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EXHIBIT 1-d
MORGAN STANLEY
Global Medium-Term Notes, Series F
Global Units, Series F
U.S. DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
[ ], 2005
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036
Dear Sirs:
Morgan Stanley, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), confirms
its
agreement with you with respect to the issue and sale from time
to time by the
Company of up to $[ ] (or the equivalent thereof in one or
more
currencies other than U.S. dollars) aggregate initial public
offering price of
its Global Medium-Term Notes, Series F, due more than nine
months from the date
of issue (the "Notes"), and its Global Units, Series F (the
"Units" and,
together with the Notes, the "Program Securities"), in each case
subject to
reduction as a result of the sale of the Company's (i) Global
Medium-Term
Notes, Series G and Series H, to be sold primarily outside of
the United
States, (ii) Global Units, Series G and Series H, to be sold
primarily outside
of the United States, and (iii) the sale of certain of the
Company's other debt
securities, warrants, common stock, preferred stock, purchase
contracts and
units and of capital securities of certain Morgan Stanley
Capital Trusts.
The Notes may be issued as senior indebtedness (the "Series F
Senior
Notes") or as subordinated indebtedness (the "Series F
Subordinated Notes") of
the Company. The Series F Senior Notes will be issued, either
alone or as part
of a Unit, pursuant to the provisions of a senior indenture
dated as of November
1, 2004, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
(formerly known as
JPMorgan Chase Bank), as trustee (the "Senior Debt Trustee") (as
may be
supplemented or amended from time to time, the "Senior Debt
Indenture"). The
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Series F Subordinated Notes will be issued pursuant to the
provisions of a
subordinated indenture dated as of October 1, 2004, between the
Company and J.P.
Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the
"Subordinated Debt
Trustee") (as may be supplemented or amended from time to time,
the
"Subordinated Debt Indenture"). The Senior Debt Indenture and
the Subordinated
Debt Indenture are sometimes hereinafter referred to
individually as an
"Indenture" and collectively as the "Indentures," and the Senior
Debt Trustee
and the Subordinated Debt Trustee are sometimes hereinafter
referred to
individually as a "Trustee" and collectively as the "Trustees."
Purchase
contracts ("Purchase Contracts") that require holders to satisfy
their
obligations thereunder when such Purchase Contracts are issued
are referred to
as "Pre-paid Purchase Contracts." Pre-paid Purchase Contracts
that settle in
cash ("Cash-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts") generally will
be issued under
an Indenture. Pre-paid Purchase Contracts that do not settle in
cash
("Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts") generally
will be issued
under the Unit Agreement or the Unit Agreement Without Holders'
Obligations
(each as defined below).
The Units will be issued either pursuant to the Unit Agreement
dated as
of November 1, 2004, among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. (formerly
known as JPMorgan Chase Bank), as Unit Agent, as Collateral
Agent, as Trustee
and Paying Agent under the Indenture referred to therein, and as
Warrant Agent
under the Warrant Agreement referred to therein, and the holders
from time to
time of the Units described therein (as may be amended from time
to time, the
"Unit Agreement") or, if the Units do not include Purchase
Contracts (or include
only Pre-paid Purchase Contracts), pursuant to a Unit Agreement
among the
Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as
JPMorgan Chase Bank),
as Unit Agent, as Trustee and Paying Agent under the Indenture
referred to
therein, and as Warrant Agent under the Warrant Agreement
referred to therein,
in the form of such agreement filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement
referred to below (each such agreement, a "Unit Agreement
Without Holders's
Obligations").(1) Units may include one or more (i) Series F
Senior Notes, (ii)
warrants ("Warrants") entitling the holders thereof to purchase
or sell (a)
securities issued by the Company or by an entity affiliated or
not affiliated
with the Company, a basket of such securities, an index or
indices of such
securities or any combination of the above, (b) currencies or
(c) commodities,
(iii) Purchase Contracts, including Pre-paid Purchase Contracts,
requiring the
holders thereof to purchase or sell (a) securities issued by the
Company or by
an entity affiliated or not affiliated with the Company, a
basket of such
securities, an index or indices of such securities or any
combination of the
above, (b) currencies or (c) commodities or (iv) any combination
thereof. The
applicable prospectus supplement will specify whether Notes,
Warrants and
Purchase Contracts comprised by a Unit
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(1) The Unit Agreement Without Holders' Oligations shall include
additional
provisions to allow for the issuance of Pre-Paid Purchase
Contracts that are
not issued under the Indenture.
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may or may not be separated from any series of Units. Warrants
issued as part of
a Unit will be issued pursuant to the Warrant Agreement dated as
of November 1,
2004 (as may be amended from time to time, the "Warrant
Agreement") between the
Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as
JPMorgan Chase Bank),
as Warrant Agent. Purchase Contracts, other than Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts
("Non-Pre-paid Purchase Contracts"), entered into by the Company
and the holders
thereof will be governed by the Unit Agreement.
The Notes, whether issued alone or as part of a Unit, will have
the
maturities, interest rates, redemption provisions, if any, and
other terms as
set forth in supplements to the Basic Prospectus referred to
below. The Warrants
will have the exercise prices, exercise dates, expiration dates
and other terms
as set forth in supplements to the Basic Prospectus. The
Purchase Contracts will
have the closing dates, purchase or sale prices and other terms
as set forth in
supplements to the Basic Prospectus.
The Company hereby appoints you as its exclusive agents for the
purpose
of soliciting and receiving offers to purchase Program
Securities from the
Company by others and, on the basis of the representations and
warranties herein
contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set
forth, you agree
to use reasonable efforts to solicit and receive offers to
purchase Program
Securities upon terms acceptable to the Company at such times
and in such
amounts as the Company shall from time to time specify. In
addition, you may
also purchase Program Securities as principal pursuant to the
terms of a terms
agreement relating to such sale (in the case of Notes, a "Notes
Terms Agreement"
and, in the case of Units, a "Units Terms Agreement") in
accordance with the
provisions of Section 2(b) hereof.
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the
"Commission") a registration statement, including a prospectus,
relating to the
Program Securities. Such registration statement, including the
exhibits thereto,
as amended at the Commencement Date (as hereinafter defined), is
hereinafter
referred to as the "Registration Statement." The Company
proposes to file with
the Commission from time to time, pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), supplements to the
prospectus
relating to the Program Securities included in the Registration
Statement that
will describe certain terms of the Program Securities. The
prospectus relating
to the Program Securities in the form in which it appears in the
Registration
Statement is hereinafter referred to as the "Basic Prospectus."
The term
"Prospectus" means the Basic Prospectus together with the
prospectus supplement
or supplements (each, a "Prospectus Supplement") specifically
relating to the
Program Securities, as filed with, or transmitted for filing to,
the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. As used herein,
the terms "Basic
Prospectus" and "Prospectus" shall include in each case the
documents, if any,
incorporated by reference therein. The terms "supplement,"
"amendment" and
"amend" as used herein shall include all documents deemed to be
incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus that are filed subsequent to the
date of the Basic
Prospectus by the
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Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as
amended (the "Exchange Act"). If the Company has filed an
abbreviated
registration statement to register additional Program Securities
pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the "Rule 462 Registration
Statement"),
then any reference herein to the term "Registration Statement"
shall be deemed
to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement.
1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and
warrants to
and agrees with you as of the Commencement Date, as of each date
on which you
solicit offers to purchase Program Securities, as of each date
on which the
Company accepts an offer to purchase Program Securities
(including any purchase
by you as principal pursuant to a Notes Terms Agreement or a
Units Terms
Agreement), as of each date the Company issues and delivers
Program Securities
and as of each date the Registration Statement or the Basic
Prospectus is
amended or supplemented, as follows (it being understood that
such
representations, warranties and agreements shall be deemed to
relate to the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus and the Prospectus,
each as amended
or supplemented to each such date):
(a) The Registration Statement has become effective, no stop
order
suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in
effect,
and no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or
threatened by the
Commission.
(b) (i) Each document, if any, filed or to be filed pursuant to
the
Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
complied or
will comply when so filed in all material respects with the
Exchange Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, (ii)
each part of the Registration Statement, when such part became
effective,
did not contain and each such part, as amended or supplemented,
if
applicable, will 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, (iii) the
Registration
Statement and the Prospectus comply and, as amended or
supplemented, if
applicable, will comply in all material respects with the
Securities Act
and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and
(iv) the Prospectus does not contain 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 to make the statements
therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading,
except that (1) the representations and warranties set forth in
this
Section 1(b) do not apply (A) to statements or omissions in
the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus based upon information
relating to
you furnished to the Company in writing by you expressly for use
therein or
(B) to those parts of the Registration Statement that constitute
the
Statements of Eligibility (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939,
as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), of the
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Trustees and (2) the representations and warranties set forth in
clauses
(iii) and (iv) above, when made as of the Commencement Date or
as of any
date on which you solicit offers to purchase Program Securities
or on which
the Company accepts an offer to purchase Program Securities,
shall be
deemed not to cover information concerning an offering of
particular
Program Securities to the extent such information will be set
forth in a
supplement to the Basic Prospectus.
(c) 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 have a material adverse effect on
the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(d) Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated,
is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, 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
have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
(e) Each of this Agreement and any applicable Written Notes
Terms
Agreement or Written Units Terms Agreement (each as hereinafter
defined)
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company.
(f) Each Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture
Act and each of the Senior Indenture, the Subordinated
Indenture, the Unit
Agreement and the Warrant Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and
delivered by the Company and is a valid and binding agreement of
the
Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms except as
the
enforceability thereof (i) may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting
creditors' rights generally and (ii) is subject to general
principles of
equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
at a
proceeding in equity or at law.
(g) The form of Unit Agreement Without Holders' Obligations has
been
duly authorized by the Company and, when a Unit Agreement
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Without Holders' Obligations has been duly executed and
delivered by the
Company, the Unit Agreement Without Holders' Obligations will be
a valid
and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance
with its
terms except as the enforceability thereof (i) may be limited
by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium
and other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) is
subject to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is
considered at a proceeding in equity or at law.
(h) The forms of Notes (including the form of Cash-settled
Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts), whether issued alone or as part of a Unit,
have been
duly authorized and established in conformity with the
provisions of the
relevant Indenture and, when the Notes (and the Cash-settled
Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts) have been executed and authenticated in
accordance with
the provisions of the relevant Indenture and delivered to and
duly paid for
by the purchasers thereof, the Notes (and the Cash-settled
Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts) will be entitled to the benefits of such
Indenture and
will be valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms except as the
enforceability thereof
(i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
liquidation,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights
generally and
(ii) is subject to general principles of equity, regardless of
whether such
enforceability is considered at a proceeding in equity or at
law.
(i) The forms of Units under the Unit Agreement, including the
forms
of Warrants, Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts
and
Non-Pre-paid Purchase Contracts, have been duly authorized and
established
in conformity with the provisions of (i) in the case of such
Units,
Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts, Non-Pre-paid
Purchase
Contracts, the Unit Agreement and (ii) in the case of Warrants,
the Warrant
Agreement. When such Units have been delivered to and duly paid
for by the
purchasers thereof and (A) any Physically-settled Pre-paid
Purchase
Contracts and Non-Pre-paid Purchase Contracts included in such
Units have
been executed by the Company and countersigned by the Unit Agent
and (B)
any Warrants included in such Units have been executed by the
Company and
countersigned by the Warrant Agent, such Units (including any
such
Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts, Non-Pre-paid
Purchase
Contracts or Warrants contained therein) will be entitled to the
benefits
of the Unit Agreement and, in the case of the Warrants, the
Warrant
Agreement and will be valid and binding obligations of the
Company,
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms except as
the
enforceability thereof (i) may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other similar laws
affecting
creditors' rights generally and (ii) is subject to general
principles of
equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered
at a
proceeding in equity or at law.
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(j) When a Unit Agreement Without Holders' Obligations has
been
executed and delivered by the Company, the Units to be issued
thereunder
will have been duly authorized and when such Units have been
established in
conformity with the provisions of the Unit Agreement Without
Holders'
Obligations and delivered to and duly paid for by the purchasers
thereof,
and any Warrants included in such Units have been executed by
the Company
and countersigned by the Warrant Agent, such Units (including
any such
Warrants contained therein) will be entitled to the benefits of
the Unit
Agreement Without Holders' Obligations and will be valid and
binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their
respective
terms except as the enforceability thereof (i) may be limited
by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium
and other
similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) is
subject to
general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is
considered at a proceeding in equity or at law.
(k) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement,
the
Notes and Pre-paid Purchase Contracts (whether issued alone or
as part of a
Unit), the Units (including any Purchase Contracts and Warrants
included
therein), the Indentures, the Unit Agreement, any Unit Agreement
Without
Holders' Obligations, the Warrant Agreement and any applicable
Written
Notes Terms Agreement or Written Units Terms Agreement and the
performance
by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the
Notes, the
Pre-paid Purchase Contracts, the Units (including any Purchase
Contracts or
Warrants included therein), the Indentures, the Unit Agreement,
any Unit
Agreement Without Holders' Obligations, the Warrant Agreement
and any
applicable Notes Terms Agreement or Units Terms Agreement will
not
contravene any provision of applicable law or the certificate
of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any agreement or
other
instrument binding upon the Company or any of its subsidiaries
that is
material to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken
as a
whole, or any judgment, order or decree of any governmental
body, agency or
court having jurisdiction over the Company or any consolidated
subsidiary,
and no consent, approval, authorization or order of, or
qualification with,
any governmental body or agency is required for the performance
by the
Company of its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes, the
Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts, the Units (including any Purchase Contracts
or Warrants
included therein), the Indentures, the Unit Agreement, any Unit
Agreement
Without Holders' Obligations, the Warrant Agreement and any
applicable
Notes Terms Agreement or Units Terms Agreement, except such as
may be
required by the securities or Blue Sky laws of the various
states in
connection with the offer and sale of the Program Securities;
provided,
however, that no representation is made or warranty given as to
whether the
purchase of the Program Securities constitutes a "prohibited
transaction"
under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974,
as amended, or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as
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amended.
(l) There has not occurred any material adverse change, or
any
development involving a prospective material adverse change, in
the
condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business
or
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, from that
set forth in the Prospectus.
(m) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending
or
threatened to which the Company or any of its consolidated
subsidiaries is
a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any
of its
consolidated subsidiaries is subject that are required to be
described in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and are not so
described or
any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are
required
to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or to be
filed or incorporated by reference as exhibits to the
Registration
Statement that are not described, filed or incorporated as
required.
(n) Each of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries has
all
necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders,
certificates and
permits 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, to own,
lease, license and use its properties and assets and to conduct
its
business in the manner described in the Prospectus, except to
the extent
that the failure to obtain or file would not have a material
adverse effect
on the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(o) Morgan Stanley is registered as a broker-dealer and
investment
adviser with the Commission, is registered with the Commodity
Futures
Trading Commission as a futures commission merchant and is a
member of the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of
Securities
Dealers, Inc.
(p) Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated is registered as a
broker-dealer
and investment adviser with the Commission, is registered with
the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a futures commission
merchant and
is a member of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and the
National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(q) The Company is not, and after giving effect to the offering
and
sale of the Program Securities and the application of the
proceeds thereof
as described in the Prospectus, will not be required to register
as, an
"investment company" as such term is defined in the Investment
Company Act
of 1940, as amended.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that
the
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representations and warranties set forth in Section 1(b)(iii)
and 1(b)(iv), 1(h)
(except as to due authorization of the Notes and Cash-settled
Pre-paid Purchase
Contracts), 1(i) (except as to due authorization of the Units,
Warrants,
Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts and Non-Pre-paid
Purchase
Contracts), 1(j) (except as to due authorization of the Units
and Warrants) and
1(k), when made as of the Commencement Date, or as of any date
on which you
solicit offers to purchase Program Securities, with respect to
any Program
Securities the payments of principal or interest on which, or
any other payments
with respect to which, will be determined by reference to one or
more currency
exchange rates, commodity prices, securities of entities
affiliated or
unaffiliated with the Company, baskets of such securities,
equity indices or
other factors, shall be deemed not to address the application of
the Commodity
Exchange Act, as amended, or the rules, regulations or
interpretations of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
2. Solicitations as Agents; Purchases as Principals.
(a) Solicitations as Agents. In connection with your actions as
agents
hereunder, you agree to use reasonable efforts to solicit offers
to
purchase Program Securities upon the terms and conditions set
forth in the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented.
The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to
instruct
you to suspend at any time, for any period of time or
permanently, the
solicitation of offers to purchase Program Securities. Upon
receipt of at
least one business day's prior notice from the Company, you will
forthwith
suspend solicitations of offers to purchase Program Securities
from the
Company until such time as the Company has advised you that
such
solicitation may be resumed. While such solicitation is
suspended, the
Company shall not be required to deliver any certificates,
opinions or
letters in accordance with Sections 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c);
provided, however,
that if the Registration Statement or Prospectus is amended or
supplemented
during the period of suspension (other than by an amendment or
supplement
providing solely for (i) in the case of Notes issued alone or as
part of a
Unit, a change in the interest rates, redemption provisions,
amortization
schedules or maturities offered on the Notes, (ii) in the case
of Units, a
change in the exercise price, exercise date or period or
expiration of an
underlying Warrant or a change in the settlement date or
purchase or sale
price of an underlying Purchase Contract or (iii) for a change
you deem to
be immaterial), you shall not be required to resume soliciting
offers to
purchase Program Securities until the Company has delivered
such
certificates, opinions and letters as you may request.
The Company agrees to pay to you, as consideration for the sale
of
each Program Security resulting from a solicitation made or an
offer to
purchase received by you, a commission in the form of a discount
from the
purchase price of such Program Security equal to between
.125%
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and .750% (depending upon such Note's maturity or, in the case
of Units,
any underlying Note's maturity or the terms of the Units and of
the
securities comprised by such Units) of the principal amount of
such Note
or, in the case of Units, the face amount of such Unit (provided
that the
commission for Notes having, or Units including Notes or other
securities
having, a maturity of 30 years or greater will be negotiated) or
such other
discount as may be specified in the Prospectus Supplement
relating to such
Note or Unit.
You shall communicate to the Company, orally or in writing, each
offer
to purchase Program Securities received by you as agent that in
your
judgment should be considered by the Company. The Company shall
have the
sole right to accept offers to purchase Program Securities and
may reject
any offer in whole or in part. You shall have the right to
reject any offer
to purchase Program Securities that you consider to be
unacceptable, and
any such rejection shall not be deemed a breach of your
agreements
contained herein. The procedural details relating to the issue
and delivery
of Program Securities sold by you as agent and the payment
therefor shall
be as set forth in the Administrative Procedures (as hereinafter
defined).
(b) Purchases as Principals. Each sale of Program Securities to
you as
principals shall be made in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. In
connection with each such sale, the Company will enter into a
Notes Terms
Agreement or Units Terms Agreement that will provide for the
sale of such
Program Securities to and the purchase thereof by you. Each
Notes Terms
Agreement or Units Terms Agreement will take the form of either
(i) a
written agreement between you and the Company, which may be
substantially
in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit A-1 (as applicable) hereto
(in the case
of Notes, a "Written Notes Terms Agreement," and in the case of
Units, a
"Written Units Terms Agreement"), or (ii) an oral agreement
between you and
the Company confirmed in writing by you to the Company.
Your commitment to purchase Program Securities as principal
pursuant
to a Notes Terms Agreement or Units Terms Agreement shall be
deemed to have
been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of
the Company
herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and
conditions herein
set forth. Each (i) Notes Terms Agreement shall specify the
principal
amount of Notes to be purchased by you pursuant thereto, the
maturity date
of such Notes, the price to be paid to the Company for such
Notes, the
interest rate and interest rate formula, if any, applicable to
such Notes
and any other terms of such Notes and (ii) Units Terms Agreement
shall
specify (a) the information set forth in (i) above with respect
to any
Notes issued as part of a Unit, (b) with respect to any Warrants
issued as
part of a Unit, the exercise price, the exercise date or period,
the
expiration date and any other terms of such Warrants
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and (c) with respect to any Purchase Contracts issued as part of
a Unit,
the settlement date, the purchase or sale price or any other
terms of such
Purchase Contracts. Each such Notes Terms Agreement or Units
Terms
Agreement may also specify any requirements for officers'
certificates,
opinions of counsel and letters from the independent auditors of
the
Company pursuant to Section 4 hereof. A Notes Terms Agreement
and a Unit
Terms Agreement may also specify certain provisions relating to
the
reoffering of such Notes or Units, as the case may be, by
you.
Each Notes Terms Agreement and each Units Terms Agreement shall
specify
the time and place of delivery of and payment for such Notes or
Units, as the
case may be. Unless otherwise specified in a Notes Terms
Agreement or a Units
Terms Agreement, the procedural details relating to the issue
and delivery of
Notes or Units, as the case may be, purchased by you as
principal and the
payment therefor shall be as set forth in the Administrative
Procedures. Each
date of delivery of and payment for Program Securities to be
purchased by you
as principal pursuant to a Notes Terms Agreement or a Units
Terms Agreement, as
the case may be, is referred to herein as a "Settlement
Date."
Unless otherwise specified in a Notes Terms Agreement or a Units
Terms
Agreement, if you are purchasing Program Securities as principal
you may resell
such Program Securities to other dealers. Any such sales may be
at a discount,
which shall not exceed the amount set forth in the Prospectus
Supplement
relating to such Notes or Units.
(c) Administrative Procedures. You and the Company agree to
perform
the respective duties and obligations specifically provided to
be performed
in the Global Medium-Term Notes, Series F, and Global Units,
Series F,
Administrative Procedures (attached hereto as Exhibit B)
(the
"Administrative Procedures"), as amended from time to time.
The
Administrative Procedures may be amended only by written
agreement of the
Company and you.
(d) Delivery. The documents required to be delivered by Section
4 of
this Agreement as a condition precedent to your obligation to
begin
soliciting offers to purchase Program Securities as agents of
the Company
shall be delivered at the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell,
your counsel,
not later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date
hereof, or at
such other time and/or place as you and the Company may agree
upon in
writing, but in no event later than the day prior to the earlier
of (i) the
date on which you begin soliciting offers to purchase Program
Securities
and (ii) the first date on which the Company accepts any offer
by you to
purchase Program Securities as principal. The date of delivery
of such
documents is referred to herein as the "Commencement Date."
3. Agreements. The Company agrees with you that:
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(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Program
Securities
pursuant to this Agreement or pursuant to any Notes Terms
Agreement or
Units Terms Agreement, the Company will not file any Prospectus
Supplement
relating to the Program Securities or any amendment to the
Registration
Statement relating to the Program Securities unless the Company
has
previously furnished to you a copy thereof for your review and
will not
file any such proposed supplement or amendment to which you
reasonably
object; provided, however, that the foregoing requirement shall
not apply
to any of the Company's periodic filings with the Commission
required to be
filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 13(f), 14 or 15(d) of
the Exchange
Act, copies of which filings the Company will cause to be
delivered to you
promptly after being transmitted for filing with the Commission.
Subject to
the foregoing sentence, the Company will promptly cause each
Prospectus
Supplement to be filed with or transmitted for filing to the
Commission in
accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. The
Company will
promptly advise you (i) of the filing of any amendment or
supplement to the
Basic Prospectus, (ii) of the filing and effectiveness of any
amendment to
the Registration Statement, (iii) of any request by the
Commission for any
amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or
supplement to
the Basic Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of
the
issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness
of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening
of any
proceeding for that purpose and (v) of the receipt by the
Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
of the
Program Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the
initiation or
threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will
use its
best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or
notice of
suspension of qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as
possible
the withdrawal thereof. If the Basic Prospectus is amended or
supplemented
as a result of the filing under the Exchange Act of any
document
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, you shall not be
obligated to
solicit offers to purchase Program Securities so long as you are
not
reasonably satisfied with such document.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
Program
Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act,
any event
occurs or condition exists 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 to make the
statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Prospectus,
as then
amended or supplemented, is delivered to a purchaser, not
misleading, or
if, in your opinion or in the opinion of the Company, it is
necessary at
any time to amend or supplement the Prospectus, as then amended
or
supplemented, to comply with applicable law, the Company will
immediately
notify you by telephone (with confirmation in writing) to
suspend
solicitation of offers to purchase Program Securities and, if
so
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notified by the Company, you shall forthwith suspend such
solicitation and
cease using the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented. If
the Company
shall decide to amend or supplement the Registration Statement
or
Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, it shall so advise
you
promptly by telephone (with confirmation in writing) and, at its
expense,
shall prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission
an
amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
Prospectus, as
then amended or supplemented, satisfactory in all respects to
you, that
will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance and will
supply such amended or supplemented Prospectus to you in such
quantities as
you may reasonably request. If any documents, certificates,
opinions and
letters furnished to you pursuant to paragraph (f) below and
Sections 5(a),
5(b) and 5(c) in connection with the preparation and filing of
such
amendment or supplement are satisfactory in all respects to you,
upon the
filing with the Commission of such amendment or supplement to
the
Prospectus or upon the effectiveness of an amendment to the
Registration
Statement, you will resume the solicitation of offers to
purchase Program
Securities hereunder. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section
3(b), until the distribution of any Program Securities you may
own as
principal has been completed, if any event described above in
this
paragraph (b) occurs, the Company will, at its own expense,
forthwith
prepare and cause to be filed promptly with the Commission an
amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as then
amended or
supplemented, satisfactory in all respects to you, will supply
such amended
or supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may
reasonably
request and shall furnish to you pursuant to paragraph (f) below
and
Sections 5(a), 5(b) and 5(c) such documents, certificates,
opinions and
letters as you may request in connection with the preparation
and filing of
such amendment or supplement.
(c) The Company will make generally available to its security
holders
and to you as soon as practicable earning statements that
satisfy the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules
and
regulations of the Commission thereunder covering twelve month
periods
beginning, in each case, not later than the first day of the
Company's
fiscal quarter next following the "effective date" (as defined
in Rule 158
under the Securities Act) of the Registration Statement with
respect to
each sale of Program Securities. If such fiscal quarter is the
first fiscal
quarter of the Company's fiscal year, such earning statement
shall be made
available not later than 90 days after the close of the period
covered
thereby and in all other cases shall be made available not later
than 45
days after the close of the period covered thereby.
(d) The Company will furnish in New York City, without charge,
(i) to
each Agent, a signed copy of the Registration Statement,
including exhibits
and all amendments thereto, and as many copies of the
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Prospectus, any documents incorporated by reference therein and
any
supplements and amendments thereto as you may reasonably request
and (ii)
to each Agent that purchases Program Securities pursuant to a
Notes Terms
Agreement or Units Terms Agreement or solicits an offer to
purchase Program
Securities that is accepted by the Company, prior to 10:00 a.m.
New York
City time on the business day next succeeding the date of such
Notes Terms
Agreement or Units Terms Agreement or the acceptance of such
offer, as many
copies of the Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented
(including the
Prospectus Supplement relating to the Program Securities to be
purchased
pursuant to such Notes Terms Agreement or Units Terms Agreement
or accepted
offer), as such Agent may reasonably request.
(e) The Company will endeavor to qualify the Notes for offer and
sale
under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as
you shall
reasonably request and to maintain such qualifications for as
long as you
shall reasonably request.
(f) During the term of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish
to
you such relevant documents and certificates of officers of the
Company
relating to the business, operations and affairs of the Company,
the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any amendments or
supplements
thereto, the Indentures, the Unit Agreement, any Unit Agreement
Without
Holders' Obligations, the Warrant Agreement, the Notes, the
Units, the
Warrants, the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement, the
Administrative
Procedures, any Notes Terms Agreement or Units Terms Agreement
and the
performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or
thereunder as
you may from time to time reasonably request.
(g) The Company shall notify you promptly in writing of any
downgrading, or of its receipt of any notice of any intended or
potential
downgrading or of any review for possible change that does not
indicate the
direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the
Company or any
of the Company's securities by any "nationally recognized
statistical
rating organization," as such term is defined for purposes of
Rule
436(g)(2) under the Securities Act.
(h) The Company will, whether or not any sale of Program
Securities is
consummated, pay all expenses incident to the performance of
its
obligations under this Agreement and any Notes Terms Agreement
or Units
Terms Agreement, including: (i) the preparation and filing of
the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus and all amendments
and
supplements thereto, (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery
of the
Program Securities, (iii) the fees and disbursements of the
Company's
counsel and accountants, of the Trustees and their counsel, of
the Unit
Agent and its counsel, and of the Warrant Agent and its counsel,
(iv) the
qualification of the Notes and Units (and of any securities
comprised
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thereby) under securities or Blue Sky laws in accordance with
the
provisions of Section 3(e), including filing fees and the fees
and
disbursements of your counsel in connection therewith and in
connection
with the preparation of any Blue Sky or Legal Investment
Memoranda, (v) the
printing and delivery to you in quantities as hereinabove stated
of copies
of the Registration Statement and all amendments thereto and of
the
Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, (vi) the
printing and
delivery to you of copies of the Indentures, the Unit Agreement,
any Unit
Agreement Without Holders' Obligations, the Warrant Agreement
and any Blue
Sky or Legal Investment Memoranda, (vii) any fees charged by
rating
agencies for the rating of the Program Securities, (viii) the
fees and
expenses, if any, incurred with respect to any filing with the
National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (ix) the fees and
disbursements of
your counsel incurred in connection with the offering and sale
of the
Program Securities, including any opinions to be rendered by
such counsel
hereunder, and (x) any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by you;
provided
that any advertising expenses incurred by you shall have been
approved by
the Company.
(i) During the period beginning on the date of any Notes
Terms
Agreement or Units Terms Agreement relating to either Notes or
Units, as
the case may be, and continuing to and including the Settlement
Date with
respect to such Notes Terms Agreement or Units Terms Agreement,
the Company
will not, without your prior consent, offer, sell, contract to
sell or
otherwise dispose of (i) in the case of Notes, any debt
securities of the
Company substantially similar to the Notes set forth in such
Notes Terms
Agreement (other than (A) the Notes that are to be sold pursuant
to such
Notes Terms Agreement, (B) Notes previously agreed to be sold by
the
Company and (C) commercial paper issued in the ordinary course
of business)
or (ii) in the case of Units, any securities substantially
similar to such
Units (other than (A) the Units that are sold pursuant to such
Units Terms
Agreement or (B) Units previously agreed to be sold by the
Company), in
each case, except as may otherwise be provided in the applicable
Notes
Terms Agreement or Units Terms Agreement.
4. Conditions of the Obligations of the Agents. Your obligation
to solicit
offers to purchase Program Securities as agents of the Company,
your obligation
to purchase Program Securities as principals pursuant to any
Notes Terms
Agreement or Units Terms Agreement and the obligation of any
other purchaser to
purchase Program Securities will be subject to the accuracy of
the
representations and warranties on the part of the Company
herein, to the
accuracy of the statements of the Company's officers made in
each certificate
furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof and to the
performance and
observance by the Company of all covenants and agreements herein
contained on
its part to be performed and observed (in the case of your
obligation to solicit
offers to purchase Program Securities, at the time of such
solicitation, and, in
the case of your or any other purchaser's obligation to purchase
Program
Securities, at the
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time the Company accepts the offer to purchase such Program
Securities and at
the time of issuance and delivery) and (in each case) to the
following
additional conditions precedent when and as specified:
(a) Prior to such solicitation or purchase, as the case may
be:
(i) there shall not have occurred any change, or any
development
involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial
or
otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the
Company
and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in
the
Prospectus, as amended or supplemented at the time of such
solicitation or at the time such offer to purchase was made,
that, in
your judgment, is material and adverse and that makes it, in
your
judgment, impracticable to market the Program Securities on the
terms
and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus, as so amended
or
supplemented;
(ii) there shall not have occurred any (A) suspension or
material limitation of trading generally on or by, as the case
may
be, any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange,
the Nasdaq National Market, the Chicago Board of Options
Exchange,
the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or the Chicago Board of Trade,
(B)
suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on
any
exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (C) material
disruption
in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the
United
States or, in the event of a global offering, in any relevant
foreign
jurisdiction, (D) declaration of any moratorium on commercial
banking
activities by Federal or New York State authorities or (E)
any
outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in
financial
markets (or, if the relevant Program Securities are denominated
in a
currency other than U.S. dollars, any change in currency
exchange
rates or controls) or any calamity or crisis that, in your
judgment,
is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any
other
event specified in this clause (E), makes it, in your
judgment,
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale
or
delivery of the Program Securities on the terms and in the
manner
contemplated by the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, at
the
time of such solicitation or at the time such offer to purchase
was
made; and
(iii) there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor
shall
any notice have been given of any intended or potential
downgrading
or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate
the
direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the
Company
or any of the Company's securities by any "nationally
recognized
statistical rating organization," as such
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term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Securities
Act;
(A) except, in each case described in paragraph (i), (ii) or
(iii) above, as
disclosed to you in writing by the Company prior to such
solicitation or, in the
case of a purchase of Program Securities, before the offer to
purchase such
Program Securities was made or (B) unless in each case described
in (ii) above,
the relevant event shall have occurred and been known to you
prior to such
solicitation or, in the case of a purchase of Program
Securities, before the
offer to purchase such Program Securities was made.
(b) On the Commencement Date and, if called for by any Notes
Terms
Agreement or Units Terms Agreement, on the corresponding
Settlement Date,
you shall have received:
(i) The opinion, dated as of such date, of Sidley Austin Brown
&
Wood LLP, counsel to the Company, or of other counsel
satisfactory to
you and who may be an officer of the Company, to the following
effect
that:
(A) 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, as amended or supplemented, 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 on the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(B) each of Morgan Stanley, Discover Bank, Morgan Stanley
&
Co. Incorporated and Morgan Stanley International Holdings
Inc.
(each a "Material Subsidiary") has been duly incorporated,
is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate
power
and authority to own its property and to conduct its business
as
described in the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, 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 on
the
Company
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and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(C) each of the Company and its Material Subsidiaries has
all necessary consents, authorizations, approvals, orders,
certificates and permits 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, to own, lease, license
and
use its properties and assets and to conduct its business in
the
manner described in the Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented,
except to the extent that the failure to obtain or file would
not
have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(D) each of this Agreement and any applicable Written Notes
Terms Agreement or Written Units Terms Agreement has been
duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;
(E) each Indenture has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act and each of the Senior Indenture, the
Subordinated
Indenture, the Unit Agreement and the Warrant Agreement has
been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and is
a
valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms except as the enforceability
thereof
(i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization,
liquidation, moratorium and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and (ii) is subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability
is considered at a proceeding in equity or at law;
(F) the Unit Agreement Without Holders' Obligations, if any,
has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Company
and is a valid and binding agreement of the Company,
enforceable
in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability
thereof
(i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization,
liquidation, moratorium and other similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and (ii) is subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability
is considered at a proceeding in equity or at law;
(G) the forms of Notes (including the form
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of Cash-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts), whether issued
alone or as part of a Unit, have been duly authorized and
established in conformity with the provisions of the
relevant
Indenture and, if the Notes and the Cash-settled Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts, had been executed by the Company and
authenticated by the relevant Trustee or its duly appointed
agent
in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Indenture
and
delivered to and duly paid for by the purchasers thereof on
the
date of such opinion, such Notes and the Cash-settled
Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts would be entitled to the benefits of such
Indenture and would be valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms
except as the enforceability thereof (i) may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation,
moratorium
and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally
and
(ii) is subject to general principles of equity, regardless
of
whether such enforceability is considered at a proceeding in
equity or at law;
(H) the forms of Units under the Unit Agreement, including
the forms of Warrants, Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase
Contracts and Non-Pre-paid Purchase Contracts, have been
duly
authorized and established in conformity with the provisions
of
(i) in the case of Units under the Unit Agreement,
Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts and
Non-Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts, the Unit Agreement and (ii) in the case
of
the Warrants, the Warrant Agreement. If such Units (including
the
Warrants, the Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts
and
the Non-Pre-paid Purchase Contracts) had been delivered to
and
duly paid for by the purchasers thereof (and any Purchase
Contracts included therein had been executed by the Company
and
countersigned by the Unit Agent and any Warrants included
therein
had been executed by the Company and countersigned by the
Warrant
Agent) on the date of such opinion, such Units (including
the
Physically-settled Pre-paid Purchase Contracts, the
Non-Pre-paid
Purchase Contracts and the Warrants contained therein) would
be
entitled to the benefits of the Unit Agreement and, in the
case
of the Warrants, the Warrant Agreement, and would be valid
and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in
accordance
with their respective terms except as the enforceability
thereof
(i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization,
liquidation,
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moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights
generally and (ii) is subject to general principles of
equity,
regardless of whether such enforceability is considered at a
proceeding in equity or at law;
(I) the Units under the Unit Agreement Without Holders'
Obligations have been duly authorized (and the forms of any
Warrants included therein have been duly authorized and
established in conformity with the provisions of the Warrant
Agreement), and if such Units (including any such Warrants
included therein) had been delivered to and duly paid for by
the
purchasers thereof (and any Warrants included therein had
been
executed by the Company and countersigned by the Warrant
Agent)
on the date of such opinion, such Units (including the
Warrants
contained therein) would be entitled to the benefits of the
Unit
Agreement Without Holders' Obligations and in the case of
the
Warrants, the Warrant Agreement, and would be valid and
binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their
respective terms except as the enforceability
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