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Exhibit 1.3
FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
Common Stock
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UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
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To the Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in the respective
Pricing Agreements hereinafter described.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
From time to time Forest City Enterprises, Inc., an Ohio corporation
(the "Company"), proposes 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, to 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 shares of its Class A common stock, par value
$.33 1/3 per share (the "Shares") specified in Schedule II to such Pricing
Agreement (with respect to such Pricing Agreement, the "Firm Shares"). If
specified in such Pricing Agreement, the Company may grant to the Underwriters
the right to purchase at their election an additional number of Shares,
specified in such Pricing Agreement as provided in Section 3 hereof (the
"Optional Shares"). The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares, if any, which the
Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 3 hereof are herein
collectively called the "Designated Shares".
The terms and rights of any particular issuance of Designated Shares
shall be as specified in the Pricing Agreement relating thereto.
1. Particular sales of Designated Shares may be made from time to
time to the Underwriters of such Shares, for whom the firms designated as
representatives of the Underwriters of such Shares 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 the Company to sell any of the Shares or as an obligation of
any of the Underwriters to purchase any of the Shares. The obligation of the
Company to issue and sell any of the Shares and the obligation of any of the
Underwriters to purchase any of the Shares shall be evidenced by the Pricing
Agreement with respect to the Designated Shares specified therein. Each
Pricing Agreement shall specify the aggregate number of the Firm Shares, the
maximum number of Optional Shares, if any, the initial public offering price of
such Firm and Optional Shares or the manner of determining such price, the
purchase price to the Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the
Underwriters of such Designated Shares, the names of the Representatives of
such Underwriters, the number of such Designated Shares to be purchased by each
Underwriter and the commission, if any, payable
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to the Underwriters with respect thereto and shall set forth the date, time and
manner of delivery of such Firm and Optional Shares, 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 Shares. A Pricing Agreement shall be in the form of
an executed writing (which may 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
obligations of the Underwriters under this Agreement and each Pricing Agreement
shall be several and not joint.
2. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each
of the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-___) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); such 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
(the "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 such
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 registration statement, any
post-effective amendments 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 such 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 such
registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and the
documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in the
registration statement at the time such part of the registration
statement became effective, each as amended at the time such part of
the registration statement and the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement,
if any, became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the
"Registration Statement"; the prospectus relating to the Shares, 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 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
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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 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 Shares 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 Company by an Underwriter of Designated Shares through the
Representatives expressly for use in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented relating to such Shares;
(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 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 Company by an
Underwriter of Designated Shares through the Representatives expressly
for use in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such
Shares;
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has
sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements
included or incorporated by reference in
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the 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, shareholders' equity or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in
the Prospectus;
(e) The Company and its subsidiaries have, or in those
cases where such subsidiary is a general partner in a partnership,
such partnership has, good and marketable title in fee simple to all
real property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens,
encumbrances and defects except as such are described in the
Prospectus or such as do not materially affect the value of such
property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such property by the Company and their subsidiaries; and any
real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its
subsidiaries are held by them under valid subsisting and enforceable
leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and
buildings by the Company, and its subsidiaries, in each case except as
set forth in the Prospectus;
(f) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly
existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State
of Ohio, has the corporate power and authority to own its properties
and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, and has been
duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of
business and is in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any
business, or is subject to no liability or disability by reason of the
failure to be so qualified or be in good standing in any such
jurisdiction; each partnership subsidiary of the Company, has been
duly organized and is validly existing as a partnership in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has the
partnership power and authority to own its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified
as a foreign partnership or otherwise for the transaction of business
and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in
which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, or is
subject to no liability or disability by reason of the failure to be
so qualified or be in good standing in any such jurisdiction; and each
corporate subsidiary of the Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of
its jurisdiction of incorporation, has the corporate power and
authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described
in the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign
corporation or otherwise for the transaction of business and is in
good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it
owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, or is subject to
no liability or disability by reason of the failure to be so qualified
or be in good standing in any such jurisdiction;
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(g) The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have 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 of the partnership interests in each partnership subsidiary of the
Company and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each
corporate subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly
authorized and issued, are fully paid and, in the case of corporate
subsidiaries, are non-assessable, and (except as described in the
Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(h) The Shares have been duly and validly authorized,
and, when the Firm Shares are issued and delivered pursuant to this
Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with respect to such Designated
Shares and, in the case of any Optional Shares, pursuant to
Overallotment Options (as defined in Section 3 hereof) with respect to
such Shares, such Designated Shares will be duly and validly issued
and fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares conform to the
description thereof contained in the Registration Statement and the
Designated Shares will conform to the description thereof contained in
the Prospectus as amended or supplemented with respect to such
Designated Shares;
(i) The issue and sale of the Shares and the compliance
by the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement, any
Pricing Agreement and each Overallotment Option, if any, 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 [list relevant subsidiaries] is
a party or by which the Company or [list relevant subsidiaries] is
bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or
[list relevant subsidiaries] is subject, nor will such action
result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or Code of Regulations of the Company or the
organizational documents of [list relevant subsidiaries] or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental
agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or [list relevant
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
and sale of the Shares or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Pricing Agreement
or any Overallotment Option, 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 such consents, approvals, authorizations,
registrations or qualifications as may be required under state
securities or Blue Sky laws or [relevant real estate laws] in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the
Underwriters;
(j) 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, shareholders'
equity or results of operations of the
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Company and its subsidiaries; and, to the best of the Company's
knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by
governmental authorities or threatened by others;
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is
(i) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or Code of
Regulations or other organizational documents or (ii) 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;
(l) The statements set forth in the Prospectus under the
caption ["DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK", "DESCRIPTION OF DEBT
SECURITIES", "DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK" AND "DESCRIPTION OF
DEPOSITARY SHARES"], insofar as they purport to constitute a summary
of the terms of the securities described therein[, UNDER THE CAPTION
["TAXATION"],] and under the caption ["PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION"] and
["UNDERWRITING"], insofar as they purport to describe the provisions
of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete
and fair;
(m) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the
issuance and sale of the Shares, will not 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");
(n) Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates does
business with the government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate
located in Cuba within the meaning of Section 517.075, Florida
Statutes;
(o) Coopers & Xxxxxxx 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;
(p) Except as set forth in the Prospectus, no holders of
any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries have any
rights to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register
any such securities under the Act; and
(q) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented, neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has authorized or conducted, or has knowledge of the
generation, transportation, storage, presence, use, treatment,
disposal, release or other handling of any hazardous substance,
asbestos, radon, polychlorinated byphenyls ("PCBs"), petroleum product
or waste (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), natural gas,
liquified gas, synthetic gas or other material defined, regulated,
controlled or potentially subject to any remediation requirement under
an environmental law (collectively, "Hazardous Materials") on, in,
under or affecting any real property owned or by any means controlled
by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except in full compliance
with and as would not result in any liability under any federal, state
and local laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and other
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governmental requirements relating to pollution, control of chemicals,
management of waste, discharges of materials into the environment,
health, safety, natural resources, and the environment (collectively,
"Environmental Laws"); and the Company and its subsidiaries are in
compliance with all Environmental Laws and have been and are in
compliance with all licenses, permits, registrations and government
authorizations necessary to operate under all applicable Environmental
Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, none of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any written or oral
notice from any governmental entity or any other person of any claim
and there is no pending or threatened claim, litigation, or any
administrative agency proceeding that (a) alleges a violation of any
Environmental Laws by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or that
alleges that any such person is a liable party or potentially
responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et seq., or
any state superfund law; (b) has resulted in or could result in the
attachment of an environmental lien on any of the properties owned or
leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (c) alleges
contamination of any of the properties owned or leased by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries, damage to natural resources, property
damage or personal injury based on their activities or the activities
of their predecessors or third parties involving Hazardous Materials,
whether arising under the Environmental Laws, common law principles,
or other legal standards.
3. Upon the execution of the Pricing Agreement applicable to any
Designated Shares and authorization by the Representatives of the release of
the Firm Shares, the several Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Shares for
sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented.
The Company may specify in the Pricing Agreement applicable to any
Designated Shares that the Company thereby grants to the Underwriters the right
(an "Overallotment Option") to purchase at their election up to the number of
Optional Shares 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 Shares. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be
exercised by written notice from the Representatives to the Company, given
within a period specified in the Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate
number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional
Shares 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 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 Shares to be added to the number of Firm Shares
to be purchased by each Underwriter as set forth in Schedule I to the Pricing
Agreement applicable to such Designated Shares shall be, in each case, the
number of Optional Shares which the Company has been advised by the
Representatives have been attributed to such Underwriter; provided that, if the
Company has not been so advised, the number of Optional Shares to be so added
shall be, in each case, that proportion of Optional Shares which the number of
Firm Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter under such Pricing Agreement
bears to the aggregate number of Firm Shares (rounded as the Representatives
may determine to the
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nearest 100 shares). The total number of Designated Shares to be purchased by
all the Underwriters pursuant to such Pricing Agreement shall be the aggregate
number of Firm Shares set forth in Schedule I to such Pricing Agreement plus
the aggregate number of Optional Shares which the Underwriters elect to
purchase.
4. Certificates for the Firm Shares and the Optional Shares 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 Company, shall be
delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representatives for the account
of such Underwriter, against payment by such Underwriter or on its behalf of
the purchase price therefor to the Company in the funds specified in such
Pricing Agreement, (i) with respect to the Firm Shares, 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 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 Shares, 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 Shares, or at such other time and date as the Representatives 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 Company agrees with each of the Underwriters of any
Designated Shares:
(a) To prepare the Prospectus as amended and supplemented
in relation to the applicable Designated Shares 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 applicable Designated Shares 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 Shares and prior to any Time of
Delivery for such Shares which shall be disapproved by the
Representatives for such Shares promptly after reasonable notice
thereof; to advise the Representatives promptly of any such amendment
or supplement after any Time of Delivery for such Shares and furnish
the Representatives with copies thereof; if the Company elects to rely
upon Rule 462(b), to 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 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; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or
information statements required to be filed by 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 connection with the offering or sale of such Shares, and during
such same period to advise the Representatives, promptly after it
receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration
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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 Shares, of the suspension of the qualification of such Shares
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 Shares 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 Shares 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 Shares, provided that in connection therewith the
Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or
to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;
(c) To furnish the Underwriters with copies of the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented in such quantities as the
Representatives may from time to time reasonably request, and, if the
delivery of a prospectus is required at any time in connection with
the offering or sale of the Shares 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 or the Exchange 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) 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 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 Shares and continuing to and
including the later of (i) the termination of trading restrictions for
such Designated Shares, as notified to the Company by the
Representatives and (ii) the last Time of Delivery for such Designated
Shares, not to
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offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as
provided hereunder, any securities of the Company that are
substantially similar to the Designated Shares, including but not
limited to any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable
for, or that represent the right to receive, Stock or any such
substantially similar securities (other than pursuant to employee
stock option plans existing on, or upon the conversion of convertible
or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of the Pricing
Agreement for such Designated Shares) without the prior written
consent of the Representatives;
(f) To furnish to its shareholders as soon as practicable
after the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a
balance sheet and statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash
flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries certified by
independent public accountants) and, as soon as practicable after the
end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year (beginning
with the fiscal quarter ending after the effective date of the
Registration Statement), consolidated summary financial information of
the Company and its subsidiaries for such quarter in reasonable
detail;
(g) During a period of five years from the effective date
of the Registration Statement, to furnish to the Underwriters copies
of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished
to shareholders, and deliver to the Underwriters (i) as soon as they
are available, copies of any reports and financial statements
furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities
exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed;
and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and
financial condition of the Company as the Underwriters may from time
to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a
consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its
subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its shareholders
generally or to the Commission);
(h) To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale
of the Designated Shares in the manner specified in the Prospectus
under the caption "Use of Proceeds";
(i) To use its best efforts to list, subject to notice of
issuance, the Designated Shares on the New York Stock Exchange or the
American Stock Exchange; and
(j) Not to invest, reinvest or otherwise use the proceeds
received by the Company in such a manner, or take any action, or omit
to take any action, that would cause the Company to become an
"investment company" as that term is defined in the Investment Company
Act.
6. The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters
that the Company 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 Shares 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
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and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any Agreement among
Underwriters, this Agreement, any Pricing Agreement, any Blue Sky Memorandum,
closing documents (including compilations thereof) and any other documents in
connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii)
all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares 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 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 Shares; (v) the cost of preparing certificates for the Shares; (vi) the
cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or dividend disbursing
agent; (vii) any fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares; and
(viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its
obligations hereunder and under any Overallotment 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 Shares by them, and
any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.
7. The obligations of the Underwriters of any Designated Shares
under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated Shares shall be
subject, in the discretion of the Representatives, to the condition that all
representations and warranties and other statements of the Company in or
incorporated by reference in the Pricing Agreement relating to such Designated
Shares are, at and as of each Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares, true
and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its
obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional
conditions:
(a) The Prospectus as amended or supplemented in relation
to such Designated Shares 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 Company has 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, dated each Time of
Delivery for such Designated Shares, with respect to the incorporation
of the Company, the validity of the Shares being delivered at such
Time of Delivery, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus 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;
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(c) Counsel for the Company satisfactory to the
Representatives shall have furnished to the Representatives their
written opinions, dated each Time of Delivery for such Designated
Shares, respectively, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Representatives, to the effect that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is
validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of Ohio, with power and authority (corporate and other)
to own 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
(including the Designated Shares being delivered at such Time
of Delivery) have been duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and non-assessable; and the Designated
Shares conform to the description thereof in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented;
(iii) Each corporate subsidiary of the Company has
been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation; all of the issued shares of
capital stock of each such corporate subsidiary have been duly
and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the
Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or
claims;
(iv) Each direct or indirect partnership
subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized and is
validly existing as a partnership in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization; the partnership
agreement of each direct or indirect partnership subsidiary of
the Company has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Company or any of their subsidiaries, as the case may
be, and constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation
of the Company or such subsidiaries, as the case may be, and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by each
other party thereto, constitutes the valid and legally binding
obligation of each such party, and is enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar
laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors' rights and to general equity principles; and except
as described in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented, all
of the partnership interests in each other partnership
subsidiary of the Company are owned directly or indirectly by
the Company or one or more of their subsidiaries, free and
clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims;
(v) Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or
otherwise for the transaction of business and is in good
standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it
owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, except
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would
not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole;
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(vi) 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, shareholders' equity or results of
operations of the Company and its subsidiaries; and to the
best of such counsel's knowledge, no such proceedings are
threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or
threatened by others;
(vii) This Agreement and the Pricing Agreement with
respect to the Designated Shares have been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Company;
(viii) The issue and sale of the Designated Shares
being delivered at such Time of Delivery and the compliance by
the Company with all of the provisions of this Agreement and
the Pricing Agreement with respect to the Designated Shares
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 is bound or to which any of
the property or assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is subject, nor will such action result in any
violation of the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or Code of Regulations of the Company or any
statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel
of any court or governmental agency or body having
jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
any of their properties;
(ix) 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 Shares being delivered at such Time of
Delivery or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or such Pricing
Agreement, except such as have been obtained under the Act and
such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or
qualifications as may be required under state securities or
Blue Sky laws or [list relevant real estate laws] in
connection with the purchase and distribution of the
Designated Shares by the Underwriters;
(x) Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of
Incorporation or Code of Regulations or other organizational
documents 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;
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(xi) The statements set forth in the Prospectus
under the caption ["DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK", "DESCRIPTION
OF DEBT SECURITIES", "DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED STOCK" AND
"DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES"], insofar as they purport
to constitute a summary of the terms of the securities
described therein[, UNDER THE CAPTION ["TAXATION"],] and under
the captions "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION" and "UNDERWRITING",
insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws
and documents referred to therein, are accurate, complete and
fair;
(xii) The Company is not, and after giving effect
to the issue and sale of the Designated Shares by the Company
will not be, 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 such counsel has 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 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 (xi)
of this Section 7(c), such counsel has no reason to believe
that, as of its effective date, the Registration Statement or
any further amendment thereto made by 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
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or supplement thereto made by 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 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) On the date of the Pricing Agreement for such
Designated Shares at a time prior to the execution of the Pricing
Agreement with respect to the Designated Shares and at each Time of
Delivery for such Designated Shares, 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;
(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries
[or their material properties] 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 Shares, 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 or decree, otherwise
than as set forth or contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior
to the date of the Pricing Agreement relating to the Designated
Shares, 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 Shares 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, shareholders' equity or results of operations of
the Company and its subsidiaries, otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Prospectus as amended prior to the date of the
Pricing Agreement relating to the
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Designated Shares, 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 delivery of the Designated
Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus
as amended relating to the Designated Shares;
(f) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement
relating to the Designated Shares (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;
(g) On or after the date of the Pricing Agreement
relating to the Designated Shares there shall not have occurred any of
the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
securities generally on the American Stock Exchange or the New York
Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in
the Company's securities on the American Stock Exchange; (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 Shares
or Optional Shares or both on the terms and in the manner contemplated
in the Prospectus as first amended or supplemented relating to the
Designated Shares;
(h) The Shares at each Time of Delivery shall have been
duly listed, subject to notice of issuance, on the New York Stock
Exchange or American Stock Exchange;
(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be
furnished to the Representatives at each Time of Delivery for the
Designated Shares certificates of officers of the Company satisfactory
to the Representatives as to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Company herein at and as of such Time of Delivery,
as to the performance by 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 (e) of this Section and
as to such other matters as the Representatives may reasonably
request; and
(j) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the
Underwriters of the Designated Shares executed copies of an agreement
from each of the shareholders listed in Schedule [III] hereto
substantially to the effect set forth in subsection 5(e) hereof with
respect to securities beneficially owned by such shareholders in form
and substance satisfactory to you.
8. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become
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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 Shares, 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 periodically reimburse each
Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such
Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or
claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall
not 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 Shares, or any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
of Designated Shares through the Representatives expressly for use in the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to such Shares.
(b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company
against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company 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 Shares, 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 Shares, or
any such amendment or supplement in reliance upon and in conformity with
written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the
Representatives expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company for
any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company 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
the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in
writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
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
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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 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 Company on the one hand and the
Underwriters of the Designated Shares on the other from the offering of the
Designated Shares 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
Company on the one hand and the Underwriters of the Designated Shares 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 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 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 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 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
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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 Shares 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 obligations of the Underwriters of
Designated Shares in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in
proportion to their respective underwriting obligations with respect to such
Shares and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 8 shall be
in addition to any liability which 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 Company and to
each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.
9. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in its obligation to
purchase the Firm Shares or Optional Shares which it has agreed to purchase
under the Pricing Agreement relating to such Shares, the Representatives may in
their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to
purchase such Shares 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 Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, then
the Company 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 Shares on such terms. In the event that,
within the respective prescribed period, the Representatives notify the Company
that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Shares, or the Company
notifies the Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such
Shares, the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone a
Time of Delivery for such Shares 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 Company 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 Shares.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase
of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided
in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of such Shares which remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of the Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, to be purchased at the
respective Time of Delivery, then the Company shall have the right to require
each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Firm Shares or
Optional Shares, as the
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case may be, which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Pricing
Agreement relating to such Designated Shares and, in addition, to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the number
of Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, which such Underwriter
agreed to purchase under such Pricing Agreement) of the Firm Shares or Optional
Shares, 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 Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting
Underwriter or Underwriters by the Representatives and the Company as provided
in subsection (a) above, the aggregate number of Firm Shares or Optional
Shares, as the case may be, which remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of
the aggregate number of the Firm Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be,
to be purchased at the respective Time of Delivery, as referred to in
subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described
in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase Firm
Shares or Optional Shares, as the case may be, of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters, then the Pricing Agreement relating to such Firm Shares or the
Overallotment Option relating to such Optional Shares, as the case may be,
shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting
Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by 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 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
Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and
shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.
11. If any Pricing Agreement or Overallotment Option shall be
terminated pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company shall not then be under
any liability to any Underwriter with respect to the Firm Shares or Optional
Shares 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 Shares are not delivered by or on behalf of 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, disbursements and expenses of counsel, reasonably incurred by
the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of
such Designated Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no
further liability to any Underwriter with respect to such Designated Shares
except as provided in Sections 6 and 8 hereof.
12. In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives of the
Underwriters of Designated Shares 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
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made or given 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 Company shall be delivered or sent by
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company 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 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, the Company and, to
the extent provided in Sections 8 and 10 hereof, the officers and directors of
the Company and each person who controls 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 Shares
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.
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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.
Very truly yours,
FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
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ANNEX I
PRICING AGREEMENT
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[Name(s) of Representative(s),]
As Representatives of the several
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Forest City Enterprises, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement, dated ................., 1997 (the "Underwriting
Agreement"), between the Company on the one hand [and (names of Representatives
named therein)] on the other hand, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named
in Schedule I hereto (the "Underwriters") the Shares specified in Schedule II
hereto (the "Designated Shares" [consisting of Firm Shares and any Optional
Shares the Underwriters may elect to purchase]). 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 Shares which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement. Each
reference to the Representatives 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 Representatives designated
to act on behalf of the Representatives and on behalf of each of the
Underwriters of the Designated Shares 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.
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An amendment to the Registration Statement, or a supplement to the
Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Designated Shares, 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 Company
agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the
Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company,
at the time and place and at the purchase price to the Underwriters set forth
in Schedule II hereto, the number of Firm Shares 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 Shares,
as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to each of the
Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly,
to purchase from the Company at the purchase price to the Underwriters set
forth in Schedule II hereto that portion of the number of Optional Shares as to
which such election shall have been exercised].
[The Company hereby grants to each of the Underwriters the right to
purchase at their election up to the number of Optional Shares 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 Shares. Any such election to purchase
Optional Shares may be exercised by written notice from the Representatives to
the Company given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this
Pricing Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Shares to be
purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares 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 Company 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 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 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,
FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Accepted as of the date hereof:
NAME(S) OF REPRESENTATIVE(S)
BY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[[NAME(S) OF REPRESENTATIVE CORPORATION(S)]
BY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NAME:
TITLE:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[(NAME(S) OF REPRESENTATIVE PARTNERSHIP(S))]
On behalf of each of the Underwriters
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SCHEDULE I
[MAXIMUM NUMBER
OF OPTIONAL
NUMBER OF SHARES WHICH
FIRM SHARES MAY BE
UNDERWRITER TO BE PURCHASED PURCHASED]
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[NAME(S) OF CO-REPRESENTATIVE(S)] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[NAMES OF OTHER UNDERWRITERS] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total
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SCHEDULE II
TITLE OF DESIGNATED SHARES:
NUMBER OF DESIGNATED SHARES:
Number of Firm Shares:
Maximum Number of Optional Shares:
INITIAL OFFERING PRICE TO PUBLIC:
[$........ per Share] [Formula]
PURCHASE PRICE BY UNDERWRITERS:
[$........ per Share] [Formula]
[COMMISSION PAYABLE TO UNDERWRITERS:
$........ per Share in [specify same form of funds as in Specified Funds
below]]
FORM OF DESIGNATED SHARES:
Definitive form, to be made available for checking [and packaging] at least
twenty-four hours prior to the Time of Delivery at the office of [The
Depository Trust Company or its designated custodian] [the Representatives]
SPECIFIED FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE:
[Federal (same day)] [New York Clearing House (next day)] funds
[DESCRIBE ANY BLACKOUT PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DESIGNATED SHARES]
TIME OF DELIVERY:
......... a.m. (New York City time), .................., 19..
CLOSING LOCATION:
NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Designated Representatives:
Address for Notices, etc.:
[OTHER TERMS] :
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SCHEDULE III
[List of Shareholders]
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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 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") [AND ARE ATTACHED HERETO];
(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] [ARE ATTACHED HERETO];
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;
(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;
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(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 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
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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 Shares for purposes
of the letter delivered at the Time of Delivery for such Designated Shares.
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