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Exhibit 1.1
STANDARD DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT TERMS
WITH RESPECT TO
HARTFORD LIFE GLOBAL FUNDING
SECURED MEDIUM-TERM NOTES AND INCOME NOTES(SM)
DATED AS OF MARCH 18, 2005
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STANDARD DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT TERMS
This document constitutes Standard Distribution Agreement Terms
which are
incorporated by reference in the Distribution Agreement
(included in the omnibus
instrument through which certain of the documents related to the
issuance of the
Notes are executed (the "OMNIBUS INSTRUMENT"), dated as of the
date set forth
therein (the "DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT"), by and among the Trust,
Hartford Life
Insurance Company (the "COMPANY"), and each Agent specified in
the Distribution
Agreement.
These Standard Distribution Agreement Terms shall be of no force
and effect
unless and until incorporated by reference into, and then only
to the extent not
modified by, the Distribution Agreement.
The following terms and provisions shall govern the terms of
the
distribution of the Notes issued by the Trust, subject to such
other terms and
provisions expressly adopted in the Distribution Agreement.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in these Standard
Distribution
Agreement Terms shall have their respective meanings ascribed to
them in the
Distribution Agreement.
In connection with the Hartford Life Global Funding Program (the
"PROGRAM")
arranged by Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., as arranger, the
Company has authorized the
issuance and sale of a funding agreement to the Trust in order
to secure the
Notes issued to the Agent(s) pursuant to the terms of this
Distribution
Agreement.
The Notes are to be issued pursuant to the Indenture. The Trust
shall issue
only the Notes. The Trust will use the net proceeds from the
sale of the Notes
to purchase a funding agreement (the "FUNDING AGREEMENT") from
the Company. The
Notes will be secured by the Funding Agreement which will be
assigned by the
Trust to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the holders of the
Notes pursuant to
the Indenture. In connection with the sale of the Notes, the
Trust will prepare
a Pricing Supplement (the "PRICING SUPPLEMENT") including or
incorporating by
reference a description of the terms of the Notes, the terms of
the offering and
a description of the Trust.
Subject to the terms and conditions contained in this
Distribution
Agreement, the Company and the Trust hereby (1) appoint only
Bear, Stearns & Co.
Inc. as purchasing agent (the "PURCHASING AGENT"); and (2)
appoint the
Purchasing Agent and/or such other parties specified in the
Pricing Supplement
(the Purchasing Agent and each such party, an "AGENT") for the
purpose of
purchasing and selling the Notes. For purposes of this
Distribution Agreement,
all references to any Agent shall be deemed to include the
Purchasing Agent.
This Distribution Agreement specifies terms and conditions on
which the
Notes may be sold by the Trust to the Agent(s) as principal for
resale to
investors.
The Company has made the requisite filings with the Securities
and Exchange
Commission (the "COMMISSION") pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "1934 ACT") and the rules and regulations of the
Commission
under the 1934 Act (the "1934 ACT REGULATIONS"). The Company has
filed with the
Commission a registration statement on
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Form S-3, relating to the registration of the Notes of the Trust
and the Funding
Agreement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"1933 ACT"). Such
registration statement has been declared effective by the
Commission and the
Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939, as
amended (the "1939 ACT") and the rules and regulations of the
Commission under
the 1939 Act (the "1939 ACT REGULATIONS"), and the Company has
filed such
post-effective amendments thereto as may be required prior to
the Trust's
acceptance of any offer for the purchase of Notes and each such
post-effective
amendment has been declared effective by the Commission. Such
registration
statement (as so amended, if applicable) is referred to herein
as the
"REGISTRATION STATEMENT"; and the final prospectus and all
applicable amendments
or supplements thereto (including the final prospectus
supplements and Pricing
Supplement relating to the offering of the Notes), in the form
first furnished
to the Agent(s) for use in confirming sales of the Notes, are
collectively
referred to herein as the "PROSPECTUS"; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
all references
to the "Registration Statement", and the "Prospectus" shall also
be deemed to
include all documents incorporated therein by reference pursuant
to the 1934
Act, prior to any acceptance by the Trust of an offer for the
purchase of Notes;
PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if the Company files a registration
statement with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the rules and regulations
of the
Commission under the 1933 Act (the "1933 Act Regulations") (the
"RULE 462(b)
REGISTRATION STATEMENT") or files a registration statement
containing a combined
prospectus pursuant to Rule 429 of the 1933 Act Regulations (the
"Rule 429
Registration Statement"), then, after such filing, all
references to the
"Registration Statement" shall also be deemed to include the
Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement or the Rule 429 Registration Statement,
as applicable. A
"PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS" shall be deemed to refer to any
prospectus and any
prospectus supplement used before the Registration Statement
became effective
and any prospectus and any prospectus supplement furnished by
the Company or the
Trust after the Registration Statement became effective and
before any
acceptance by the Trust of an offer for the purchase of Notes
which omitted
information to be included upon pricing in a form of prospectus
and prospectus
supplement filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of
the 1933 Act
Regulations. For purposes of this Distribution Agreement, all
references to the
Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus or
to any amendment
or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include any copy filed
with the
Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval
system ("EDGAR").
All references in this Distribution Agreement to financial
statements
and schedules and other information which is "disclosed",
"contained",
"included" or "stated" (or other references of like import) in
the Registration
Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus shall be deemed
to include all
such financial statements and schedules and other information
which is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
Prospectus or
preliminary prospectus, as the case may be; and all references
in this
Distribution Agreement to amendments or supplements to the
Registration
Statement, Prospectus or preliminary prospectus shall be deemed
to include the
filing of any document under the 1934 Act which is incorporated
by reference in
the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary
prospectus, as the case
may be.
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SECTION 1.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TRUST AND THE COMPANY
1.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TRUST AND THE
COMPANY.
Each of the Trust and the Company jointly and severally
represent and warrant to
each Agent as of the date hereof, as of the date of each
acceptance by the Trust
of an offer for the purchase of Notes, as of the date the Notes
are delivered in
exchange for payment (the "SETTLEMENT DATE") and as of any time
that the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or
supplemented (other
than by an amendment or supplement providing solely for the
determination of the
variable terms of the notes offered pursuant to the Registration
Statement,
including the establishment of or a change in the interest
rates, maturity or
price of notes offered pursuant to the Registration Statement or
similar
changes) (each of the times referenced above being referred to
herein as a
"REPRESENTATION DATE") as follows:
1.1.1 NO FILINGS OR REGULATORY APPROVALS. Other than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, no filing with, or
approval,
authorization, consent, license, registration, qualification,
order or
decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, is
necessary or
required for the issuance and sale of the Notes by the Trust,
except such
as have been previously made, obtained or rendered, as
applicable, and
except such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations,
qualifications, orders or decrees as may be required under the
1933 Act or
the 1939 Act or under state or foreign securities or blue sky
laws or any
rules or regulations of any securities exchange.
1.1.2 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. The Trust is not, and upon the
issuance and sale of the Notes as herein contemplated and the
application
of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus
will not be,
required to register as an "investment company" within the
meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 ACT").
1.1.3 RATINGS. The Program under which the Notes are issued,
as well as the Notes, as applicable, are rated Aa3 by Moody's
Investors
Service, Inc. or its successor ("MOODY'S") and AA- by Standard
& Poor's
Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
or its
successor ("S&P") (Moody's and S&P are referred to
herein as the "RATINGS
AGENCIES" and each a "RATINGS AGENCY"), or such other rating as
to which
the Company or the Trust shall have most recently notified the
Agent(s)
pursuant to SECTION 2.3.5 hereof and set forth in the Omnibus
Instrument.
Except as otherwise disclosed to the Agent(s), no public
announcement has
been made by a Ratings Agency that it has under surveillance or
review,
with possible negative implications, its rating of the Program,
the Notes
or any notes issued pursuant to the Registration Statement, as
applicable,
or has withdrawn its rating of the Program, the Notes or any
notes issued
pursuant to the Registration Statement, as applicable.
1.1.4 LISTING. If specified in the Pricing Supplement, the
Notes described in such Pricing Supplement shall be listed on
the
securities exchange designated in the Pricing Supplement.
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1.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TRUST. The Trust
represents and warrants to each Agent as of each Representation
Date as follows:
1.2.1 DUE FORMATION AND GOOD STANDING OF THE TRUST. The
Trust
is a statutory trust, duly formed under Delaware law pursuant to
the Trust
Agreement (the "TRUST AGREEMENT") between Wilmington Trust
Company, as
Trustee (the "DELAWARE TRUSTEE") and AMACAR Pacific Corporation,
as
administrator and trust beneficial holder, and the filing of a
certificate
of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State, which is validly
existing
and in good standing as a statutory trust under the laws of the
State of
Delaware.
1.2.2 NO MATERIAL CHANGES. Since the respective dates as of
which information is given in the Registration Statement and
the
Prospectus, except as otherwise stated therein, (A) there has
been no event
or occurrence that would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse
effect on the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Trust or
on the
power or ability of the Trust to perform its obligations under
this
Distribution Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Trust
Agreement, the
Funding Agreement, the Administrative Services Agreement
(the
"ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT"), between the Delaware Trustee, on
behalf of the
Trust, and AMACAR Pacific Corporation, as administrator (the
"ADMINISTRATOR") or the License Agreement (the "LICENSE
AGREEMENT") between
the Trust and Hartford Fire Insurance Company, or to consummate
the
transactions to be performed by it as contemplated in the
Prospectus (a
"TRUST MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT") and (B) there have been no
transactions
entered into by the Trust, other than those related to the
Program or in
the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect
to the
Trust.
1.2.3 AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENTS. This Distribution
Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Administration
Agreement and the
License Agreement have been or will be duly authorized, executed
and
delivered by the Trust. Assuming that each party to this
Distribution
Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration Agreement, the
License
Agreement and the Trust Agreement, other than the Trust, has
duly
authorized, executed and delivered each such agreement, then
this
Distribution Agreement, the Indenture, the Administration
Agreement, the
License Agreement and the Trust Agreement will each be a valid
and legally
binding agreement of the Trust enforceable against the Trust in
accordance
with its terms, except (A) as enforcement thereof may be limited
by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by
general
equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is
considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and (B) except as enforcement
thereof may
be limited by requirements that a claim with respect to any
Notes issued
under the Indenture that are payable in a foreign or composite
currency (or
a foreign or composite currency judgment in respect of such
claim) be
converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on
a date
determined pursuant to applicable law or by governmental
authority to
limit, delay or prohibit the making of payments outside the
United States.
The Notes have been duly authorized by the Trust for offer,
sale, issuance
and delivery pursuant to this Distribution Agreement and when
issued,
authenticated and delivered in the manner provided for in the
Indenture and
delivered against payment of the consideration therefor, will
constitute
valid and legally
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binding obligations of the Trust, enforceable against the Trust
in
accordance with their terms, except (1) as enforcement thereof
may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally or by
general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement
is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (2) except
as
enforcement thereof may be limited by requirements that a claim
with
respect to any Notes issued under the Indenture that are payable
in a
foreign or composite currency (or a foreign or composite
currency judgment
in respect of such claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a
rate of
exchange prevailing on a date determined pursuant to applicable
law or by
governmental authority to limit, delay or prohibit the making of
payments
outside the United States. Subject to the exceptions set forth
in the
preceding sentence, the Notes when executed by the Trust and
issued
authenticated and delivered in the manner provided for in the
Indenture and
delivered against payment of the consideration therefor, will be
entitled
to the benefits of the Indenture.
1.2.4 ABSENCE OF DEFAULTS AND CONFLICTS. (A) The execution,
delivery and performance of this Distribution Agreement, the
Indenture, the
Notes, the Funding Agreement, the Administration Agreement, the
License
Agreement and any other agreement or instrument entered into or
issued or
to be entered into or issued by the Trust in connection with the
issuance
of the Notes and the transactions contemplated thereby, (B) the
performance
of the Trust Agreement (all agreements and instruments
referenced in
clauses (A) and (B) above are referred to herein as the
"ISSUANCE
DOCUMENTS"), (C) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated in the
Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Notes and the
use of
proceeds therefrom as described in the Prospectus) and (D) the
compliance
by the Trust with its obligations under the Issuance Documents,
do not and
will not constitute a breach, violation or default which (1)
gives the
holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness
(or any
person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the
repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness
by the
Trust, or (2) results in the creation or imposition of any lien,
charge or
encumbrance upon any assets, properties or operations of the
Trust pursuant
to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan or credit agreement,
note,
lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Trust is a
party or by
which it may be bound or to which any of the property or assets
of the
Trust is subject, nor will such action result in any violation
of the
Trust's Certificate of Trust or the Trust Agreement and the
Trust is not in
default in the performance or observance of any applicable law,
statute,
rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any
government,
government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign,
having
jurisdiction over the Trust or any of its assets, properties or
operations;
PROVIDED, that no representation or warranty is made with
respect to
compliance with law of the Funding Agreement to the extent that
the source
of the funds used by the Trust to purchase such Funding
Agreement renders
such funds, or any property or investment acquired with such
funds, subject
to governmental seizure or other penalty under the USA Patriot
Act of 2001,
as amended (the "USA PATRIOT ACT"); PROVIDED, FURTHEr that in
the case of
clause (1) of this SECTION 1.2.4, this representation and
warranty shall
not extend to such repurchase, redemption or repayment that
would not
result in a Trust Material Adverse Effect and in the case of
clause (2) of
this SECTION 1.2.4, this representation and warranty
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shall not extend to such lien, charges or encumbrances or any
violations or
defaults that would not result in a Trust Material Adverse
Effect.
1.2.5 BENEFICIAL INTEREST. The beneficial interest of the
Trust when issued will be duly authorized and, when registered
in the
Securities Register (as defined in the Trust Agreement) in
accordance with
the provisions of the Trust Agreement, will be a valid and
legally binding
obligation of the Trust, enforceable in accordance with its
terms, except
as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws
affecting
creditors' rights generally or by general equitable principles
(regardless
of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law).
1.2.6 NO PROCEEDINGS. There is no action, suit, proceeding
or
investigation pending of which the Trust has received notice or
service of
process, or before or brought by any court or governmental
agency or body,
or to the knowledge of the Trust threatened, against the Trust
or its
assets which is required to be disclosed in the Registration
Statement and
the Prospectus (other than as disclosed therein).
1.3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY. The
Company
represents and warrants to each Agent as of each Representation
Date as follows:
1.3.1 DUE INCORPORATION, GOOD STANDING AND DUE QUALIFICATION
OF THE COMPANY AND SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES. The Company, and
each
significant subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of
Regulation
S-X promulgated under the 1933 Act) that is an operating
company, if any
(each, a "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY"), is duly incorporated and
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 to conduct its business as described in the
Prospectus;
each of the Company and each Significant Subsidiary is duly
qualified as a
foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing
in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, except
where the
failure to so qualify would result in a Company Material Adverse
Effect
(defined below). Since the respective dates as of which
information is
given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, except
as otherwise
stated therein, there has been no event or occurrence that would
reasonably
be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition
(financial
or otherwise) of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as
one
enterprise or on the power or ability of the Company to perform
its
obligations under any of the Issuance Documents or to consummate
the
transactions to be performed by it as contemplated in the
Prospectus (a
"COMPANY MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT").
1.3.2 REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS. The Company
meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act.
The
Registration Statement, filed with the Commission pursuant to
the 1933 Act,
as of its effective date, did not contain any 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. Each
Prospectus, if any, filed pursuant to Rule 424 of the 1933 Act
Regulations,
complied when so filed in all material respects with the 1933
Act and the
1933 Act Regulations.
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The Registration Statement and each Prospectus comply and, as
amended or
supplemented, if applicable, will comply in all material
respects with the
1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. The Registration
Statement and each
Prospectus do not and, as amended or supplemented, if
applicable, will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light
of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Trust and
Company make no representations or warranties as to (A) that
part of the
Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of
Eligibility
and Qualification (Form T-1) under the 1939 Act of the Indenture
Trustee or
(B) any statements in or omissions from the Registration
Statement or any
Prospectus made in reliance on and in conformity with written
information
provided by the Agent(s) to the Trust or to the Company
expressly for use
in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or
supplement
thereto.
1.3.3 COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The consolidated
financial statements (including the related notes but excluding
the
supporting schedules) included or incorporated by reference in
the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all
material
respects the consolidated financial position, results of
operations and
cash flows of the entities purported to be shown thereby, at the
dates and
for the periods indicated and have been prepared in accordance
with United
States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent
basis throughout the periods indicated and conform in all
material respects
with the 1933 Act, except as otherwise noted therein; and the
supporting
schedules, selected financial data and the summary financial
data included
or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement when
considered
in relation to such financial statements taken as a whole,
present fairly
in all material respects the information required to be stated
therein.
1.3.4 AUTHORIZATION OF THIS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AND THE
FUNDING AGREEMENT. This Distribution Agreement has been, and the
Funding
Agreement when issued will be, duly authorized, executed and
delivered by
the Company and, assuming that each party to this Distribution
Agreement
and the Funding Agreement, other than the Company, has duly
authorized
executed and delivered such agreement, then this Distribution
Agreement and
the Funding Agreement will each be a valid and legally binding
agreement of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms,
except (A) as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement
of creditors' rights generally or by general equitable
principles
(regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding
in equity
or at law), (B) that no representation or warranty is made with
respect to
the enforceability of the indemnification provided for in
SECTION 6 hereof
and (C) that no representation or warranty is made with respect
to the
enforceability of the Funding Agreement to the extent that the
source of
the funds used by the Trust to purchase such Funding Agreement
renders such
funds, or any property or investment acquired with such funds,
subject to
governmental seizure or other penalty under the USA Patriot
Act.
1.3.5 NO PROCEEDINGS. There is no action, suit, proceeding
or
investigation pending of which the Company has received notice
or service
of process, or
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before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body,
or to the
knowledge of the Company threatened, against the Company which
is required
to be disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus
(other
than as disclosed therein).
1.3.6 ABSENCE OF DEFAULTS AND CONFLICTS. Neither the Company
nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in violation of the
provisions
of its charter or by-laws or in default in the performance or
observance of
any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in
any contract,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement,
note, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of
its
Significant Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of
them may be
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries is subject (collectively, "COMPANY
AGREEMENTS
AND INSTRUMENTS"), except for such defaults that would not
result in a
Company Material Adverse Effect; the execution, delivery and
performance of
this Distribution Agreement, the Funding Agreement and any other
agreement
or instrument entered into or issued or to be entered into or
issued by the
Company in connection with the transactions contemplated in the
Prospectus,
the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the
Prospectus and the
compliance by the Company with its obligations thereunder have
been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will
not
constitute a breach, violation or default (A) which gives the
holder of any
note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person
acting on
such holder's behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or
repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the
Company or any of
its Significant Subsidiaries, or (B) of 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 properties, except for such
breaches,
violations or defaults under subsections (A) or (B) immediately
above that
would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect; PROVIDED,
that no
representation or warranty is made with respect to compliance
with law of
the Funding Agreement to the extent that the source of the funds
used by
the Trust to purchase such Funding Agreement renders such funds,
or any
property or investment acquired with such funds, subject to
governmental
seizure or other penalty under the USA Patriot Act.
1.3.7 LICENSES AND PERMITS. Each of the Company and the
Significant Subsidiaries has all necessary consents,
licenses,
authorizations, approvals, exemptions, orders, certificates and
permits
(collectively, the "COMPANY GOVERNMENTAL LICENSES") of and from,
and has
made all filings and declarations (collectively, the "COMPANY
GOVERNMENTAL
FILINGS") with, all Federal, state, local and other
governmental
authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts
and other
tribunals, necessary to own, lease, license and use its
properties and
assets and to conduct its business in the manner described in
the
Prospectus, except where the failure to have such Company
Governmental
Licenses or to make such Company Governmental Filings would
not,
individually or in the aggregate, result in a Company Material
Adverse
Effect. All such Company Governmental Licenses and Company
Governmental
Filings are in full force and effect, except to the extent that
any such
failure to be in full force and effect would not result, singly
or in the
aggregate, in a Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company and
the
Significant Subsidiaries are in compliance with such Company
Governmental
Licenses and neither the Company nor any of the Significant
Subsidiaries
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has received any notice of any inquiry, investigation or
proceeding that
would reasonably be expected to result in the suspension,
revocation or
limitation of any such Company Governmental Licenses or
otherwise impose
any limitation on the conduct of the business of the Company or
any of the
Significant Subsidiaries, except as set forth in the Prospectus
or to the
extent that any such failure to be in compliance, suspension,
revocation or
limitation would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a
Company
Material Adverse Effect.
1.3.8 FILINGS AND REGULATORY APPROVALS. Other than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus, no filing with or
approval,
authorization, consent, license, registration, qualification,
order or
decree of any governmental authority or agency, is necessary or
required
for the issuance and sale of the Funding Agreement by the
Company, except
such as have been previously made, obtained or rendered, as
applicable, and
except such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations,
qualifications, orders or decrees as may be required under the
1933 Act or
the 1939 Act or under state or foreign securities or blue sky
laws or any
rules or regulations of any securities exchange.
1.3.9 INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT. The Company is not, and upon
the issuance and sale of the Notes as herein contemplated and
the
application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the
Prospectus
will not be, required to register as an "investment company"
within the
meaning of the 1940 Act.
1.3.10 RATINGS. The Company's financial strength rating is
Aa3 by Moody's and AA- by S&P, or such other rating as to
which the Company
shall have most recently notified the Agent(s) pursuant to
SECTION 2.3.5
hereof and set forth in the Omnibus Instrument. Except as
otherwise
disclosed to the Agent(s) no public announcement has been made
by a Ratings
Agency that it has under surveillance or review, with possible
negative
implications, its rating of the financial strength of the
Company or has
withdrawn its rating of the financial strength of the
Company.
1.3.11 ABSENCE OF DEFAULT UNDER THE FUNDING AGREEMENT. To
the
Company's knowledge there exists no event or circumstance which
does or may
(with the passing of time, the giving of notice, the making of
any
determination or any combination thereof) be reasonably expected
to
constitute an event of default under any outstanding funding
agreement
issued in connection with the Registration Statement.
1.3.12 INCORPORATED DOCUMENTS. The documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, at the
time they
were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and
will comply
in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act
and the 1934
Act Regulations.
1.3.13 INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS. The accountants who
certified
the financial statements and any supporting schedules thereto
included in
the Registration Statement and the Prospectus are independent
public
accountants as required by the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act
Regulations.
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1.3.14 CONFORMITY OF ISSUANCE DOCUMENTS. The statements
relating to the Issuance Documents contained in the Prospectus
conform and
will conform in all material respects to the Issuance Documents
and the
Issuance Documents are substantially in the form filed or
incorporated by
reference, as the case may be, as exhibits to the Registration
Statement.
1.3 Any certificate signed by the Administrator or any
authorized
officer of the Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Agent(s) or
Sidley Austin
Brown & Wood LLP, as legal counsel to the Agent(s), or any
other legal counsel
selected by the Agent(s) (or the bookrunning lead manager(s), in
the case of a
syndicated issue) to replace such previous legal counsel (the
"AGENT APPROVED
COUNSEL") in connection with the sale of Notes to the Agent(s)
shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by the Trust to such Agent(s) as to
the matters
covered thereby on the date of such certificate. Any certificate
signed by any
authorized officer of the Company and delivered to the Agent(s)
or the Agent
Approved Counsel in connection with the sale of Notes to the
Agent(s) shall be
deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to such
Agent(s) as to the
matters covered thereby on the date of such certificate.
SECTION 2.
COVENANTS OF THE TRUST AND THE COMPANY
2.1 COVENANTS OF THE TRUST AND THE COMPANY. In further
consideration of the Agent's agreements herein contained, the
Trust and the
Company jointly and severally covenant and agree with each Agent
as follows:
2.1.1 PREPARATION OF PRICING SUPPLEMENTS. The Trust and the
Company will prepare a Pricing Supplement with respect to the
Notes sold to
the Agent(s) in a form previously agreed to by the Agent(s). The
Trust and
the Company will use their reasonable best efforts to deliver
such Pricing
Supplement no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
business
day following the date of the Trust's acceptance of the offer
for the
purchase of such Notes and will file such Pricing Supplement
pursuant to
the applicable subparagraph of Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act
Regulations.
2.1.2 BLUE SKY QUALIFICATIONS. Subject to SECTION 3.9,
below,
the Trust and the Company shall take reasonable efforts to
establish and
maintain the qualification of the Notes for offer and sale under
the
securities blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Agent(s)
(or the
bookrunning lead manager(s), in the case of a syndicated issue)
shall
reasonably request; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if either the Trust
or the
Company, in its reasonable judgment, determines that such
qualification in
a particular jurisdiction would cause an undue burden, its sole
obligation
is to so advise the Agent(s) (or the bookrunning lead
manager(s), in the
case of a syndicated issue); and PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that
the Trust
and the Company shall not be obligated to file any general
consent to
service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or a
dealer in
securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified
or to
subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any
jurisdiction
in which it is not otherwise so subject.
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2.1.3 LISTING. The Trust and the Company, with the
assistance
of the Agent(s) (or the bookrunning lead manager(s), in the case
of a
syndicated issue), shall use reasonable efforts to obtain and
maintain
approval for the listing of at least the notes of one trust
issued pursuant
to the Registration Statement on a national securities exchange
as defined
in Section 18(a)(3)(B) of the 1933 Act until such time as none
of the notes
issued pursuant to the Registration Statement are
outstanding.
2.1.4 DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY. The Trust and the Company
shall assist the Agent(s) in arranging to cause the Notes to be
eligible
for settlement through the facilities of The Depository Trust
Company.
2.1.5 SECURITY INTEREST. As required by the Indenture, the
Trust pursuant to the Indenture, will create, in favor of the
Indenture
Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of Notes, a first
priority
perfected security interest in the Collateral (as defined in
the
Indenture), under New York law or the law of such other
applicable
jurisdiction whose law governs such perfection, non-perfection
or priority.
2.2 COVENANTS OF THE TRUST. In further consideration of the
Agent's
agreements herein contained, the Trust covenants and agrees with
each Agent as
follows:
2.2.1 NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO THE INDENTURE OR THE TRUST
AGREEMENT. The Trust will give the Agent(s) at least seven (7)
days' prior
notice in writing of any proposed amendment to the Indenture or
the Trust
Agreement and, except in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the
Indenture or the Trust Agreement, not make or permit to become
effective
any amendment to the Indenture or the Trust Agreement which may
adversely
affect the interests of the Agent(s) or any holder of any
outstanding Notes
(as determined by the Agent(s) (or the bookrunning lead
manager(s), in the
case of a syndicated issue)) without the consent of the affected
party.
2.2.2 AUTHORIZATION TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE TRUST. The Trust
will, from time to time, after receiving a written request from
an Agent,
deliver to the Agent(s) a certificate as to the names and
signatures of
those persons authorized to act on behalf of the Trust in
relation to the
Program if such information has changed.
2.2.3 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Trust will use the net proceeds
received by it from the issuance and sale of the Notes in the
manner
specified in the Prospectus.
2.2.4 NOTICE OF MEETINGS. The Trust will furnish to the
Agent(s), at the same time as it is dispatched, a copy of any
notice of any
meeting of the holders of Notes which is called to consider any
matter
which is material in the context of the Trust.
2.3 COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY. In further consideration of
the
Agent's agreements herein contained, the Company covenants and
agrees with each
Agent as follows:
2.3.1 FILING OR USE OF AMENDMENTS. The Company will give the
Agent(s) advance notice of their intention to file or prepare
any
additional registration statement with respect to the
registration of
additional notes to be issued pursuant to the Registration
Statement, any
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
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any amendment or supplement to the prospectus included in the
Registration
Statement at the time it became effective or to the Prospectus
(other than
an amendment or supplement thereto providing solely for the
determination
of the variable terms of the notes to be issued pursuant to
the
Registration Statement), whether
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