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EXHIBIT 1.1
FIFTH THIRD CAPITAL TRUST I
FIFTH THIRD CAPITAL TRUST II
CAPITAL SECURITIES
GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE GUARANTEES BY
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
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Underwriting Agreement
March 13, 1997
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation,
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated,
Salomon Brothers Inc,
UBS Securities LLC,
As Representatives of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I to the respective
Pricing Agreements hereinafter described
c/o Goldman, Xxxxx & Co.,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
From time to time Fifth Third Capital Trust I or Fifth Third Capital Trust
II, each a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the State of
Delaware (each a "Trust" and collectively, the "Trusts"), and Fifth Third
Bancorp, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), as depositor of each trust and as
guarantor, propose to enter into one or more Pricing Agreements (each a "Pricing
Agreement") in the form of Annex I hereto, with such additions and deletions as
the parties thereto may determine, and, subject to the terms and conditions
stated herein and therein, that the Trust identified in the applicable Pricing
Agreement (such Trust being the "Designated Trust" with respect to such Pricing
Agreement) issue and sell to the firms named in Schedule I to the applicable
Pricing Agreement (such firms constituting the "Underwriters" with respect to
such Pricing Agreement and the securities specified therein) certain of its
preferred securities (the "Securities") representing
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undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Designated Trust. The
Securities specified in such Pricing Agreement are referred to as the "Firm
Designated Securities" with respect to such Pricing Agreement. If specified in
such Pricing Agreement, the Designated Trust may grant the Underwriters the
right to purchase at their election an additional number of Securities,
specified as provided in such Pricing Agreement as provided in Section 3 hereof
(the "Optional Designated Securities"). The Firm Designated Securities and any
Optional Designated Securities are collectively called the "Designated
Securities." The proceeds of the sale of the Designated Securities to the public
and of common securities of the Designated Trust (the "Common Securities") to
the Company concurrently with the sale of the Designated Securities are to be
invested in junior subordinated deferrable interest debentures of the Company
(the "Subordinated Debentures") identified in the Pricing Agreement with respect
to such Designated Securities (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the
"Designated Subordinated Debentures"), to be issued pursuant to a junior
subordinated indenture to be dated as of March 20, 1997 (the "Indenture")
between the Company and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (the "Indenture
Trustee"). The Designated Securities may be exchangeable into Designated
Subordinated Debentures, as specified in Schedule II to such Pricing Agreement.
The Designated Securities will be guaranteed by the Company to the extent set
forth in the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated Securities (the
"Designated Guarantee") (all such Designated Guarantees together, the
"Guarantees").
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Securities
shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto and in or
pursuant to the amended and restated trust agreement identified in such Pricing
Agreement (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the "Trust Agreement") .
1. Particular sales of Designated Securities may be made from time to time
to the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, for whom the firms designated
as representatives of the Underwriters of such Designated Securities in the
Pricing Agreement relating thereto will act as representatives (the
"Representatives"). The term "Representatives" also refers to a single firm
acting as sole representative of the Underwriters and to Underwriters who act
without any firm being designated as their representative. This Underwriting
Agreement shall not be construed as an obligation of any Trust to sell any of
the Securities or as an obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of
the Securities. The obligation of any Trust to issue and sell any of the
Securities and the obligation of any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the
Securities shall be evidenced by the Pricing Agreement with respect to the
Designated Securities specified therein. Each Pricing Agreement shall specify
the aggregate number of the Firm Designated Securities, the maximum number of
Optional Designated Securities, if any, the initial public offering price of
such Firm and Optional Designated Securities or the manner of determining such
price, the terms of the Designated Securities, including the terms on which and
terms of the securities into which the Designated Securities will be
exchangeable, the purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated
Securities, the names of the Underwriters of such Designated Securities, the
names of the Representatives of such Underwriters, the number of such Designated
Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter and the commission, if any,
payable to the Underwriters with respect thereto and shall set forth the date,
time and manner of delivery of such Firm and Optional Designated Securities, if
any, and payment therefor. The Pricing Agreement shall also specify (to the
extent not set forth in the registration statement and prospectus with respect
thereto) the terms of such Designated Securities. A Pricing Agreement shall be
in the form of an executed writing (which may
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be in counterparts), and may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic
communications or any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a
written record of communications transmitted. The standard provisions set forth
herein will be incorporated by reference in any Pricing Agreement. The
obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each Pricing Agreement
shall be several and not joint.
2. The Designated Trust and the Company, jointly and severally, each
represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-22905) (the
"Initial Registration Statement") in respect of the Securities, the
Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantees (including the Designated
Securities, the Designated Subordinated Debentures and the Designated
Guarantees) has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"); the Initial Registration Statement and any
post-effective amendment thereto, each in the form heretofore delivered or
to be delivered to the Representatives and, excluding exhibits to such
registration statement, but including all documents incorporated by
reference in the prospectus included therein, to the Representatives for
each of the other Underwriters has been declared effective by the
Commission in such form; other than a registration statement, if any,
increasing the size of the offering (a "Rule 462(b) Registration
Statement"), filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), which became effective upon filing, no other
document with respect to the Initial Registration Statement or document
incorporated by reference therein has heretofore been filed, or
transmitted for filing, with the Commission (other than prospectuses filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the rules and regulations of the Commission
under the Act, each in the form heretofore delivered to the
Representatives); and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Initial Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto or
the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, if any, has been issued and no
proceeding for that purpose has been initiated or threatened by the
Commission (any preliminary prospectus included in the Initial
Registration Statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(a) under the Act is hereinafter called a "Preliminary Prospectus"; the
various parts of the Initial Registration Statement and the Rule 462(b)
Registration Statement, if any, including (i) the information contained in
the form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof and deemed by
virtue of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the Initial Registration
Statement at the time it was declared effective or such part of the Rule
462(b) Registration Statement, if any, became or hereafter becomes
effective, (ii) all exhibits thereto and (iii) the documents incorporated
by reference in the prospectus contained in the registration statement at
the time such part of the registration statement became effective but
excluding Forms T-1, each as amended at the time such part of the
registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively
called the "Registration Statement"; the prospectus relating to the
Securities, the Subordinated Debentures and the Guarantees, in the form in
which it has most recently been filed, or transmitted for filing, with the
Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter
called the "Prospectus"; any reference herein to any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to the applicable
form under the Act, as of the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or
Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment or
supplement
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to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer
to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary
Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and incorporated by
reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may
be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to refer to and include any annual report of any Trust, if any, and
the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any reference
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented shall be deemed to refer to
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to the applicable
Designated Securities in the form in which it is filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a)
hereof, including any documents incorporated by reference therein as of
the date of such filing);
(b) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, when
they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may
be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or
the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement
thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to
the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the
rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty
shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and
in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Designated
Trust or the Company by an Underwriter of Designated Securities through
the Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented relating to such Securities;
(c) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus conform, and any
further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the requirements of
the Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust
Indenture Act"), and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as
to the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the
applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or
supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this
representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions
made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in
writing to the Designated Trust or the Company by an Underwriter of
Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities;
(d) Neither the Company nor any of the Company's subsidiaries has
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the
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Prospectus any material loss or interference with its business from fire,
explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance,
or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or
decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus;
and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been any change
in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving
a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general
affairs, management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results
of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus and except for changes in the
capital stock of the Company as a result of share repurchases on the
public market by the Company and issuance of shares pursuant to the
Company's employee stock option plan;
(e) The Designated Trust has been duly created and is validly
existing as a business trust in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, with power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus; the
Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio, with
power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease and operate its
properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;
(f) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the
Prospectus, and 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; all the outstanding beneficial interests in the Designated
Trust have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and
non-assessable and conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the
Prospectus;
(g) Each subsidiary of the Company which is a significant subsidiary,
as defined in Rule 405 of Regulation C of the regulations promulgated
under the 1933 Act (each, a "Significant Subsidiary") has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or has been duly
organized and is validly existing as a bank in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, as the case may be, has
power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and
is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in
good standing in each 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 so qualify or be in good
standing would not have a material adverse effect on the condition,
financial or otherwise, or the earnings or business affairs of the Company
and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; and all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of each Significant Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and all
such shares owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, are
owned free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance, claim or security;
(g) The Designated Securities have been duly and validly authorized,
and, when the Firm Designated Securities are issued and delivered pursuant
to this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to such
Designated Securities and, in the case of any Optional
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Designated Securities, pursuant to Over-allotment Options (as defined in
Section 3 hereof) with respect to such Securities, such Designated
Securities will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable beneficial interests in the Designated Trust entitled to
the benefits provided by the applicable Trust Agreement, which will be
substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement; the Designated Securities conform to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement and the Designated Securities will
conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus as amended
or supplemented with respect to such Designated Securities;
(h) The holders of the Designated Securities (the "Securityholders")
will be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to
stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware;
(i) The Common Securities of the Designated Trust have been duly
authorized on behalf of the Designated Trust by the Company, as depositor
of the Designated Trust, and upon delivery by the Designated Trust to the
Company against payment therefor as set forth in the Trust Agreement, will
be duly and validly issued and non-assessable beneficial interests in the
Designated Trust and will conform to the description thereof contained in
the Prospectus; the issuance of the Common Securities of the Designated
Trust is not subject to preemptive or other similar rights; the Common
Securities conform to the description thereof contained in the
Registration Statement; and at each Time of Delivery, all of the issued
and outstanding Common Securities of the Designated Trust will be directly
owned by the Company free and clear of any security interest, mortgage,
pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity;
(j) The Designated Guarantee, the Trust Agreement for the Designated
Trust, the Designated Subordinated Debentures and the Indenture (the
Designated Guarantee, such Trust Agreement, the Designated Subordinated
Debentures and the Indenture being collectively referred to as the
"Company Agreements") have each been duly authorized and when validly
executed and delivered by the Company and, in the case of the Designated
Guarantee, by the Guarantee Trustee (as defined in the Guarantee), in the
case of the Trust Agreement, by the Trustees (as defined in the Trust
Agreement) and, in the case of the Indenture, by the Indenture Trustee,
and, in the case of the Company Subordinated Debentures, when validly
issued by the Company and duly authenticated and delivered by the
Indenture Trustee, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations
of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles; the Trust Agreement, the
Indenture and the Designated Guarantee have each been duly qualified under
the Trust Indenture Act; the Designated Subordinated Debentures are
entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Company Agreements,
which will be in substantially the form filed as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, will conform to the descriptions thereof in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented with respect to the Designated
Securities to which they relate;
(k) The issue and sale of the Designated Securities by the Designated
Trust, the compliance by the Designated Trust with all of the provisions
of this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement and each Over-allotment Option,
if any, the Designated Securities and the Trust
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Agreement, the purchase of the Designated Subordinated Debentures by the
Designated Trust, the execution, delivery and performance by the
Designated Trust of the Trust 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, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Trust is a party
or by which such Trust is bound or to which any of the property or assets
of such Trust is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of
the provisions of the Trust Agreement or any statute or any order, rule or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction
over such Trust or any of its properties; and no consent, approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such
court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of
the Designated Securities and the Common Securities by such Trust, the
purchase of the Subordinated Debentures by the such Trust or the
consummation by such Trust of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Pricing Agreement or any Over-allotment Option or the Trust
Agreement, except such as have been, or will have been, prior to each Time
of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), obtained under the Act and
the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities
or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Designated Securities by the Underwriters;
(l) The issuance by the Company of the Guarantees and the
Subordinated Debentures, the compliance by the Company with all of the
provisions of this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement and each
Over-allotment Option, if any, the Guarantees, the Subordinated
Debentures, the Trust Agreements and the Indenture, the execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of the Company Agreements, 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, any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company
or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or
assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject except for
such conflict, breach, violation or default which does not have a material
adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, nor
will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the Amended
Article of Incorporation or Code of Regulations of the Company or the
charter or by-laws of any of its subsidiaries or any statute or any order,
rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their
properties; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body
is required for the issue of the Guarantees or the Subordinated Debentures
or the consummation by the Company of the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement or the Company Agreements, except
such as have been or will have been, prior to each Time of Delivery,
obtained under the Act or the Trust Indenture Act and such consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be
required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
issuance by the Company of the Guarantees and the Subordinated Debentures;
(m) Other than as set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or
governmental proceedings pending to which the Designated Trust, the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is
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a party or of which any of their properties is the subject, which, if
determined adversely to the Designated Trust, the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on the current or future consolidated financial position,
stockholders' equity or results of operations of the Designated Trust, the
Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of the Designated Trust's
and the Company's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(n) None of the Designated Trust, the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries, as applicable, is in violation of the Trust Agreement for
the Designated Trust, the Certificate of Trust for the Designated Trust,
or the Amended Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or in default in the performance or
observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition
contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease
or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or
any of its properties may be bound;
(o) The Company and its subsidiaries possess such certificates,
authorities or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign
regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct the business now
operated by them, except where the failure to possess such certificates,
authorities or permits would not have a material adverse effect on the
condition, financial or otherwise, or the earnings or business affairs of
the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise; and neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of
proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authority or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the
subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would materially
and adversely affect the condition, financial or otherwise, or the
earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries
considered as one enterprise;
(p) The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the consolidated results of
their operations for the periods specified; and, except as stated therein,
said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a
consistent basis;
(q) The statements set forth in (i) the Prospectus under the captions
"Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures", "Description of Preferred
Securities", "Description of Guarantees" and "Relationship Among the
Preferred Securities, the Corresponding Junior Subordinated Debentures,
the Expense Agreements and the Guarantees", and (ii) in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented under the captions "Certain Terms of Series __
Capital Securities", "Certain Terms of Series __ Subordinated Debentures"
and "Certain Terms of Series __ Guarantee", insofar as they constitute a
summary of the terms of the Securities, Subordinated Debentures, the
Guarantees and the Company Agreements (including the Designated
Securities, the Designated Subordinated Debentures and the Designated
Guarantees), and (x) in the Prospectus under the caption "Plan of
Distribution" and (y) in the Prospectus as amended or
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supplemented under the caption "Underwriting", insofar they purport to
describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, in
each case are accurate, complete and fair;
(r) Neither the Designated Trust nor the Company is or, after giving
effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, will be, an "investment
company" or an entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such
terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
"Investment Company Act");
(s) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have certified certain financial
statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public
accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder; and
(t) The Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Securities
(incorporating the provisions hereof) and this Agreement each have been
duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Designated
Trust.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any
Designated Securities and authorization by the Representatives of the release of
the Firm Designated Securities, the several Underwriters propose to offer the
Firm Designated Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented.
The Designated Trust may specify in the Pricing Agreement applicable to
any Designated Securities that the Designated Trust thereby grants to the
Underwriters the right (an "Over-allotment Option") to purchase at their
election up to the number of Optional Designated Securities set forth in such
Pricing Agreement, on the terms set forth in the paragraph above, for the sole
purpose of covering over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Designated
Securities. Any such election to purchase Optional Designated Securities may be
exercised by written notice from the Representatives to the Designated Trust and
the Company, given within a period specified in the Pricing Agreement, setting
forth the aggregate number of Optional Designated Securities to be purchased and
the date on which such Optional Designated Securities are to be delivered, as
determined by the Representatives but in no event earlier than the First Time of
Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless the Representatives, the
Designated Trust and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than or
later than the respective number of business days after the date of such notice
set forth in such Pricing Agreement.
The number of Optional Designated Securities to be added to the number of
Firm Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter as set forth in
Schedule I to the Pricing Agreement applicable to such Designated Securities
shall be, in each case, the number of Optional Designated Securities which the
Designated Trust and the Company have been advised by the Representatives have
been attributed to such Underwriter; provided that, if the Designated Trust and
the Company have not been so advised, the number of Optional Designated
Securities to be so added shall be, in each case, that proportion of Optional
Designated Securities which the number of Firm Designated Securities to be
purchased by such Underwriter under such Pricing Agreement bears to the
aggregate number of Firm Designated Securities (rounded as the Representatives
may determine to the nearest 100 securities). The total number of Designated
Securities to be purchased by all the Underwriters pursuant to such Pricing
Agreement shall be the aggregate number of Firm
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Designated Securities set forth in Schedule I to such Pricing Agreement plus the
aggregate number of Optional Designated Securities which the Underwriters elect
to purchase.
As compensation to the Underwriters of the Designated Securities for their
commitments hereunder and under the Pricing Agreement, and in view of the fact
that the proceeds of the sale of the Designated Securities will be used by the
Designated Trust to purchase the Designated Subordinated Debentures of the
Company, the Company agrees to pay at each Time of Delivery to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co., for the accounts of the several Underwriters, the amount set forth in the
Pricing Agreement per capital security for the Designated Securities to be
delivered at each Time of Delivery.
4. Certificates for the Firm Designated Securities and the Optional
Designated Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter pursuant to the
Pricing Agreement relating thereto, in the form specified in such Pricing
Agreement, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as
the Representatives may request upon at least forty-eight hours' prior notice to
the Designated Trust and the Company, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the
Designated Trust to the Representatives for the account of such Underwriter,
against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of the purchase price
therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same day) Funds to an account designated
by the Designated Trust, (i) with respect to the Firm Designated Securities, all
in the manner and at the place and time and date specified in such Pricing
Agreement or at such other place and time and date as the Representatives, the
Designated Trust and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date
being herein called the "First Time of Delivery" and (ii) with respect to the
Optional Designated Securities, if any, in the manner and at the time and date
specified by the Representatives in the written notice given by the
Representatives of the Underwriters' election to purchase such Optional
Designated Securities, or at such other time and date as the Representatives,
the Designated Trust and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and
date, if not the First Time of Delivery, herein called the "Second Time of
Delivery". Each such time and date for delivery is herein called a "Time of
Delivery".
5. The Designated Trust and the Company, jointly and severally, agrees
with each of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented in relation
to such Designated Securities in a form approved by the Representatives
and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not
later than the Commission's close of business on the second business day
following the execution and delivery of the Pricing Agreement relating to
the Designated Securities or, if applicable, such earlier time as may be
required by Rule 424(b); to make no further amendment or any supplement to
the Registration Statement or Prospectus as amended or supplemented after
the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to such Securities and prior to
any Time of Delivery for such Securities which shall be disapproved by the
Representatives for such Securities promptly after reasonable notice
thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment or
supplement after any Time of Delivery for the Designated Securities and
furnish the Representatives with copies thereof; to file promptly all
reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be
filed by the Designated Trust or the Company with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act for so long as
the delivery of a prospectus is required in
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connection with the offering or sale of the Designated Securities, and
during such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any
supplement to the Prospectus or any amended Prospectus has been filed with
the Commission, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of
any order preventing or suspending the use of any prospectus relating to
the Securities, of the suspension of the qualification of the Designated
Securities or the Designated Subordinated Debentures for offering or sale
in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding
for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending
or supplementing of the Registration Statement or Prospectus or for
additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any such stop
order or of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any
prospectus relating to the Securities or suspending any such
qualification, promptly to use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal
of such order;
(b) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the
Representatives may reasonably request to qualify such Designated
Securities or the Designated Subordinated Debentures for offering and sale
under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may
request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of
sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be
necessary to complete the distribution of such Designated Securities,
provided that in connection therewith neither the Designated Trust nor the
Company shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a
general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business
Day next succeeding the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated
Securities or some other day as agreed by the Company and the Underwriters
and from time to time, to furnish the Underwriters with copies of the
Prospectus in New York City as amended or supplemented in such quantities
as the Representatives may reasonably request, and, if the delivery of a
prospectus is required at any time in connection with the offering or sale
of the Designated Securities or the Designated Subordinated Debentures and
if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary
in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not
misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such
same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the
Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in
order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act,
to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document
and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any
dealer in securities as many copies as the Representatives may from time
to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the
Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such
compliance;
(d) In the case of the Company, to make generally available to its
security holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than
eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as
defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the
Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with
Section 11(a) of the
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Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including,
at the option of the Company, Rule 158);
(e) During the period beginning from the date of the Pricing
Agreement for such Designated Securities and continuing to and including
the later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for such
Designated Securities, as notified to the Designated Trust and the Company
by the Representatives and (ii) 30 days after the last Time of Delivery
for such Designated Securities, not to offer, sell, contract to sell or
otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any Securities, any
other beneficial interests in the assets of any Trust, or any capital
securities or any other securities of any Trust or the Company, as the
case may be, that are substantially similar to such Designated Securities
(including any guarantee of such securities) or any securities that are
convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to
receive securities, capital securities or any such substantially similar
securities of either any Trust or the Company without the prior written
consent of the Representatives (other than shares of common stock of the
Company);
(f) In the case of the Company, to issue the Guarantee concurrently
with the issue and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein or in the
Pricing Agreement;
(g) If the Trust and the Company elect to rely upon Rule 462(b), the
Trust and the Company shall file a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement with
the Commission in compliance with Rule 462(b) by 10:00 P.M., Washington,
D.C. time, on the date of this Agreement, and the Trust and the Company
shall at the time of filing either pay to the Commission the filing fee
for the rule 462(b) Registration Statement or give irrevocable
instructions for the payment of such fee pursuant to Rule 111(b) under the
Act.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters
that it will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements
and expenses of the Company's counsel and accountants in connection with the
registration of the Securities, the Guarantees and the Subordinated Debentures
under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation,
printing and filing of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus
and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of
printing or producing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any
Pricing Agreement, any Company Agreement, the Securities and the Subordinated
Debentures, any Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any
compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering,
purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection
with the qualification of the Securities, the Guarantees and the Subordinated
Debentures for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in
Section 5(b) hereof, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the
Blue Sky survey(s); (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for
rating the Securities and the Subordinated Debentures; (v) any filing fees
incident to, and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in
connection with, any required reviews by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. of the terms of the sale of the Securities and the issuance of the
Guarantees and the Subordinated Debentures; (vi) the cost of preparing the
Securities and the Subordinated Debentures; (vii) the fees and expenses of any
Trustee, Indenture Trustee and Guarantee Trustee, and any agent
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of any trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for any trustee in
connection with any Trust Agreement, Indenture, Guarantee and the Securities;
(viii) the cost of qualifying the Securities with The Depository Trust Company;
(ix) any fees and expenses in connection with listing the Securities and the
Subordinated Debentures and the cost of registering the Securities under Section
12 of the Exchange Act; and (x) all other costs and expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations hereunder and under any Over-allotment Options
which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section . It is
understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section , and Sections 8
and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses,
including the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the
Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they
may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Securities under
the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Securities shall be subject,
in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Designated Trust and
the Company in or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to
such Designated Securities are, at and as of each Time of Delivery for such
Designated Securities, true and correct, the condition that the Designated Trust
and the Company shall have performed all of their respective obligations
hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation to such
Designated Securities shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 424(b) within the applicable time period prescribed for such
filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with
Section 5(a) hereof; if the Trust and the Company have elected to rely
upon Rule 462(b), the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have become
effective by 10:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, on the date of this
Agreement; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for
that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission;
and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission
shall have been complied with to the Representatives' reasonable
satisfaction;
(b) Counsel for the Underwriters shall have furnished to the
Representatives such opinion or opinions (a draft of each such opinion is
attached as Annex III(a) hereto), dated each Time of Delivery for such
Designated Securities, with respect to the incorporation of the Company,
the validity of the Designated Subordinated Debentures and the Designated
Guarantee, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, as well as such other related matters as the Representatives
may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers
and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon
such matters;
(c) Counsel for the Designated Trust and the Company satisfactory to
the Representatives shall have furnished to the Representatives their
written opinions (a draft of each such opinion is attached as Annex III(b)
hereto), dated each Time of Delivery for such Designated Securities,
respectively, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives,
to the effect that:
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(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the
State of Ohio, and each Significant Subsidiary has been duly
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
has been duly organized and is validly existing as a bank in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, as
the case may be, with power and authority (corporate and other) to
own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as
described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(ii) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth
in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, and 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; the
Designated Securities have been duly authorized by the Company as
depositor on behalf of the Designated Trust; and the Designated
Securities conform to the description of the Securities contained in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;
(iii) To the best of such counsel's knowledge and other than as
set forth in the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental
proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries
is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the
aggregate have a material adverse effect on the current or future
consolidated financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; to the best of such
counsel's knowledge, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
pending to which the Designated Trust is a party or of which any
property of the Designated Trust is the subject; and to the best of
such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or
contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(iv) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to
the Designated Securities have been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Designated Trust and the Company;
(v) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized by the
Company as depositor on behalf of the Designated Trust; the issuance
by the Company of the Designated Guarantee and the Designated
Subordinated Debentures, the compliance by the Company with all of
the provisions of this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and the
Company Agreements, the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Company Agreements and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with
or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions
of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument known to such
counsel to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or
by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which
any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, nor will such actions result in any
violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation known to
such counsel of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Designated Trust, the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or any of their properties;
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(vi) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or
qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or
body is required for the issue and sale of the Designated Securities
being delivered at such Time of Delivery or the issuance of the
Designated Guarantee and the Designated Subordinated Debentures or
the consummation by the Designated Trust or the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or such Pricing Agreement
and the Company Agreements, except such as have been obtained under
the Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required
under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the
purchase and distribution of the Designated Securities by the
Underwriters or the issuance of the Designated Guarantee and
Designated Subordinated Debentures by the Company;
(vii) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in
violation of its charter, Code of Regulations or by-laws (as the case
may be) or in default in the performance or observance of any
material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in
any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or
other agreement or instrument of which it is a party or by which it
or any of its properties may be bound; the Designated Trust is not in
violation of its Trust Agreement or in default in the performance or
observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan
agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a
party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound;
(viii) The statements set forth (i) in the Prospectus under the
captions "Description of Junior Subordinated Debentures",
"Description of Preferred Securities", "Description of Guarantees"
and "Relationship Among the Preferred Securities, the Corresponding
Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Expense Agreements and the
Guarantees", and (ii) in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
under the captions "Certain Terms of Series __ Capital Securities,"
"Certain Terms of Series __ Subordinated Debentures" and "Certain
Terms of Series __ Guarantee", insofar as they constitute a summary
of the terms of the Securities, Subordinated Debentures, the
Guarantees and the Company Agreements (including the Designated
Securities, the Designated Subordinated Debentures and the Designated
Guarantees), and (x) in the Prospectus under the caption "Plan of
Distribution" and (y) in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented
under the caption "Underwriting", insofar they purport to describe
the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, in each
case are accurate, complete and fair;
(ix) The Designated Subordinated Debentures are in the form
prescribed in or pursuant to the Indenture, have been duly and
validly authorized by the Company by all necessary corporate action
and, when completed, executed and authenticated as specified in or
pursuant to the Indenture and issued and delivered, will be valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to
affecting creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
(x) The Company Agreements have each been duly authorized, executed
and delivered by the parties thereto and constitute valid and legally
binding instruments, enforceable in
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accordance with their respective terms, subject, as to enforcement,
to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity principles; and the Indenture, the Designated
Guarantee and the Designated Trust Agreement have been duly qualified
under the Trust Indenture Act;
(xi) The issuance by the Company of the Guarantee and the
Subordinated Debentures, the compliance by the Company with all of
the provisions of this Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and the
Company Agreements, the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Company Agreements and the consummation of the
transactions herein and therein contemplated will not result in any
violation of the provisions of the Company's Amended Articles of
Incorporation or Code of Regulations;
(xii) The Designated Trust is not an "investment company" or an
entity "controlled" by an "investment company", as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act;
(xiii) The documents incorporated by reference in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented (other than the financial statements and
related schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no
opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the
Commission, as the case may be, complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as
applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder; and they have no reason to believe that any of such
documents, when they became effective or were so filed, as the case
may be, contained, in the case of a registration statement which
became effective under the Act, an untrue statement of a material
fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
or, in the case of other documents which were filed under the Act or
the Exchange Act with the Commission, an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made when such documents were so filed, not
misleading; and
(xiv) The Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented, and any further amendments and supplements thereto made
by the Designated Trust or the Company prior to such Time of Delivery
(other than the financial statements and related schedules therein,
as to which such counsel need express no opinion), comply as to form
in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder; although they do not assume any
responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the
statements contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
except for those referred to in the opinion in subsection (viii) of
this Section 7(c), they have no reason to believe that, as of its
effective date, the Registration Statement or any further amendment
thereto made by the Designated Trust or the Company prior to such
Time of Delivery (other than the financial statements and related
schedules therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion)
contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading or that, as of its date, the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented or any further amendment or
supplement thereto made by the Designated
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Trust or the Company prior to such Time of Delivery (other than the
financial statements and related schedules therein, as to which such
counsel need express no opinion) contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading or that, as of such Time of Delivery,
either the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented or any further amendment or supplement thereto made by
the Designated Trust or the Company prior to such Time of Delivery
(other than the financial statements and related schedules therein,
as to which such counsel need express no opinion) contains an untrue
statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and they do
not know of any amendment to the Registration Statement required to
be filed or any contracts or other documents of a character required
to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or required
to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented or required to be described in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus as amended or supplemented which are not
filed or incorporated by reference or described as required;
(d) Special Delaware Counsel to the Designated Trust and the Company
satisfactory to the Representatives, shall have furnished to you, the
Company and the Designated Trust their written opinion (a draft of such
opinion is attached as Annex III(c) hereto), dated the respective Time of
Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to the effect that
(i) The Designated Trust has been duly created and is validly
existing in good standing as a business trust under the Delaware
Business Trust Act, and all filings required under the laws of the
State of Delaware with respect to the creation and valid existence of
the Designated Trust as a business trust have been made;
(ii) Under the Delaware Business Trust Act and the Trust
Agreement, the Designated Trust has the power and authority to own
property and conduct its business, all as described in the
Prospectus;
(iii) The Trust Agreement constitutes a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Company and the Trustees, enforceable against the
Company and the Trustees, in accordance with its terms, subject, as
to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles;
(iv) Under the Delaware Business Trust Act and the Trust
Agreement, the Designated Trust has the power and authority to (a)
execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement and (b) issue and perform its
obligations under the Designated Securities and the Common Securities
of the Designated Trust;
(v) Under the Delaware Business Trust Act and the Trust
Agreement, the execution and delivery by the Designated Trust of this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, and the
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performance by the Designated Trust of its obligations hereunder and
thereunder, have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Designated Trust;
(vi) The Designated Securities have been duly authorized by the
Trust Agreement and are duly and validly issued and, subject to the
qualifications set forth herein, fully paid and non-assessable
beneficial interests in the Designated Trust and are entitled to the
benefits provided by the Trust Agreement; the Securityholders, as
beneficial owners of the Designated Trust, will be entitled to the
same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of
private corporations for profit organized under the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; provided that such counsel
may note that the Securityholders may be obligated, pursuant to the
Trust Agreement, to (a) provide indemnity and/or security in
connection with and pay taxes or governmental charges arising from
transfers or exchanges of Securities Certificates and the issuance of
replacement Securities Certificates and (b) provide security and
indemnity in connection with requests of or directions to the
Property Trustee (as defined in the Trust Agreement) to exercise its
rights and remedies under the Trust Agreement;
(vii) The Common Securities of the Designated Trust have been duly
authorized by the Trust Agreement and are validly issued and
represent beneficial interests in the Designated Trust;
(viii) Under the Delaware Business Trust Act and the Trust
Agreement, the issuance of the Designated Securities and the Common
Securities of the Designated Trust is not subject to preemptive
rights;
(ix) The issuance and sale by the Designated Trust of Designated
Securities and the Common Securities of the Designated Trust, the
execution, delivery and performance by the Designated Trust of this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement, the consummation by the
Designated Trust of the transactions contemplated thereby and
compliance by the Designated Trust with its obligations thereunder
will not violate (a) any of the provisions of the Certificate of
Trust of the Designated Trust or the Trust Agreement, or (b) any
applicable Delaware law or administrative regulation;
(x) Assuming that the Designated Trust derives no income from or
connected with services provided within the State of Delaware and has
no assets, activities (other than maintaining the Delaware Trustee
and the filing of documents with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware) or employees in the State of Delaware, no authorization,
approval, consent or order of any Delaware court or governmental
authority or agency is required to be obtained by the Designated
Trust solely in connection with the issuance and sale of the
Designated Securities and the Common Securities of the Designated
Trust. (In rendering the opinion expressed in this paragraph (x),
such counsel need express no opinion concerning the securities laws
of the State of Delaware.); and
(xi) Assuming that the Designated Trust derives no income from or
connected with services provided within the State of Delaware and has
no assets, activities (other than maintaining the Delaware Trustee
and the filing of documents with the Secretary of State
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of the State of Delaware) or employees in the State of Delaware, the
Securityholders (other than those holders of the Securities who
reside or are domiciled in the State of Delaware) will have no
liability for income taxes imposed by the State of Delaware solely as
a result of their participation in the Designated Trust, and the
Designated Trust will not be liable for any income tax imposed by the
State of Delaware.
(e) Tax counsel for the Designated Trust and the Company satisfactory
to the Representatives shall have furnished to you their written opinion
(a draft of such opinion is attached as Annex III(d) hereto), dated the
respective Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you, to
the effect that such firm confirms its opinion set forth in the Prospectus
under the caption "Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences";
(f) On the date of the Pricing Agreement for such Designated
Securities at a time prior to the execution of the Pricing Agreement with
respect to the Designated Securities and at each Time of Delivery for such
Designated Securities, the independent accountants of the Company who have
certified the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
have furnished to the Representatives a letter, dated the effective date
of the Registration Statement or the date of the most recent report filed
with the Commission containing financial statements and incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, if the date of such report is
later than such effective date, and a letter dated such Time of Delivery,
respectively, to the effect set forth in Annex II hereto, and with respect
to such letter dated such Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as
the Representatives may reasonably request and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Representatives (the executed copy of the letter
delivered prior to the execution of this Agreement is attached as Annex
II(a) hereto and a draft of the form of letter to be delivered on the
effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration
statement and as of each Time of Delivery is attached as Annex II(b)
hereto);
(g) (i) None of the Designated Trust, the Company or any of the
Company's subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest
audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating
to the Designated Securities any loss or interference with its business
from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by
insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action,
order, decree or regulation, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated
in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the Pricing Agreement
relating to the Designated Securities, and (ii) since the respective dates
as of which information is given in the Prospectus as amended prior to the
date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated Securities there
shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development
involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented prior
to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated
Securities, the effect of which, in any such case described in Clause (i)
or (ii), is in the judgment of the Representatives so material and adverse
as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public
offering or the
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delivery of the Designated Securities on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus as amended relating to the Designated
Securities;
(h) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to
the Designated Securities (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the
rating accorded the Company's debt securities or preferred stock by any
"nationally recognized statistical rating organization", as that term
is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the
Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that
it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative
implications, its rating of any of the Company's debt securities or
preferred stock;
(i) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the
Designated Securities there shall not have occurred any of the following:
(i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally
on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation
in trading in the Company's securities in the over-the-counter market;
(iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by
either Federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) the outbreak or
escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration
by the United States of a national emergency or war, if the effect of any
such event specified in this Clause (iv) in the judgment of the
Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the
public offering or the delivery of the Firm Designated Securities or
Optional Designated Securities or both on the terms and in the manner
contemplated in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented relating
to the Designated Securities;
(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section
5(c) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the date of the Pricing Agreement for such
Designated Securities; and
(k) The Designated Trust and the Company shall have furnished or
caused to be furnished to the Representatives at each Time of Delivery for
the Designated Securities certificates of officers of the Designated Trust
and the Company satisfactory to the Representatives as to the accuracy of
the representations and warranties of the Designated Trust and the Company
herein at and as of such Time of Delivery, as to the performance by the
Designated Trust and the Company of all of its obligations hereunder to be
performed at or prior to such Time of Delivery, as to the matters set
forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section and as to such other
matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.
8. (a) The Designated Trust and the Company, jointly and severally, will
indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject,
under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus
relating to the Designated Securities, or any amendment or supplement thereto,
or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state
therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any
legal or other expenses reasonably
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incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any
such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that
neither the Designated Trust nor the Company shall be liable in any such case to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is
based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus
supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Securities, or any such
amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished to the Designated Trust and the Company by any Underwriter
of Designated Securities through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Securities.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Designated Trust
and the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the
Designated Trust may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary
prospectus supplement, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented and any other prospectus relating to the Designated Securities, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in
each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in any
Preliminary Prospectus, any preliminary prospectus supplement, the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus as amended or supplemented and any other prospectus
relating to the Securities, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon
and in conformity with written information furnished to the Designated Trust and
the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use
therein; and will reimburse the Designated Trust and the Company for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Designated Trust in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are
incurred.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party
under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party
shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified
party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be
brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party
of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any
other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and,
after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its
election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be
liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of
other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such
indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable
costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent
of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent
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to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action
or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought
hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party
to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i)
includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability
arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include any statement as
to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf
of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable
to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or
(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result
of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof)
in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received
by the Designated Trust and the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of
the Designated Securities on the other from the offering of the Designated
Securities to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect
thereof) relates. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately
preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified
party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each
indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such
indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such
relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Designated Trust and the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Securities on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well
as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received
by the Designated Trust and the Company on the one hand and such Underwriters on
the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds
from such offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Designated Trust
and the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by such Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by
reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Designated Trust and the Company on the
one hand or such Underwriters on the other and the parties' relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such
statement or omission. The Designated Trust, the Company and the Underwriters
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this
subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters
were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of
allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred
to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified
party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be
required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total
price at which the applicable Designated Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The
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obligations of the Underwriters of Designated Securities in this subsection (d)
to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations with respect to such Securities and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Designated Trust and the Company under this
Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability which the Designated Trust and
the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and
conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the
meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 8
shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may
otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
officer and director of the Designated Trust and the Company and to each person,
if any, who controls the Designated Trust and the Company within the meaning of
the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the
Firm Designated Securities or Optional Designated Securities which it has agreed
to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Securities, the
Representatives may in their discretion arrange for themselves or another party
or other parties to purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If
within thirty-six hours after such default by any Underwriter the
Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Firm Designated
Securities or Optional Designated Securities, as the case may be, then the
Designated Trust shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours
within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the
Representatives to purchase such Securities on such terms. In the event that,
within the respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the
Designated Trust that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Securities,
or the Designated Trust notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for
the purchase of such Securities, the Representatives or the Designated Trust
shall have the right to postpone a Time of Delivery for such Securities for a
period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may
thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the
Designated Trust agrees to file promptly any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus which in the opinion of the
Representatives may thereby be made necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in
this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section with like
effect as if such person had originally been a party to the Pricing Agreement
with respect to such Designated Securities.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Firm Designated Securities or Optional Designated Securities, as the case may
be, of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the
Designated Trust as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of
such Securities which remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the
aggregate number of the Firm Designated Securities or Optional Designated
Securities, as the case may be, to be purchased at the respective Time of
Delivery, then the Designated Trust shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Firm Designated Securities
or Optional Designated Securities, as the case may be, which such Underwriter
agreed to purchase under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated
Securities and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to
purchase its pro rata share (based on the number of Firm Designated Securities
or Optional Designated Securities, as the case may be, which such Underwriter
agreed to purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Firm Designated
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Securities or Optional Designated Securities, as the case may be, of such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been
made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for its default.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the
Firm Designated Securities or Optional Designated Securities, as the case may
be, of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the
Designated Trust as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of
Firm Designated Securities or Optional Designated Securities, as the case may
be, which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate number of
the Firm Designated Securities or Optional Designated Securities, as the case
may be, to be purchased at the respective Time of Delivery, as referred to in
subsection (b) above, or if the Designated Trust shall not exercise the right
described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to
purchase Firm Designated Securities or Optional Designated Securities, as the
case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Firm Designated Securities or the Over-allotment
Option relating to such Optional Designated Securities, as the case may be,
shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter or the Designated Trust or the Company, except for the expenses to
be borne by the Designated Trust and the Company and the Underwriters as
provided in Section 6 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in
Section 8 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from
liability for its default.
10. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties
and other statements of the Designated Trust or the Company and the several
Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them,
respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect,
regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof)
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any
Underwriter, or the Designated Trust or the Company, or any officer or director
or controlling person of the Designated Trust or the Company, and shall survive
delivery of and payment for the Securities.
11. If any Pricing Agreement or Over-allotment Option shall be terminated
pursuant to Section 9 hereof, neither the Designated Trust nor the Company shall
then be under any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Firm
Designated Securities or Optional Designated Securities with respect to which
such Pricing Agreement shall have been terminated except as provided in Sections
6 and 8 hereof; but, if for any other reason, Designated Securities are not
delivered by or on behalf of the Designated Trust or the Company as provided
herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives
for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by the Representatives,
including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the
Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of such
Designated Securities, but the Designated Trust or the Company shall then be
under no further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated
Securities except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the Underwriters of
Designated Securities shall act on behalf of each of such Underwriters, and the
parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request,
notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given
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by such Representatives jointly or by such of the Representatives, if any, as
may be designated for such purpose in the Pricing Agreement.
All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or
facsimile transmission to the address of the Representatives as set forth in the
Pricing Agreement; and if to the Designated Trust or the Company shall be
delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the
Designated Trust or the Company, respectively, set forth in the Registration
Statement, Attention: Secretary; provided, however, that any notice to an
Underwriter pursuant to Section 8(c) hereof shall be delivered or sent by mail,
telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in
its Underwriters' Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which
address will be supplied to the Designated Trust and the Company by the
Representatives upon request. Any such statements, requests, notices or
agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.
13. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement shall be binding upon, and
inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, each Designated Trust, the
Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers
and directors of each Designated Trust, the Company and each person who controls
any Designated Trust or the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective
heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person
shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement or any such
Pricing Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter
shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.
14. Time shall be of the essence of each Pricing Agreement. As used
herein, the term "business day" shall mean any day when the Commission's office
in Washington, D.C. is open for business.
15. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH PRICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
16. This Agreement and each Pricing Agreement may be executed by any one
or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please
sign and return to us ten counterparts hereof.
Very truly yours,
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
By: /s/ P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
FIFTH THIRD CAPITAL TRUST I
By: Fifth Third Bancorp
as Depositor
By: /s/ P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
FIFTH THIRD CAPITAL TRUST II
By: Fifth Third Bancorp
as Depositor
By: /s/ P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: P. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
Accepted on behalf of ourselves and the other Underwriters listed in
Schedule I to the Pricing Agreement:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Salomon Brothers Inc
UBS Securities LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
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(Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.)
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PRICING AGREEMENT
ANNEX I
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.,
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.,
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation,
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated,
Salomon Brothers Inc,
UBS Securities LLC,
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto,
c/o Goldman, Xxxxx & Co.,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
Date: __________, 199_
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Fifth Third Capital Trust [I][II], a statutory business trust formed under
the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Designated Trust") and Fifth Third
Bancorp, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), propose, subject to the terms and
conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated March [__],
1997 (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among the Designated Trust, Capital Trust
[I][II] and the Company on the one hand and Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc., Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc., Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Securities
Corporation, Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, Salomon
Brothers Inc and UBS Securities LLC, on the other hand, to issue and sell to the
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") the Securities
specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Designated Securities" consisting of Firm
Designated Securities and any Optional Designated Securities the Underwriters
may elect to purchase). The principal asset of the Trust consists of debt
securities of the Company (the "Subordinated Debentures"), as specified in
Schedule II to this Agreement. The Designated Securities will be guaranteed by
the Company to the extent set forth in this Agreement with respect to such
Designated Securities (the "Guarantee"). Each of the provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and
shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein; and each of the representations
and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of
the date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty
which refers to the Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall
be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the Underwriting
Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and also a
representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in relation
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Designated
Securities which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each reference to
the Representative herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so
incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise
defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used herein as
therein defined. The Representative designated to act on behalf of the
Representatives and on behalf of
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each of the Underwriters of the Designated Securities pursuant to Section 12 of
the Underwriting Agreement and the address of the Representatives referred to in
such Section 12 are set forth in Schedule II hereto.
An amendment to the Initial Registration Statement or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Securities, in the
form heretofore delivered to you is now proposed to be filed with the
Commission.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, (a) the Designated
Trust agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Designated
Trust, at the time and place and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set
forth in Schedule II hereto, the number of Firm Designated Securities set forth
opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and, (b) in the event
and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase
Optional Designated Securities, as provided below, the Designated Trust agrees
to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Designated Trust at the
purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto that portion
of the number of Optional Designated Securities as to which such election shall
have been exercised.
The Designated Trust hereby grants to each of the Underwriters the right
to purchase at their election up to the number of Optional Designated Securities
set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto on the
terms referred to in the paragraph above for the sole purpose of covering
over-allotments in the sale of the Firm Designated Securities. Any such election
to purchase Optional Designated Securities may be exercised by written notice
from the Representatives to the Designated Trust and the Company given within a
period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Pricing Agreement, setting
forth the aggregate number of Optional Designated Securities to be purchased and
the date on which such Optional Designated Securities are to be delivered, as
determined by the Representatives, but in no event earlier than the First Time
of Delivery or, unless the Representatives and the Designated Trust otherwise
agree in writing, no earlier than two or later than ten business days after the
date of such notice.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and
return to us [ ] counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you, on
behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof,
including the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by
reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters
and the Designated Trust and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance
of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to
the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of
which shall be submitted to the Designated Trust and the Company for
examination, upon request, but without warranty on the part of the
Representatives as to the authority of the signers thereof.
Very truly yours,
FIFTH THIRD BANCORP
By:
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Name:
Title:
FIFTH THIRD CAPITAL TRUST [I][II]
By: Fifth Third Bancorp,
as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Salomon Brothers Inc
UBS Securities LLC
As Representatives of the Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto
By:
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(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)
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SCHEDULE I
Maximum Number
of Optional
Number of Designated
Firm Designated Securities Which
Securities May be
Underwriter to be Purchased Purchased
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Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co...................................................
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc............................................
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc......................................................
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation.............................................
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated............................
Salomon Brothers Inc..................................................
UBS Securities LLC....................................................
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Total ==================
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SCHEDULE II
DESIGNATED TRUST:
Capital Trust [I][II]
TITLE OF DESIGNATED SECURITIES:
[___%] [Floating Rate] Capital Securities, Series _
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
Aggregate principal amount of Designated
Securities to be sold: $
PRICE TO PUBLIC:
___% of the principal amount of the Designated Securities
PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:
_______% of the principal amount of the Designated Securities
UNDERWRITERS' COMPENSATION:
As compensation to the Underwriters for their commitments hereunder,
and in view of the fact that the proceeds of the sale of the Designated
Securities will be used by the Designated Trust to purchase the
Subordinated Debentures of the Company, the Company hereby agrees to
pay at each Time of Delivery to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co., for the accounts
of the several Underwriters, an amount equal to $__________ per capital
security for the Designated Securities to be delivered at each Time of
Delivery.
SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE:
Federal (same day) Funds
ACCOUNTANTS' LETTER TO BE DELIVERED ON DATE OF PRICING AGREEMENT:
Yes.
TRUST AGREEMENT:
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of March [__], 1997,
between the Company and the Trustees named therein
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INDENTURE:
Indenture dated as of March [__], 1997, between the Company and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee (the "Indenture")
GUARANTEE:
Guarantee Agreement dated as of March [__], 1997, between Company and
Wilmington Trust Company, as Guarantee Trustee
MATURITY:
________ __, 2027
INTEREST RATE:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
EXTENSION PERIOD:
[20 xxxxxxxx] [00 semi-annual periods]
REDEMPTION PROVISIONS:
[The redemption provisions set forth in Section 402 of the Trust
Agreement shall apply to the Designated Securities.]
SINKING FUND PROVISIONS:
[No sinking fund provisions.]
TIME OF DELIVERY:
10:00 a.m., New York City time
__________, 1997
CLOSING LOCATION:
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co.
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc.
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Securities Corporation
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated
Salomon Brothers Inc
UBS Securities LLC
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ANNEX II
Pursuant to Section 7(d) of the Underwriting Agreement, the accountants
shall furnish letters to the Underwriters to the effect that:
(i) They are independent certified public accountants with respect
to the Designated Trust and the Company and its subsidiaries within the
meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations
thereunder;
(ii) In their opinion, the financial statements and any
supplementary financial information and schedules (and, if applicable,
financial forecasts and/or pro forma financial information) examined by
them and included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects
with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act or the Exchange
Act, as applicable, and the related published rules and regulations
thereunder; and, if applicable, they have made a review in accordance
with standards established by the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants of the consolidated interim financial statements,
selected financial data, pro forma financial information, financial
forecasts and/or condensed financial statements derived from audited
financial statements of the Company for the periods specified in such
letter, as indicated in their reports thereon, copies of which have
been separately furnished to the representatives of the Underwriters
(the "Representatives");
(iii) They have made a review in accordance with standards
established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus and/or included in the Company's quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by reference into the Prospectus as
indicated in their reports thereon copies of which have been separately
furnished to the Representatives; and on the basis of specified
procedures including inquiries of officials of the Company who have
responsibility for financial and accounting matters regarding whether
the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements referred to
in paragraph (vi)(A)(i) below comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the
Exchange Act and the related published rules and regulations, nothing
came to their attention that caused them to believe that the unaudited
condensed consolidated financial statements do not comply as to form in
all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements of
the Act and the Exchange Act and the related published rules and
regulations;
(iv) The unaudited selected financial information with respect to
the consolidated results of operations and financial position of the
Company for the five most recent fiscal years included in the
Prospectus and included or incorporated by reference in Item 6 of the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year
agrees with the corresponding amounts (after restatement where
applicable) in the audited consolidated financial statements for such
five fiscal years which were included or incorporated by reference in
the Company's Annual Reports on Form 10-K for such fiscal years;
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(v) They have compared the information in the Prospectus under
selected captions with the disclosure requirements of Regulation S-K
and on the basis of limited procedures specified in such letter nothing
came to their attention as a result of the foregoing procedures that
caused them to believe that this information does not conform in all
material respects with the disclosure requirements of items 301, 302,
402 and 503(d), respectively, of Regulation S-K;
(vi) On the basis of limited procedures, not constituting an
examination in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards,
consisting of a reading of the unaudited financial statements and other
information referred to below, a reading of the latest available
interim financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries,
inspection of the minute books of the Company and its subsidiaries
since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or
incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, inquiries of officials of
the Company and its subsidiaries responsible for financial and
accounting matters and such other inquiries and procedures as may be
specified in such letter, nothing came to their attention that caused
them to believe that:
(A) (i) the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income,
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of cash flows
included in the Prospectus and/or included or incorporated by reference
in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus do not comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of the Exchange
Act and the related published rules and regulations, or (ii) any
material modifications should be made to the unaudited condensed
consolidated statements of income, consolidated balance sheets and
consolidated statements of cash flows included in the Prospectus or
included in the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q incorporated
by reference in the Prospectus, for them to be in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles;
(B) any other unaudited income statement data and balance sheet
items included in the Prospectus do not agree with the corresponding
items in the unaudited consolidated financial statements from which
such data and items were derived, and any such unaudited data and items
were not determined on a basis substantially consistent with the basis
for the corresponding amounts in the audited consolidated financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(C) the unaudited financial statements which were not included in
the Prospectus but from which were derived the unaudited condensed
financial statements referred to in clause (A) and any unaudited income
statement data and balance sheet items included in the Prospectus and
referred to in Clause (B) were not determined on a basis substantially
consistent with the basis for the audited financial statements included
or incorporated by reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the most recent fiscal year;
(D) any unaudited pro forma consolidated condensed financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus do
not comply as to form in all material respects with the applicable
accounting requirements of the Act and the published rules and
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regulations thereunder or the pro forma adjustments have not been
properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those
statements;
(E) as of a specified date not more than five days prior to the
date of such letter, there have been any changes in the consolidated
capital stock (other than issuances of capital stock upon exercise of
options and stock appreciation rights, upon earn-outs of performance
shares and upon conversions of convertible securities, in each case
which were outstanding on the date of the latest balance sheet included
or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus) or any increase in the
consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, or any
decreases in consolidated net current assets or stockholders' equity or
other items specified by the Representatives, or any increases in any
items specified by the Representatives, in each case as compared with
amounts shown in the latest balance sheet included or incorporated by
reference in the Prospectus, except in each case for changes, increases
or decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur
or which are described in such letter; and
(F) for the period from the date of the latest financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus to the
specified date referred to in Clause (E) there were any decreases in
consolidated net revenues or operating profit or the total or per share
amounts of consolidated net income or other items specified by the
Representatives, or any increases in any items specified by the
Representatives, in each case as compared with the comparable period of
the preceding year and with any other period of corresponding length
specified by the Representatives, except in each case for increases or
decreases which the Prospectus discloses have occurred or may occur or
which are described in such letter; and
(vii) In addition to the examination referred to in their report(s)
included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the limited
procedures, inspection of minute books, inquiries and other procedures
referred to in paragraphs (iii) and (vi) above, they have carried out
certain specified procedures, not constituting an examination in
accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, with respect to
certain amounts, percentages and financial information specified by the
Representatives which are derived from the general accounting records
of the Company and its subsidiaries, which appear in the Prospectus
(excluding documents incorporated by reference), or in Part II of, or
in exhibits and schedules to, the Registration Statement specified by
the Representatives or in documents incorporated by reference in the
Prospectus specified by the Representatives, and have compared certain
of such amounts, percentages and financial information with the
accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and have found
them to be in agreement.
All references in this Annex II to the Prospectus shall be deemed to
refer to the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference
therein) as defined in the Underwriting Agreement as of the date of the letter
delivered on the date of the Pricing Agreement for purposes of such letter and
to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented (including the documents
incorporated by reference therein) in relation to the applicable Designated
Securities for purposes of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such
Designated Securities.
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ANNEX III(A)
[Draft Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Opinion]
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ANNEX III(B)
[Draft Designated Trust's Counsel Opinion]
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ANNEX III(C)
[Draft Special Delaware Counsel Opinion]
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ANNEX III(D)
[Draft Tax Counsel Opinion]
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