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XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
Incorporated
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
MASTER AGREEMENT AMONG UNDERWRITERS
August 1, 1982
Dear Sirs:
From time to time we may invite you (and others) to participate on the
terms set forth herein as underwriter in connection with certain public
offerings of securities that are managed by us. If we invite you to
participate in a specific offering (an "Offering") to which this Master
Agreement Among Underwriters shall apply, we will send you, by wire, telex or
other written means, and agreement among underwriters, substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto (an "AAU"). Any such AAU may exclude or revise such
provisions of this Master Agreement Among Underwriters or may contain such
additional provisions as you and we mutually deem appropriate. An
Underwriters' Questionnaire to be used in connection with such Offerings is
attached as Exhibit B hereto.
Each AAU shall relate to a specific Offering and shall identify (i) the
securities to be offered, their principal terms, the issuer thereof and, if
different from the issuer, the seller or sellers of such securities, (ii) the
underwriting agreement providing for the purchase of such securities by the
several underwriters and whether such agreement provides the several
underwriters with an option to purchase additional securities to cover
over-allotments, (iii) the price at which such securities are to be purchased
by the several underwriters from the seller or sellers thereof (or a formula
establishing the maximum such price), (iv) the offering terms, including, if
applicable, the public offering price, concession, reallowance and management
fee with respect to such securities, (v) the manager or managers for such
Offering and (vi) if applicable, the trustee for the indenture under which such
securities will be issued.
Each AAU shall also set forth your proposed participation in the
Offering to which it relates and you hereby agree to accept such participation
on the terms set forth or contemplated herein and in such AAU without further
action on your part. You may decline such participation only if we receive by
wire, telex or other written means a notice from you to that effect before the
time specified in such AAU for such a notice. If we do not receive such a
notice by such time, such AAU shall constitute a valid and binding contract
between us.
Unless we have received by wire, telex or other written means a notice
from you stating exceptions to the Underwriters' Questionnaire attached as
Exhibit B hereto before the time specified in an AAU for such a notice, you
hereby confirm that you have no exceptions in connection with the Offering to
which such AAU relates.
Except to the extent an AAU provides otherwise, you and we hereby agree
that the following general provisions shall be incorporated by reference in
each AAU. For purposes of such general provisions, the term Applicable AAU
means incorporating such general provisions by reference; the term Agreement
means the Applicable AAU including the general provisions incorporated
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therein by reference as it applies to the Offering identified in such
Applicable AAU; the terms Securities, Issuer, Underwriting Agreement,
Underwriters, Manager and Trustee shall have the meanings set forth in the
Applicable AAU; the term Firm Securities means the Securities that the several
Underwriters are initially committed to purchase under the Underwriting
Agreement; and the term Additional Securities means the Securities, if any,
that the several Underwriters have an option to purchase under the Underwriting
Agreement to cover over-allotments.
I.
1.1. You understand that the Issuer has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") a registration statement including a
prospectus relating to the Securities. If the registration statement relates to
securities to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"), the term Registration
Statement means such registration statement as amended to the date of the
Underwriting Agreement. Otherwise, the term Registration Statement means such
registration statement as amended at the time when it becomes effective. The
term Prospectus means the prospectus, together with the final prospectus
supplement, if any, relating to the offering of the Securities, filed pursuant
to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act. The term preliminary prospectus means any
preliminary prospectus relating to the offering of the Securities or any
preliminary prospectus supplement together with a prospectus relating to the
offering of the Securities. As used herein the terms Registration Statement,
Prospectus and preliminary prospectus shall include in each case the material,
if any, incorporated by reference therein.
1.2. You authorize the Manager, on your behalf, to determine the form
of the Underwriting Agreement and to execute and deliver to the seller or
sellers (collectively, the "Seller") of the Securities the Underwriting
Agreement to purchase (i) up to the amount of Firm Securities set forth in the
Applicable AAU and (ii) if the Manager elects on behalf of the several
Underwriters to exercise any option to purchase Additional Securities, up to
the amount of Additional Securities set forth in the Applicable AAU, subject,
in each case, to reduction pursuant to Article III. The amount of Firm
Securities set forth opposite each Underwriter's name in the Underwriting
Agreement plus any additional Firm Securities which you may become obligated to
purchase under the Underwriting Agreement or Article X hereof is hereinafter
referred to as the original purchase obligation of such Underwriter and the
ratio which such original purchase obligation bears to the total amount of
Firm Securities set forth in the Underwriting Agreement is hereinafter referred
to as the underwriting percentage of such Underwriter.
II.
2.1. You authorize the Manager to act as manager of the offering of the
Securities for sale by the Underwriters (the "Underwriters' Securities") or by
the Seller pursuant to delayed delivery contracts (the "Contract Securities"),
if any, contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement. You authorize the Manager
to (i) vary the offering terms of the Securities in effect at any time,
including, if applicable, the public offering price, concession and
reallowance, (ii) purchase any or all of the Additional Securities for the
accounts of the several Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement,
(iii) determine, within the limits of any formula set forth in the Applicable
AAU, on your behalf, the price at which the Securities are to be purchased by
the several Underwriters from the Seller, (iv) agree, on your behalf, to any
addition to, change in or waiver of any provision of the Underwriting
Agreement (other than a change in the purchase price of the Securities from
that contemplated by the Applicable AAU or an increase of your original
purchase obligation) and (v) take any other action as may seem advisable to the
Manager in respect of the offering of the Securities.
2.2. The public offering of the Securities is to made as soon after the
Underwriting Agreement is entered into by the Seller and the Manager as in the
Manager's judgment is advisable, on the terms and conditions set forth in the
Prospectus and the Applicable AAU. Any public advertisement of the offering of
the Securities shall be made by the Manager on behalf of the Underwriters on
such date as the Manager shall determine. You agree not to advertise such
offering prior to the date of the
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Manager's advertisement thereof without the Manager's consent. Any
advertisement you may make of such offering after such date will be your own
responsibility and at your own expense.
2.3. You authorize the Manager to sell for your account to institutions
such Securities pruchased by you from the Seller as the Manager shall
determine. Except for sales for the accounts of Underwriters designated by a
purchasing institution, aggregate sales of Securities to institutions shall be
made for the accounts of the several Underwriters as nearly as practicable in
their respective underwriting percentages.
2.4 You authorize the Manager to sell for your account to dealers such
Securities purchased by you from the Seller as the Manager shall determine.
Sales of Securities to dealers shall be made for the account of each
Underwriter approximately in the proportion that Securities of such Underwriter
held by the Manager for such sales bears to all Securities so held.
2.5. The Manager will advise you promptly, on the date of the public
offering, as to the Securities purchased by you which you shall retain for
direct sale. At any time prior to the termination of the Agreement, any
Securities purchased by you, which are held by the Manager for sale for your
account as set forth above but not sold, may, on your request and at the
Manager's discretion, be released to you for direct sale, and Securities so
released to you shall no longer be deemed held for sale by the Manager.
2.6. From time to time prior to the termination of the Agreement, on the
request of the Manager, you will advise the Manager of the amount of Securities
remaining unsold which were retained by or released to you for direct sale and
of the amount of Securities and other securities of the Issuer remaining unsold
which were delivered to you pursuant to Article IV hereof, and, on the request
of the Manager, you will release to the Manager any such Securities and other
securities remaining unsold (i) for sale by the Manager for your account to
institutions or dealers, (ii) for sale by the Seller pursuant to delayed
delivery contracts or (iii) if, in the Manager's opinion, such Securities or
other securities are needed to make delivery against sales made pursuant to
Article IV hereof.
III.
3.1. You agree that arrangements for sales of Contract Securities will be
made only through the Manager acting either directly or through dealers
(including Underwriters acting as dealers), and you authorize the Manager to
act on your behalf in making such arrangements. The aggregate amount of
Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters shall be reduced by the
respective amounts of Contract Securities attributed to such Underwriters as
hereinafter provided. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.2, the aggregate
amount of Contract Securities shall be attributed to the Underwriters as nearly
as practicable in their respective underwriting percentages, except that, as
determined by the Manager in its discretion, (i) Contract Securities directed
and allocated by a purchaser to particular Underwriters shall be attributed to
such Underwriters and (ii) Contract Securities for which arrangements have been
made for sale through dealers shall be attributed to each Underwriter
approximately in the proportion that Securities of such Underwriter held by the
Manager for sales to dealers bear to all Securities so held. The fee with
respect to Contract Securities payable to the Manager for the accounts of the
Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement shall be credited to the
accounts of the respective Underwriters in proportion to the Contract
Securities attributed to such Underwriters pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 3.1, less, in the case of each Underwriter, the commission to dealers
on Contract Securities sold through dealers and attributed to such Underwriter.
3.2. If the amount of Contract Securities attributable to an Underwriter
pursuant to Section 3.1 would exceed such Underwriter's original purchase
obligation reduced by the amount of Underwriters' Securities sold by or on
behalf of such Underwriter, such excess shall not be attributed to such
Underwriter, and such Underwriter shall be regarded as having acted only as a
dealer with respect to, and shall receive only the commission to dealers on,
such excess.
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IV.
4.1. You authorize Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated to buy and sell
(i) Securities, (ii) shares of common stock ("Common Stock") of the Issuer, if
the Securities are Common Stock or securities of the Issuer that may be
exchanged for or converted into Common Stock, and (iii) any other securities of
the Issuer designated in the Applicable AAU, in addition to Securities sold
pursuant to Article II hereof, in the open market or otherwise, for long or
short account, on such terms as it shall deem advisable, and to over-allot in
arranging sales. Such purchases and sales and over-allotments shall be made
for the accounts of the several Underwriters as nearly as practicable in their
respective underwriting percentages. Any securities which may have been
purchased by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated for stabilizing purposes in
connection with the offering of the Securities prior to the execution of the
Applicable AAU shall be treated as having been purchased pursuant to this
Section 4.1 for the accounts of the several Underwriters. At no time shall
your net commitment pursuant to the foregoing authorization exceed 10% of your
original purchase obligation. On demand you will take up and pay for any
securities of the Issuer so purchased for your account and deliver against
payment any securities of the Issuer so sold or over-allotted for your account.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated agrees to notify you if it engages in any
stabilization transaction requiring reports to be filed pursuant to Rule 17a-2
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") and to notify you of
the date of termination of stabilization. You agree to file with Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated any reports required of you pursuant to such Rule
not later than five business days following the day upon which stabilization
was terminated and you authorize Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated to file on
your behalf with the Commission any reports required by such Rule.
4.2. If pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.1 and prior to the
termination of the Agreement (or prior to such earlier date as Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated may have determined ) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
purchases or contracts to purchase for the account of any Underwriter in the
open market or otherwise any Securities which were retained by, or released to,
you for direct sale, or any Securities which may have been issued on transfer
on in exchange for such Securities, and which Securities were therefore not
effectively placed for investment by you, you authorize Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated either to charge your account with an amount equal to the
concession to dealers with respect thereto, which amount shall be credited
against the cost of such Securities, or to require you to repurchase such
Securities at a price equal to the total cost of such purchase, including
transfer taxes, accrued interest, dividends and commissions, if any.
4.3. If the Securities are Common Stock or securities of the Issuer
that may be exchanged for or converted into Common Stock, you agree that you
will not, without the advance approval of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated,
buy, sell, deal or trade in (i) any Common Stock, (ii) any security of the
Issuer convertible into Common Stock or (iii) any right or option to acquire or
sell Common Stock or any security of the Issuer convertible into Common Stock,
for your own account or for the account of a customer, except:
(a) as provided for in the Agreement or the Underwriting
Agreement;
(b) that you may convert any security of the Issuer convertible
into Common Stock owned by you and sell the Common Stock acquired
upon such conversion and that you may deliver Common Stock owned by you
upon the exercise of any option written by you as permitted by the
provisions set forth herein;
(c) in brokerage transactions on unsolicited orders which have
not resulted from activities on your part in connection with the
solicitation of purchases and which are executed by you in the ordinary
course of your brokerage business; and
(d) that on or after the date of the initial public offering
of the Securities, you may execute covered writing transactions in
options to acquire Common Stock, when such transactions are covered
by Securities, for the accounts of customers.
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An opening uncovered writing transaction in options to acquire Common Stock
for your account or for the account of a customer shall be deemed, for
purposes of this Section 4.3, to be a sale of Common Stock which is not
unsolicited. The term "opening uncovered writing transaction In options to
acquire" as used above means a transaction where the seller intends to become a
writer of an option to purchase any Common Stock which be does not own. An
opening uncovered purchase transaction in option, to sell Common Stock for your
account or for the account of a customer shall be deemed, for purposes of this
paragraph, to be a sale of Common Stock which is not unsolicited. The term
"opening uncovered purchase transaction in options to sell" as used above
means a transaction where the purchaser intends to become an owner of an option
to sell Common Stock which he does not own.
4.4. If the Securities are not shares of Common Stock or securities of
the Issuer that may be exchanged for or converted into Common Stock, you agree
that you will not bid for or purchase, or attempt to induce any other person to
purchase, any Securities or any other securities of the Issuer designated in
the Applicable AAU other than (i) as provided for in the Agreement or the
Underwriting Agreement, (ii) as approved by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Inoorporated
or (iii) as a broker in executing unsolicited orders.
4.5. You represent that you have not participated, since you were
invited to participate in the offering of the Securities, in any transaction
prohibited by Section 4.3 or 4.4 and that you have at all times complied with
the provisions of Rule 10b-6 of the Commission applicable to such offering.
V.
5.1. On the date on which the Underwriters are required to pay the
Seller for the Firm Securities, at the office of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, prior to 8:45 A.M. (New York
City time) you will deliver to the Manager a certified or official bank check,
payable to the order of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated in New York Clearing
House funds (or other next day funds), for (i) an amount equal to the public
offering price less the selling concession in respect of the Firm Securities to
be purchased by you, (ii) an amount equal to the public offering price less the
selling concession in respect of such of the Firm Securities to be purchased by
you as shall have been retained by or released to you for direct sale or (iii)
the amount set forth or indicated in the Applicable AAU, as the Manager shall
advise. You will make similiar payment as the Manager may direct for Additional
Securities, if any, to be purchased by you on the date specified by the Manager
for such payment. The Manager will make payment to the Seller against delivery
to the Manager for your account of the Securities to be purchased by you and
the Manager deliver to you the Securities paid for by you which shall have been
retained by or released to you for direct sale. Unless you promptly give the
Manager written instructions otherwise, if transactions in the Securities may
be settled through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, payment for
and delivery of Securities purchased by you will be made through such
facilities, if you are a member, or, if you are not a member, settlement may be
made through your ordinary corespondent who is a member.
VI.
6. 1. You authorize the Manager to charge your account as compensation
for the Manager's services in connection with the Securities, including the
purchase from the Seller and the management of the offering of the Securities,
the amount, if any, set forth as the Management Fee in the Applicable AAU.
6.2. You authorize the Manager to charge your account with your
underwriting percentage of all expenses incurred by the Manager under the
Agreement in connection with the offering of the Securities or in connection
with the purchase, carrying and sale of any securities of the Issuer under the
Agreement.
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VII.
7.1. You authorize the Manager to advance the Manager's own funds for
your account, charging current interest rates, or to arrange loans for your
account for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Agreement and, in
connection therewith, to hold or pledge as security therefor all or any
securities of the Issuer which the Manager may be holding for your account
under the Agreement.
7.2. Out of payment received by the Manager for Securities sold for
your account which have been paid for by you, the Manager will remit to you
promptly an amount equal to the price paid by you for such Securities.
7.3. The Manager may deliver to you from time to time against payment,
for carrying purposes only, any securities of the Issuer purchased by you or for
your account under the Agreement which the Manager is holding for sale for your
account but which are not sold and paid for. You will redeliver to the Manager
against payment any securities of the Issuer delivered to you for carrying
purposes at such times as the Manager may demand.
VIII.
8.1. The Agreement shall terminate 30 days after the date of the
initial public offering of the Securities unless sooner terminated by the
Manager. The Manager may at its discretion by notice to you prior to the
termination of the Agreement alter any of the terms or conditions of offering
determined pursuant to Article II or III hereof, or terminate or suspend the
effectiveness of Article IV hereof, or any part thereof. No termination or
suspension pursuant to this paragraph shall affect the Manager's authority under
Article IV hereof to cover any short position incurred under the Agreement.
8.2. Upon termination of the Agreement or prior thereto at the
Manager's discretion, the Manager shall deliver to you any Securities purchased
by you from the Seller and held by the Manager for sale for your account to
institutions and dealers but not sold and paid for and any securities of the
Issuer which are held by the Manager for your account pursuant to the
provisions of Article IV hereof. If at the termination of the Agreement the
aggregate amount of any securities of the Issuer so held and not sold and paid
for does not exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
& Co. Incorporated may, in its discretion, sell for the accounts of the several
Underwriters any such securities so held, at such prices, on such terms and
in such manner as it may determine. As soon as practicable after termination
of the Agreement. your account shall be settled and paid. The Manager may
reserve from distribution such amount as the Manager deems advisable to cover
possible additional expenses. The determination by the Manager of the amount
so to be paid to or by you shall be final and conclusive. Any of your funds
in the Manager's hands may be held with the Manager's general funds without
accountability for interest.
8.3. Notwithstanding any settlement on the termination of the
Agreement, you agree to pay any transfer taxes which may be assessed and paid
after such settlement on account of any sales or transfers under the
Agreement for your account and your underwriting percentage of (i) all expenses
incurred by the Manager in investigating or defending against any claim or
proceeding which is asserted or instituted by any party (including any
governmental or regulatory body) other than an Underwriter relating to the
Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto) and (ii) any liability, including attorneys'
fees, incurred by the Manager in respect of any such claim or proceeding,
whether such liability shall be the result of a judgment or as a result of any
settlement agreed to by the Manager, other than any such expense or liability
as to which the Manager receives indemnity pursuant to Section 8.4 or indemnity
or contribution pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
8.4. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless each other Underwriter
and each person, if any, who controls any such Underwriter within the meaning
of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, to the
extent and upon the terms which you agree to indemnify and hold harmless
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the Seller, the Issuer, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration
Statement and any person controlling the Seller or the Issuer as set forth in
the Underwriting Agreement.
8.5. Regardless of any termination of the Agreement, your agreements
contained in Sections 8.3 and 8.4 shall remain operative and in full force and
effect regardless of (i) any termination of the Underwriting Agreement, (ii) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any person controlling
any Underwriter or by or on behalf of the Seller or Issuer, its directors or
officers or any person controlling the Seller or Issuer and (iii) acceptance of
and payment for any Securities.
IX.
9.1. You understand that it is your responsibility to examine the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any amendment or supplement thereto
relating to the offering of the Securities, any preliminary prospectus and the
material, if any, incorporated by reference therein and you will familiarize
yourself with the terms of the Securities and the other terms of the offering
thereof which are to be reflected in the Prospectus and the Applicable AAU. The
Manager is authorized, with the approval of counsel for the Underwriters, to
approve on your behalf any amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus.
9.2. You will keep an accurate record of the names and addresses of all
persons to whom you give copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
or any preliminary prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), and,
when furnished with any subsequent amendment to the Registration Statement, any
subsequent prospectus or any memorandum outlining changes in the Registration
Statement or any prospectus, you will, upon request of the Manager, promptly
forward copies thereof to such persons.
9.3. You confirm that the information that you have given or are deemed
to have given in response to the Underwriters' Questionnaire attached as
Exhibit B hereto which information has been furnished to the Issuer for use in
the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is correct. You will notify the
Manager immediately of any development before the termination of the Agreement
which makes untrue or incomplete any information that you have given or
are deemed to have given in response to the Underwriters' Questionnaire.
9.4. Unless you have promptly notified the Manager in writing otherwise
your name as it should appear in the Prospectus and your address are set
forth on the signature pages hereof.
9.5. You represent that your commitment to purchase the Securities will
not result in a violation of the financial responsibility requirements of Rule
15c3-1 under the 1934 Act or of any similar provision of any applicable rules
of any securities exchange to which you are subject.
9.6. You represent that you are a member in good standing of the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or that you are a
foreign bank or dealer not eligible for membership in the NASD. In making sales
of Securities, if you are such a member, you agree to comply with all
applicable rules of the NASD, including, without limitation, the NASD's
Interpretation with Respect to Free-Riding and Withholding and Section 24 of
Article III of the NASD's Rules of Fair Practice, or, if you are such a foreign
bank or dealer, you agree to comply with such Interpretation and Sections 8, 24
and 36 of such Article as though you were such a member and Section 25 of such
Article as it applies to a nonmember broker or dealer in a foreign country.
9.7. The Manager will file a Further State Notice with the Department
of State of New York, if required.
X.
10.1. If the Underwriting Agreement is terminated as permitted by the
terms thereof, your obligations hereunder with respect to the offering of the
Securities shall immediately terminate except (i) as set forth in Section 8.5,
(ii) that you shall remain liable for your underwriting percentage of all
expenses and for any purchases or sales which may have been made for your
account pursuant to the
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provisions of Article IV hereof and (iii) that such termination shall not
affect any obligations of any defaulting Underwriter.
10.2. If any Underwriter shall default in its obligations (i)
pursuant to Section 4.1, (ii) to pay amounts charged to its account pursuant to
Section 6.2 or (iii) pursuant to Section 8.3, 8.4 or 10.1, you will assume
your proportionate share (determined on the basis of the respective
underwriting percentages of the non-defaulting Underwriters) of such
obligations, but no such assumption shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter
from liability for its default.
10.3. The Manager is authorized to arrange for the purchase by others
(including the Manager or any other Underwriter) of any Securities not purchased
by any defaulting Underwriter. If such arrangements are made, the respective
amounts of Securities to be purchased by the remaining Underwriters and such
other person or persons, if any, shall be taken as the basis for all rights
and obligations hereunder, but this shall not relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
10.4. If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase
the amount of Firm Securities or Additional Securities which it has agreed to
purchase under the Underwriting Agreement and to the extent that arrangements
shall not have been made by the Manager for others to assume the obligations
of such defaulting Underwriter, each non-defaulting Underwriter severally
agrees to assume, at the Manager's request, its share of the obligations of
such defaulting Underwriter in the proportion which the amount of Firm
Securities set forth opposite its name in the Underwriting Agreement bears to
the aggregate amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of all
non-defaulting Underwriters in the Underwriting Agreement, or in such
proportions as the Manager may specify, provided that in no event shall the
amount of Securities which any Underwriter has agreed to purchase be increased
pursuant to this Section 10.4 and the Underwriting Agreement, without the
written consent of such Underwriter, by an amount in excess of one-ninth of the
amount of Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase before giving
effect to any such increase. No such assumption shall relieve any defaulting
Underwriter from liability for its default.
XI.
11.1. If you are a foreign bank or dealer and you are not registered
as a broker-dealer under Section 15 of the 1934 Act, you agree that while you
are acting as an Underwriter in respect of the Securities and in any event
during the term of the Agreement, you will not directly or indirectly effect
in, or with persons who are nationals or residents of, the United States any
transactions (except for the purchases provided for in the Underwriting
Agreement and transactions contemplated by Articles II and IV hereof) in (i)
Securities, (ii) Common Stock, if the Securities are Common Stock or
securities of the Issuer that may be exchanged for or converted into Common
Stock or (iii) any other securities of the Issuer designated in the Applicable
AAU.
11.2. If you are a foregign bank or dealer, you represent that in
connection with sales and offers to sell Securities made by you outside the
United States (a) you will not offer or sell any Securities in any jurisdiction
except in compliance with applicable laws and (b) you will either furnish to
each person to whom any such sale or offer is made a copy of the then current
preliminary prospectus, if any, or of the Prospectus (as then amended or
supplemented, as the case may be, or inform such person that such preliminary
prospectus, if any, or Prospectus will be available upon request. Any
offering material in addition to the then current preliminary prospectus or the
Prospectus furnished by you to any person in connection with any offers or
sales referred to in the preceding sentence (i) shall be prepared and so
furnished at your sole risk and expense and (ii) shall not contain information
relating to the Securities or the Issuer which is inconsistent in any respect
with the information contained in the then current preliminary prospectus, if
any, or in the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented), as the case may
be. If is understood that no action has been taken by the Manager, the Seller
or the Issuer to permit a public offering in any jurisdiction other than the
United States where action would be required for such purpose.
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XII.
12.1. Nothing contained in this Master Agreement Among Underwriters or
the Agreement constitutes you partners with the Manager or with the other
Underwriters and the obligations of you and of each of the other Underwriters
are several and not joint. Each Underwriter elects to be excluded from the
application of Subchapter K, Chapter 1, Subtitle A, of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1954, as amended.
12.2. The Manager shall be under no liability to you for any act or
omission except for obligations expressly assumed by the Manager in the
Agreement.
12.3. The Master Agreement Among Underwriters may be terminated by
either party hereto upon five business days' written notice to the other party;
provided that with respect to any Offering for which an AAU was sent prior to
such notice, this Master Agreement Among Underwriters as it applies to such
Offering shall remain in full force and effect and shall terminate with respect
to such Offering in accordance with Article VIII hereof.
12.4. This Master Agreement Among Underwriters and the Agreement shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.
Please confirm your acceptance of this Master Agreement Among Underwriters
by signing and returning to us the enclosed duplicate copy hereof.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
INCORPORATED
By ??????
Managing Director
Confirmed and accepted
as of August 1, 1982
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(Name of Underwriter)
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(Address)
By
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Title:
(If person signing is not an offcer or partner,
please attach instrument of authorization.)
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EXHIBIT A
[name of participating underwriter]
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.INCORPORATED
AGREEMENT AMONG UNDERWRITERS
[date]
[Name of Issuer]
[Title of Securities]
Dear Sirs:
[Name of Issuer] (the "Issuer") proposes to issue and sell [specify
amount][Title of Securities] (the "Firm Securities") pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement, to be dated , 19 (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), between the Issuer and ourselves (the "Manager"), on behalf of the
several underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters").(1) [In addition, the
several Underwriters shall have an option to purchase from [Name of Seller] an
additional [specify amount] [Title of Securities] (the "Additional Securities")
to cover over-allotments.](2) The term Securities shall mean the Firm
Securities [and the Additioinal Securities].(2)
Except to the extent supplemented or superseded by the terms set forth
herein, the provisions contained in the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated
Master Agreement Among Underwriters dated August 1, 1983 (the "Master
Agreement"), are incorporated by reference herein.
You hereby confirm your agreement with the Manager with respect to the
offering of the Securities and with respect to the purchase by the Manager and
the other Underwriters, including yourselves, severally of the Securities [for
which delayed delivery contracts ("Delayed Delivery Contracts") are not entered
into by the Issuer as contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement].(3) [You
hereby agree that any action that the Manager is authorized to take, under the
Underwriting Agreement, this Agreement or the Master Agreement may be taken by
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated on the Manager's behalf.](4)
You hereby agree to purchase up to [specify amount] of Firm Securities [and
up to [specify amount] of Additional Securities](2) pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement on the following terms:
Price to Public:(5)
Purchase Price:(5)
Underwriting Fee:
Selling Concession:
Reallowance:
[Fee for delayed delivery
securities:](3)
Management Fee:
Offering Date:
Anticipated Closing Date:
together with any other additional securities of the Issuer which you may be
required to purchase pursuant to the Master Agreement.
[Principal terms of Securities, if apropriate, e.g, yield, sinking fund,
call protection, redemption rights.]
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[The trustee for the indenture under which the Securities will be
issued is [Name of Trustee] [, a subsidiary of [Name of trustee's parent
company].](6)
[You will not, without the Manager's consent, sell any of the
Securities to any account over which you exercise discretionary
authority.](7)
[The amount of the Securities you hereby agree to purchase may be
reduced on the terms set forth in the Master Agreement by sales of
Securities pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts.](3)
[[Title of Restricted Securities] are hereby designated as "other
Securities of the Issuer" referred to in Sections 4.1, 4.4 and 11.1 of the
Master Agreement.](8)
Unless we receive a notice to the contrary by wire, telex or other
written means from you by [specify time], you agree to accept your
participation in the offering and confirm that you have no exceptions to the
Underwriters' Questionnaire attached as Exhibit B to the Master Agreement.
Please contact [insert name] at [insert phone number] of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
& Co. Incorporated [or[insert name] at [insert phone number] of the
[Issuer]] if you have any questions relating to the offering of the
Securities, including the terms of the Underwriting Agreement or an other
matters.
Very truly yours,
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
INCORPORATED
By
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Title:
[XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
INCORPORATED
Name of Co-Manager
By: XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
INCORPORATED
By
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Title: ](4)
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(1) Use the following alternate language if the Issuer is not the seller
or only seller of the Firm Securities: "[Names of Sellers] propose to sell
[specify amount] [Title of Securities] (the "Firm Securities") of [Name of
Issuer] (the "Issuer") pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, to be dated
, 19 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among [Names of Sellers] and
ourselves (the "Manager"), on behalf of the several underwriters named
therein (the "Underwriters").
(2) Include bracketed material only if there is an over-allotment
option.
(3) Include bracketed material only if there are delayed delivery
contracts.
(4) Include bracketed material only if there are co-managers.
(5) Include formula price language if appropriate.
(6) Include bracketed material only for Securities to be issued under
an indenture qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
(7) Include bracketed material only if the Issuer was not, immediately
prior to filing the Registration Statement, subject to the requirements of
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange act of 1934.
(8) Include bracketed material if trading in designated securities is to
be restricted.
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EXHIBIT B
UNDERWRITERS' QUESTIONNAIRE
In connection with each Offering governed by the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated Master Agreement Among Underwriters dated August 1, 1982, except
as indicated in a reply to the applicable AAU, each underwriter participating
in such Offering severally advises the Issuer that:
(a) neither such underwriter nor any of its directors, officers or
partners have a material relationship, as "material" is defined in Regulation C
under the Securities Act of 1933, with the Issuer;
(b) if the Registration Statement is on Form S-1, neither such
underwriter nor any "group" (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of which such underwriter is aware is the
beneficial owner of more than 5% of any class of voting securities of the
Issuer;
(c) other than as may be stated in the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co.
Incorporated Master Agreement Among Underwriters dated August 1, 1982, the
Applicable AAU, the dealer agreement, if any, the Prospectus or the
Registration Statement, such underwriter does not know and has no reason to
believe that there is an intention to over-allot or that the price of any
security may be stabilized to facilitate the offering of the Securities;
(d) other than as may be stated in the Prospectus, such underwriter
does not know of any other discounts or commissions to be allowed or paid to
the underwriters or of any other items that would be deemed by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. to constitute underwriting compensation
for purposes of the Association's Rules of Fair Practice and such underwriter
does not know of any discounts or commissions to be allowed or paid to dealers,
including any cash, securities, contracts or other consideration to be received
by any dealer in connection with the sale of the Securities;
(e) if the Securities are to be issued under an indenture qualified
under the Trust Industure Act of 1939:
(i) such underwriter (if a corporation) does not have outstanding nor
has such underwriter assumed or guaranteed any securities issued
otherwise than in its present corporate name;
(ii) neither such underwriter nor any of its directors, officers or
partners is an affiliate, as defined in Rule O-2 under the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, of the Trustee or its parent holding company, if any, and
neither of them nor any of their directors or executive officers is a
director, officer, partner, employee, appointee or representative of such
underwriter as designated in said Act; and
(iii) neither such underwriter nor any of its directors, executive
officers or partners owns beneficially any shares of voting securities of
the Trustee or its parent holding company, if any; and
(f) such underwriter has not prepared any report or memorandum for
external use in connection with the offering of the Securities; and if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-1, such underwriter has not prepared any
engineering, management or similar reports or memoranda relating to broad
aspects of the business, operations or products of the Issuer within the past
twelve months (except for reports solely comprised of recommendations to buy,
sell or hold the securities of the Issuer, unless such recommendations have
changed within the past six months).
If an underwriter notes an exception with respect to material of the
type referred to in clause (f), such underwriter will send three copies of each
item of such material, together with a statement as to distribution
identifying classes of recipients and the number of copies distributed to each
such class, to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Syndicate Department.
As used herein, the term "beneficially" is defined in accordance with
Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
