FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT] Thomas & Betts Corporation Debt Securities Underwriting Agreement Standard ProvisionsUnderwriting Agreement • December 3rd, 2008 • Thomas & Betts Corp • Electric lighting & wiring equipment • New York
From time to time, Thomas & Betts Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), may enter into one or more underwriting agreements in the form of Annex A hereto that incorporate by reference these Standard Provisions (collectively with these Standard Provisions, an “Underwriting Agreement”) that provide for the sale of the securities designated in such Underwriting Agreement (the “Securities”) to the several Underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), for whom the Underwriter(s) named therein shall act as representative (the “Representative”). The Underwriting Agreement, including these Standard Provisions, is sometimes referred to herein as this “Agreement”. The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of August 1, 1998 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
