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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported):
April 6, 1998
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THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 1-8002 04-2209186
(State or other (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification Number)
incorporation or
organization)
81 Wyman Street
Waltham, Massachusetts 02254-9046
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(781) 622-1000
(Registrant's telephone number
including area code)
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Item 5. Other Events
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On April 6, 1998, Thermo Electron Corporation (the "Company") executed (i)
an Underwriting Agreement (U.S. Version) by and among the Company, Goldman,
Sachs & Co., Smith Barney Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. and HSBC Securities, Inc.
and (ii) an Underwriting Agreement (International Version) by and among the
Company, Smith Barney Inc., Goldman Sachs International, Lehman Brothers
International (Europe) and HSBC Securities, Inc. in connection with the
Company's public offering of 6,500,000 shares (the "Shares") of its Common
Stock, $1.00 par value per share, pursuant to the Company's shelf registration
statement on Form S-3 (Reg. No. 333-32111). The Shares will be sold at a price
of $40.625 per share. The closing of the offering is expected to take place on
April 13, 1998. The terms of the offering include an option, for thirty days,
for the underwriters to purchase up to an additional 975,000 shares to cover
over-allotments.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
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(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired: not applicable.
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information: not applicable.
(c) Exhibits
1.1 Underwriting Agreement (U.S. Version), dated April 6, 1998,
by and among the Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Smith Barney Inc., Lehman
Brothers Inc. and HSBC Securities, Inc.
1.2 Underwriting Agreement (International Version), dated April
6, 1998, by and among the Company, Smith Barney Inc., Goldman Sachs
International, Lehman Brothers International (Europe) and HSBC Securities, Inc.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 6th day of April, 1998.
THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
By: /s/ Sandra L. Lambert
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Sandra L. Lambert
Secretary
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
1.1 Underwriting Agreement (U.S. Version), dated April 6, 1998, by and among
the Company, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Smith Barney Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. and
HSBC Securities, Inc.
1.2 Underwriting Agreement (International Version), dated April 6, 1998, by
and among the Company, Smith Barney Inc., Goldman Sachs International, Lehman
Brothers International (Europe) and HSBC Securities, Inc.
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EXHIBIT 1.1
THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
($1.00 PAR VALUE)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
(U.S. VERSION)
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April 6, 1998
Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Smith Barney Inc.,
Lehman Brothers Inc.,
HSBC Securities, Inc.,
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
85 Broad Street,
New York, New York 10004.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Thermo Electron Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell
to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate
of 5,200,000 shares (the "Firm Shares") and, at the election of the
Underwriters, up to 780,000 additional shares (the "Optional Shares") of Common
Stock, $1.00 par value ("Stock"), of the Company (the Firm Shares and the
Optional Shares that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2
hereof, together with the accompanying rights to purchase a unit consisting of
one ten-thousandth of a share of the Company's Series B Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, being collectively called the "Shares").
It is understood and agreed to by all parties that the Company is
concurrently entering into an agreement (the "International Underwriting
Agreement") providing for the sale by the Company of up to a total of 1,495,000
shares of Stock (the "International Shares"), including the overallotment option
thereunder, through arrangements with certain underwriters outside the United
States (the "International Underwriters"), for whom Goldman Sachs International,
Smith Barney Inc., Lehman Brothers International (Europe) and HSBC Securities,
Inc. are acting as lead managers. Anything herein or therein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the respective closings under this Agreement and the
International Underwriting Agreement are hereby expressly made conditional on
one another. The Underwriters hereunder and the International Underwriters are
simultaneously entering into an Agreement between U.S. and International
Underwriting Syndicates (the "Agreement between Syndicates") which provides,
among other things, for the transfer of shares of Stock between the two
syndicates. Two
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forms of prospectus supplement, together with a related prospectus, are to be
used in connection with the offering and sale of shares of Stock contemplated by
the foregoing, one relating to the Shares hereunder and the other relating to
the International Shares. The latter form of prospectus supplement will be
identical to the former except for certain substitute pages included therein.
Except as used in Sections 2, 3, 4, 9 and 11 herein, and except as the context
may otherwise require, references hereinafter to the Shares shall include all
the shares of Stock which may be sold pursuant to either this Agreement or the
International Underwriting Agreement, and references herein to any prospectus or
prospectus supplement whether in preliminary or final form, and whether as
amended or supplemented, shall include both the U.S. and the international
versions thereof.
1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of
the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-32111) in
respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"); such registration statement and any post-
effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or to be
delivered to you, and, excluding exhibits to such registration statement,
but including all documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus
contained therein, to you for each of the other Underwriters, have been
declared effective by the Commission in such form; no other document with
respect to such registration statement or document incorporated by
reference therein has heretofore been filed, or transmitted for filing,
with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)
of the rules and regulations of the Commission under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), each in the form heretofore delivered to
you); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration
statement has been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been
initiated or threatened by the Commission (any preliminary prospectus
included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(a) or Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called
a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the various parts of such registration
statement, including all exhibits thereto and including the documents
incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the registration
statement at the time such part of the registration statement became
effective, each as amended at the time such part of the registration
statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the
"Registration Statement"; the prospectus and prospectus supplement relating
to the Shares, in the form in which it has most recently been filed, or
transmitted for filing, with the Commission on or prior to the date of this
Agreement, is hereinafter called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to
any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to
and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to
Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act; any reference to any amendment or
supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed
to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such
Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as
the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any report of the Company
filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference to the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to the
Prospectus as amended or
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supplemented on or after the date hereof in relation to the Shares in the
form in which it is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof, including any documents
incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such filing);
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may
be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto,
when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as
the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements
of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall
not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by an
Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Shares;
(c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do
not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable
filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto,
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and
warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance
upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
by an Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Shares;
(d) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, neither the Company
nor any of its subsidiaries (any reference herein to the subsidiaries of
the Company being deemed to include its direct and indirect subsidiaries)
has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material loss
or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or
court or governmental action, order or decree, in each case which would
have a Material Adverse Effect ("Material Adverse Effect" or "Material
Adverse Change", as used herein, shall mean any material adverse change in,
or material adverse effect on, the condition (financial or otherwise),
business, properties, prospects, net worth or results of operations of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole); and, since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and
the
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Prospectus, and otherwise than as set forth in or contemplated in the
Prospectus, there has not been any material change in the capital stock of
the Company or consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries, any Material Adverse Change or any development involving a
prospective change reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title
in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all
personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Prospectus and
such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and
buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by
them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as
are not material and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries, in
each case except such as would not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as
a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and
conduct its business as described in the Prospectus and all other power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in
the Prospectus except as described in the Prospectus and such as would not
have a Material Adverse Effect, and has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under
the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties
or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, or is subject
to no material liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so
qualified in any such jurisdiction; and each Significant Subsidiary of the
Company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) has been duly incorporated
and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation;
(g) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable and conform, in all material respects, to the description of
the Stock in the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock
of each Significant Subsidiary of the Company and each other subsidiary of
the Company that is publicly held have been duly and validly authorized and
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors'
qualifying shares and shares subject to director, consultant or employee
stock options, and except as set forth in or contemplated by the
Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear
of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(h) The unissued Shares to be issued and sold by the Company to the
Underwriters hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement
have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered
against payment therefor as provided herein and in the International
Underwriting Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description
of the Stock contained in the Prospectus;
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(i) The issue and sale of the Shares by the Company hereunder and
under the International Underwriting Agreement and the compliance by the
Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein and
therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default
under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is
a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of
the provisions of the corporate charter or by-laws of the Company or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties; and no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such
court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of
the Shares by the Company or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement, except the registration under the Act of the Shares
and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state or foreign securities or Blue
Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by
the Underwriters and the International Underwriters;
(j) Except as described in the Prospectus, neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its corporate charter or by-laws
or in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation,
agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which
it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, which
default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(k) The description of the Stock in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act relating to the Stock
and the statements set forth in the International Prospectus under the
caption "Certain United States Income Tax Consequences to Non-United States
Holders", insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of
the Stock or to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred
to therein, are accurate, complete and fair;
(l) Other than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, there
are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which are reasonably likely to,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to
the best of the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and
sale of the Shares will not be, an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act");
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(n) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries does business
with the government of Cuba or with any person located in Cuba within the
meaning of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes;
(o) Arthur Andersen LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public
accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder;
(p) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has
all certificates, consents, exemptions, orders, permits, licenses,
authorizations, or other approvals (each, an "Authorization") of and from,
and has made all declarations and filings with, all Federal, state, local
and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and
all courts and other tribunals, necessary or required to engage in the
business currently conducted by it in the manner described in the
Prospectus, (ii) all such Authorizations are valid and in full force and
effect, and (iii) each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance
in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all such
Authorizations and with the rules and regulations of the regulatory
authorities and governing bodies having jurisdiction with respect thereto;
and
(q) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, the Company and its
subsidiaries own or possess adequate licenses or other rights to use all
intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, copyrights or know-how, necessary to conduct their respective
businesses as described in the Prospectus, except where such failure,
singularly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and, other than as set forth in the Prospectus,
none of the Company or its subsidiaries has received any notice of
infringement of or conflict with (or knows of any such infringement of or
conflict with) rights or claims of others with respect to any patents,
patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights or
know-how, that is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company
agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
a purchase price per share of $40.625, the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event
and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase
Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each
of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price per share set forth
in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares
as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as
to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of
Optional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of
Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator
of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters
are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at
their election up to 780,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share
set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering
overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase
Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to
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the Company given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this
Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased
and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by
you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in
Section 4 hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing,
earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Firm Shares, the
several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon the terms
and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as Goldman, Sachs & Co. may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior
notice to the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to
Goldman, Sachs & Co., through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company
("DTC"), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of
such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal
(same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to Goldman, Sachs & Co.
at least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates
representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect
thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the "Designated
Office"). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect
to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., Eastern time, on April 13, 1998 or such other
time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in writing,
and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., Eastern time, on the date
specified by Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the written notice given by Goldman, Sachs
& Co. of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such
other time and date as Goldman, Sachs & Co. and the Company may agree upon in
writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the
"First Time of Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the Optional
Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time of
Delivery", and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of
Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf
of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross receipt
for the Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 7(j) hereof, will be delivered at the offices of Testa,
Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, 125 High Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (the
"Closing Location"), and the Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office,
all at such Time of Delivery. A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at
4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the New York Business Day next preceding such Time
of Delivery, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered
pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties
hereto. For the purposes of this Agreement, "New York Business Day" shall mean
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
5. The Company agrees with each of the Underwriters:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation
to the Shares in a form approved by you and to file such Prospectus
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission's close
of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required
by Rule 424(b) under the Act; to make no further
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amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus
after the date of this Agreement and prior to the last Time of Delivery
which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof;
to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when
any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes
effective or any supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has
been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be
filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as the delivery of a prospectus
is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; to
advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by
the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending
the use of any prospectus relating to the Shares, of the suspension of the
qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of
any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the
Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information; and, in
the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or
suspending the use of any prospectus relating to the Shares or suspending
any such qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the
withdrawal of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as you may
reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the
securities laws of such jurisdictions as you may request and to comply with
such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in
such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the
distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to
file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m. Eastern time, on the second New York Business
Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to
furnish the Underwriters with copies of the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented in New York City in such quantities as you may reasonably
request, and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in
connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any
event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then
amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any
other reason it shall be necessary during such period to amend or
supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act
or the Exchange Act, to notify you and upon your reasonable request to file
such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter
and to any dealer in securities as many copies as you may from time to time
reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance;
(d) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as
practicable, but in any event not later than eighteen months after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c)
under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries
(which need not be audited) complying
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with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing
to and including the date 90 days after the date of this Agreement, not to
offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided
hereunder and under the International Underwriting Agreement, any Stock or
any securities of the Company that are substantially similar to the Shares,
including but not limited to any securities that are convertible into or
exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
substantially similar securities (except for shares of Stock issuable
pursuant to convertible or exchangeable debt securities of the Company and
its subsidiaries outstanding on the date of this Agreement, shares of Stock
or options to purchase Stock issued pursuant to stock option, purchase and
compensation plans in existence on the date of this Agreement and shares of
Stock issued as consideration for the acquisition of one or more businesses
provided that such Stock may not be resold prior to the expiration of the
90-day period referenced above, without the prior written consent of
Goldman, Sachs & Co.;
(f) To make available to its stockholders, by posting to the
Company's Web site or otherwise, as soon as practicable after the end of
each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet and statements
of income, stockholders' equity and cash flows of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries certified by independent public accountants) and,
as soon as practicable after the end of each of the first three quarters of
each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal quarter ending after the
effective date of the Registration Statement), consolidated summary
financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter
in reasonable detail;
(g) During a period of five years from the date of this Agreement, to
furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or
other) furnished by the Company to its stockholders generally, and to
deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and
financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any
national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the
Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the
business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to
time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated
basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are
consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders generally or to the
Commission);
(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the
Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement in the manner specified in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented under the caption "Use of Proceeds"; and
(i) To use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance,
the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that
the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in
connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other
expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and
amendments
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and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the
Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement
among Underwriters, this Agreement, the International Underwriting Agreement,
the Agreement between Syndicates, the Selling Agreement, the Blue Sky
Memorandum, closing documents (including compilations thereof) and any other
documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the
Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares
for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(b)
hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey;
(iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the New York
Stock Exchange, and any filing fees incident to, and the fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, securing any required review
by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale
of the Shares; (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vi) the cost and
charges of any transfer agent or registrar; and (vii) all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not
otherwise specifically provided for in this Section. It is understood, however,
that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the
Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of
their counsel, stock transfer taxes on resale of any of the Shares by them, and
any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, as to the Shares to be
delivered at each Time of Delivery shall be subject, in their discretion, to the
condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the
Company herein are, at and as of such Time of Delivery, true and correct, the
condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder
theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the
Shares shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules
and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof;
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose
shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests
for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been
complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;
(b) Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP, counsel for the Underwriters,
shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated such
Time of Delivery, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the
validity of the Shares, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as well
as such other related matters as you may reasonably request, and such
counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may
reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;
(c) Seth H. Hoogasian, Vice President and General Counsel of the
Company, shall have furnished to you his written opinion, dated such Time
of Delivery, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, to the
effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, with corporate power and authority
to own its properties and
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conduct its business as described in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth
in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and all of the issued
shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Shares being
delivered at such Time of Delivery) have been duly and validly
authorized and issued and (to the best of such counsel's knowledge,
except for the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery, as to
which there shall be no such qualification) are fully paid and
nonassessable; and the Shares conform, in all material respects, to
the description of the Stock contained in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented;
(iii) The Company has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing
under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
properties or conducts any business so as to require such
qualification, or is subject to no material liability or disability by
reason of failure to be so qualified in any such jurisdiction;
(iv) Each Significant Subsidiary (as defined in Rule 405 under
the Act) of the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation; and all of the issued shares of capital
stock of each such subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized
and issued, and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, are fully
paid and non-assessable;
(v) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as
set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, there are no
legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any
of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which is reasonably likely
to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;
and, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened
by others;
(vi) This Agreement and the International Underwriting
Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company;
(vii) The issue and sale of the Shares being delivered at such
Time of Delivery by the Company and the compliance by the Company with
all of the provisions of this Agreement and the International
Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein
and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach
or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement
or other agreement or instrument known to such counsel to which the
Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which
the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is bound or to
which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
Significant Subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in
any violation of the provisions of the corporate charter or by-laws of
the Company or any statute or any order, rule or
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regulation known to such counsel of any court or governmental agency
or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties (no opinion being given as to
statutes, rules and regulations relating to securities laws matters,
which are addressed elsewhere in such opinion);
(viii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or
body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares by the Company
or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the International Underwriting Agreement, except
the registration under the Act of the Shares, and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters and the International Underwriters;
(ix) Except as set forth in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, to the best of such counsel's knowledge, neither the
Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of its
corporate charter or by-laws or in default in the performance or
observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, which
default could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(x) The description of the Stock in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act relating to the
Stock and the statements set forth in the International Prospectus
under the caption "Certain United States Income Tax Consequences to
Non-United States Holders", insofar as they purport to constitute a
summary of the terms of the Stock or to describe the provisions of the
laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and
fair in all material respects;
(xi) The Company is not an "investment company" or an entity
"controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act;
(xii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented (other than the financial statements and
the related notes, schedules and other financial data included or
incorporated by reference therein, as to which such counsel need
express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; and he has no reason to believe that any of such
documents, when such documents became effective or were so filed, as
the case may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement
which became effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, or, in the case of other documents which were filed under
the Exchange Act
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with the Commission, an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
when such documents were so filed, not misleading; and
(xiii) The Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than the financial
statements and the related notes, schedules and other financial data
included or incorporated by reference therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder; although he does not assume any responsibility
for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained
in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, except for those referred to in the opinion
in subsection (x) of this Section 7(c), he has no reason to believe
that, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement or any
further amendment thereto made by the Company prior to such Time of
Delivery (other than the financial statements and the related notes,
schedules and other financial data included or incorporated by
reference therein, as to which such counsel need express no belief)
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading or that, as of its date, the
Prospectus or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than
the financial statements and the related notes, schedules and other
financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to
which such counsel need express no belief) contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that, as
of any Time of Delivery, either the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (other than
the financial statements and related notes, schedules and other
financial data included or incorporated by reference therein, as to
which such counsel need express no belief) contains an 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; and he does
not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to be
filed or of any contracts or other documents of a character required
to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required to
be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus or required to be
described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented which are not filed or
incorporated by reference or described as required;
The foregoing opinion of Seth H. Hoogasian may be limited to the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware and the Federal laws of the United States.
In rendering any such opinion, such counsel may rely, as to matters of
fact, to the extent such counsel deems proper, on certificates of
responsible officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and of public
officials.
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(d) On the date (but prior to the execution) of this Agreement and at
each Time of Delivery, Arthur Andersen LLP shall have furnished to you a
letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form
and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect set forth in Annex I
hereto (the executed copy of the letter delivered prior to the execution of
this Agreement is attached as Annex I(a) hereto and a draft of the form of
letter to be delivered as of each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex
I(b) hereto);
(e)(i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus any material loss
or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other
calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any material labor
dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as
set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, and (ii) since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus there shall not
have been any material adverse change in the capital stock or long-term
debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or
affecting the general affairs, management, financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the
Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in Clause (i)
or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the
delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on the
terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(f) On or after the date hereof (i) no downgrading shall have
occurred in the rating accorded the Company's debt securities by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term is
defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Act, and
(ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under
surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of
any of the Company's debt securities;
(g) On or after the date hereof there shall not have occurred any of
the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or
material limitation in trading in the Company's securities on the New York
Stock Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
declared by Federal or New York or Massachusetts state authorities; or
(iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States
or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war, if
the effect of any such event specified in this Clause (iv) in your judgment
makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering
or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at such Time of Delivery on
the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;
(h) The Shares to be sold at such Time of Delivery shall have been
duly listed, subject to notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange;
(i) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the second
New York Business Day next succeeding the date of this Agreement;
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(j) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you
at such Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company
satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to
the performance by the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be
performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set forth
in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section and as to such other matters as
you may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or any amendment or supplement to
any thereof, 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 will reimburse
each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall 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 an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any such amendment or
supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information
furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through Goldman, Sachs & Co.
expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may
become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or any amendment
or supplement to any thereof, 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, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any
such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through
Goldman, Sachs & Co. expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the
Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as
such expenses are incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection
(a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such
indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made
against the indemnifying party under such
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subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement
thereof; provided, however, that the failure to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this
Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such
failure and, provided further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an
indemnified party otherwise than under Section 8 (a) or (b). In case any
such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall
notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying
party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it
shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified,
to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the
indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice
from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to
assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to
such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
if one or more of the Underwriters is the indemnified party hereunder,
Goldman, Sachs & Co. shall approve or consent to the selection of counsel
on behalf of all Underwriters. No indemnifying party shall, without the
written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or
compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any
pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification
or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified
party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such
settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of
the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or
claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
In addition, no indemnifying party shall be required to indemnify an
indemnified party for any amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
in the settlement of any action, proceeding, claim or investigation without
the written consent of the indemnifying party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under
subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the
one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Shares.
If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence
is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but
also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted
in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The
relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as
the total net proceeds from the offering of the Shares purchased under this
Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the
total
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underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with
respect to the Shares purchased under this Agreement, in each case as set
forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to,
among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or the
Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement
or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be
just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as
one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which
does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in
this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as
a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed
to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such
action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the
amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of
any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by
reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the
meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from
any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
Underwriters' obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several
in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who
controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations
of the Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any
liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall
extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of
the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the
meaning of the Act; provided, however, that no such person to whom the
benefits of this Section 8 shall so extend shall have the separate right to
consent to or approve the selection of counsel referred to in the second
sentence of Section 8(c) if Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any other Underwriter,
or the Company, as the case may be, is also seeking indemnification
hereunder.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to
purchase the Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of
Delivery, you may in your discretion arrange for you or another party or
other parties to purchase such Shares on the terms contained herein. If
within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter you do not
arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled
to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another
party or other parties satisfactory to you to purchase such Shares on such
terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, you
notify the Company that you have so arranged for the purchase of such
Shares, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for the
purchase of such Shares, you or the Company shall
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have the right to postpone such Time of Delivery for a period of not more
than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made
necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company
agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus which in your reasonable opinion may thereby be made necessary.
The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person
substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such
Shares which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the
aggregate number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of
Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-
defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares which such
Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in
addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro
rata share (based on the number of Shares which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase hereunder) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing
herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its
default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the
Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such
Shares which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate
number of all the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if
the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above
to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters, then this Agreement (or, with respect to the
Second Time of Delivery, the obligations of the Underwriters to purchase
and of the Company to sell the Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate,
without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the
Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the
Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and
contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth
in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to
this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof,
the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason, any Shares
are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the Company
will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses
approved in writing by you, including fees and disbursements of counsel,
reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase,
sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be
under no further
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liability to any Underwriter in respect of the Shares not so delivered except as
provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you by Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of you as the representatives.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to you as the representatives in care of Goldman, Sachs &
Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Registration
Department; and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the
Registration Statement, Attention: General Counsel; provided, however, that any
notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or
sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address
set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by you upon
request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect
at the time of receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and
10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who
controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the
Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason
merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the
term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office in
Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us seven counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the
Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each
of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of
Agreement among Underwriters (U.S. Version), the form of which shall be
submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on
your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
Thermo Electron Corporation
By: /s/ Gary S. Weinstein
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Name: Gary S. Weinstein
Title: Vice President
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Smith Barney Inc.
Lehman Brothers Inc.
HSBC Securities, Inc.
By: /s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Number of Optional
Shares to be
Total Number of Purchased if
Firm Shares Maximum Option
Underwriter to be Purchased Exercised
----------- ---------------- -------------------
<S> <C> <C>
Goldman, Sachs & Co................ 1,185,600 177,840
Smith Barney Inc................... 1,185,600 177,840
Lehman Brothers Inc................ 1,185,600 177,840
HSBC Securities, Inc............... 603,200 90,480
Barrington Research Associates,
Inc............................... 208,000 31,200
CIBC Oppenheimer Corp.............. 208,000 31,200
Fahnestock & Co., Inc.............. 208,000 31,200
Gilford Securities Incorporated.... 208,000 31,200
Gruntal & Co., L.L.C. ............. 208,000 31,200
---------- -------
Total.................... $5,200,000 780,000
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</TABLE>
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ANNEX I
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, Arthur Andersen LLP
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect
to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Act and the
applicable published rules and regulations thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any
supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable,
financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by
them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with
the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the related published rules and regulations thereunder;
and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
the consolidated interim financial statements, selected financial data, pro
forma financial information, financial forecasts and/or condensed financial
statements derived from audited financial statements of the Company for the
periods specified in such letter, as indicated in their reports thereon,
copies of which have been separately furnished to the representatives of
the Underwriters (the "Representatives");
(iii) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to
the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the
Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the Prospectus
and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year agrees with the
corresponding amounts (after restatement where applicable) in the audited
consolidated financial statements for such five fiscal years which were
included or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Reports on
Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
(iv) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K and on
the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing came to
their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that caused them to
believe that this information does not conform in all material respects
with the disclosure requirements of Items 301, 302, 402 and 503(d),
respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(v) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available interim
financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, inspection of the
minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries since the date of the
latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference
in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of the Company and its
subsidiaries responsible for financial and accounting matters and such
other inquiries and procedures as may be specified in such letter, nothing
came to their attention that caused them to believe that:
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(A) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and
regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those
statements;
(B) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of such letter, there have been any changes in the capital stock
of the Company (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of
stock options and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each
case which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any
increase in the consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
subsidiaries, or any decreases in consolidated net current assets or
stockholders' equity or other items specified by the Representatives,
or any increases in any items specified by the Representatives, in
each case as compared with amounts shown in the latest balance sheet
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, except in
each case for changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus
discloses have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
letter; and
(C) for the period from the date of the latest financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to
the specified date referred to in Clause (B) there were any decreases
in consolidated net revenues or operating income or the total or per
share amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by
the Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the
Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period
of the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding
length specified by the Representatives, except in each case for
increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or
may occur or which are described in such letter.
(vi) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited
procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures
referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out
certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in accordance
with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to certain
amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the
Representatives which are derived from the general accounting records of
the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus (excluding
documents incorporated by reference) or in Part II of, or in exhibits and
schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by the Representatives
or in documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus specified by
the Representatives, and have compared certain of such amounts, percentages
and financial information with the accounting records of the Company and
its subsidiaries and have found them to be in agreement.
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EXHIBIT 1.2
THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION
COMMON STOCK
($1.00 PAR VALUE)
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
(INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
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April 6, 1998
Smith Barney Inc.,
Goldman Sachs International,
Lehman Brothers International (Europe),
HSBC Securities, Inc.,
As representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Smith Barney Inc.,
Victoria Plaza,
111 Buckingham Palace Road,
London SW1W 0SB England.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Thermo Electron Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell
to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") an aggregate
of 1,300,000 shares (the "Firm Shares") and, at the election of the
Underwriters, up to 195,000 additional shares (the "Optional Shares") of Common
Stock, $1.00 par value (the "Stock"), of the Company (the Firm Shares and the
Optional Shares which the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2
hereof, together with the accompanying rights to purchase a unit consisting of
one ten-thousandth of a share of the Company's Series B Junior Participating
Preferred Stock, being collectively called the "Shares").
It is understood and agreed to by all parties that the Company is
concurrently entering into an agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto (the
"U.S. Underwriting Agreement"), providing for the offering by the Company of up
to a total of 5,980,000 shares of Stock (the "U.S. Shares") including the
overallotment option thereunder through arrangements with certain underwriters
in the United States (the "U.S. Underwriters"), for whom Goldman, Sachs & Co.,
Smith Barney Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc. and HSBC Securities, Inc. are acting as
representatives. Anything herein and therein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the respective closings under this Agreement and the U.S. Underwriting Agreement
are hereby expressly made conditional on one another. The Underwriters
hereunder and the U.S. Underwriters are simultaneously entering into an
Agreement between U.S. and International Underwriting Syndicates (the "Agreement
between Syndicates") which provides, among other things, for the transfer of
shares of Stock between the two syndicates and for consultation by the lead
managers hereunder with Goldman, Sachs & Co. prior to exercising the rights of
the Underwriters under Section 7 hereof. Two forms of prospectus supplement,
together with a related prospectus, are to be used in connection with the
offering and sale of shares of Stock contemplated by the foregoing, one relating
to the Shares hereunder and the other relating to
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the U.S. Shares. The latter form of prospectus supplement will be identical to
the former except for certain substitute pages as included in the registration
statement and amendments thereto as mentioned below. Except as used in Sections
2, 3, 4, 9 and 11 herein, and except as the context may otherwise require,
references hereinafter to the Shares shall include all of the shares of Stock
which may be sold pursuant to either this Agreement or the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement, and references herein to any prospectus or prospectus supplement
whether in preliminary or final form, and whether as amended or supplemented,
shall include both of the U.S. and the international versions thereof.
In addition, this Agreement incorporates by reference certain provisions
from the U.S. Underwriting Agreement (including the related definitions of
terms, which are also used elsewhere herein) and, for purposes of applying the
same, references (whether in these precise words or their equivalent) in the
incorporated provisions to the "Underwriters" shall be to the Underwriters
hereunder, to the "Shares" shall be to the Shares hereunder as just defined, to
"this Agreement" (meaning therein the U.S. Underwriting Agreement) shall be to
this Agreement (except where this Agreement is already referred to or as the
context may otherwise require) and to the representatives of the Underwriters or
to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (except in Section 5(e) of the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement) shall be to the addressees of this Agreement and to Smith Barney Inc.
("SSB International"), and, in general, all such provisions and defined terms
shall be applied mutatis mutandis as if the incorporated provisions were set
forth in full herein having regard to their context in this Agreement as opposed
to the U.S. Underwriting Agreement.
1. The Company hereby makes with the Underwriters the same
representations, warranties and agreements as are set forth in Section 1 of the
U.S. Underwriting Agreement, which Section is incorporated herein by this
reference.
2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company
agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at
a purchase price per share of $40.625, the number of Firm Shares set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event
and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase
Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each
of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not
jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the purchase price per share set forth
in clause (a) of this Section 2, that portion of the number of Optional Shares
as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as
to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of
Optional Shares by a fraction the numerator of which is the maximum number of
Optional Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator
of which is the maximum number of Optional Shares that all of the Underwriters
are entitled to purchase hereunder.
The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at
their election up to 195,000 Optional Shares, at the purchase price per share
set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole purpose of covering
overallotments in the sale of the Firm Shares. Any such election to purchase
Optional Shares may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Company,
given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement,
setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the
date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered, as determined by you but
in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4
hereof) or, unless you and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than
two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
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3. Upon the authorization by SSB International of the release of the Firm
Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for sale upon
the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
and in the forms of Agreement among Underwriters (International Version) and
Selling Agreements, which have been previously submitted to the Company by you.
Each Underwriter hereby makes to and with the Company the representations and
agreements of such Underwriter as a member of the selling group contained in
Sections 3(d) and 3(e) of the form of Selling Agreements.
4. (a) The Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in
definitive form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such
names as SSB International may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior
notice to the Company shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to SSB
International, through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company ("DTC"),
for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such
Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-
day) funds to the account specified by the Company to Goldman, Sachs & Co. at
least forty-eight hours in advance. The Company will cause the certificates
representing the Shares to be made available for checking and packaging at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery (as defined below) with respect
thereto at the office of DTC or its designated custodian (the "Designated
Office"). The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be, with respect
to the Firm Shares, 9:30 a.m., Eastern time, on April 13, 1998 or such other
time and date as SSB International and the Company may agree upon in writing,
and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:30 a.m., Eastern time, on the date
specified by SSB International in the written notice given by SSB International
of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other
time and date as SSB International and the Company may agree upon in writing.
Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the "First
Time of Delivery", such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if
not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the "Second Time of Delivery",
and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of Delivery".
(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf
of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 of the U.S. Underwriting Agreement,
including the cross receipt for the Shares and any additional documents
requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7(j) of the U.S. Underwriting
Agreement, will be delivered at the offices of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP,
125 High Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110 (the "Closing Location"), and the
Shares will be delivered at the Designated Office, all at such Time of Delivery.
A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, on
the New York Business Day next preceding such Time of Delivery, at which meeting
the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding
sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes
of this Section 4, "New York Business Day" shall mean each Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions
in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
5. The Company hereby makes to the Underwriters the same agreements as are
set forth in Section 5 of the U.S. Underwriting Agreement, which Section is
incorporated herein by this reference.
6. The Company and the Underwriters hereby agree with respect to certain
expenses on the same terms as are set forth in Section 6 of the U.S.
Underwriting Agreement, which Section is incorporated herein by this reference.
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7. Subject to the provisions of the Agreement between Syndicates, the
obligations of the Underwriters hereunder shall be subject, in their discretion,
at each Time of Delivery, to the condition that all representations and
warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of such
Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have
performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and
additional conditions identical to those set forth in Section 7 of the U.S.
Underwriting Agreement, which Section is incorporated herein by this reference.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which
such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or any
amendment or supplement to any thereof, 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
will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably
incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the
Company shall 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 an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary
Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and
in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter through SSB International expressly for use therein.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against
any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become
subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any amendment 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, in each case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission was made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through SSB
International expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying
party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; provided, however, that the failure to notify the
indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have
under this Section 8 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by
such failure and, provided further, that the failure to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an
indemnified party otherwise than under Section 8 (a) or (b). In case any
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such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify
the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall
be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish,
jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall
not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the
indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such
subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in
each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with
the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. For purposes
of the preceding sentence, if one or more of the Underwriters is the indemnified
party hereunder, Smith Barney Inc. shall approve or consent to the selection of
counsel on behalf of all Underwriters. No indemnifying party shall, without the
written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise
of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or
threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or
potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or
judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all
liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a
statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or
on behalf of any indemnified party. In addition, no indemnifying party shall be
required to indemnify an indemnified party for any amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party in the settlement of any action, proceeding, claim or
investigation without the written consent of the indemnifying party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable to
or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the
offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying
party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits
but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as
well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall
be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the
offering of the Shares purchased under this Agreement (before deducting
expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and
commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the Shares purchased
under this Agreement, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page
of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares. The
relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether
the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties'
relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or
prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that
it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection
(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the
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Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method
of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an
indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or
actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be
deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action
or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public
were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such
Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such
fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection
(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any
Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the
Underwriters under this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which
the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same
terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each
person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act;
provided, however, that no such person to whom the benefits of this Section 8
shall so extend shall have the separate right to consent to or approve the
selection of counsel referred to in the second sentence of Section 8(c) if Smith
Barney Inc. or any other Underwriter, or the Company, as the case may be, is
also seeking indemnification hereunder.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Shares which it has agreed to purchase hereunder at a Time of Delivery, you may
in your discretion arrange for you or another party or other parties to purchase
such Shares on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six hours after
such default by any Underwriter you do not arrange for the purchase of such
Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six
hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to you
to purchase such Shares on such terms. In the event that, within the respective
prescribed periods, you notify the Company that you have so arranged for the
purchase of such Shares, or the Company notifies you that it has so arranged for
the purchase of such Shares, you or the Company shall have the right to postpone
such Time of Delivery for a period of not more than seven days, in order to
effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
Company agrees to file promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus which in your reasonable opinion may thereby be made necessary.
The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any person
substituted under this Section with like effect as if such person had originally
been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as
provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which
remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all
the Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have
the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
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purchase the number of shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase
hereunder at such Time of Delivery and, in addition, to require each non-
defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of
Shares which such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Shares of
such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not
been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by you and the Company as
provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which
remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of all the
Shares to be purchased at such Time of Delivery, or if the Company shall not
exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting
Underwriters to purchase Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters,
then this Agreement (or, with respect to the Second Time of Delivery, the
obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and of the Company to sell the
Optional Shares) shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne
by the Company and the Underwriters as provided in Section 6 hereof and the
indemnity and contribution agreements in Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein
shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Company and the several Underwriters, as set forth
in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to
this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any
investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf
of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or the Company,
or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall
survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof,
the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Section 6 and Section 8 hereof, but, if for any other reason any
Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein, the
Company will reimburse the Underwriters through SSB International for all out-
of-pocket expenses approved in writing by SSB International, including fees and
disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making
preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered,
but the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter in
respect of the Shares not so delivered except as provided in Sections 6 and 8
hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or
given by you jointly or by SSB International on your behalf.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the Underwriters in care of the SSB International
General Counsel, (fax no.: 011 44 171 2828) and confirmed to the General
Counsel, care of Smith Barney Inc., at Victoria Plaza, 111 Buckingham Palace
Road, London SW1W 0SB England, Attention: General Counsel; and if to the
Company, shall be delivered or sent by registered mail, telex or facsimile
transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration
Statement, Attention: General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an
Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its
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address set forth in its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such
Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by SSB
International upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements
shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Underwriters, the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and
10 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who
controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or
have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the
Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason
merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.
15. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
16. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same
instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us seven counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof
shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters and the
Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each
of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of
Agreement among Underwriters (International Version), the form of which shall be
furnished to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on
your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
Thermo Electron Corporation
By: /s/ Gary S. Weinstein
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Name: Gary S. Weinstein
Title: Vice President
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Smith Barney Inc.
Goldman Sachs International
Lehman Brothers International (Europe)
HSBC Securities, Inc.
By: Smith Barney Inc.
By: /s/ Alexander Chefetz
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Director
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
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Number of Optional
Shares to be
Total Number of Purchased if
Firm Shares Maximum Option
Underwriter to be Purchased Exercised
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Smith Barney Inc........................................ 342,000 51,300
Goldman Sachs International............................. 341,000 51,150
Lehman Brothers International (Europe).................. 341,000 51,150
HSBC Securities, Inc.................................... 146,000 21,900
Cazenove & Co........................................... 65,000 9,750
Lazard Capital Markets.................................. 65,000 9,750
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Total......................................... 1,300,000 195,000
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