Exhibit 1.1
E*TRADE FINANCIAL
CORPORATION
$150,000,000
Common Stock
($0.01 par value per
share)
DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT
May 8, 2009
J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc.
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Ladies and Gentlemen:
E*TRADE Financial Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), confirms
its agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as agent and/or
principal under any Terms Agreement (as defined in
Section 1(a) below) (“ JPMS ”), with
respect to the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company,
in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions described
below (this “ Agreement ”), of shares (the
“ Shares ”) of common stock, $0.01 par value per
share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company
having an aggregate Gross Sales Price (as defined in
Section 2(b) below) of up to $150,000,000 (the “
Maximum Amount ”) on the terms set forth in
Section 1 of this Agreement. The Shares are described in the
Prospectus referred to below.
The Company has filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission
”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-158636) for
the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “ Securities Act ”); and such
registration statement sets forth the material terms of the
offering, sale and plan of distribution of the Shares and contains
additional information concerning the Company and its business. As
used herein, “ Registration Statement ” means
such registration statement, as amended at the time of such
registration statement’s effectiveness for purposes of
Section 11 of the Securities Act, as such section applies to
JPMS, including (1) all documents filed as a part thereof or
incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference therein
and (2) any information contained or incorporated by reference
in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
under the Securities Act, to the extent such information is deemed,
pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Securities Act, to be
part of the registration statement at the effective time. “
Basic Prospectus ” means the prospectus dated
April 17, 2009, filed as part of the Registration Statement,
including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the
date of such prospectus; “ Prospectus Supplement
” means the most recent prospectus supplement relating to the
Shares, to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act on or before the second
business day after the date hereof (or such earlier time as may be
required under the Securities Act), in the form furnished by the
Company to JPMS in connection with the offering of the Shares;
“ Prospectus ” means the Prospectus Supplement
(and any additional prospectus supplement prepared in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 4(b) or 4(h) of this Agreement and
filed in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b)) together
with the Basic Prospectus attached to or
used with the Prospectus Supplement; and “
Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3(b). Any reference herein to the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement or the Prospectus shall, unless otherwise stated, be
deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated,
or deemed to be incorporated, by reference therein (the “
Incorporated Documents ”), including, unless the
context otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as
exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to
the terms “amend,” “amendment” or
“supplement” with respect to the Registration
Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus shall, unless
stated otherwise, be deemed to refer to and include the filing of
any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder
(collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”) on or after
the initial effective date of the Registration Statement or the
date of the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the
Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as the case
may be, and deemed to be incorporated therein by
reference.
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1.
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Issuance and
Sale . The Company and
JPMS agree as follows:
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(a)
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Upon the basis
of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein, on any Exchange Business
Day (as defined below) selected by the Company, the Company and
JPMS shall enter into an agreement in accordance with
Section 2 hereof regarding the number of Shares to be placed
by JPMS and the manner in which and other terms upon which such
placement is to occur (each such transaction being referred to as
an “ Agency Transaction ”). The Company may also
offer to sell the Shares directly to JPMS, as principal, in which
event such parties shall enter into a separate agreement (each, a
“ Terms Agreement ”) in substantially the form
of Exhibit A hereto, relating to such sale in accordance
with Section 2(g) of this Agreement (each such transaction
being referred to as a “ Principal Transaction
”). As used herein, (i) the “ Term ”
shall be the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the
earliest of (x) the date on which the Gross Sales Price of
Shares issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement and any Terms
Agreements is equal to the Maximum Amount and (y) any
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8 (the
“ Termination Date ”), (ii) an “
Exchange Business Day ” means any day during the Term
that is a trading day for the Exchange, and (iii) “
Exchange ” means the NASDAQ Global Select
Market.
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(b)
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Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth below, the Company appoints JPMS as
agent in connection with the offer and sale of Shares in any Agency
Transactions entered into hereunder. JPMS shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to sell such Shares and any such sales shall be
made in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and of the
applicable Transaction Notice (as defined in Section 2(a)).
Neither the Company nor JPMS shall have any obligation to enter
into an Agency Transaction. The Company shall be obligated to issue
and sell through JPMS, and JPMS shall be obligated to use
commercially reasonable efforts, as provided herein and in the
applicable Transaction Notice, to place Shares issued by the
Company only if and when a Transaction Notice related to such an
Agency Transaction has been delivered by JPMS and accepted by the
Company as provided in Section 2 below.
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(c)
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JPMS, as agent
in any Agency Transaction, hereby agrees not to make any sales of
the Shares on behalf of the Company, pursuant to this Agreement,
other than (i) by means of ordinary brokers’
transactions that qualify for delivery of a Prospectus in
accordance with Rule 153 under the Securities Act and meet the
definition of an “at the market offering” under Rule
415(a)(4) under the Securities Act (such transactions are
hereinafter referred to as “ At the Market Offerings
”) and (ii) such other sales of the Shares on behalf of
the Company in its capacity as agent of the Company as shall be
agreed by the Company and JPMS in writing.
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(d)
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JPMS shall
confirm in writing to the Company the number of Shares sold on any
Exchange Business Day, the related Gross Sales Price and, if Shares
are to be sold in an Agency Transaction in an At the Market
Offering, the related Net Sales Price (as defined in
Section 2(b) below) no later than the opening of trading on
the immediately following Exchange Business Day.
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(e)
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If the Company
shall default on its obligation to deliver Shares to JPMS pursuant
to the terms of any Agency Transaction or Terms Agreement, the
Company shall (i) hold JPMS harmless against any loss, claim
or damage arising from or as a result of such default by the
Company and (ii) notwithstanding any such default, pay to JPMS
any fee to which it would otherwise be entitled in connection with
such sale.
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(f)
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The Company
acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no assurance
that JPMS will be successful in selling the Shares, (ii) JPMS
shall incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other
person or entity if it does not sell Shares for any reason other
than a failure by JPMS to use its commercially reasonable efforts
consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and
applicable law and regulations to sell such Shares in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, and (iii) JPMS shall be
under no obligation to purchase Shares on a principal basis
pursuant to this Agreement, except as may otherwise be specifically
agreed by JPMS and the Company in a Terms Agreement.
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2.
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Transaction
Notices and Terms Agreements .
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(a)
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The Company may, from time to
time during the Term, propose to JPMS that such parties enter into
an Agency Transaction to be executed on a specified Exchange
Business Day or over a specified period of Exchange Business Days.
If JPMS agrees to the terms of such proposed Agency Transaction or
if the Company and JPMS mutually agree to modified terms for such
proposed Agency Transaction, then JPMS shall promptly send to the
Company by the means set forth under Section 10 hereof a
notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (each,
a “ Transaction Notice ”), confirming the agreed
terms of such proposed Agency Transaction. If the Company wishes
such proposed Agency Transaction to become a binding agreement
between it and JPMS, the Company shall
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promptly indicate its acceptance
thereof by countersigning and returning such Transaction Notice to
JPMS or sending a written acceptance of such Transaction Notice to
JPMS, in each case by the means set forth under Section 10
hereof. The terms reflected in a Transaction Notice shall become
binding on JPMS and the Company only if accepted by the Company no
later than the date and time specified in such Transaction Notice.
Each Transaction Notice shall specify, among other things, the
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(i) the Exchange Business Day(s) on
which the Shares subject to such Agency Transaction are intended to
be sold (each, a “ Purchase Date ”);
(ii) the maximum number of Shares
that the Company intends to sell (the “ Specified Number
of Shares ”) on, or over the course of, such Purchase
Date(s); provided that the number of Shares sold on each
such Purchase Date shall be no more than 25% of the ADTV (as
defined in Rule 10b-18 of the Exchange Act) in the Common Stock on
the Exchange for the four calendar weeks preceding the week in
which the date of delivery of the Transaction Notice occurs, or as
otherwise agreed between the Company and JPMS and documented in the
relevant Transaction Notice; and
(iii) the lowest price, if any, at
which the Company is willing to sell Shares on such Purchase
Date(s) (each, a “ Floor Price ”).
The Company shall have
responsibility for maintaining records with respect to the
aggregate dollar amount of Shares sold, or for otherwise monitoring
the availability of Shares for sale under the Registration
Statement. In the event that more than one Transaction Notice with
respect to any Purchase Date(s) is accepted by the Company, the
latest executed Transaction Notice shall govern any sales of Shares
for the relevant Purchase Date, except to the extent of any action
occurring pursuant to a prior accepted Transaction Notice and prior
to the acceptance of such latest Transaction Notice. The Company or
JPMS may, upon notice to the other party hereto by telephone
(confirmed promptly by e-mail in “pdf” format or
facsimile), suspend the offering of the Shares; provided ,
however , that such suspension or termination shall not
affect or impair the parties’ respective obligations with
respect to the Shares sold hereunder prior to the giving of such
notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the terms of any Agency
Transaction contemplate that Shares shall be sold on more than one
Purchase Date, then the Company and JPMS shall mutually agree to
such additional terms and conditions as they deem necessary in
respect of such multiple Purchase Dates, and such additional terms
and conditions shall be set forth in the relevant Transaction
Notice and be binding to the same extent as any other terms
contained therein.
References herein to this Agreement
shall, unless the context otherwise requires, include all
Transaction Notices accepted by the Company.
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JPMS’s
commission shall be 2.50% of the actual sales price of the Shares
(the “ Gross Sales Price ”) sold pursuant to
this Agreement; provided , however , that such
commission shall not apply when JPMS acts as principal, in which
case such commission shall be set forth in the applicable Terms
Agreement. The Gross Sales Price less JPMS’s commission is
referred to herein at the “ Net Sales Price
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(c)
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Payment of the
Net Sales Price for Shares sold by the Company on any Purchase Date
pursuant to a Transaction Notice shall be made to the Company by
federal funds wire transfer to the account specified in Schedule 2
hereto against delivery of such Shares to JPMS. Such payment and
delivery shall be made at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York city time)
on the third Exchange Business Day (or such other day as may, from
time to time, become standard industry practice for settlement of
such a securities issuance) following each Purchase Date (each, an
“ Agency Settlement Date ”).
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If, as provided
in the related Transaction Notice, a Floor Price has been agreed to
by the parties with respect to a Purchase Date, and JPMS thereafter
determines and notifies the Company that the Gross Sales Price for
such Agency Transaction would not be at least equal to such Floor
Price, then the Company shall not be obligated to issue and sell
through JPMS, and JPMS shall not be obligated to place, the Shares
proposed to be sold pursuant to such Agency Transaction on such
Purchase Date.
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(e)
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Under no
circumstances shall the aggregate Gross Sales Price of the Shares
sold pursuant to this Agreement and any Terms Agreement exceed the
Maximum Amount.
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(f)
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If either party
hereto has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set
forth in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act
are not satisfied with respect to the Shares, it shall promptly
notify the other party and sales of the Shares under this
Agreement, any Transaction Notice or any Terms Agreement shall be
suspended until that or other exemptive provisions have been
satisfied in the judgment of each party. On or prior to the
delivery of a prospectus that is required (whether physically or
through compliance with Rule 172 under the Securities Act or any
similar rule) in connection with the offering or sale of the
Shares, JPMS shall calculate the average daily trading volume (as
defined by Rule 100 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act) of the
Common Stock based on market data provided by Bloomberg L.P. or
such other sources as agreed upon by JPMS and the
Company.
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(g)
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(i) If the
Company wishes to issue and sell the Shares pursuant to this
Agreement but other than as set forth in Section 2(a) of this
Agreement, it will notify JPMS of the proposed terms of the
Principal Transaction. If JPMS, acting as principal, wishes to
accept such proposed terms (which it may decline to do for any
reason in its sole discretion) or, following discussions with the
Company, wishes to accept amended terms, the Company and JPMS shall
enter into a Terms Agreement setting forth the terms of such
Principal Transaction.
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(ii) The terms set forth in a Terms
Agreement shall not be binding on the Company or JPMS unless and
until the Company and JPMS have each executed such Terms Agreement
accepting all of the terms of such Terms Agreement. In the event of
a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a
Terms Agreement, the terms of such Terms Agreement shall
control.
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Each sale of
the Shares to JPMS in a Principal Transaction shall be made in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and a Terms Agreement,
which shall provide for the sale of such Shares to, and the
purchase thereof by, JPMS. A Terms Agreement may also specify
certain provisions relating to the reoffering of such Shares by
JPMS. The commitment of JPMS to purchase the Shares pursuant to any
Terms Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of
the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company
herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions
herein set forth. Any such Terms Agreement shall specify the number
of the Shares to be purchased by JPMS pursuant thereto, the price
to be paid to the Company for such Shares, any provisions relating
to rights of, and default by, underwriters acting together with
JPMS in the reoffering of the Shares, and the time and date (each
such time and date being referred to herein as a “
Principal Settlement Date ” and, together with any
Agency Settlement Date, a “ Settlement Date ”)
and place of delivery of and payment for such Shares.
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(i)
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The Company
shall provide JPMS with a copy of its policy on insider trading
(“ Insider Trading Policy ”) and advise JPMS in
writing of any material changes thereto. Subject to the limitations
set forth herein and as may be mutually agreed upon by the Company
and JPMS, sales pursuant to this Agreement may not be requested by
the Company and need not be made by JPMS during any “blackout
period” under the Insider Trading Policy as in effect from
time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the prior
written consent of each of the Company and JPMS, the Company shall
not request the sale of any Shares that would be sold, and JPMS
need not make any sale of Shares, during any period in which the
Company is in possession of material non-public
information.
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3. Representations, Warranties
and Agreements of the Company . The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, JPMS, on and as of (i) the date
hereof, (ii) each date on which the Company accepts a
Transaction Notice (the “ Time of Acceptance ”)
or executes and delivers a Terms Agreement, (iii) each Time of
Sale (as defined below), (iv) each Settlement Date and
(v) each Bring-Down Delivery Date (as defined in
Section 6(b)) (each such date listed in (i) through (v),
a “ Representation Date ”), as
follows:
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The Registration Statement is an
“automatic shelf registration statement” as defined
under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the
Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof;
there is no order preventing or suspending the use of the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the
Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has
been initiated or threatened by the Commission; no notice of
objection of the Commission to the use of such Registration
Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act
has
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been received by the Company; the
Registration Statement complied when it initially became effective,
complies as of the date hereof and, as then amended or
supplemented, as of each other Representation Date will comply, in
all material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act;
the conditions to the use of Form S-3 in connection with the
offering and sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby have been
satisfied; the Registration Statement meets, and the offering and
sale of the Shares as contemplated hereby complies with, the
requirements of Rule 415 under the Securities Act (including,
without limitation, Rule 415(a)(5)); the Prospectus complied
or will comply, at the time it was or will be filed with the
Commission, and will comply, as then amended or supplemented, as of
each Representation Date (other than the date hereof), in all
material respects, with the requirements of the Securities Act; the
Registration Statement did not, as of the time of its initial
effectiveness, and does not or will not, as then amended or
supplemented, as of each Representation Date, 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; as of each Representation Date (other than
the date hereof), the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented,
together with all of the then issued Permitted Free Writing
Prospectuses, if any, will not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided ,
however, that the Company makes no representation or
warranty with respect to any statement or omission in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with
information concerning JPMS and furnished in writing by or on
behalf of JPMS expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (it being
understood that such information consists solely of the information
specified in Section 9(b)). As used herein, “ Time of
Sale ” means (i) with respect to each offering of
Shares pursuant to this Agreement, the time of JPMS’s initial
entry into contracts with investors for the sale of such Shares and
(ii) with respect to each offering of Shares pursuant to any
relevant Terms Agreement, the time of sale of such
Shares.
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Prior to the execution of this
Agreement, the Company has not, directly or indirectly, offered or
sold any of the Shares by means of any “prospectus”
(within the meaning of the Securities Act) or used any
“prospectus” (within the meaning of the Securities Act)
in connection with the offer or sale of the Shares, in each case
other than the Basic Prospectus. The Company represents and agrees
that, unless it obtains the prior consent of JPMS, until the
termination of this Agreement, it has not made and will not make
any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute an
“issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule
433 under the Securities Act) or that would otherwise constitute a
“free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under
the Securities Act). Any such free writing prospectus relating to
the Shares consented to by JPMS is hereinafter referred to as a
“ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The
Company represents that it has complied and will comply in all
material respects with the requirements of Rule 433 under the
Securities Act applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus,
including timely filing
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with the Commission where
required, legending and record keeping. The conditions set forth in
one or more of subclauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, of Rule
433(b)(1) under the Securities Act are satisfied, and the
registration statement relating to the offering of the Shares
contemplated hereby, as initially filed with the Commission,
includes a prospectus that, other than by reason of Rule 433 or
Rule 431 under the Securities Act, satisfies the requirements of
Section 10 of the Securities Act; neither the Company nor JPMS
is disqualified, by reason of Rule 164(f) or (g) under the
Securities Act, from using, in connection with the offer and sale
of the Shares, “ free writing prospectuses ” (as
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) pursuant to Rules 164
and 433 under the Securities Act; the Company is not an “
ineligible issuer ” (as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act) as of the eligibility determination date for
purposes of Rules 164 and 433 under the Securities Act with respect
to the offering of the Shares contemplated by the Registration
Statement.
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The
Incorporated Documents, when they were filed with the Commission,
conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, 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, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any
further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus, 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 Securities Act or the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading.
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The financial
statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus comply in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the
dates indicated and their results of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the periods
specified, and such financial statements have been prepared in
conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods involved. The other historical
financial and statistical information and data included in the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus are, in all material respects, fairly
presented.
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Except in each case as otherwise
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, since the date of the most
recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus,
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(i) there has not been any
material change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries and there has not been a
Material Adverse Effect (as defined below), (ii) neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any
transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its
subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or incurred any liability or
obligation, direct or contingent, except for such liabilities or
obligations that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have
a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) neither the Company nor
any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with
its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether
or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or
dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator
or governmental or regulatory authority, except for such losses
that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. As used herein, “ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse effect on the earnings,
business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), results
of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
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The Company has
been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in
good standing under the laws of the state of Delaware, has the
corporate power and authority to own its property and to conduct
its business as described in the Prospectus and is duly qualified
to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of
property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Each of the
subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule 1 hereto (the
“ Named Subsidiaries ”) has been duly organized,
and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
respective jurisdictions of formation or organization, has the
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
property and to conduct its business as described in Registration
Statement and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property
requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure
to be so qualified or be in good standing would not have a Material
Adverse Effect; all of the issued shares of capital stock of each
Named Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued,
are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances, equities or claims (“ Liens ”),
except as to Liens disclosed in the Prospectus. Each significant
subsidiary (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X) of the
Company is a Named Subsidiary.
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The Company has an authorized
capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; all the
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly
and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar
rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated
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by the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, there are no
outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive
rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible
into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other
equity interests in the Company or any of its significant
subsidiaries, nor any contracts, commitments, agreements,
understandings or arrangements of any kind relating to the issuance
of any capital stock of the Company or any such significant
subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any
such rights, warrants or options; and the capital stock of the
Company conforms in all material respects to the description
thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and
any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
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(i)
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The Shares to
be issued and sold by the Company under this Agreement or under any
Terms Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company and, when
issued and delivered and paid for as provided under this Agreement
or in any Terms Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, will be
fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the description
thereof in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, and any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus; and the shareholders of the
Company do not have any preemptive or similar rights with respect
to the Shares.
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The Company has
full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and any Terms Agreement and perform its obligations
hereunder or thereunder; and all action required to be taken for
the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of
this Agreement and any Terms Agreement and the consummation by it
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been duly
and validly taken (or, in the case of any Terms Agreement, such
action will have been duly and validly authorized), subject, in the
case of the issuance and sale of the Shares, to the execution and
delivery of a Transaction Notice by the persons specified in the
resolutions of the pricing committee of the board of
directors.
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(k)
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This Agreement
has been, and any Terms Agreement will have been, duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company.
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(l)
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This Agreement
conforms in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.
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(m)
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Neither the Company nor any of
its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws
or similar organizational documents, (ii) in default, and no
event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both,
would constitute such a default, in the due performance or
observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in 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, or (iii) in
violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or
regulation of any
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court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or
violation that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in
the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(n)
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The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement or any
Terms Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares, the
compliance by the Company with the terms hereof or of any Terms
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or by any Terms Agreement will not (i) contravene,
conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other
material 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,
(ii) contravene or result in any violation of the provisions
of the charter or bylaws of the Company or (iii) contravene or
result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment,
order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or
governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of
clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict,
breach, violation or default that would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and no consent, approval, authorization, order,
registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery
and performance by the Company of this Agreement or any Terms
Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and compliance by
the Company with the terms hereof or of any Terms Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or by any
Terms Agreement, except as have been made or obtained and except as
may be required by and made with or obtained from state securities
laws or regulations.
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(o)
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The execution
and delivery by the Company of, and the performance by the Company
of its obligations under, this Agreement, including without
limitation, the issuance and sale of the Shares, do not require any
consent or approval of any shareholders or any other
securityholders of the Company.
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(p)
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The Company and
its subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable
terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions,
copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented
and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information,
systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or
other intellectual property (collectively, “ Intellectual
Property ”) necessary to carry on the business now
operated by them, and neither the Company nor its subsidiaries has
received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or
conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any
Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would
render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect
the interest of the Company or any of its subsidiaries therein, and
which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or
in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(q)
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Except as set
forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, each of the Company and its
subsidiaries holds, and is in compliance in all material respects
with, all material permits, licenses, authorizations, exemptions,
orders and approvals (“ Permits ”), necessary
for the operation of their respective businesses, and there are no
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by any
governmental entity seeking to terminate, revoke or limit any such
Permits, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, do grounds exist for
any such action by any governmental entities.
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(r)
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Each of the
Company and its subsidiaries (i) has not violated its charter,
by-laws or any other applicable organizational documents,
(ii) has not defaulted, and no event has occurred which, with
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default,
in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party
or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets
is subject, (iii) is in compliance, in the conduct of its
business, with all applicable laws, ordinances, governmental rules,
capital regulatory requirements, regulations or court decrees to
which it or its property or assets may be subject, including, but
not limited to, the laws, regulations and rules administered by the
Commission, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“ FINRA ”), the Federal Reserve, the Office of
Thrift Supervision (the “ OTS ”), the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “ FDIC ”),
any applicable state, federal or self regulatory organization and
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the
Treasury (“ OFAC ”), the Equal Credit
Opportunity Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Community Reinvestment
Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, all
other applicable fair lending and fair housing laws or other laws
relating to discrimination (including, without limitation,
anti-redlining, equal credit opportunity and fair credit
reporting), truth-in-lending, real estate settlement procedures,
adjustable rate mortgages disclosures or consumer credit
(including, without limitation, the federal Consumer Credit
Protection Act, the federal Truth-in Lending Act and Regulation Z
thereunder, the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of
1974 and Regulation X thereunder, and the federal Equal Credit
Opportunity Act and Regulation B thereunder) or with respect to the
Flood Disaster Protection Act and the Bank Secrecy Act, except, in
the case of clause (ii) and (iii) for any default or
violation that would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(s)
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Each of the Company and ETB
Holdings, Inc. is duly registered with the OTS as a savings and
loan holding company under the Home Owners Loan Act, as amended
(“ HOLA ”); E*TRADE Bank continues to hold a
valid charter to do business as a federal savings bank; E*TRADE
Bank meets the qualified thrift lender test under
Section 10(m) of HOLA; and the Company is a savings and loan
holding company under Section 10 of HOLA, as amended; and the
direct and indirect activities of the Company and its subsidiaries
comply with restrictions on
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holding company activities
provided in Section 10 of HOLA. E*TRADE Bank is well
capitalized according to the capital standards set forth by the
OTS. E*TRADE Bank and its deposits are insured by FDIC to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
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(t)
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Each of E*TRADE
Securities LLC, E*TRADE Clearing LLC and E*TRADE Capital Markets,
LLC is duly registered as a broker-dealer with the Commission, and
is registered as a broker-dealer with each state and is a member in
good standing of each self-regulatory organization where its
business so requires.
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(u)
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None of the
Company and its Named Subsidiaries (including E*TRADE Asset
Management, Inc., E*TRADE Capital Management, LLC, Kobren Insight
Management, Inc., Howard Capital Management, Inc. and E*TRADE
Financial Advisory Services, Inc. (together, the “
Advisers ”)) (i) is subject or is party to, or
has received any notice or advice that any of them may become
subject or party to, any legal or governmental proceedings pending
or threatened, including but not limited to, any investigation with
respect to any cease-and-desist order, consent agreement, any
commitment letter or similar undertaking to, memorandum of
understanding or other regulatory enforcement action, proceeding or
order with or by, other than proceedings accurately described in
all material respects in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus and proceedings that would
not have a Material Adverse Effect, or on the power or ability of
the Company to perform its obligations under this Agreement or to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or (ii) is
subject to any directive by, or has been a recipient of any
supervisory letter from, or has adopted any board resolutions at
the request of, any Regulatory Agency (as defined below) that
currently restricts in any material respect the conduct of their
business or that in any material manner relates to their capital
adequacy, their credit policies, their management or their business
(each, a “ Regulatory Agreement ”), nor has the
Company or any of its subsidiaries been advised by any Regulatory
Agency that it is considering issuing or requesting any such
Regulatory Agreement or that they may be subject to an
investigation, audit or other examination which is likely to lead
to the imposition of any civil monetary or other penalties that
would have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no unresolved
violation, criticism or exception by any Regulatory Agency with
respect to any report or statement relating to any examinations of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries which, in the reasonable
judgment of the Company, is expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. As used herein, the term “ Regulatory
Agency ” means OTS, FDIC, the Federal Reserve Bank, and
any other federal or state agency charged with the supervision or
regulation of depository institutions or holding companies of
depository institutions, or engaged in the insurance of depository
institution deposits, or the Commission, FINRA or any other
applicable self regulatory organization, or any court,
administrative agency or commission or other governmental agency,
authority or instrumentality having supervisory or regulatory
authority with respect to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
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(v)
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The Company,
E*TRADE Bank and each of the Company’s applicable
subsidiaries have duly filed with the OTS and the FDIC, as the case
may be, in correct form the reports required to be filed under
applicable laws and regulations and such reports were in all
material respects complete and accurate and in compliance with the
requirements of applicable laws and regulations; provided
that information as of a later date shall be deemed to modify
information as of an earlier date; and the Company has previously
delivered or made available to JPMS which has requested the same
accurate and complete copies of all such reports. Except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither
the Company nor E*TRADE Bank is subject to, or expects to be
subject to, any formal or informal enforcement or supervisory
action by the OTS or the FDIC. Neither the Company nor E*TRADE Bank
has been required by the OTS or the FDIC to make material
corrections or changes in its management, operations or policies or
procedures, which to the knowledge of the Company or E*TRADE Bank,
have not been substantially corrected or changed to the
satisfaction of the regulators.
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(w)
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The Company has
delivered or made available to JPMS, a true and complete copy of
the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ currently effective
Forms BD and ADV as filed with the Commission and all other similar
forms required to be filed with governmental entities. The
information contained in such forms and reports was or will be, in
the case of any forms and reports filed after the date of this
Agreement, complete and accurate in all material respects as of the
time of filing thereof.
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(x)
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Except for such
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor
any of their respective officers, directors or employees has been
the subject of any disciplinary proceedings or orders of any
governmental entity arising under applicable laws or regulations
which would be required to be disclosed on Forms BD or ADV except
as disclosed thereon, and no such disciplinary proceeding or order
is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, do grounds exist for any such
material action by any governmental entity; and except as disclosed
on such Form BD or ADV, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries nor any of their respective officers, directors or
employees has been enjoined by the order, judgment or decree of any
governmental entity from engaging in or continuing any conduct or
practice in connection with any Company activity or in connection
with the purchase or sale of any security.
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(y)
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No subsidiary
of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly,
under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or
is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company or to a
subsidiary of the Company, from m
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