above (each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first
Interest Payment Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above,
and on the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date
occurs between a Record Date (as defined below) and the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date, interest payments will commence on the second Interest Payment
Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date to the holder of this Note on the
Record Date with respect to such second Interest Payment Date.
Interest on this Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest has been
paid or duly provided for) to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment
Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, an "Interest Period"). The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to
the person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is
registered at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or
not a Business Day, as defined on the reverse hereof) immediately preceding such
Interest Payment Date (the "Record Date"); provided, however, that interest
payable on the Maturity Date will be payable to the person to whom the principal
hereof and premium, if any, hereon shall be payable. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease
to be payable to the holder on any Record Date, and shall be paid to the person
in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a special
record date (the "Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice whereof
shall be given to the holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than 15
calendar days prior to such Special Record Date or may be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which this note may be listed, and upon such notice as
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may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided for in the
Indenture.
Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this Note
due on the Maturity Date will be made in immediately available funds upon
presentation and surrender of this Note (and, with respect to any applicable
repayment of this Note, a duly completed election form as contemplated on the
reverse hereof) at the corporate trust office of the Trustee maintained for that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, currently located at
Bank of Montreal Trust Company, 77 Water Street, New York, New York 10005, or at
such other paying agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as
the Company may determine; provided, however, that if such payment is to be made
in a Specified Currency other than United States dollars as set forth below,
such payment will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an
account with a bank designated by the holder hereof at least 16 calendar days
prior to the Maturity Date, provided that such bank has appropriate facilities
therefor and that this Note (and, if applicable, a duly completed repayment
election form) is presented and surrendered at the aforementioned office of the
Trustee in time for the Trustee to make such payment in such funds in accordance
with its normal procedures. Payment of interest due on any Interest Payment
Date other than the Maturity Date will be made by check mailed to the address of
the person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security
Register maintained at the aforementioned office of the Trustee; provided,
however, that a holder of U.S.$10,000,000 (or, if the Specified Currency
specified above is other than United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in
the Specified Currency) or more in aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether
having identical or different terms and provisions) will be entitled to receive
interest payments on such Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately
available funds if appropriate wire transfer instruc tions have been received
in writing by the Trustee not less than 16 calendar days prior to such Interest
Payment Date. Any such wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee shall
remain in effect until revoked by such holder.
If any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity Date would otherwise be
a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date shall be postponed
to the next succeeding Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an applicable
Interest Rate Basis and such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar
month, such Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business
Day. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the
required payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on
the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue with respect to such
payment for the period from and after the Maturity Date to the date of such
payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
The Company is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the Specified
Currency is not at the
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time of such payment legal tender for the payment of public and private debts,
in such other coin or currency of the country which issued the Specified
Currency as at the time of such payment is legal tender for the payment of such
debts). If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, any such
amounts so payable by the Company will be converted by the Exchange Rate Agent
specified above into United States dollars for payment to the holder of this
Note; provided, however, that the holder of this Note may elect to receive such
amounts in such Specified Currency pursuant to the provisions set forth below.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the holder
of this Note shall not have duly made an election to receive all or a specified
portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect
of this Note in the Specified Currency, any United States dollar amount to be
received by the holder of this Note will be based on the highest bid quotation
in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent at approximately
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the
applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange dealers (one of
whom may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the Exchange Rate Agent and
approved by the Company for the purchase by the quoting dealer of the Specified
Currency for United States dollars for settlement on such payment date in the
aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all holders of Notes
scheduled to receive United States dollar payments and at which the applicable
dealer commits to execute a contract. All currency exchange costs will be borne
by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments. If three such bid
quotations are not available, payments on this Note will be made in the
Specified Currency.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the holder of
this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of any payment of
principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this Note in the
Specified Currency by submitting a written request for such payment to the
Trustee at its corporate trust office in The City of New York on or prior to the
applicable Record Date or at least 16 calendar days prior to the Maturity Date,
as the case may be. Such written request may be mailed or hand delivered or
sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile transmission. The holder of
this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of all future payments
in the Specified Currency in respect of such principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest and need not file a separate election for each payment. Such election
will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Trustee, but
written notice of any such revocation must be received by the Trustee on or
prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 16 calendar days prior to the
Maturity Date, as the case may be.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars or a composite
currency and the holder of this Note shall have duly made an election to receive
all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if the Specified
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Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company will be entitled to
satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making such payment in
United States dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate (as defined
below) on the second Business Day prior to such payment date or, if such Market
Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most recently available
Market Exchange Rate or as otherwise specified on the face hereof. The "Market
Exchange Rate" for the Specified Currency means the noon dollar buying rate in
The City of New York for cable transfers for the Specified Currency as certified
for customs purposes by (or if not so certified, as otherwise determined by) the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made under such circumstances in
United States dollars will not constitute an Event of Default (as defined in the
Indenture).
If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and the holder of this
Note shall have duly made an election to receive all or a specified portion of
any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this
Note in the Specified Currency and if such composite currency is unavailable due
to the imposition of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the control
of the Company, then the Company will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to
the holder of this Note by making such payment in United States dollars. The
amount of each payment in United States dollars shall be computed by the
Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the equivalent of the composite currency in
United States dollars. The component currencies of the composite currency for
this purpose (collectively, the "Component Currencies" and each, a "Component
Currency") shall be the currency amounts that were components of the composite
currency as of the last day on which the composite currency was used. The
equivalent of the composite currency in United States dollars shall be
calculated by aggregating the United States dollar equivalents of the Component
Currencies. The United States dollar equivalent of each of the Component
Currencies shall be determined by the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent on the
basis of the most recently available Market Exchange Rate for each such
Component Currency, or as otherwise specified on the face hereof.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of
those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is
divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original Component
Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of such two or more currencies, the
sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original Component Currency.
All determinations referred to above made by the Company or its agent
(including the Exchange Rate Agent) shall be at its sole
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discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all
purposes and binding on the holder of this Note.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on
the reverse hereof and, if so specified above, in the Addendum hereto, which
further provisions shall have the same force and effect as if set forth on the
face hereof.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained herein, if the face
of this Note specifies that an Addendum is attached hereto or that
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply, this Note shall be subject to the terms set
forth in such Addendum or such "Other/Additional Provisions".
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, TRIBUNE COMPANY has caused this instrument to be
executed in its corporate name by the facsimile signatures of its Chairman of
the Board of Directors, its President, or one of its Vice Presidents, and its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and impressed or imprinted with its
corporate seal or a facsimile thereof.
TRIBUNE COMPANY
By__________________________ By__________________________
[Assistant] Secretary Title:
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Debt Securities of
the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee
By____________________________ By____________________________
Authorized Signatory Authorized Signatory
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
TRIBUNE COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Floating Rate)
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated as of January 1, 1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time (the "Indenture"), between the Company and Bank of Montreal Trust Company,
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 the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of
the Debt Securities, and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series of Debt
Securities designated as "Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More From Date of
Issue, Series F" (the "Notes"). All terms used but not defined in this Note
specified on the face hereof or in an Addendum hereto shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples thereof or the
minimum Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof.
This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless
otherwise provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the
following two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or repayable prior to the
Stated Maturity Date.
This Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company
on any date on or after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.$1,000
or the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal
amount hereof shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized
Denomination), at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together with unpaid
interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a "Redemption
Date"), on notice given no more than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to
the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. The
"Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage
specified on the face hereof multiplied by the unpaid principal amount of this
Note to be redeemed. The Initial Redemption Percentage shall decline at each
anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by the Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof until the Redemp tion Price is
100% of unpaid principal amount to be redeemed. In the event of redemption of
this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unredeemed portion
hereof and otherwise having
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the same terms as this Note shall be issued in the name of the holder hereof
upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
This Note will be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or in part in increments of U.S.$1,000 or the minimum
Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized Denomination), at a
repayment price equal to 100% of the unpaid principal amount to be repaid,
together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for repayment
(each, a "Repayment Date"). For this Note to be repaid, this Note must be
received, together with the form hereon entitled "Option to Elect Repayment"
duly completed, by the Trustee at its corporate trust office not more than 60
nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the Repayment Date. Exercise of such
repayment option by the holder hereof will be irrevocable. In the event of
repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid
portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued
in the name of the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face hereof
as an Original Issue Discount Note, the amount payable to the holder of this
Note in the event of redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity of this
Note will be equal to the sum of (1) the Issue Price specified on the face
hereof (increased by any accruals of the Discount, as defined below) and, in the
event of any redemption of this Note (if applicable), multiplied by the Initial
Redemption Percentage (as adjusted by the Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction, if applicable) and (2) any unpaid interest on this Note accrued from
the Original Issue Date to the Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of
acceleration of maturity, as the case may be. The difference between the Issue
Price and 100% of the principal amount of this Note is referred to herein as the
"Discount."
For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as
of any Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity of
this Note, such Discount will be accrued so as to cause an assumed yield on the
Note to be constant. The assumed constant yield will be calculated using a 30-
day month, 360-day year convention, a compounding period that, except for the
Initial Period (as defined below), corresponds to the shortest period between
Interest Payment Dates (with ratable accruals within a compounding period), a
constant coupon rate equal to the initial interest rate applicable to this Note
and an assumption that the maturity of this Note will not be accelerated. If
the period from the Original Issue Date to the initial Interest Payment Date
(the "Initial Period") is shorter than the compounding period for this Note, a
proportionate amount of the yield for an entire compounding period will be
accrued. If the Initial Period is longer than the compounding period, then such
period will be divided into a regular compounding period and a short period,
with the short period being treated as provided in the preceding sentence.
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The interest rate borne by this Note will be determined as follows:
(i) Unless the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face
hereof as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note", an "Inverse Floating Rate Note"
or as having an Addendum attached, this Note shall be designated as a
"Regular Floating Rate Note" and, except as set forth below or on the face
hereof, shall bear interest at the rate determined by reference to the
applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if
any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if any, in each case as
specified on the face hereof. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date,
the rate at which interest on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as
of each Interest Reset Date specified on the face hereof; provided, however,
that the interest rate in effect for the period, if any, from the Original
Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset Date shall be the Initial Interest
Rate.
(ii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face
hereof as a "Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note", then, except as set forth below
or on the face hereof, this Note shall bear interest at the rate determined
by reference to the applicable Interest Rate Basis or Bases (a) plus or
minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied by the Spread Multiplier, if
any. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which
interest on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest
Reset Date; provided, however, that (y) the interest rate in effect for the
period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset
Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate and (z) the interest rate in effect
for the period commencing on the Fixed Rate Commencement Date specified on
the face hereof to the Maturity Date shall be the Fixed Interest Rate
specified on the face hereof or, if no such Fixed Interest Rate is
specified, the interest rate in effect hereon on the day immediately
preceding the Fixed Rate Commencement Date.
(iii) If the Interest Category of this Note is specified on the face
hereof as an "Inverse Floating Rate Note", then, except as set forth below
or on the face hereof, this Note shall bear interest at the Fixed Interest
Rate minus the rate determined by reference to the applicable Interest Rate
Basis or Bases (a) plus or minus the Spread, if any, and/or (b) multiplied
by the Spread Multiplier, if any; provided, however, that, unless otherwise
specified on the face hereof, the interest rate hereon shall not be less
than zero. Commencing on the Initial Interest Reset Date, the rate at which
interest on this Note shall be payable shall be reset as of each Interest
Reset Date; provided, however, that the interest rate in effect for the
period, if any, from the Original Issue Date to the Initial Interest Reset
Date shall be the Initial Interest Rate.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this Note is designated as having an
Addendum on the face hereof, this Note shall bear interest in accordance with
the terms of the Addendum.
Unless otherwise specified on the face hereof, the rate with respect
to each Interest Rate Basis will be determined in accordance with the applicable
provisions below. Except as set forth above or on the face hereof, the interest
rate in effect on each day shall be (i) if such day is an Interest Reset Date,
the interest rate determined as of the Interest Determination Date (as defined
below) immediately preceding such Interest Reset Date or (ii) if such day is not
an Interest Reset Date, the interest rate determined as of the Interest
Determination Date immediately preceding the next preceding Interest Reset Date.
If any Interest Reset Date would otherwise be a day that is not a
Business Day, such Interest Reset Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding
Business Day, except that if LIBOR is an applicable Interest Rate Basis and such
Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, such Interest Reset
Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day that is not a day on
which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or
executive order to close in The City of New York; provided, however, that if the
Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and any payment is to be
made in the Specified Currency in accordance with the provisions hereof, such
day is also not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required
by law or executive order to close in the Principal Financial Center (as defined
below) of the country issuing the Specified Currency (or, in the case of
European Currency Units ("ECU"), is not a day that appears as an ECU non-
settlement day on the display designated as "ISDE" on the Reuter Monitor Money
Rates Service (or a day so designated by the ECU Banking Association) or, if ECU
non-settlement days do not appear on that page (and are not so designated), is
not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be settled in the international
interbank market); provided, further, that if LIBOR is an applicable Interest
Rate Basis, such day is also a London Business Day (as defined below). "London
Business Day" means (i) if the Index Currency (as defined below) is other than
ECU, any day on which dealings in such Index Currency are transacted in the
London interbank market or (ii) if the Index Currency is ECU, any day that does
not appear as an ECU non-settlement day on the display designated as "ISDE" on
the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or a day so designated by the ECU
Banking Association) or, if ECU non-settlement days do not appear on that page
(and are not so designated), is not a day on which payments in ECU cannot be
settled in the international interbank market. "Principal Financial Center"
means the capital city of the country issuing the Specified Currency, or solely
with respect to the calculation of LIBOR, the Index Currency, except that with
respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars, Deutsche marks, Dutch
guilders, Italian lire, Swiss francs and ECU, the "Principal Financial Center"
shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich and
Luxembourg, respectively.
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The "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the CD Rate, the CMT
Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Federal Funds Rate and the Prime Rate will
be the second Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset
Date; the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to the Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate shall be the last working day of the month immediately
preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date on which the Federal Home Loan Bank
of San Francisco (the "FHLB of San Francisco") publishes the Index (as defined
below); and the "Interest Determination Date" with respect to LIBOR shall be the
second London Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Interest Reset
Date, unless the Index Currency is British pounds sterling, in which case the
"Interest Determination Date" will be the applicable Interest Reset Date. The
"Interest Determination Date" with respect to the Treasury Rate shall be the day
in the week in which the applicable Interest Reset Date falls on which day
Treasury Bills (as defined below) are normally auctioned (Treasury Bills are
normally sold at an auction held on Monday of each week, unless that day is a
legal holiday, in which case the auction is normally held on the following
Tuesday, except that such auction may be held on the preceding Friday);
provided, however, that if an auction is held on the Friday of the week
preceding the applicable Interest Reset Date, the Interest Determination Date
shall be such preceding Friday; and provided, further, that if an auction falls
on any Interest Reset Date, then the related Interest Reset Date will instead be
the first Business Day following such auction. If the interest rate of this
Note is determined with reference to two or more Interest Rate Bases specified
on the face hereof, the "Interest Determination Date" pertaining to this Note
shall be the most recent Business Day which is at least two Business Days prior
to the applicable Interest Reset Date on which each Interest Rate Basis is
determinable. Each Interest Rate Basis shall be determined as of such date, and
the applicable interest rate shall take effect on the related Interest Reset
Date.
CD Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the face
hereof as the CD Rate, the CD Rate shall be determined as of the applicable
Interest Determination Date (a "CD Rate Interest Determination Date") as the
rate on such date for negotiable United States dollar certificates of deposit
having the Index Maturity specified on the face hereof as published by the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in "Statistical Release H.15(519),
Selected Interest Rates" or any successor publication ("H.15(519)") under the
heading "CDs (Secondary Market)", or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date (as defined below), the rate on such
CD Rate Interest Determination Date for negotiable United States dollar
certificates of deposit of the Index Maturity as published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York in its daily statistical release "Composite 3:30 P.M.
Quotations for United States Government Securities" or any successor publication
("Composite Quotations") under the heading "Certificates of Deposit". If such
rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or Composite Quotations by 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CD Rate on
such CD Rate Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation
Agent
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specified on the face hereof and will be the arithmetic mean of the secondary
market offered rates as of 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such CD Rate
Interest Determination Date, of three leading nonbank dealers in negotiable
United States dollar certificates of deposit in The City of New York selected by
the Calculation Agent for negotiable certificates of deposit of major United
States money market banks for negotiable United States dollar certificates of
deposit with a remaining maturity closest to the Index Maturity in an amount
that is representative for a single transaction in that market at that time;
provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are
not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the CD Rate determined as of such CD
Rate Interest Determination Date will be the CD Rate in effect on such CD Rate
Interest Determination Date.
CMT Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as the CMT rate, the CMT Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page (as defined
below) under the caption "...Treasury Constant Maturities...Federal Reserve
Board Release H.15...Mondays Approximately 3:45 P.M.", under the column for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index (as defined below) for (i) if the Designated CMT
Telerate Page is 7055, the rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date and
(ii) if the Designated CMT Telerate Page is 7052, the week, or the month, as
applicable, ended immediately preceding the week in which the related CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date occurs. If such rate is no longer displayed on the
relevant page or is not displayed by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate for such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index as published in the relevant H.15(519). If such
rate is no longer published or is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be such treasury constant maturity rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index (or other United States Treasury rate for the
Designated CMT Maturity Index) for the CMT Rate Interest Determination Date with
respect to such Interest Reset Date as may then be published by either the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the United States Department of
the Treasury that the Calculation Agent determines to be comparable to the rate
formerly displayed on the Designated CMT Telerate Page and published in the
relevant H.15(519). If such information is not provided by 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the CMT Rate on the CMT Rate
Interest Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will
be a yield to maturity, based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market
closing offer side prices as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on
such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date reported, according to their written
records, by three leading primary United States government securities dealers
(each, a "Reference Dealer") in The City of New York (which may include the
Agent or its Affiliates) selected by the Calculation Agent (from five such
Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the highest
quotation (or, in
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the event of equality, one of the highest) and the lowest quotation (or, in the
event of equality, one of the lowest)), for the most recently issued direct
noncallable fixed rate obligations of the United States ("Treasury Notes") with
an original maturity of approximately the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a
remaining term to maturity of not less than such Designated CMT Maturity Index
minus one year. If the Calculation Agent is unable to obtain three such
Treasury Note quotations, the CMT Rate on such CMT Rate Interest Determination
Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be a yield to maturity
based on the arithmetic mean of the secondary market offer side prices as of
approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such CMT Rate Interest
Determination Date of three Reference Dealers in The City of New York (from five
such Reference Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent and eliminating the
highest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the highest) and the
lowest quotation (or, in the event of equality, one of the lowest)), for
Treasury Notes with an original maturity of the number of years that is the next
highest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and a remaining term to maturity
closest to the Designated CMT Maturity Index and in an amount of at least
U.S.$100 million. If three or four (and not five) of such Reference Dealers are
quoting as described above, then the CMT Rate will be based on the arithmetic
mean of the offer prices obtained and neither the highest nor the lowest of such
quotes will be eliminated; provided, however, that if fewer than three Reference
Dealers selected by the Calculation Agent are quoting as mentioned herein, the
CMT Rate determined as of such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date will be the
CMT Rate in effect on such CMT Rate Interest Determination Date. If two
Treasury Notes with an original maturity as described in the second preceding
sentence have remaining terms to maturity equally close to the Designated CMT
Maturity Index, the Calculation Agent will obtain from five Reference Dealers
quotations for the Treasury Note with the shorter remaining term to maturity.
"Designated CMT Telerate Page" means the display on the Dow Jones
Telerate Service on the page specified on the face hereof (or any other page as
may replace such page on that service for the purpose of displaying Treasury
Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519)) for the purpose of displaying
Treasury Constant Maturities as reported in H.15(519). If no such page is
specified on the face hereof, the Designated CMT Telerate Page shall be 7052,
for the most recent week.
"Designated CMT Maturity Index" means the original period to maturity
of the United States Treasury securities (either 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 20 or 30
years) specified on the face hereof with respect to which the CMT Rate will be
calculated. If no such maturity is specified on the face hereof, the Designated
CMT Maturity Index shall be 2 years.
Commercial Paper Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
specified on the face hereof as the Commercial Paper Rate, the Commercial Paper
Rate shall be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a
"Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date") as the Money Market Yield
(as defined below)
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on such date of the rate for commercial paper having the Index Maturity as
published in H.15(519) under the heading "Commercial Paper". In the event that
such rate is not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation
Date, then the Commercial Paper Rate on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date will be the Money Market Yield of the rate for commercial
paper having the Index Maturity as published in Composite Quotations under the
heading "Commercial Paper" (with an Index Maturity of one month or three months
being deemed to be equivalent to an Index Maturity of 30 days or 90 days,
respectively). If such rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or
Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation Date,
then the Commercial Paper Rate on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date will be calculated by the Calculation Agent and shall be the
Money Market Yield of the arithmetic mean of the offered rates at approximately
11:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date of three leading dealers of commercial paper in The City of
New York selected by the Calculation Agent for commercial paper having the Index
Maturity placed for an industrial issuer whose bond rating is "AA", or the
equivalent from a nationally recognized statistical rating organization;
provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the Calculation Agent are
not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Commercial Paper Rate determined
as of such Commercial Paper Rate Interest Determination Date will be the
Commercial Paper Rate in effect on such Commercial Paper Rate Interest
Determination Date.
"Money Market Yield" means a yield (expressed as a percentage) calculated
in accordance with the following formula:
Money Market Yield = D x 360 00
--------------------- x 1
360 - (D x M)
where "D" refers to the applicable per annum rate for commercial paper quoted on
a bank discount basis and expressed as a decimal, and "M" refers to the actual
number of days in the Interest Period for which interest is being calculated.
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for
this Note is specified on the face hereof as the Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (an "Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date") as the rate equal to the monthly weighted average
cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which
such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date falls, as
set forth under the caption "11th District" on Telerate Page 7058 as of 11:00
A.M., San Francisco time, on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Page 7058 on such
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, then the
Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate Interest Determination Date shall be the monthly weighted average cost of
funds paid by member institutions of the Eleventh Federal Home Loan
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Bank District that was most recently announced (the "Index") by the FHLB of San
Francisco as such cost of funds for the calendar month immediately preceding the
date of such announcement. If the FHLB of San Francisco fails to announce the
Index on or prior to such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest
Determination Date for the calendar month immediately preceding such Eleventh
District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date, the Eleventh District
Cost of Funds Rate determined as of such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate
Interest Determination Date will be the Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate in
effect on such Eleventh District Cost of Funds Rate Interest Determination Date.
Federal Funds Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is
specified on the face hereof as the Federal Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate
shall be determined as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Federal
Funds Rate Interest Determination Date") as the rate on such date for United
States dollar federal funds as published in H.15(519) under the heading "Federal
Funds (Effective)" or, if not published by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the
Calculation Date, the rate on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date as published in Composite Quotations under the heading "Federal
Funds/Effective Rate". If such rate is not published in either H.15(519) or
Composite Quotations by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the related
Calculation Date, then the Federal Funds Rate on such Federal Funds Interest
Determination Date shall be calculated by the Calculation Agent and will be the
arithmetic mean of the rates for the last transaction in overnight United States
dollar federal funds arranged by three leading brokers of federal funds
transactions in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent, prior to
9:00 A.M., New York City time, on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date; provided, however, that if the brokers so selected by the Calculation
Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Federal Funds Rate
determined as of such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination Date will be the
Federal Funds Rate in effect on such Federal Funds Rate Interest Determination
Date.
LIBOR. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on the
face hereof as LIBOR, LIBOR shall be determined by the Calculation Agent as of
the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "LIBOR Interest Determination
Date") in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) if (a) "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on the face hereof, the
arithmetic mean of the offered rates (unless the Designated LIBOR Page (as
defined below) by its terms provides only for a single rate, in which case such
single rate will be used) for deposits in the Index Currency having the Index
Maturity designated on the face hereof, commencing on the second London Business
Day immediately following that LIBOR Interest Determination Date that appear
(or, if only a single rate is required as aforesaid, appears) on the Designated
LIBOR Page (as defined below) as of 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR
Interest Determination Date, or (b) "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the face
hereof, or if neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the
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face hereof as the method for calculating LIBOR, the rate for deposits in the
Index Currency having the Index Maturity designated on the face hereof,
commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following that LIBOR
Interest Determination Date, that appears on the Designated LIBOR Page as of
11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date. If fewer
than two such offered rates appear, or if no such rate appears, as applicable,
LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions described in clause (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to a LIBOR Interest Determination Date on which
fewer than two offered rates appear, or no rate appears, as the case may be, on
the Designated LIBOR Page as specified in clause (i) above, the Calculation
Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference
banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Calculation Agent, to
provide the Calculation Agent with its offered quotation for deposits in the
Index Currency for the period of the Index Maturity, commencing on the second
London Business Day immediately following such LIBOR Interest Determination Date
on the applicable Interest Reset Date, to prime banks in the London interbank
market at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date and in a principal amount that is representative for a single
transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time. If at least two
such quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations. If fewer than two such
quotations are so provided, then LIBOR on such LIBOR Interest Determination Date
will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted at approximately 11:00 A.M., in
the applicable Principal Financial Center, on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date by three major banks in such Principal Financial Center selected by the
Calculation Agent for loans in the Index Currency to leading European banks,
having the Index Maturity and in a principal amount that is representative for a
single transaction in such Index Currency in such market at such time; provided,
however, that if the banks so selected by the Calculation Agent are not quoting
as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR determined as of such LIBOR Interest
Determination Date shall be LIBOR in effect on such LIBOR Interest Determination
Date.
"Index Currency" means the currency or composite currency specified on
the face hereof as to which LIBOR shall be calculated. If no such currency or
composite currency is specified on the face hereof, the Index Currency shall be
United States dollars.
"Designated LIBOR Page" means (a) if "LIBOR Reuters" is specified on
the face hereof, the display on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or any
successor service) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank rates of
major banks for the Index Currency, or (b) if "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on
the face hereof, the display on the Dow Jones Telerate Service for the purpose
of displaying the London Interbank rates of major banks for the applicable Index
Currency. If neither "LIBOR Reuters" nor "LIBOR Telerate" is specified on the
face hereof as the method for calculating LIBOR, the display on the Dow Jones
Telerate Service
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(or any successor service) for the purpose of displaying the London interbank
rates of major banks for the Index Currency.
Prime Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified on
the face hereto as the Prime Rate, the Prime Rate shall be determined as of the
applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Prime Rate Interest Determination
Date") as the rate on such date as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the
heading "Bank Prime Loan". If such rate is not published prior to 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, then the Prime Rate shall
be the arithmetic mean of the rates of interest publicly announced by each bank
that appears on the Reuters Screen USPRIME1 (as defined below) as such bank's
prime rate or base lending rate as in effect for such Prime Rate Interest
Determination Date. If fewer than four such rates appear on the Reuters Screen
USPRIME1 for such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date, the Prime Rate shall
be the arithmetic mean of the prime rates quoted on the basis of the actual
number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of the close of business
on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date by four major money center banks
in The City of New York selected by the Calculation Agent. If fewer than two
such quotations are so provided, the Prime Rate shall be determined by the
Calculation Agent as the arithmetic mean of three prime rates quoted on the
basis of the actual number of days in the year divided by a 360-day year as of
the close of business on such Prime Rate Interest Determination Date as
furnished in The City of New York by substitute banks or trust companies
organized and doing business under the laws of the United States, or any State
thereof, each having total equity capital of at least U.S.$500 million and being
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority, selected by
the Calculation Agent to provide such rate or rates; provided, however, that if
the banks or trust companies so selected by the Calculation Agent are not
quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Prime Rate determined as of such
Prime Rate Interest Determination Date will be the Prime Rate in effect on such
Prime Rate Interest Determination Date.
"Reuters Screen USPRIME1" means the display designated as page "USPRIME1" on
the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or such other page as may replace the
USPRIME1 page on that service for the purpose of displaying prime rates or base
lending rates of major United States banks).
Treasury Rate. If an Interest Rate Basis for this Note is specified
on the face hereof as the Treasury Rate, the Treasury Rate shall be determined
as of the applicable Interest Determination Date (a "Treasury Rate Interest
Determination Date") as the rate applicable to the most recent auction (the
"Auction") of direct obligations of the United States ("Treasury Bills") having
the Index Maturity, as such rate is published in H.15(519) under the heading
"Treasury bills-auction average (investment)" or, if not published by 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the related Calculation Date, the auction average rate of
such Treasury Bills (expressed as a bond equivalent on the basis of a year of
365 or 366 days, as applicable, and applied on a daily basis) as otherwise
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announced by the United States Department of the Treasury. In the event that
the results of the Auction of Treasury Bills having the Index Maturity are not
reported as provided above by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such Calculation
Date, or if no such Auction is held, then the Treasury Rate shall be calculated
by the Calculation Agent and shall be a yield to maturity (expressed as a bond
equivalent on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as appli cable, and
applied on a daily basis) of the arithmetic mean of the secondary market bid
rates, as of approximately 3:30 P.M., New York City time, on such Treasury Rate
Interest Determination Date, of three leading primary United States government
securities dealers (which may include the Agents) selected by the Calculation
Agent, for the issue of Treasury Bills with a remaining maturity closest to the
Index Maturity; provided, however, that if the dealers so selected by the
Calculation Agent are not quoting as mentioned in this sentence, the Treasury
Rate determined as of such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date will be the
Treasury Rate in effect on such Treasury Rate Interest Determination Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the interest rate hereon shall not be
greater than the Maximum Interest Rate, if any, or less than the Minimum
Interest Rate, if any, in each case as specified on the face hereof. The
interest rate on this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate
permitted by New York law, as the same may be modified by United States law of
general application.
The Calculation Agent shall calculate the interest rate hereon on or
before each Calculation Date. The "Calculation Date", if applicable, pertaining
to any Interest Determination Date shall be the earlier of (i) the tenth
calendar day after such Interest Determination Date or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day or (ii) the Business Day
immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date,
as the case may be. At the request of the Holder hereof, the Calculation Agent
will provide to the Holder hereof the interest rate hereon then in effect and,
if determined, the interest rate that will become effective as a result of a
determination made for the next succeeding Interest Reset Date.
Accrued interest hereon shall be an amount calculated by multiplying
the principal amount hereof by an accrued interest factor. Such accrued
interest factor shall be computed by adding the interest factor calculated for
each day in the applicable Interest Period. Unless otherwise specified as the
Day Count Convention on the face hereof, the interest factor for each such date
shall be computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to such day by 360 if
the CD Rate, the Commercial Paper Rate, the Eleventh District Cost of Funds
Rate, the Federal Funds Rate, LIBOR or the Prime Rate is an applicable Interest
Rate Basis or by the actual number of days in the year if the CMT Rate or the
Treasury Rate is an applicable Interest Rate Basis. Unless otherwise specified
as the Day Count Convention on the face hereof, the interest factor for this
Note, if the interest rate is calculated with reference to two or more Interest
Rate Bases, shall be calculated in each period in the same manner as if only the
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Applicable Interest Rate Basis specified on the face hereof applied.
All percentages resulting from any calculation on this Note shall be
rounded to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage point, with five
one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upwards, and all amounts used in or
resulting from such calculation on this Note shall be rounded, in the case of
United States dollars, to the nearest cent or, in the case of a Specified
Currency other than United States dollars, to the nearest unit (with one-half
cent or unit being rounded upwards).
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with
respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth therein, which provisions apply to the Notes.
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 Debt Securities at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities at the time
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permit
ting the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series, on behalf of the holders of
all such Debt Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the
holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding Debt Securities of any series, in certain instances, to waive, on
behalf of all of the holders of Debt Securities of such series, 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 other Notes issued upon the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in
respect of this Note at the times, places and rate or formula, and in the coin
or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein and
herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security
Register of the Company upon
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surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of
the Company in any place where the principal hereof and any premium or interest
hereon are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed by, the holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the
same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein and herein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise
having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the holder hereof
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 charge 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 holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner thereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois applicable to agreements made
and to be performed entirely in such State.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face
of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act_____________________
in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
__________________________________
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________
| |
|______________________________|______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
______________________________________________________________________________
this Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
____________________________________________________________________ Attorney to
transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated:_____________________ _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Assignment must correspond with the
name(s) as written upon the face of
this Note in every particular, with-
out alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the
Company to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its
terms at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together
with unpaid interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the undersigned,
at ___________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its corporate
trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, currently
located at __________________________________________, not more than 60 nor less
than 30 calendar days prior to the Repayment Date, this Note with this "Option
to Elect Repayment" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S.$1,000 (or, if the
Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the minimum Authorized
Denomination specified on the face hereof)) which the holder elects to have
repaid and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be an
Authorized Denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the holder for the portion
of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one
such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).
Principal Amount
to be Repaid: $_____________ ______________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on
Date: ______________________ this Option to Elect Repayment
must correspond with the name(s)
as written upon the face of this
Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
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[FACE OF NOTE]
TRIBUNE COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Fixed Rate)
UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITARY") (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) TO THE
ISSUER HEREOF OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT,
AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME
AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN./1/
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED
FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR
ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY./2/
REGISTERED CUSIP No.: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
No. FXR-___ ______________ ________________
TRIBUNE COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Fixed Rate)
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: INTEREST RATE: % STATED MATURITY DATE:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE(S) DEFAULT RATE: %
[ ] _______ and ______
[ ] Other:
INITIAL REDEMPTION INITIAL REDEMPTION ANNUAL REDEMPTION
DATE: PERCENTAGE: % PERCENTAGE
REDUCTION: %
OPTIONAL REPAYMENT [ ] CHECK IF AN ORIGINAL
DATE(S): ISSUE DISCOUNT NOTE
Issue Price: %
- ------------
/1/ This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
/2/ This paragraph applies to global Notes only.
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SPECIFIED CURRENCY: AUTHORIZED DENOMINATION: EXCHANGE RATE
[ ] United States dollars [ ] $1,000 and integral AGENT:
[ ] Other: multiples thereof
[ ] Other:
ADDENDUM ATTACHED OTHER/ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS:
[ ] Yes
[ ] No
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TRIBUNE COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation (the "Company", which terms
include any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to ,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of , on the Stated
Maturity Date specified above (or any Redemption Date or Repayment Date, each as
defined on the reverse hereof) (each such Stated Maturity Date, Redemption Date
or Repayment Date being hereinafter referred to as the "Maturity Date" with
respect to the principal repayable on such date) and to pay interest thereon, at
the Interest Rate per annum specified above, until the principal hereof is paid
or duly made available for payment, and (to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable) at the Default Rate per annum specified
above on any overdue principal, premium and/or interest. The Company will pay
interest in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, if any, specified above
(each, an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing with the first Interest Payment
Date next succeeding the Original Issue Date specified above, and on the
Maturity Date; provided, however, that if the Original Issue Date occurs between
a Record Date (as defined below) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date,
interest payments will commence on the second Interest Payment Date next
succeeding the Original Issue Date to the holder of this Note on the Record Date
with respect to such second Interest Payment Date. Interest on this Note will
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Addendum is attached hereto or
"Other/Additional Provisions" apply to this Note as specified above, this Note
shall be subject to the terms set forth in such Addendum or such
"Other/Additional Provisions".
Interest on this Note will accrue from, and including, the immediately
preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided
for (or from, and including, the Original Issue Date if no interest has been
paid or duly provided for) to, but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment
Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be (each, an "Interest Period"). The
interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions described herein, be paid to
the person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is
registered at the close of business on the fifteenth calendar day (whether or
not a Business Day, as defined below) immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date (the "Record Date"); pro vided, however, that interest payable on
the Maturity Date will be payable to the person to whom the principal hereof and
premium, if any, hereon shall be payable. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for ("Defaulted Interest") will forthwith cease to be
payable to the holder on any Record Date, and shall be paid to the person in
whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a special record
date (the "Special Record Date") for the payment of such Defaulted Interest
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to be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice whereof shall be
given to the holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than 15 calendar days
prior to such Special Record Date or may be paid at any time in any other lawful
manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which this note may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided for in the Indenture.
Payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of this
Note due on the Maturity Date will be made in immediately available funds upon
presentation and surrender of this Note (and, with respect to any applicable
repayment of this Note, a duly completed election form as contemplated on the
reverse hereof) at the corporate trust office of the Trustee maintained for that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, currently located at
77 Water Street, New York, New York 10005, or at such other paying agency in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as the Company may determine;
provided, however, that if such payment is to be made in a Specified Currency
other than United States dollars as set forth below, such payment will be made
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account with a bank
designated by the holder hereof at least 16 calendar days prior to the Maturity
Date, provided that such bank has appropriate facilities therefor and that this
Note (and, if applicable, a duly completed repayment election form) is presented
and surrendered at the aforementioned office of the Trustee in time for the
Trustee to make such payment in such funds in accordance with its normal
procedures. Payment of interest due on any Interest Payment Date other than the
Maturity Date will be made by check mailed to the address of the person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register maintained at the
aforementioned office of the Trustee; provided, however, that a holder of
U.S.$10,000,000 (or, if the Specified Currency specified above is other than
United States dollars, the equivalent thereof in the Specified Currency) or more
in aggregate principal amount of Notes (whether having identical or different
terms and provisions) will be entitled to receive interest payments on such
Interest Payment Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds if
appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the
Trustee not less than 16 calendar days prior to such Interest Payment Date. Any
such wire transfer instructions received by the Trustee shall remain in effect
until revoked by such holder.
If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that
is not a Business Day, the required payment of principal, premium, if any,
and/or interest shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest
shall accrue with respect to such payment for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may
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be, to the date of such payment on the next succeeding Business Day.
As used herein, "Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or
Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions
are authorized or required by law or executive order to close in The City of New
York; provided, however, that if the Specified Currency is other than United
States dollars and any payment is to be made in the Specified Currency in
accordance with the provisions hereof, such day is also not a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or executive order to
close in the Principal Financial Center (as defined below) of the country
issuing the Specified Currency (or, in the case of European Currency Units
("ECU"), is not a day that appears as an ECU non-settlement day on the display
designated as "ISDE" on the Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service (or a day so
designated by the ECU Banking Association) or, if ECU non-settlement days do not
appear on that page (and are not so designated), is not a day on which payments
in ECU cannot be settled in the international interbank market). "Principal
Financial Center" means the capital city of the country issuing the Specified
Currency, except that with respect to United States dollars, Australian dollars,
Deutsche marks, Dutch guilders, Italian lire, Swiss francs and ECU, the
"Principal Financial Center" shall be The City of New York, Sydney, Frankfurt,
Amsterdam, Milan, Zurich and Luxembourg, respectively.
The Company is obligated to make payment of principal, premium, if
any, and interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency (or, if the
Specified Currency is not at the time of such payment legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, in such other coin or currency of the
country which issued the Specified Currency as at the time of such payment is
legal tender for the payment of such debts). If the Specified Currency is other
than United States dollars, any such amounts so payable by the Company will be
converted by the Exchange Rate Agent specified above into United States dollars
for payment to the holder of this Note; provided, however, that the holder of
this Note may elect to receive such amounts in such Specified Currency pursuant
to the provisions set forth below.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars and the
holder of this Note shall not have duly made an election to receive all or a
specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest
in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency, any United States dollar
amount to be received by the holder of this Note will be based on the highest
bid quotation in The City of New York received by the Exchange Rate Agent at
approximately 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the second Business Day
preceding the applicable payment date from three recognized foreign exchange
dealers (one of whom may be the Exchange Rate Agent) selected by the Exchange
Rate
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Agent and approved by the Company for the purchase by the quoting dealer of the
Specified Currency for United States dollars for settlement on such payment date
in the aggregate amount of the Specified Currency payable to all holders of
Notes scheduled to receive United States dollar payments and at which the
applicable dealer commits to execute a contract. All currency exchange costs
will be borne by the holder of this Note by deductions from such payments. If
three such bid quotations are not available, payments on this Note will be made
in the Specified Currency.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the
holder of this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of any
payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest in respect of this Note
in the Specified Currency by submitting a written request for such payment to
the Trustee at its corporate trust office in The City of New York on or prior to
the applicable Record Date or at least 16 calendar days prior to the Maturity
Date, as the case may be. Such written request may be mailed or hand delivered
or sent by cable, telex or other form of facsimile transmission. The holder of
this Note may elect to receive all or a specified portion of all future payments
in the Specified Currency in respect of such principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest and need not file a separate election for each payment. Such election
will remain in effect until revoked by written notice to the Trustee, but
written notice of any such revocation must be received by the Trustee on or
prior to the applicable Record Date or at least 16 calendar days prior to the
Maturity Date, as the case may be.
If the Specified Currency is other than United States dollars or a
composite currency and the holder of this Note shall have duly made an election
to receive all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if
any, and/or interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if
the Specified Currency is not available due to the imposition of exchange
controls or other circumstances beyond the control of the Company, the Company
will be entitled to satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making
such payment in United States dollars on the basis of the Market Exchange Rate
(as defined below) on the second Business Day prior to such payment date or, if
such Market Exchange Rate is not then available, on the basis of the most
recently available Market Exchange Rate or as otherwise specified on the face
hereof. The "Market Exchange Rate" for the Specified Currency means the noon
dollar buying rate in The City of New York for cable transfers for the Specified
Currency as certified for customs purposes by (or if not so certified, as
otherwise determined by) the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Any payment made
under such circumstances in United States dollars will not constitute an Event
of Default (as defined in the Indenture).
If the Specified Currency is a composite currency and the holder of this
Note shall have duly made an election to receive
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all or a specified portion of any payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or
interest in respect of this Note in the Specified Currency and if such composite
currency is unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the control of the Company, then the Company will be
entitled to satisfy its obligations to the holder of this Note by making such
payment in United States dollars. The amount of each payment in United States
dollars shall be computed by the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the
equivalent of the composite currency in United States dollars. The component
currencies of the composite currency for this purpose (collectively, the
"Component Currencies" and each, a "Component Currency") shall be the currency
amounts that were components of the composite currency as of the last day on
which the composite currency was used. The equivalent of the composite currency
in United States dollars shall be calculated by aggregating the United States
dollar equivalents of the Component Currencies. The United States dollar
equivalent of each of the Component Currencies shall be determined by the
Company or the Exchange Rate Agent on the basis of the most recently available
Market Exchange Rate for each such Component Currency, or as otherwise specified
on the face hereof.
If the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of
combination or subdivision, the number of units of the currency as a Component
Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion. If two or more
Component Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the amounts of
those currencies as Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such
single currency equal to the sum of the amounts of the consolidated Component
Currencies expressed in such single currency. If any Component Currency is
divided into two or more currencies, the amount of the original Component
Currency shall be replaced by the amounts of such two or more currencies, the
sum of which shall be equal to the amount of the original Component Currency.
All determinations referred to above made by the Company or its agent
(including the Exchange Rate Agent) shall be at its sole discretion and shall,
in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on
the holder of this Note.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on
the reverse hereof and, if so specified above, in the Addendum hereto, which
further provisions shall have the same force and effect as if set forth on the
face hereof.
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit
under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, TRIBUNE COMPANY has caused this instrument to be
executed in its corporate name by the facsimile signatures of its Chairman of
the Board of Directors, its President, or one of its Vice Presidents, and its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and impressed or imprinted with its
corporate seal or a facsimile thereof.
TRIBUNE COMPANY
By____________________________ By___________________________
[Assistant] Secretary Title:
Dated:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Debt Securities of
the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
BANK OF MONTREAL TRSUT COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee
By____________________________ By____________________________
Authorized Signatory Authorized Signatory
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[REVERSE OF NOTE]
TRIBUNE COMPANY
MEDIUM-TERM NOTE
(Fixed Rate)
This Note is one of a duly authorized series of Debt Securities (the
"Debt Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued under an Indenture,
dated as of January 1, 1997, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time (the "Indenture"), between the Company and Bank of Montreal Trust Company,
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 the respective rights, limitations of rights,
duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the holders of
the Debt Securities, and of the terms upon which the Debt Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series of Debt
Securities designated as "Medium-Term Notes Due Nine Months or More From Date of
Issue, Series F" (the "Notes"). All terms used but not defined in this Note
specified on the face hereof or in an Addendum hereto shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Indenture.
This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
minimum denominations of U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples thereof or the
minimum Authorized Denomination specified on the face hereof.
This Note will not be subject to any sinking fund and, unless
otherwise provided on the face hereof in accordance with the provisions of the
following two paragraphs, will not be redeemable or repayable prior to the
Stated Maturity Date.
This Note will be subject to redemption at the option of the Company
on any date on or after the Initial Redemption Date, if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or from time to time in part in increments of U.S.$1,000
or the minimum Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal
amount hereof shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized
Denomination), at the Redemption Price (as defined below), together with unpaid
interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption (each, a "Redemption
Date"), on notice given no more than 60 nor less than 30 calendar days prior to
the Redemption Date and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. The
"Redemption Price" shall initially be the Initial Redemption Percentage
specified on the face hereof multiplied by the unpaid principal amount of this
Note to be redeemed. The Initial Redemption Percentage shall decline at each
anniversary of the Initial Redemption Date by the Annual Redemption Percentage
Reduction, if any, specified on the face hereof until
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the Redemption Price is 100% of unpaid principal amount to be redeemed. In the
event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall
be issued in the name of the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender
hereof.
This Note will be subject to repayment by the Company at the option of
the holder hereof on the Optional Repayment Date(s), if any, specified on the
face hereof, in whole or in part in increments of U.S.$1,000 or the minimum
Authorized Denomination (provided that any remaining principal amount hereof
shall be at least U.S.$1,000 or such minimum Authorized Denomination), at a
repayment price equal to 100% of the unpaid principal amount to be repaid,
together with unpaid interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for repayment
(each, a "Repayment Date"). For this Note to be repaid, this Note must be
received, together with the form hereon entitled "Option to Elect Repayment"
duly completed, by the Trustee at its corporate trust office not more than 60
nor less than 30 calendar days prior to the Repayment Date. Exercise of such
repayment option by the holder hereof will be irrevocable. In the event of
repayment of this Note in part only, a new Note of like tenor for the unrepaid
portion hereof and otherwise having the same terms as this Note shall be issued
in the name of the holder hereof upon the presentation and surrender hereof.
If this Note is an Original Issue Discount Note as specified on the
face hereof, the amount payable to the holder of this Note in the event of
redemption, repayment or acceleration of maturity will be equal to the sum of
(1) the Issue Price specified on the face hereof (increased by any accruals of
the Discount, as defined below) and, in the event of any redemption of this Note
(if applicable), multiplied by the Initial Redemption Percentage (as adjusted by
the Annual Redemption Percentage Reduction, if applicable) and (2) any unpaid
interest on this Note accrued from the Original Issue Date to the Redemption
Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity, as the case may be.
The difference between the Issue Price and 100% of the principal amount of this
Note is referred to herein as the "Discount".
For purposes of determining the amount of Discount that has accrued as
of any Redemption Date, Repayment Date or date of acceleration of maturity of
this Note, such Discount will be accrued so as to cause the yield on the Note to
be constant. The constant yield will be calculated using a 30-day month, 360-
day year convention, a compounding period that, except for the Initial Period
(as defined below), corresponds to the shortest period between Interest Payment
Dates (with ratable accruals within a compounding period) and an assumption that
the maturity of this Note will not be accelerated. If the period from the
Original Issue Date to the initial Interest Payment Date (the "Initial Period")
is shorter than the compounding period for this
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Note, a proportionate amount of the yield for an entire compounding period will
be accrued. If the Initial Period is longer than the compounding period, then
such period will be divided into a regular compounding period and a short
period, with the short period being treated as provided in the preceding
sentence.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the
manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance of (i) the entire
indebtedness of the Notes or (ii) certain covenants and Events of Default with
respect to the Notes, in each case upon compliance with certain conditions set
forth therein, which provisions apply to the Notes.
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 Debt Securities at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of not less than a
majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Debt Securities at the time
outstanding and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions
permitting the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal
amount of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series, on behalf of the
holders of all such Debt Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with
certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture
permit the holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount
of the outstanding Debt Securities of any series, in certain instances, to
waive, on behalf of all of the holders of Debt Securities of such series,
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 other Notes issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange heretofore or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Note.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest in
respect of this Note at the times, places and rate or formula, and in the coin
or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein and herein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the
Security Register of the Company upon surrender of this Note for registration of
transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal
hereof
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and any premium or interest hereon are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the holder hereof or by his attorney duly
authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the
designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein and herein set forth, this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Notes of different authorized denominations but otherwise
having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the holder hereof
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 charge 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 holder in whose name this Note is registered as the owner thereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Indenture and this Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Illinois applicable to agreements made and to be
performed entirely in such State.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of
this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _____
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors
survivorship and not as tenants Act_____________________
in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
__________________________________
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfer(s) unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR
OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
________________________________
| |
|______________________________|______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of
assignee)
______________________________________________________________________________
this Note and all rights thereunder hereby irrevocably constituting and
appointing
____________________________________________________________________ Attorney to
transfer this Note on the books of the Trustee, with full power of substitution
in the premises.
Dated:_____________________ _______________________________________
_______________________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Assignment must correspond with the
name(s) as written upon the face of
this Note in every particular, with-
out alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
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OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably request(s) and instruct(s) the
Company to repay this Note (or portion hereof specified below) pursuant to its
terms at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be repaid, together
with unpaid interest accrued hereon to the Repayment Date, to the undersigned,
at ___________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address of the undersigned)
For this Note to be repaid, the Trustee must receive at its corporate
trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, currently
located at ______________________________________, not more than 60 nor less
than 30 calendar days prior to the Repayment Date, this Note with this "Option
to Elect Repayment" form duly completed.
If less than the entire principal amount of this Note is to be repaid,
specify the portion hereof (which shall be increments of U.S.$1,000 (or, if the
Specified Currency is other than United States dollars, the minimum Authorized
Denomination specified on the face hereof)) which the holder elects to have
repaid and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall be an
Authorized Denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the holder for the portion
of this Note not being repaid (in the absence of any such specification, one
such Note will be issued for the portion not being repaid).
Principal Amount
to be Repaid: $_____________ ______________________________
Notice: The signature(s) on this
Date: ______________________ Option to Elect Repayment must
correspond with the name(s) as
written upon the face of this
Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever.
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UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE FOR NOTES IN CERTIFICATED FORM,
THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE
DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY
SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK,
NEW YORK) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE
OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE &
CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
NO. R-_ CUSIP: PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT:
$
TRIBUNE COMPANY
% [NOTES][DEBENTURES] DUE
TRIBUNE COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor
corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received,
hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum
of [PRINCIPAL AMOUNT] ($[___],000,000) on [MATURITY DATE] and to pay interest
thereon from [ISSUE DATE] or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as
defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly made available for
payment, semi-annually in arrears on [INTEREST PAYMENT DATE] and [INTEREST
PAYMENT DATE] in each year (an "Interest Payment Date"), commencing [FIRST
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE], at the rate of [INTEREST RATE]% per annum, computed on
the basis of a 360-day year consisting of 30-day months, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the regular record date (the "Regular Record Date") for such interest, which
shall be the [RECORD DATE] or [RECORD DATE]
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(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided
for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date
and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a special
record date (the "Special Record Date") for the payment of such defaulted
interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities of this series not less than 15 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this
series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities
(hereinafter called the "Securities") of the Company issued and to be issued
under an Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1997, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time (herein called the "Indenture"), between the
Company and Bank of Montreal Trust Company, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto, and the Board
Resolution (as defined in the Indenture) setting forth the terms of the series
of Securities designated on the face hereof (the Securities of such series being
collectively, the "[NOTES][DEBENTURES]"), reference is hereby made for a
statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities or the
[NOTES][DEBENTURES] (as applicable) and the terms upon which the Securities or
the [NOTES][DEBENTURES] (as applicable) are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited
in aggregate principal amount to $_00,000,000.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made by
wire transfer to an account maintained by the Depositary for such purpose.
If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to
the [NOTES][DEBENTURES] shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the
[NOTES][DEBENTURES] may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the
effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture may be amended or
supplemented by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities (as
defined in the Indenture) of each series under the Indenture affected thereby. A
consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder of a Security shall
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bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or a portion of a
Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Security, even
if notation of the same consent is not made on any Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or
of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at
the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
This Note shall not be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the
option of the Company.
This Note shall not be subject to any sinking fund.
As provided in the Indenture, defeasance may occur at any time of (a)
the entire indebtedness of the Company on this Note and (b) certain restrictive
covenants and the related defaults and Events of Default, upon compliance by the
Company with certain conditions set forth therein, which provisions apply to
this Note.
The [NOTES][DEBENTURES] are issuable only in registered form without
coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture, and subject to certain limitations therein set forth,
this Note is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of
[NOTES][DEBENTURES] of this series having the same terms as this Note of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
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 (as defined in the Indenture) of the Company upon surrender of this
Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any
place maintained for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and
thereupon one or more new [NOTES][DEBENTURES] of this series having the same
interest rate and maturity date as this Note, of authorized denominations and
for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of [NOTES][DEBENTURES], but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charges that may be imposed in
connection herewith.
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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 be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
THE INDENTURE AND THE [NOTES][DEBENTURES], INCLUDING THIS NOTE, SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE.
All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture and all references in the
Indenture to "Security" or "Securities" shall be deemed to include the
[NOTES][DEBENTURES].
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
Bank of Montreal Trust Company, the Trustee under the Indenture, or its
successor thereunder, by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed in its corporate name by facsimile or manual signatures of its Chairman
of the Board of Directors, its President, or one of its Vice Presidents, and its
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and impressed or imprinted with its
corporate seal or a facsimile thereof
TRIBUNE COMPANY
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
SEAL
By: _________________________
Name:
Title:
Date:
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated
herein, referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
By: ________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
I or we assign and transfer this Note to
(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)
________________________________________________________________________________
(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
and irrevocably appoint
________________________________________________________________________________
agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may
substitute another to act for him.
________________________________________________________________________________
Dated:______________ __________________________
__________________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it
appears on the first page of the within Note in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever and must be guaranteed by a
commercial bank or trust company having its principal office or a correspondent
in the City of New York or by a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
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SIDLEY & AUSTIN
A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS
DALLAS One First National Plaza WASHINGTON, D.C.
------ Chicago, Illinois 60603 ------
LOS ANGELES Telephone 312 853 7000 LONDON
------ Facsimile 312 853 7036 ------
NEW YORK SINGAPORE
------
Founded 1866 TOKYO
WRITER'S DIRECT NUMBER WRITER'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
October 22, 1998
Tribune Company
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3
$500,000,000 Aggregate Initial Public
Offering Price of Debt Securities and
Warrants to Purchase Debt Securities
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We refer to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statement") being filed by Tribune Company, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), relating to the shelf
registration of $500,000,000 aggregate initial public offering price of the
Company's debt securities (the "Debt Securities") and warrants to purchase Debt
Securities (the "Warrants"). The Debt Securities are to be issued under the
Indenture dated as of January 1, 1997 (the "Indenture") between the Company and
Bank of Montreal Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Any Warrants are to
be issued under a Warrant Agreement, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 4.3
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No. 33-45793
(each, a "Warrant Agreement").
We are familiar with the proceedings to date with respect to the
proposed issuance and sale of the Debt Securities and the Warrants and have
examined such records, documents and questions of law, and satisfied ourselves
as to such matters of fact, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a
basis for this opinion.
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SIDLEY & AUSTIN CHICAGO
Tribune Company
October 22, 1998
Page 2
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. Each series of Debt Securities will be legally issued and binding
obligations of the Company (except to the extent enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by the effect of general principles of
equity, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law) when: (i) the Registration Statement, as finally
amended (including any necessary post-effective amendments), shall have
become effective under the Securities Act; (ii) a Prospectus Supplement
(including any Pricing Supplement) with respect to such series of Debt
Securities shall have been filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424 under
the Securities Act; (iii) the Company's Board of Directors or a duly
authorized committee thereof shall have duly adopted final resolutions
authorizing the issuance and sale of such series of Debt Securities as
contemplated by the Registration Statement and the Indenture; and (iv) such
series of Debt Securities shall have been duly executed and authenticated
as provided in the Indenture and such resolutions and shall have been duly
delivered to the purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed
consideration therefor.
2. Each issue of Warrants will be legally issued and binding
obligations of the Company (except to the extent enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
fraudulent transfer or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by the effect of general principles of
equity, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding
in equity or at law) when: (i) the Registration Statement, as finally
amended (including any necessary post-effective amendments), shall have
become effective under the Securities Act and a Warrant Agreement relating
to such issue of Warrants shall have been duly executed and delivered by
the Company and the Warrant Agent named in such Warrant Agreement; (ii) a
Prospectus Supplement (including any Pricing Supplement) with respect to
such issue of Warrants shall have been filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule
424 under the Securities Act; (iii) the Company's Board of Directors or a
duly authorized committee thereof shall have duly adopted final resolutions
authorizing the issuance and sale of such issue of Warrants as contemplated
by the Registration Statement and such Warrant Agreement; and (iv) such
issue of Warrants shall
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SIDLEY & AUSTIN CHICAGO
Tribune Company
October 22, 1998
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have been duly executed and countersigned as provided in such Warrant
Agreement and such resolutions and shall have been duly delivered to the
purchasers thereof against payment of the agreed consideration therefor.
This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, the laws of the State of Illinois and the federal laws of the
United States of America.
For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have assumed that, at the
time of the issuance, sale and delivery of each series of Debt Securities or
each issue of Warrants, as the case may be: (i) the authorization thereof by
the Company will not have been modified or rescinded, and there will not have
occurred any change in law affecting the validity, legally binding character or
enforceability thereof; (ii) in the case of the issue of Debt Securities, the
Indenture will not have been modified or amended; (iii) in the case of the issue
of Warrants, the terms and conditions of such Warrants and the related Warrant
Agreement will be as expressly contemplated by the Registration Statement; and
(iv) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, as currently
in effect, will not have been modified or amended and will be in full force and
effect.
We do not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion letter to
cover, and accordingly we express no opinion as to, the application of the
securities or blue sky laws of the various states or the District of Columbia to
sales of the Debt Securities or the Warrants.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an Exhibit
to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm included under
the caption "Legal Matters" in the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration
Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within
the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities
Act or the related Rules promulgated by the SEC.
Very truly yours,
Sidley & Austin
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting part of this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated
February 10, 1998, which appears on page 50 of the 1997 Annual Report to
Shareholders of Tribune Company, which is incorporated by reference in Tribune
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 1997. We
also consent to the incorporation by reference of our report on the Financial
Statement Schedule, which appears on page 25 of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such
Prospectus.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois
October 23, 1998
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EXHIBIT 25
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM T-1
STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939
OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE
Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a trustee
Pursuant to Section 305(b) ____
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)
New York 13-4941093
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization (I.R.S. employer
If not a U.S. national bank) identification no.)
Wall Street Plaza
88 Pine Street
New York, New York 10005
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Mark F. McLaughlin
Bank of Montreal Trust Company
Wall Street Plaza
88 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005
(212) 701-7602
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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TRIBUNE COMPANY
(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)
Delaware 36-1880355
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization) identification number)
435 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Debt Securities and Warrants to Purchase Debt Securities
(Title of the indenture securities)
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Item 1. General Information.
Furnish the following information as to the trustee:
(a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to
which it is subject.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
State of New York Banking Department
2 Rector Street, New York, N.Y. 10006
(b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.
Item 2. Affiliations with the Obligor.
If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such
affiliation.
The obligor is not an affiliate of the trustee.
Item 16. List of Exhibits.
List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of eligibility.
Exhibit 1 - Copy of Organization Certificate of Bank of Montreal Trust
Company to transact business and exercise corporate trust
powers; incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A" filed
with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-46118.
Exhibit 4 - Copy of the existing By-Laws of Bank of Montreal Trust
Company; incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "B" filed
with Form T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-80928.
Exhibit 6 - The consent of the Trustee required by Section 32 (b) of the
Act; incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "C" with Form
T-1 Statement, Registration No. 33-46118.
Exhibit 7 - A copy of the latest report of condition of Bank of Montreal
Trust Company published pursuant to law or the requirements of
its supervising or examining authority, attached hereto as
Exhibit "D".
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
the Trustee, Bank of Montreal Trust Company, a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this
statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New
York, on the 20th day of October, 1998.
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Amy S. Roberts
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Amy S. Roberts
Vice President
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EXHIBIT "D"
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
BANK OF MONTREAL TRUST COMPANY
NEW YORK
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ASSETS
Due From Banks $ 677,400
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Investment Securities:
State & Municipal 16,513,582
Other 100
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Total Securities 16,513,682
Loans and Advances
Federal Funds Sold 20,900,000
Overdrafts 12,169
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Total Loans and Advances 20,912,169
Investment in Harris Trust, NY 8,725,608
Premises and Equipment 475,614
Other Assets 2,636,845
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11,838,067
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TOTAL ASSETS $49,941,318
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LIABILITIES
Trust Deposits $ 8,191,549
Other Liabilities 16,944,443
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TOTAL LIABILITIES 25,135,992
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital Stock, Authorized, Issued and
Fully Paid - 10,000 Shares of $100 Each 1,000,000
Surplus 4,222,188
Retained Earnings 19,605,350
Equity - Municipal Gain/Loss (22,212)
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TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 24,805,326
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $49,941,318
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I, Mark F. McLaughlin, Vice President, of the above-named bank do hereby
declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Mark F. McLaughlin
June 30, 1998
We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement
of resources and liabilities. We declared that it has been examined by us, and
to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with
the instructions and is true and correct.
Sanjiv Tandon
Kevin O. Healy
Steven R. Rothbloom
