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named in
Schedule I
hereto of the
Underwriters
named in
Schedule II hereto
AT&T Inc., a
Delaware corporation formerly known as SBC Communications Inc. (the
“Company”), may issue and sell from time to time series
of its debt securities registered under the registration statement
referred to in Paragraph 1(a) hereof (“Securities” and,
individually, “Security”). The Securities will be
issued under an Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1994 (the
“Indenture”), from the Company to The Bank of New York,
as Trustee, in one or more series, which series may vary as to
interest rates, maturities, redemption provisions and selling
prices, with all such terms for any particular series being
determined at the time of sale. The Company proposes to sell to the
underwriters named in Schedule II hereto
(“Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as
representative(s) (“Representative”), a series of
Securities of the designation, with the terms and in the aggregate
principal amount specified in Schedule I hereto (the
“Firm Securities”) and, at the election of the
Representative, an additional number of Securities of the same
series as the Firm Securities, in the aggregate principal amount
specified in Schedule I hereto (the “Optional
Securities” and together with the Firm Securities, the
“Underwritten Securities” and, individually,
“Underwritten Security”).
1. The
Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the several
Underwriters that:
(a) A registration
statement on Form S-3 with respect to the Securities has been
prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”),
and the rules and regulations (“Rules and Regulations”)
of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“Commission”) thereunder and has become effective. As
used in this Agreement:
(i)
“Registration Statement” as of any time means the
Registration Statement in the form then filed with the Commission,
including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by
reference therein and any information in a prospectus or prospectus
supplement deemed or retroactively deemed to be a part thereof
pursuant to Rule 430B that has not been superseded or
modified. “Registration Statement” without reference to
a time means the Registration Statement as of the time of the first
contract of sale for the Underwritten
Securities,
which time shall be considered the “effective date” of
the Registration Statement relating to the Underwritten Securities.
For purposes of this definition, information contained in a form of
prospectus or prospectus supplement that is deemed retroactively to
be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B
shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as
of the time specified in Rule 430B.
(ii)
“Statutory Prospectus” as of any time means the
prospectus relating to the Underwritten Securities that is included
in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time,
including any document incorporated by reference therein and any
basic prospectus or prospectus supplement deemed to be a part
thereof pursuant to Rule 430B that has not been superseded or
modified. For purposes of this definition, information contained in
a form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) that is
deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement
pursuant to Rule 430B shall be considered to be included in
the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of
prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b).
(iii)
“Prospectus” means the Statutory Prospectus that
discloses the public offering price and other final terms of the
Underwritten Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933.
(iv) “Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the
Underwritten Securities in the form filed or required to be filed
with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form
retained in the Company’s records pursuant to
Rule 433(g). “General Use Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is
intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as
evidenced by its being specified in a schedule to this Agreement.
“Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus.
(v)
“Applicable Time” means the time and date identified as
such in Schedule I of this Agreement.
(b) The
Registration Statement and the Prospectus contain, and (in the case
of any amendment or supplement to any such document, or any
material incorporated by reference in any such document, filed with
the Commission after the date as of which this representation is
being made) will contain at all times during the period specified
in Paragraph 8(c) hereof, all statements which are required by the
Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(“Exchange Act”), the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended (“Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and
regulations of the Commission under such Acts; the Indenture,
including any amendments and supplements thereto, pursuant to which
the Underwritten Securities will be issued will conform
with
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the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder, and the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus do not, and (in the case of any
amendment or supplement to any such document, or any material
incorporated by reference in any such document, filed with the
Commission after the date as of which this representation is being
made) will not at any time during the period specified in Paragraph
8(c) hereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading except that
the Company makes no representation or warranty as to information
contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company through the Representative by
or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for use therein, or as
to any statements in or omissions from the Statement of Eligibility
and Qualification of the Trustee under the Indenture.
(c) The date of
this Agreement is not more than three years subsequent to the more
recent of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement
or December 1, 2005. If, immediately prior to the third
anniversary of the more recent of the initial effective date of the
Registration Statement or December 1, 2005, any of the
Underwritten Securities remains unsold by the Underwriters, the
Company will prior to that third anniversary file, if it has not
already done so, a new shelf registration statement relating to the
Underwritten Securities, in a form satisfactory to the
Representative, will use its best efforts to cause such
registration statement to become effective within 180 days
after that third anniversary, and will take all other action
necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of
the Underwritten Securities to continue as contemplated in the
expired registration statement relating to the Underwritten
Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall
include such new shelf registration statement.
(d) (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
Underwritten Securities and (ii) at the date of this
Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible
issuer,” as defined in Rule 405. At the time the Company
or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this
sentence only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer in reliance on
the exemption of Rule 163, the Company was a “well-
known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405, including
not having been an “ineligible issuer” as defined in
Rule 405.
(e) As of the
Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time,
the Statutory Prospectus and the additional information, if any,
identified in Schedule I to this Agreement, all considered
together (collectively, the “General Disclosure
Package”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General
Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted 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 except that the
Company
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makes no
representation or warranty as to information contained in or
omitted from any prospectus included in the Registration Statement
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company
through the Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter
specifically for use therein.
(f) Each Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent
times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the
Underwritten Securities or until any earlier date that the Company
notified or notifies the Representative as described in the next
sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information
that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information
then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time
following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there
occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which
such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict
with the information then contained in the Registration Statement
or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances prevailing at that subsequent time, not misleading,
(i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify
the Representative and (ii) the Company has promptly amended
or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing
Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement
or omission.
(g) The Company is
not in violation of its corporate charter or bylaws or in default
under any agreement, indenture or instrument, the effect of which
violation or default would be material to the Company; the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any
Delayed Delivery Contracts (as defined in Paragraph 3 hereof)
and compliance by the Company with the provisions of the
Underwritten Securities and the Indenture will not conflict with,
result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any of the assets of the Company or any of its
material subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, or constitute a
default under, any agreement, indenture or instrument, or result in
a violation of the corporate charter or bylaws of the Company or
any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency
having jurisdiction over the Company; and except as required by the
Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and applicable state
securities laws, no consent, authorization or order of, or filing
or registration with, any court or governmental agency is required
for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, and the Indenture. The
Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the
use of any part of the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus.
(h) Except as
described in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package,
there shall have not occurred any changes or any development
involving a prospective change, or affecting particularly the
business or properties of the Company or its subsidiaries which
materially impairs the investment quality of the Underwritten
Securities since the dates as of which information is given in the
General Disclosure Package.
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(i) On the
Delivery Date (as defined in Paragraph 7 hereof) (i) the
Indenture will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Company and will constitute the legally binding obligation of
the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
(ii) the Underwritten Securities will have been duly
authorized and, upon payment therefor as provided in this
Agreement, will constitute legally binding obligations of the
Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and
(iii) the Underwritten Securities and the Indenture will
conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Prospectus.
(j) Each of the
Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated, is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation, with full corporate power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as
described in the General Disclosure Package, 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 properties or conducts
business, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a
material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries taken
as a whole.
(k) Except as
described in the General Disclosure Package, there is no material
litigation or governmental proceeding pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its
subsidiaries which is reasonably expected to result in any material
adverse change in the financial condition, results of operations,
business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as
a whole or which is required to be disclosed in the General
Disclosure Package.
(l) The financial
statements filed as part of the Registration Statement and the
General Disclosure Package present, or (in the case of any
amendment or supplement to any such document, or any material
incorporated by reference in any such document, filed with the
Commission after the date as of which this representation is being
made) will present at all times during the period specified in
Paragraph 8(c) hereof, fairly, the consolidated financial condition
and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, at
the dates and for the periods indicated, and have been, and (in the
case of any amendment or supplement to any such document, or any
material incorporated by reference in any such document, filed with
the Commission after the date as of which this representation is
being made) will be at all times during the period specified in
Paragraph 8(c) hereof, prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as described in the notes
thereto).
(m) The documents
incorporated by reference into any Statutory Prospectus, the
General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus have been, and (in the
case of any amendment or supplement to any such document, or any
material incorporated by reference in any such document, filed with
the Commission after the date as of which this representation is
being made) will be, at all times during the period specified in
Paragraph 8(c) hereof, prepared by the Company in conformity with
the applicable
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requirements of
the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and the Exchange
Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and
such documents have been, or (in the case of any amendment or
supplement to any such document, or any material incorporated by
reference in any such document, filed with the Commission after the
date as of which this representation is being made) will be at all
times during the period specified in Paragraph 8(c) hereof, timely
filed as required thereby; and no such documents were filed with
the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on
the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement
and prior to the execution of this Agreement.
(n) There are no
contracts or other documents which are required to be filed as
exhibits to the Registration Statement by the Securities Act or by
the Rules and Regulations, or which were required to be filed as
exhibits to any document incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, which have not been filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statement or to such document or incorporated therein
by reference as permitted by the Rules and Regulations or the rules
and regulations of the Commission under the Exchange Act as
required.
2. Subject to
the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations
and warranties herein set forth, at 9:00 a.m. (New York time), on
February 12, 2007, at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell
LLP (the “Firm Delivery Date”), the Company agrees to
sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each
Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the
Company, at the purchase price and on the other terms set forth in
Schedule I hereto, the principal amount of the Firm Securities
set forth opposite its name in Schedule II hereto.
In
addition, upon written notice from the Representative given to the
Company from time to time not more than 30 days subsequent to
the date of the Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or
less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per
principal amount of the Securities (including any accrued interest
thereon to the related Optional Delivery Date (as defined below))
to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company agrees to sell to
each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, the principal amount
of Optional Securities specified in such notice and the
Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such
Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be purchased
for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the
principal amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite such
Underwriter’s name in Schedule II bears to the total
principal amount of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the
Representative to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the
Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made
in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional
Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities
previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered.
The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion
thereof may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not
previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time
upon notice by the Representative to the Company.
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Each
time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities,
being herein referred to as an “Optional Delivery
Date”, which may be the Firm Delivery Date (the Firm Delivery
Date and each Optional Delivery Date, if any, being sometimes
referred to as a “Delivery Date”), shall be determined
by the Representative but shall be not later than five full
business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional
Securities is given.
3. Any offer
to purchase Underwritten Securities by institutional investors
solicited by the Underwriters for delayed delivery shall be made
pursuant to contracts substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto, with such changes therein as the Company and the
Representative may approve (“Delayed Delivery
Contracts”). The Company shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to approve or disapprove each such institutional
investor. Underwritten Securities which are subject to Delayed
Delivery Contracts are herein sometimes called “Delayed
Delivery Underwritten Securities” and Underwritten Securities
which are not subject to Delayed Delivery Contracts are herein
sometimes called “Immediate Delivery Underwritten
Securities”.
Contemporaneously
with the purchase on the Delivery Date by the Underwriters of the
Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities pursuant to this
Agreement, the Company will pay to the Representative, for the
account of the Underwriters, the compensation specified in
Schedule I hereto for arranging the sale of Delayed Delivery
Underwritten Securities. The Underwriters shall have no
responsibility with respect to the validity or performance of any
Delayed Delivery Contracts.
For the purpose of
determining the principal amount of Immediate Delivery Underwritten
Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter, there shall be
deducted from the principal amount of Underwritten Securities to be
purchased by such Underwriter as set forth in Schedule II
hereto that portion of the aggregate principal amount of Delayed
Delivery Underwritten Securities that the principal amount of
Underwritten Securities to be purchased by such Underwriter as set
forth in Schedule II hereto bears to the aggregate principal
amount of Underwritten Securities set forth therein to be purchased
by all of the Underwriters (in each case as adjusted by the
Representative to avoid fractions of the minimum principal amount
in which the Underwritten Securities may be issued), except to the
extent that the Representative determines, in its discretion, that
such deduction shall be otherwise than in such proportion and so
advises the Company.
5. The
Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Underwritten
Securities except upon payment for all Immediate Delivery
Underwritten Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement
as hereinafter provided.
6. If any
Underwriter defaults in the performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall be
obligated to purchase the Immediate Delivery Underwritten
Securities which the defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to
purchase in the respective proportions which the principal amount
of Underwritten Securities set forth in Schedule II hereto to be
purchased by each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter
set
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forth therein
bears to the aggregate principal amount of Underwritten Securities
set forth therein to be purchased by all the remaining
non-defaulting Underwriters; provided that the remaining
non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any
Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities if the aggregate
principal amount of Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities
which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed
to purchase exceeds 9.09% of the total principal amount of
Underwritten Securities, and any remaining non-defaulting
Underwriter shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of
the principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth in
Schedule II hereto to be purchased by it. If the foregoing
maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters,
or those other underwriters satisfactory to the Representative who
so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to
purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all
the Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities. If the remaining
Underwriters or other underwriters satisfactory to the
Representative do not elect to purchase the Immediate Delivery
Underwritten Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase, this Agreement shall
terminate (provided that if such default occurs with respect to the
Optional Securities, this Agreement will not terminate as to the
Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such
day) without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter, or the Company, except that the Company will continue
to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Paragraph
8(h) hereof.
Nothing contained
in this Paragraph 6 shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of
any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its
default. If other Underwriters are obligated or agree to purchase
the Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities of a defaulting or
withdrawing Underwriter, either the Representative or the Company
may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full business days
in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of the Company
or the Representative may be necessary in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or in any
other document or arrangement.
7. On the
Delivery Date, the Company shall deliver the Immediate Delivery
Underwritten Securities to the Representative for the account of
each Underwriter against payment to or upon the order of the
Company of the purchase price by certified or official bank check
or checks or wire transfer payable in Federal (same day) funds.
Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place
specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the
obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. Upon delivery, the
Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities shall be in such form or
forms and in such denominations as may be set forth in
Schedule I. Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities in
registered form shall be in such authorized denominations and
registered in such names as the Representative shall request in
writing not less than two full business days prior to the Delivery
Date. For the purpose of expediting the checking and packaging of
the Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities, the Company shall
make the Immediate Delivery Underwritten Securities available for
inspection by the Representative in New York, New York not later
than 2:00 P.M., local time, on the business day prior to the
Delivery Date.
8. The
Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:
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(a) The Company
will furnish promptly to the Representative and to counsel for the
Underwriters signed copies of the Registration Statement as
originally filed and each amendment and supplement thereto filed
prior to the date hereof and relating to or covering the
Underwritten Securities, and a copy of the Prospectus filed with
the Commission, including all documents incorporated therein by
reference and all consents and exhibits filed therewith;
(b) The Company
will deliver promptly to the Representative such reasonable number
of the following documents as the Representative may request:
(i) conformed copies of the Registration Statement (excluding
exhibits other than the computation of the ratio of earnings to
fixed charges, the Indenture and this Agreement), (ii) the
Prospectus, (iii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and
(iv) any documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus;
(c) During any
period when a prospectus relating to the Underwritten Securities is
(or, but for the exemption in Rule 172, would be) required by
law to be delivered, the Company will not file any amendment of the
Registration Statement nor will the Company file any amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus (except for (i) an amendment or
supplement consisting solely of the filing of a document under the
Exchange Act or (ii) a supplement relating to an offering of
securities other than the Underwritten Securities), unless the
Company has furnished the Representative a copy of such proposed
amendment or supplement for its review prior to filing and will not
file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the
Representative reasonably objects. Subject to the foregoing
sentence, the Company will cause each Statutory Prospectus
(including the Prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto
to be filed with the Commission as required pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act not later than the second
business day following the earlier of the date it is first used or
the date of this Agreement. The Company will promptly advise the
Representative (i) when each Statutory Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereto shall have been filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act,
(ii) when any amendment of the Registration Statement shall
have become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission
for any amendment of the Registration Statement or amendment of or
supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing
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 or under
Section 8A of the Securities Act and (v) of the receipt
by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension
of the qualification of the Underwritten Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose. The Company will promptly (upon filing thereof)
furnish the Representative a copy of any amendment or supplement to
any Statutory Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or
Registration Statement not furnished to the Representative for
prior review pursuant to exception (i) or (ii) of the
first sentence of this subsection (c). The Company will use its
best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and, if
issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal
thereof;
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(d) If, at any
time when a prospectus relating to the Underwritten Securities is
(or, but for the exemption in Rule 172, would be) required to
be delivered under the Securities Act, any event occurs as a result
of which the Registration Statement, as then amended, or the
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 to amend
or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or
the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, the Company
promptly will (i) notify the Representative of the happening
of such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject
to the first sentence of paragraph (c) of this Section 8,
an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or
omission or an amendment or supplement which will effect such
compliance and (iii) will supply any such amended or
supplemented Prospectus to the Representative in such quantities as
the Representative may reasonably request;
(e) As soon as
practicable, the Company will make generally available to its
security holders and to the Representative an earnings statement or
statements of the Company which will satisfy the provisions of
Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 under the
Securities Act;
(f) During a
period of five years after the date hereof, the Company will
furnish to the Representative copies of all reports and financial
statements furnished by the Company to each securities exchange on
which securities issued by the Company may be listed pursuant to
requirements of or agreements with such exchange or to the
Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or any rule or regulation
of the Commission thereunder;
(g) The Company
will endeavor to qualify the Underwritten Securities for sale under
the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate
and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required
for the distribution of the Underwritten Securities, provided that
in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to
qualify as a foreign corporation or take any action which would
subject it to general or unlimited service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject;
(h) The Company
will pay the costs incident to the authorization, issuance and
delivery of the Underwritten Securities and any taxes payable in
that connection; the costs incident to the preparation, printing
and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement
and any amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto; the costs of
distributing the Registration Statement as originally filed and
each amendment and post-effective amendment thereof (including
exhibits), any Statutory Prospectus, the Prospectus and any
documents incorporated by reference in any of the foregoing
documents; the costs incident to the preparation, printing and
distribution of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to investors or
prospective investors; the costs of producing this Agreement, the
Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, and the Indenture; fees paid to
rating agencies in connection with the rating of the Securities,
including the Underwritten
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Securities; the
fees and expenses of qualifying the Underwritten Securities under
the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in
this Paragraph and of preparing and printing a Blue Sky Memorandum
and a memorandum concerning the legality of the Securities,
including the Underwritten Securities, as an investment (including
fees of counsel to the Underwriters); and all other costs and
expenses incident to the performance of the Company’s
obligations under this Agreement; provided that, except as provided
in this Paragraph and in Paragraph 12 hereof, the Underwriters
shall pay their own costs and expenses, including the fees and
expenses of their counsel, any transfer taxes on the Underwritten
Securities which they may sell and the expenses of advertising any
offering of the Underwritten Securities made by the
Underwriters;
(i) Until the
termination of the offering of the Underwritten Securities, the
Company will timely file all documents, and any amendments to
previously filed documents, required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act;
(j) During the
period beginning on the date hereof and continuing to the Delivery
Date, the Company will not offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of any debt securities of the Company or any
guarantees or support obligations of debt securities of others, in
any case with maturities longer than one year, other than
Underwritten Securities to the Underwriters;
(k) The Company
represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of
the Representative, and each Underwriter represents and agrees
that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the
Representative, it has not made and will not make any offer
relating to the Underwritten Securities that would constitute an
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute
a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in
Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such
free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the
Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company represents that it has
treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as
defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the
requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where
required, legending and record keeping. The Company has complied
and will comply with Rule 433; and
(l) The Company
has prepared a final term sheet, which is attached hereto as
Schedule IV, relating to the Underwritten Securities, containing
only information that describes the final terms of the Underwritten
Securities and otherwise in a form consented to by the
Representative, and will file such final term sheet within the
period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) following the date such
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