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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Underwriting Agreement

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Title: UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/21/2009
Industry: Food Processing     Law Firm: Mayer Brown;Kirkland Ellis     Sector: Consumer/Non-Cyclical

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT, Parties: bank of new york mellon trust company  n.a. , debt capital markets syndicate desk  deutsche bank securities inc , kellogg company , transaction management group  hsbc securities (usa) inc
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Exhibit 1.1

KELLOGG COMPANY

4.450% Senior Notes due 2016

Underwriting Agreement

May 18, 2009

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
As representatives of the Several Underwriters

c/o 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
270 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     Kellogg Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), $750,000,000 principal amount of its 4.450% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of May 21, 2009 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

     1.  Registration Statement . The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159303), including a prospectus (the “Basic Prospectus”), relating to the debt securities to be issued from time to time by the Company. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Act, that automatically became effective not more than three years prior to the date hereof. The Company has also filed, or proposes to file, with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act a prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The registration statement, as amended at the time it becomes effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Prospectus” means the Basic Prospectus as supplemented by the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Securities in the form first used to confirm sales (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) of the Securities and the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means the preliminary prospectus supplement, if any, specifically relating to the Securities together with the Basic Prospectus. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. References herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein. The terms “supplement,” “amendment” and “amend” as used herein as used herein with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents

 


 

filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Exchange Act”) subsequent to the date of this Underwriting Agreement which are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. For purposes of this Underwriting Agreement, the term “Effective Time” means each effective date of the Registration Statement with respect to the offering of Securities, as determined for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act.

     At or prior to 2:30 P.M., New York City time, on May 18, 2009 (the “Time of Sale”), the Company will prepare certain information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”) which information will include the Preliminary Prospectus and which will be identified in Schedule 2 hereto for such offering of Securities as constituting part of the Time of Sale Information.

     2.  Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters . (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 hereto, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a purchase price equal to 99.336% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from May 21, 2009 to the Closing Date (as defined below). The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

     (b) Payment for and delivery of the Securities shall be made at the offices of Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois at 9:00 A.M., Chicago time, on May 21, 2009, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

     (c) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representatives against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company, for the account of the Underwriters, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representatives not later than 12:00 P.M., Chicago time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

     (d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to any offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, no such Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and such Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by such Underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement of the Company, the transactions

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contemplated thereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

     3.  Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

     (a)  Registration Statement and Prospectus . The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and, to the Company’s knowledge, no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the Effective Time, the Registration Statement complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) the information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. The statistical and market-related data included in the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company reasonably believes to be reliable and accurate.

     (b)  Time of Sale Information . The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale and at the Closing Date did not and will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.

     (c)  Issuer Free Writing Prospectus . The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that

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constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Schedule 2 hereto as constituting the Time of Sale Information and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, or filed prior to the first use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

     (d)  Incorporated Documents . The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and any further documents so filed and incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act; and the documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, at the time filed did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain 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.

     (e)  No Material Adverse Effect . Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there has not been any material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be likely to result in a material adverse change, in the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Change”), in each case, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

     (f)  Organization and Good Standing . The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the

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conduct of business, except where the failure to qualify or to be in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”); each of the Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with the corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to qualify, to have been duly incorporated or to be in existence or good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (g)  Capitalization . All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other ownership interests of each Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for shares necessary to qualify directors or to maintain any minimum number of stockholders required by law or are immaterial to the Company’s ability to control such Subsidiary) are or, at the Closing Date will be, owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity except (i) as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) for such security interests, mortgages, pledges, liens, encumbrances, claims or equities that are immaterial to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

     (h)  Due Authorization . This Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

     (i)  The Indenture . The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

     (j)  The Securities . The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered as provided herein, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms thereof, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

     (k)  Descriptions of Documents . The Indenture and the Securities will each conform, in all material respects, to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

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     (l)  No Violation or Default . The issue and sale of the Securities and the compliance by the Company and the Subsidiaries, as applicable, with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, this Underwriting Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein, will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is subject, except where any such conflict, breach, violation, default, creation or imposition (individually or in the aggregate) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company and the Subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations hereunder; nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, or the By-Laws of the Company, or the charter or bylaws of any of Kellogg USA Inc., Kellogg Company of Great Britain Limited or Keebler Foods Company (collectively, the “Significant Subsidiaries”); nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of any statute or law or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their properties, except where any such violation (individually or in the aggregate) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company and the Subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations hereunder.

     (m)  No Consents Required . No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their properties is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Indenture and this Underwriting Agreement, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, filings or qualifications which shall have been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date or as may be required by the securities or blue sky laws of the various states, the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the securities laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States in which the Securities are offered.

     (n)  Legal Proceedings . Other than as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is the subject which would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect or which would materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated under this Underwriting Agreement or the Indenture; and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.

     (o)  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP . PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who have audited certain financial statements of each of the Company and its subsidiaries and delivered their reports with respect to the audited financial statements of each of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company

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within the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

     (p)  Financial Statements . The financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of each of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply in all material respects as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein); the selected financial data set forth under the captions “Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and “Capitalization” in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus fairly present in all material respects, the information included therein.

     (q)  Disclosure Controls . The Company maintains required “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) and the Company’s “disclosure controls and procedures” are designed to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

     (r)  Accounting Controls . The Company “maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, 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; as of January 3, 2009, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any changes in its internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

     (s)  Sarbanes-Oxley Act . The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.

     (t)  Compliance with Environmental Laws . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which

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violation, contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.

     (u)  Title to Intellectual Property . The Company and the Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use, on reasonable terms, all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as now conducted free and clear of any material security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and none of the Intellectual Property, to the knowledge of the Company, conflicts with the valid trademark, trade name, copyright, patent, patent right or intangible asset of any other person to the extent that such conflict has or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

     (v)  Investment Company . The Company is not, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

     (w)  No Stabilization . Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Underwriters, as to whom the Company makes no representation) has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or that constituted or that might reasonably be expected to cause or constitute, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

     (x)  Forward-Looking Statements . No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

     (y)  Status Under the Securities Act. The Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (A) at the time of filing the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment to the Registration Statement for the purpose of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus filed pursuant to the Securities Act), and (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Securities Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Securities Act; and the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or any Underwriter made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities.

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     4.  Further Agreements of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:

     (a)  Filings with the Commission . The Company will file the Prospectus in a form approved by the Underwriters with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act not later than the close of business on the second business day following the date of determination of the public offering price of the Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be required by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act. The Company will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Term Sheet in the form of Schedule 3 to the Unde


 
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