UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January 9, 2006
New York, New York
To the Representatives
named in Schedule I hereto
of the Underwriters named in
Schedule II hereto
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Johnson
Controls, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation (the
“Company”), proposes to sell to the underwriters named
in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom
you (the “Representatives”) are acting as
representatives, the principal amount of its securities identified
in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”), to be issued
under an indenture dated as of January 17, 2006 (the
“Indenture”), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The term “Indenture,” as used herein, includes the
Officer’s Certificate (as defined in the Indenture) to be
executed in connection with the offering of the Securities,
establishing the form and terms of the Securities pursuant to
Section 3.01 of the Indenture. If the firm or firms listed in
Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in
Schedule I hereto, then the terms “Underwriters” and
“Representatives,” as used herein, shall each be deemed
to refer to such firm or firms. Any reference herein to the
Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to
Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on or
before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the
issue date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be; and any
reference herein to the terms “amend,”
“amendment” or “supplement” with respect to
the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary
Final Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act
after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue
date of the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Final Prospectus or
the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in
Section 19 hereof.
1.
Representations and Warranties . The Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below
in this Section 1.
(a)
The Company meets the requirements for the use of Form S-3 under
the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) and has filed
the Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “Commission”). The Registration
Statement is an “automatic shelf registration
statement” (as defined in Rule 405), and the Registration
Statement and any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution
Time became effective upon filing. The Effective Date of the
Registration Statement was not earlier than the date three years
before the Execution Time and no notice of objection of the
Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any
post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) has
been received by the Company. The Company may have filed with the
Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement
or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more Preliminary Final
Prospectuses, each of which has previously been furnished to the
Representatives. The Company will file with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) a final supplement to the form of prospectus
included in the Registration Statement relating to the Securities
and the offering thereof. As filed, such final prospectus
supplement shall include all information required by the Act and
the rules and regulations thereunder to be included therein with
respect to the Securities and the offering thereof and, except to
the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a
modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form
furnished to the Representatives prior to the Execution Time or, to
the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only
such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that
contained in the Basic Prospectus and any Preliminary Final
Prospectus) as the Company has advised the Representatives, prior
to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The
Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the
requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x).
(b)
On the Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the
Final Prospectus is first filed (if required) in accordance with
Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (and any
supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture Act”) and
the respective rules and regulations thereunder; on the Effective
Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein not misleading; on the
Effective Date and on the Closing Date, the Indenture did or will
comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of
the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations thereunder
and conform in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus; and
on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b), and on the
Closing Date, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement
thereto) will not include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company
makes no representation or warranty as to (i) that part of the
Registration Statement which shall constitute the Statement of
Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture
Act of the Trustee or (ii) the information contained in or omitted
from the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the
Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives
specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the
Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood
and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf
of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in
Section 8 hereof.
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(c) The
Disclosure Package, as amended or supplemented as of the Initial
Sale Time, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, and no Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus includes any information that conflicts with the
information contained in the Registration Statement, including any
document incorporated therein and any prospectus supplement deemed
to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified;
provided, however, that the Company makes no representation or
warranty with respect to any information contained in or omitted
from the Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with
information furnished in writing to the Company by any Underwriter
through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being
understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by
or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information
described as such in Section 8 hereof.
(d)
The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than
the Underwriters in their respective capacities as such) has not
made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that it was required to file with
the Commission or retain under Rule 433 other than the Issuer Free
Writing Prospectuses identified in Schedule III hereto.
(e)
(i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the
time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of
complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment
was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant
to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus),
(iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf
(within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any
offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption in
Rule 163, and (iv) at the Execution Time (with such date being used
as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the
Company was, is or will be, as the case may be, a Well-Known
Seasoned Issuer.
(f)
(i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration
Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a
bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the
Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being
used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)),
the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer (as defined in
Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the
Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the
Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.
(g)
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have reported on the financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, is an independent registered public accounting firm with
respect to the Company as required by the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
(h)
The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the
respective dates indicated, and the consolidated results of the
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, and the
consolidated cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries,
respectively, for the periods specified. Such consolidated
financial statements comply as to form with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder and have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved, except as may be stated in the
related notes thereto. The supporting schedule included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement presents
fairly the information required to be stated therein. The ratios of
earnings to fixed charges for the Company included in the
Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the caption
“Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges” have been
calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of Regulation S-K of the
Commission. The selected consolidated financial data of the Company
included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and
the Final Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the
information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis
consistent with that of the audited consolidated financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
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(i)
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package and the Final Prospectus, the Company, in respect of itself
and its subsidiaries, maintains a system of “internal control
over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of
the Exchange Act) that complies in all material respects with the
requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by, or under
the supervision of, its principal executive and principal financial
officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, including, but not limited to internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i)
transactions are executed in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is
compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except
as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Final Prospectus, (i) there are no material weaknesses in
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting with
respect to the Company and its Historical Subsidiaries and (ii) to
the Company’s knowledge, there are no material weaknesses in
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting with
respect to the Acquired Subsidiaries.
(j) There
is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the
Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such,
to comply in all material respects with any provision of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related
to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
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(k)
Except as to matters regarding the Acquired Subsidiaries disclosed
in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus, (i) the operations of the Company and its Historical
Subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, the operations
of the Acquired Subsidiaries, are and have been conducted at all
times in compliance in all material respects with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency
and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the
money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and
regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules,
regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any
governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”); and (ii) no action, suit or proceeding by or before
any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any
arbitrator involving the Company, its Historical Subsidiaries or,
to the knowledge of the Company, the Acquired Subsidiaries with
respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(l)
Except as to matters regarding the Acquired Subsidiaries disclosed
in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus, none of the Company, any of the Historical Subsidiaries
or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Acquired Subsidiaries or
any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S.
sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of
the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the
Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the
offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or
otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint
venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of
financing the activities of any person currently subject to any
U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
(m)
Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities, nor the
consummation of any other of the transactions herein contemplated
nor the fulfillment of the terms hereof will conflict with, result
in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any law
or the charter or by-laws of the Company or the terms of any
indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or
any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or any judgment, order
or decree known to such counsel to be applicable to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body,
administrative agency, governmental body or arbitrator having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.
2.
Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions and
in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set
forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule I hereto the
principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter’s name in Schedule II hereto.
3.
Delivery and Payment . Delivery of and payment for the
Securities shall be made on the date and at the time specified in
Schedule I hereto (or such later date not later than five business
days after such specified date as the Representatives shall
designate), which date and time may be postponed by agreement
between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in
Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for
the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”).
Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for
the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment
by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the
purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire
transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the
Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the
facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the
Representatives shall otherwise instruct.
4.
Agreements of the Company . The Company agrees with the
several Underwriters that:
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(a)
During the period beginning with the Initial Sale Time and ending
on the later of the Closing Date or such date as, in the opinion of
counsel for the Underwriters, the Final Prospectus is no longer
required by law to be delivered in connection with the initial
offering or sale of the Securities (including in circumstances
where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172) (the
“Prospectus Delivery Period”), the Company will not
file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement
(including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Final
Prospectus) to the Basic Prospectus unless, in each case, the
Company has furnished the Representatives a copy for their review
prior to such time, and the Company will not file any such proposed
amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably
object. Subject to the foregoing sentence, the Company will cause
the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement
thereto to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the applicable
paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will
provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely
filings.
(b)
During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will promptly
advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus and any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any supplements or amendments
thereto, have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rules
424(b) and 433, respectively, (ii) when, prior to termination of
the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration
Statement has been filed or becomes effective, (iii) of any request
by the Commission for any amendment of the Registration Statement
or supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional
information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop
order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or
the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose
and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities
for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of
any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its
reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop
order and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof, including, if necessary, and subject to the first sentence
of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, by filing an amendment to the
Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using
its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new
registration statement declared effective as soon as
practicable.
(c)
The Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a
description of the Securities, as set forth in Schedule IV hereto,
and will file such term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the
time required by such Rule.
(d)
If, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event occurs as a
result of which, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or
counsel for the Company, the Final Prospectus, the Disclosure
Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the
Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus, the
Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to comply
with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules and
regulations thereunder, the Company promptly will (i) notify
the Representatives of such event or, in circumstances where the
Company’s obligations under this paragraph (d) arise from an
opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, notify the Representatives
of such event after the Company receives such opinion,
(ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the
first sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 4, an
amendment to the Registration Statement, a new registration
statement or an amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Package
or the Final Prospectus that will correct such statement or
omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its reasonable best
efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new
registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable
and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to the
Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably
requested.
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(e)
As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available
to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings
statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (which
need not be audited) covering a period of at least 12 months
beginning after the date hereof and otherwise satisfying the
provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act (including, at the option of
the Company, Rule 158).
(f)
The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the
Underwriters, without charge, copies of the Registration Statement
(including exhibits thereto) and, during the Prospectus Delivery
Period, as many copies of any Preliminary Final Prospectus, the
Final Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and
supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably
request.
(g)
The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Securities
for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
Representatives may reasonably designate, will maintain such
qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution
of the Securities (provided that the Company will not be required
to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now
qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general
or unlimited service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not
now subject), will arrange for the determination of the legality of
the Securities for purchase by institutional investors and will pay
the fee of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., in
connection with its review of the offering.
(h)
The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement and will reimburse the
Underwriters for any expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with
qualification of the Securities for sale and determination of their
eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as
the Representatives may designate and the printing of memoranda
relating thereto, for any fees charged by investment rating
agencies for the rating of the Securities, for printing and
engraving fees, for fees charged by the Trustee, for the filing fee
of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. relating to
the Securities and for expenses incurred in printing and
distributing the Final Prospectus, any Preliminary Final
Prospectuses and any supplements thereto to the Underwriters. The
Company will pay the fees required by the Commission relating to
the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without
regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with
Rules 456(b) and 457(r).
(i)
During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will not,
without the prior written consent of the Representatives, prepare,
use, authorize, approve or refer to any Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus where, as a result of such preparation, use,
authorization, approval or reference, the Company would be required
to file the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the Commission or
retain the Issuer Free Writing Prospectus under Rule 433 and the
Company will not file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus with the
Commission (other than the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses
identified in Schedule III hereto and any other Free Writing
Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree
in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package). Any such
Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the
Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (i) it will
treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus and (ii) it will comply with the requirements of
Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the
Commission, legending and record keeping.
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(j)
Until the business date set forth on Schedule I hereto, the Company
will not, without the consent of the Representatives, offer, sell
or contract to sell, or otherwise dispose of, directly or
indirectly, or announce the offering of, any debt securities issued
or guaranteed by the Company (other than the
Securities).
(k)
The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action
designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be
expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any
security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities.
(l) he
Company will retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule
433.
5.
Agreements of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter agrees
with the Company that:
(a)
It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or
participate in the planning for use of, any Free Writing Prospectus
(which term includes use of any written information furnished to
the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference
into the Registration Statement or any press release issued by the
Company) other than a Free Writing Prospectus that (i) is not an
“issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule
433) and (ii) contains only (A) information describing the
preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering, (B)
information permitted under Rule 134 or (C) information that
describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and
that is included in the final term sheet of the Company
contemplated in Section 4(c); provided that Underwriters may use a
term sheet substantially in the form of Schedule IV hereto without
the consent of the Company.
(b)
Each Underwriter agrees that it will not offer, sell or deliver any
of the Securities, directly or indirectly, or distribute the Final
Prospectus or any other offering material relating to the
Securities, in or from any jurisdiction except under circumstances
that will, to the knowledge and belief of such Underwriter, result
in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations thereof and
that will not impose any obligations on the Company except as set
forth in this Agreement.
(c)
In relation to each member state of the European Economic Area (as
defined below) that has implemented the Prospectus Directive (as
defined below) (each, a “relevant member state”), each
Underwriter represents and agrees that with effect from and
including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented
in that relevant member state (the “relevant implementation
date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of any
Securities to the public in that relevant member state prior to the
publication of a prospectus in relation to any Securities that has
been approved by the competent authority in that relevant member
state, or where appropriate, approved in another relevant member
state and notified to the competent authority in that relevant
member state, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive,
except that it may, with effect from and including the relevant
implementation date, make an offer of any Securities to the public
in that relevant member state at any time:
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(i)
to legal entities that are authorized or regulated to operate in
the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose
corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities;
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(ii)
to any legal entity that has two or more of (1) an average of at
least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total
balance sheet of more than €43,000,000 and (3) an annual net
turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last
annual or consolidated accounts; or
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(iii)
in any other circumstances that do not require the publication by
the Company of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus
Directive.
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For
the purpose of this Section 5(c), the expression an “offer of
any Securities to the public” in relation to any Securities
in any relevant member state means the communication in any form
and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the
offer and any Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor
to decide to purchase or subscribe for any Securities, as the same
may be varied in that member state by any measure implementing the
Prospectus Directive in that member state, the expression
“Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and
includes any relevant implementing measure in each relevant member
state and the expression “European Economic Area” means
the European Union member states (currently, Austria, Belgium,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United
Kingdom), together with Iceland, Liechtenstein and
Norway.
(d)
Each Underwriter represents and agrees that: (i) it has only
communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate
or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage
in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“FSMA”))
received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any
Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does
not apply to the Company; and (ii) it has complied and will comply
with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything
done by it in relation to any Securities in, from or otherwise
involving the United Kingdom.
(e)
Each Underwriter agrees that it will not offer or sell any
Securities, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the
benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used in this
Section 5(e) means any person resident in Japan, including any
corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or
to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in
Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption
from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance
with, the Securities and Exchange Law and any other applicable
laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.
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6.
Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters . The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities shall be
subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on
the part of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time
and the Closing Date, to the accuracy of the statements of the
Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof,
to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and
to the following additional conditions:
(a)
The Registration Statement shall have become effective; the Final
Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed in
the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the
final term sheet contemplated by Section 4(c) hereto, and any other
material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule
433(d), shall have been filed with the Commission within the
applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; if
filing of any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is required by Rule
433, each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been filed
in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433; and
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
purpose shall have been instituted or threatened.
(b)
The Representatives shall have received the opinion of Jerome D.
Okarma, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the
Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
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(i)
each of the Company and each Historical Subsidiary and, to such
counsel’s knowledge, each Acquired Subsidiary that, in either
case, is a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company as
that term is defined in Regulation S-X of the Commission
(individually a “Subsidiary” and collectively the
“Subsidiaries”) is validly existing in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is chartered or
organized, with full corporate power and authority to own its
properties and conduct its business as described in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction which requires such qualification wherein it owns or
leases material properties or conducts material business and in
which the failure to so qualify would have a Material Adverse
Effect;
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(ii)
all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each Historical
Subsidiary and, to such counsel’s knowledge, each Acquired
Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are
fully paid and nonassessable, and, except as otherwise set forth in
the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Subsidiaries are owned by the Company either directly or through
wholly owned subsidiaries free and clear of any perfected security
interest and any other security interests, claims, liens or
encumbrances;
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(iii)
the Company’s authorized equity capitalization is as set
forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the
Final Prospectus; the Securities and the Indenture conform in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final
Prospectus;
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(iv)
the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and
the Securities have been duly authorized and executed;
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(v)
to such counsel’s knowledge, there is no pending or
threatened action, suit or proceed
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